Product Requirements Contracts in the UK excluding London

Product Requirements
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Product Requirements skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Product Requirements over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 370 418 459
Rank change year-on-year +48 +41 -56
Contract jobs citing Product Requirements 23 33 52
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.11% 0.14% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.15% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 28 36
10th Percentile £430 £231 £404
25th Percentile £477 £453 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £481
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% +11.69% +1.32%
75th Percentile £572 £625 £541
90th Percentile £625 - £575
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £45.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £45.12
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £50.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year +33.88% +12.04% -36.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Product Requirements is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,416 21,395 27,498
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.70% 89.57% 88.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,404 14,844 19,217
10th Percentile £250 £256 £233
25th Percentile £375 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,048 1,307 1,356
10th Percentile £12.30 £11.00 £12.05
25th Percentile £15.22 £15.56 £14.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £46.31
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.75 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £35.95 £35.80 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.42% +43.20% +2.04%

Product Requirements
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Product Requirements as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Product Requirements in the UK excluding London

Product Requirements
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Product Requirements in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Product Requirements in the UK excluding London

Product Requirements
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Requirements in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Product Requirements in the UK excluding London

Product Requirements
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Product Requirements in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Product Requirements in the UK excluding London

Product Requirements
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Product Requirements within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +29 10 £513 -2.38% 31
North of England +22 7 £600 - 13
Yorkshire +11 5 £600 - 4
West Midlands +23 4 £563 +3.45% 7
Midlands +22 4 £563 +136.84% 11
Scotland +41 2 £426 -16.83% 1
North West +25 1 £550 -8.33% 8
North East - 1 £454 - 1
Product Requirements
UK

Product Requirements
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (17.39%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.35%) Sketch
1 1 (4.35%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.70%) Miro
2 1 (4.35%) Figma
2 1 (4.35%) Google Workspace
2 1 (4.35%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.35%) 3G
1 1 (4.35%) 4G
1 1 (4.35%) 5G
1 1 (4.35%) Broadband
1 1 (4.35%) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.04%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.35%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 7 (30.43%) JIRA
General
1 9 (39.13%) Social Skills
2 5 (21.74%) Public Sector
3 4 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (17.39%) Marketing
3 4 (17.39%) Telecoms
4 3 (13.04%) Finance
5 2 (8.70%) Banking
5 2 (8.70%) Manufacturing
5 2 (8.70%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (4.35%) Automotive
6 1 (4.35%) French Language
6 1 (4.35%) German Language
6 1 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (4.35%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 9 (39.13%) Product Owner
2 5 (21.74%) Developer
3 4 (17.39%) Analyst
3 4 (17.39%) Business Analyst
3 4 (17.39%) Lead
3 4 (17.39%) Lead Product Owner
3 4 (17.39%) Product Manager
4 3 (13.04%) Java Developer
4 3 (13.04%) Senior
5 2 (8.70%) Angular Developer
5 2 (8.70%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (8.70%) Senior Business Analyst
5 2 (8.70%) Telecoms Manager
5 2 (8.70%) Telecoms Product Manager
6 1 (4.35%) Digital Business Analyst
6 1 (4.35%) Finance Manager
6 1 (4.35%) Payments Analyst
6 1 (4.35%) Product Business Analyst
6 1 (4.35%) Publishing Business Analyst
6 1 (4.35%) Technical Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (21.74%) Spring
1 5 (21.74%) Spring Boot
2 2 (8.70%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 11 (47.83%) Product Ownership
2 1 (4.35%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (4.35%) BBC
2 1 (4.35%) Blockchain
2 1 (4.35%) EPoS
2 1 (4.35%) FMCG
2 1 (4.35%) Graphic Design
2 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (86.96%) Agile
2 14 (60.87%) Roadmaps
3 8 (34.78%) Product Management
4 7 (30.43%) Product Roadmap
4 7 (30.43%) Product Vision
4 7 (30.43%) User Experience
5 6 (26.09%) Data Modelling
5 6 (26.09%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (21.74%) Analytics
6 5 (21.74%) Backlog Management
6 5 (21.74%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (21.74%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 5 (21.74%) Decision-Making
6 5 (21.74%) Market Research
6 5 (21.74%) Project Management
6 5 (21.74%) Waterfall
7 4 (17.39%) Community of Practice
7 4 (17.39%) Epics
7 4 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (17.39%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 5 (21.74%) Java
2 4 (17.39%) SQL
3 2 (8.70%) JavaScript
4 1 (4.35%) C
4 1 (4.35%) C++
Qualifications
1 3 (13.04%) Degree
2 2 (8.70%) Master's Degree
2 2 (8.70%) MBA
3 1 (4.35%) CSPO
3 1 (4.35%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.04%) QA
2 1 (4.35%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 4 (17.39%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.70%) Google
3 1 (4.35%) Adobe
3 1 (4.35%) Atlassian