Product Strategy Contracts in the UK excluding London

Product Strategy
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 Strategy skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Product Strategy over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 341 346 450
Rank change year-on-year +5 +104 -54
Contract jobs citing Product Strategy 59 92 74
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.28% 0.40% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 0.45% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 61 56
10th Percentile £376 £350 £406
25th Percentile £531 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £623 £540 £538
Median % change year-on-year +15.37% +0.47% +13.16%
75th Percentile £703 £601 £593
90th Percentile £850 £650 £675
UK median daily rate £610 £593 £550
% change year-on-year +2.95% +7.73% +12.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36.25 £83.31 -
Median hourly rate £37.50 £83.36 £84.31
Median % change year-on-year -55.01% -1.13% +49.22%
75th Percentile £38.75 £83.40 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £83.31 £48.50
% change year-on-year -18.98% +71.77% -14.16%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Product Strategy 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 17,348 20,314 27,218
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.29% 89.18% 89.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,293 13,939 19,042
10th Percentile £250 £260 £240
25th Percentile £375 £400 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +9.18%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £694 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,136 1,244 1,338
10th Percentile £12.45 £10.63 £12.47
25th Percentile £15.39 £15.21 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.72 £47.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £74.70 £62.80
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%

Product Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Product Strategy in the UK excluding London

Product Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Product Strategy in the UK excluding London

Product Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Strategy in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Product Strategy in the UK excluding London

Product Strategy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Product Strategy in the UK excluding London

Product Strategy
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 Strategy within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
North of England -2 22 £850 +54.55% 29
Midlands +38 20 £620 -4.62% 24
North West +35 20 £850 +43.16% 17
East Midlands +17 10 £608 -6.54% 2
West Midlands +19 8 £360 -44.62% 22
Scotland +35 5 £435 -26.58% 6
South East -12 4 £625 +38.89% 28
Wales - 4 £412 -
East of England +1 2 £635 -2.31% 17
South West -1 2 £630 -1.18% 9
Yorkshire -19 2 £563 +2.27% 8
Product Strategy
UK

Product Strategy
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 3 (5.08%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (5.08%) SPSS
2 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.69%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.69%) Azure
1 1 (1.69%) GCP
1 1 (1.69%) GitHub
1 1 (1.69%) Heroku
1 1 (1.69%) OCI
1 1 (1.69%) Power Platform
1 1 (1.69%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (22.03%) Firewall
1 13 (22.03%) VPN
2 2 (3.39%) Network Security
3 1 (1.69%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.39%) Big Data
1 2 (3.39%) Data Mining
1 2 (3.39%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.69%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 1 (1.69%) Power BI
2 1 (1.69%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 4 (6.78%) JIRA
2 1 (1.69%) Git
2 1 (1.69%) GitLab
General
1 13 (22.03%) Public Sector
2 10 (16.95%) Manufacturing
3 9 (15.25%) Social Skills
4 8 (13.56%) Finance
5 6 (10.17%) Legal
6 5 (8.47%) Automotive
7 4 (6.78%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (5.08%) Banking
9 2 (3.39%) Health Technology
9 2 (3.39%) Marketing
10 1 (1.69%) Advertising
10 1 (1.69%) Aerospace
10 1 (1.69%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.69%) Local Government
10 1 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (32.20%) Architect
2 15 (25.42%) Lead
3 13 (22.03%) Technical Architect
4 12 (20.34%) Lead Architect
4 12 (20.34%) Technical Leader
5 7 (11.86%) Product Owner
5 7 (11.86%) Senior
6 4 (6.78%) Product Manager
6 4 (6.78%) Security Architect
7 3 (5.08%) Data Scientist
7 3 (5.08%) Debt Manager
7 3 (5.08%) Designer
7 3 (5.08%) Senior Designer
8 2 (3.39%) Cloud Architect
8 2 (3.39%) Cloud Security Architect
8 2 (3.39%) Senior UI Designer
8 2 (3.39%) Senior UI/UX Designer
8 2 (3.39%) Senior UX Designer
8 2 (3.39%) UI/UX Designer
8 2 (3.39%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (16.95%) Node.js
2 1 (1.69%) .NET
2 1 (1.69%) .NET Framework
2 1 (1.69%) ASP.NET
2 1 (1.69%) ASP.NET MVC
2 1 (1.69%) Entity Framework
2 1 (1.69%) HTML
2 1 (1.69%) HTML5
2 1 (1.69%) Lightning Web Components
2 1 (1.69%) REST
2 1 (1.69%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 19 (32.20%) Product Ownership
2 13 (22.03%) Public Cloud
3 6 (10.17%) Mobile App
4 4 (6.78%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (6.78%) Infotainment
4 4 (6.78%) IoT
4 4 (6.78%) Security Posture
5 3 (5.08%) Credit Risk
6 2 (3.39%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 2 (3.39%) Cyberattack
6 2 (3.39%) Management Information System
6 2 (3.39%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (3.39%) Virtual Team
7 1 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.69%) Blockchain
7 1 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.69%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 15 (25.42%) Windows
2 14 (23.73%) Android
2 14 (23.73%) Apple iOS
2 14 (23.73%) Windows Server
3 2 (3.39%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (54.24%) Roadmaps
2 29 (49.15%) Agile
3 22 (37.29%) Risk Management
4 19 (32.20%) DevOps
5 18 (30.51%) Product Roadmap
5 18 (30.51%) Strategic Roadmap
6 14 (23.73%) Backlog Management
7 13 (22.03%) Backlog Prioritisation
7 13 (22.03%) Mobile Device Management
8 11 (18.64%) Product Management
8 11 (18.64%) Technical Leadership
8 11 (18.64%) User Experience
9 10 (16.95%) CI/CD
9 10 (16.95%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 10 (16.95%) Design Patterns
9 10 (16.95%) Security Architecture
9 10 (16.95%) Threat Intelligence
9 10 (16.95%) Zero Trust
10 8 (13.56%) Use Case
10 8 (13.56%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.47%) Python
2 3 (5.08%) R
3 1 (1.69%) Apex Code
3 1 (1.69%) Java
3 1 (1.69%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (20.34%) Security Cleared
2 11 (18.64%) SC Cleared
3 6 (10.17%) Degree
4 3 (5.08%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (3.39%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.69%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.69%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (16.95%) PMO
2 2 (3.39%) NIST
3 1 (1.69%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.69%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (11.86%) Google
2 5 (8.47%) Apple
3 1 (1.69%) Citrix
3 1 (1.69%) Databricks
3 1 (1.69%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.69%) Oracle
3 1 (1.69%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.69%) SAP