Digital Product Manager Contract Job Trends

Digital Product Manager
UK

The median Digital Product Manager daily rate in the UK is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 553 558 629
Rank change year-on-year +5 +71 +169
Contract jobs requiring a Digital Product Manager 12 5 13
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.036% 0.013% 0.027%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.040% 0.014% 0.029%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 3 11
10th Percentile £583 £470 £500
25th Percentile £600 £500 £523
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -6.78% -7.09%
75th Percentile £715 £569 £674
90th Percentile £740 £580 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 30,238 34,964 44,820
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.89% 92.96% 93.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,083 21,110 30,627
10th Percentile £277 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,669 1,427 1,528
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.05 £14.60
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £41.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.66% -8.89% +69.81%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £41.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -39.76% -6.74% +97.78%

Digital Product Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Digital Product Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Digital Product Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

Digital Product Manager
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Digital Product Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Digital Product Manager job vacancies in the UK

Digital Product Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Digital Product Manager over the 6 months to 16 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Digital Product Manager in the UK

Digital Product Manager
Top 7 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Product Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 16 October 2025. 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
England +30 12 £625 +11.11% 23
London +29 9 £629 +11.78% 11
Work from Home +22 3 £716 +59.17% 6
UK excluding London -20 2 £600 - 18
South West +12 1 - - 1
West Midlands - 1 £600 - 2
Midlands - 1 £600 - 2

Digital Product Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 16 October 2025, Digital Product Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Digital Product Manager in the job title.

1 11 (91.67%) Agile
2 9 (75.00%) Roadmaps
3 6 (50.00%) Product Management
3 6 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
4 5 (41.67%) Product Backlog
5 4 (33.33%) Backlog Management
5 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (33.33%) User Research
6 3 (25.00%) Acceptance Criteria
6 3 (25.00%) Digital Engineering
6 3 (25.00%) E-Commerce
6 3 (25.00%) Product Strategy
6 3 (25.00%) Product Vision
6 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (25.00%) User Stories
7 2 (16.67%) AI
7 2 (16.67%) Competitor Analysis
7 2 (16.67%) Confluence
7 2 (16.67%) Customer Experience
7 2 (16.67%) JIRA
7 2 (16.67%) Objectives and Key Results
7 2 (16.67%) Product Roadmap
7 2 (16.67%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 2 (16.67%) Service Design
8 1 (8.33%) A/B Testing
8 1 (8.33%) Affiliate Marketing
8 1 (8.33%) Analytics
8 1 (8.33%) Android
8 1 (8.33%) Anti-Money Laundering
8 1 (8.33%) Apple iOS

Digital Product Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (16.67%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 4 (33.33%) Finance
1 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Banking
2 3 (25.00%) Retail
3 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 1 (8.33%) Advertising
4 1 (8.33%) Digital Health
4 1 (8.33%) Digital Healthcare
4 1 (8.33%) Health Technology
4 1 (8.33%) Legal
4 1 (8.33%) Marketing
4 1 (8.33%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (8.33%) Wearables
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Mobile App
1 3 (25.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (8.33%) Biopharmaceutical
3 1 (8.33%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (8.33%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Android
1 1 (8.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (91.67%) Agile
2 9 (75.00%) Roadmaps
3 6 (50.00%) Product Management
3 6 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
4 5 (41.67%) Product Backlog
5 4 (33.33%) Backlog Management
5 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (33.33%) User Research
6 3 (25.00%) Acceptance Criteria
6 3 (25.00%) Digital Engineering
6 3 (25.00%) E-Commerce
6 3 (25.00%) Product Strategy
6 3 (25.00%) Product Vision
6 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (25.00%) User Stories
7 2 (16.67%) AI
7 2 (16.67%) Competitor Analysis
7 2 (16.67%) Customer Experience
7 2 (16.67%) Objectives and Key Results
7 2 (16.67%) Service Design
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) GDPR