Product Development Engineer Contract Job Trends

Product Development Engineer
UK

As of 13 March 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Product Development Engineer daily rate in the UK.

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 604 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Product Development Engineer 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.009% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.010% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 39,357 27,378 41,374
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.90% 92.92% 92.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,580 17,687 27,135
10th Percentile £313 £296 £270
25th Percentile £410 £406 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +1.05% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,451 863 2,500
10th Percentile £14.96 £15.47 £13.00
25th Percentile £19.00 £21.24 £16.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £33.40 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.79% +2.77% -23.53%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £59.44
90th Percentile £75.79 £77.44 £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year +7.69% - -19.90%

Product Development Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Product Development Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

Product Development Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Product Development Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Product Development Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Product Development Engineer
Top 1 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Product Development Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 13 March 2026. 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
Work from Home - 4 - - 1

Product Development Engineer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 13 March 2026, Product Development Engineer 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 Product Development Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
1 4 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 4 (100.00%) Security Management
2 2 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
2 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (50.00%) High Availability
2 2 (50.00%) LTE
2 2 (50.00%) MIMO
2 2 (50.00%) Network Management
2 2 (50.00%) Performance Monitoring
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Security Patching
2 2 (50.00%) TETRA
2 2 (50.00%) VPN

Product Development Engineer 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
2 2 (50.00%) LTE
2 2 (50.00%) MIMO
2 2 (50.00%) TETRA
2 2 (50.00%) VPN
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Electronics
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 4 (100.00%) Security Management
2 2 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
2 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (50.00%) High Availability
2 2 (50.00%) Network Management
2 2 (50.00%) Performance Monitoring
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Security Patching
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree