Product Manager Contract Job Trends

Product Manager
UK

The median Product Manager daily rate in the UK is £530, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 August 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 284 322 337
Rank change year-on-year +38 +15 -16
Contract jobs requiring a Product Manager 470 236 245
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.89% 0.72% 0.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.96% 0.78% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 288 167 183
10th Percentile £386 £366 £374
25th Percentile £450 £466 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £525 £585
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% -10.26% +6.36%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £688
90th Percentile £675 £700 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £515 £510 £526
% change year-on-year +0.98% -3.04% +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 3 0
10th Percentile £72.50 £35.30 -
25th Percentile £80.75 £39.88 -
Median hourly rate £85.00 £49.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +73.47% - -
75th Percentile £88.00 £61.50 -
90th Percentile - £68.10 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £85.00 £52.25 -
% change year-on-year +62.68% - -

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 48,942 30,093 36,428
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.61% 91.45% 92.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,465 19,115 23,531
10th Percentile £331 £282 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.33%
75th Percentile £625 £623 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,396 1,494 2,063
10th Percentile £15.25 £13.60 £14.16
25th Percentile £21.25 £17.30 £20.12
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £68.00 £53.99 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £73.10 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £43.90
% change year-on-year +78.93% -42.71% +17.07%

Product Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Product Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

Product Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Product Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Manager over the 6 months to 4 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Product Manager in the UK

Product Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Product Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Product Manager over the 6 months to 4 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Product Manager in the UK

Product Manager
Top 14 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 Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 4 August 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
England +37 432 £528 +0.48% 606
UK excluding London +54 217 £515 +0.98% 238
London -14 197 £550 +2.33% 413
Work from Home +5 123 £528 +2.93% 266
South East +1 74 £518 -19.46% 65
North of England -25 58 £513 +0.24% 72
South West -5 42 £550 - 30
North West -30 32 £550 +14.29% 34
East of England +4 23 £494 +6.76% 7
West Midlands -44 22 £432 -21.45% 32
Midlands -45 22 £432 -7.59% 37
Yorkshire -26 20 £506 +1.25% 26
North East -38 12 £458 -12.86% 13
Scotland -16 1 £475 -5.47% 15

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

For the 6 months to 4 August 2026, 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 Product Manager in the job title.

1 270 (57.45%) Roadmaps
2 257 (54.68%) Agile
3 183 (38.94%) Product Management
4 155 (32.98%) Stakeholder Management
5 139 (29.57%) Security Cleared
6 129 (27.45%) Product Roadmap
7 122 (25.96%) Product Backlog
8 120 (25.53%) Backlog Prioritisation
8 120 (25.53%) Product Vision
9 107 (22.77%) Continuous Improvement
10 99 (21.06%) Product Strategy
11 90 (19.15%) SC Cleared
12 81 (17.23%) AI
13 80 (17.02%) User Stories
14 77 (16.38%) Backlog Management
15 75 (15.96%) Decision-Making
15 75 (15.96%) Strategic Roadmap
16 74 (15.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 73 (15.53%) Analytics
18 58 (12.34%) Azure
18 58 (12.34%) Scaled Agile Framework
19 56 (11.91%) Scrum
20 52 (11.06%) Degree
21 49 (10.43%) AWS
22 46 (9.79%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
23 45 (9.57%) Problem-Solving
23 45 (9.57%) User Experience
24 44 (9.36%) Backlog Refinement
25 43 (9.15%) Business Case
26 40 (8.51%) Acceptance Criteria

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 25 (5.32%) Confluence
2 2 (0.43%) Apache
2 2 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (0.43%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.21%) CMS
3 1 (0.21%) Kinematics
3 1 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 5 (1.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.85%) Notion
3 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.43%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.49%) Shopify
2 5 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.85%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (0.85%) Sprinklr
4 2 (0.43%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.21%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.21%) Exchequer
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.21%) SAP Retail
5 1 (0.21%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.21%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 58 (12.34%) Azure
2 49 (10.43%) AWS
3 17 (3.62%) SaaS
4 11 (2.34%) GCP
5 9 (1.91%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (1.91%) Power Platform
6 7 (1.49%) GitHub
7 6 (1.28%) Snowflake
8 5 (1.06%) n8n
9 4 (0.85%) Google Analytics
9 4 (0.85%) IaaS
9 4 (0.85%) Miro
9 4 (0.85%) PaaS
10 3 (0.64%) dbt
10 3 (0.64%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (0.64%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Purview
11 2 (0.43%) Alation
11 2 (0.43%) Collibra
11 2 (0.43%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.49%) SD-WAN
1 7 (1.49%) WAN
2 4 (0.85%) DNS
2 4 (0.85%) Firewall
2 4 (0.85%) LAN
3 2 (0.43%) Broadband
3 2 (0.43%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.21%) 5G
4 1 (0.21%) NFC
4 1 (0.21%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.21%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.70%) Power BI
2 6 (1.28%) Big Data
2 6 (1.28%) Data Lake
3 4 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (0.85%) Metadata
3 4 (0.85%) Semantic Layer
3 4 (0.85%) Tableau
4 2 (0.43%) Amazon Redshift
4 2 (0.43%) BigQuery
4 2 (0.43%) Looker
5 1 (0.21%) Delta Lake
5 1 (0.21%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 32 (6.81%) Rational DOORS
2 29 (6.17%) JIRA
3 2 (0.43%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.21%) CircleCI
General
1 125 (26.60%) Social Skills
2 76 (16.17%) Finance
3 70 (14.89%) Public Sector
4 52 (11.06%) Marketing
5 46 (9.79%) Analytical Skills
6 44 (9.36%) Retail
7 43 (9.15%) Aerospace
8 24 (5.11%) Banking
9 19 (4.04%) Influencing Skills
10 15 (3.19%) Legal
11 11 (2.34%) Aviation
12 10 (2.13%) Military
13 8 (1.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (1.49%) Manufacturing
14 7 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (1.06%) Billing
15 5 (1.06%) Investment Banking
16 4 (0.85%) Corporate Banking
16 4 (0.85%) Local Government
16 4 (0.85%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.28%) Azure Blueprints
1 6 (1.28%) RESTful
2 3 (0.64%) PySpark
3 2 (0.43%) Gherkin
3 2 (0.43%) JSON
4 1 (0.21%) Django
4 1 (0.21%) FastAPI
4 1 (0.21%) Flutter
4 1 (0.21%) JSON Schema
4 1 (0.21%) Model Context Protocol
4 1 (0.21%) OAuth
4 1 (0.21%) REST
4 1 (0.21%) Spring
4 1 (0.21%) Spring Boot
4 1 (0.21%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 121 (25.74%) Product Ownership
2 27 (5.74%) Legacy Systems
3 25 (5.32%) Data Structures
4 15 (3.19%) Onboarding
5 14 (2.98%) Mobile App
6 13 (2.77%) Data Protection Act
6 13 (2.77%) Marketing Technology
7 11 (2.34%) Cloud Native
8 10 (2.13%) Analytical Mindset
9 9 (1.91%) Virtual Team
10 8 (1.70%) Distributed Systems
11 7 (1.49%) AI Agents
11 7 (1.49%) Social Media
12 5 (1.06%) Management Information System
12 5 (1.06%) NHS
12 5 (1.06%) Robotics
13 4 (0.85%) FMCG
13 4 (0.85%) Taxonomies
14 3 (0.64%) Credit Risk
14 3 (0.64%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.85%) VMS
2 3 (0.64%) Android
2 3 (0.64%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 270 (57.45%) Roadmaps
2 257 (54.68%) Agile
3 183 (38.94%) Product Management
4 155 (32.98%) Stakeholder Management
5 129 (27.45%) Product Roadmap
6 122 (25.96%) Product Backlog
7 120 (25.53%) Backlog Prioritisation
7 120 (25.53%) Product Vision
8 107 (22.77%) Continuous Improvement
9 99 (21.06%) Product Strategy
10 81 (17.23%) AI
11 80 (17.02%) User Stories
12 77 (16.38%) Backlog Management
13 75 (15.96%) Decision-Making
13 75 (15.96%) Strategic Roadmap
14 74 (15.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 73 (15.53%) Analytics
16 58 (12.34%) Scaled Agile Framework
17 56 (11.91%) Scrum
18 46 (9.79%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 11 (2.34%) SQL
2 8 (1.70%) Python
3 4 (0.85%) Java
4 2 (0.43%) Korn
5 1 (0.21%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.21%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.21%) Ruby
5 1 (0.21%) SPARQL
5 1 (0.21%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 139 (29.57%) Security Cleared
2 90 (19.15%) SC Cleared
3 52 (11.06%) Degree
4 28 (5.96%) BPSS Clearance
5 21 (4.47%) DV Cleared
6 4 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (0.85%) CSPO
7 3 (0.64%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.21%) APMG
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (3.62%) Data Quality
2 14 (2.98%) Accessibility
3 11 (2.34%) QA
4 7 (1.49%) GDPR
5 6 (1.28%) WCAG
6 4 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.85%) NIST
7 3 (0.64%) DO-254
7 3 (0.64%) IEC 61508
7 3 (0.64%) ISO 26262
7 3 (0.64%) PSD2
8 2 (0.43%) GRC
8 2 (0.43%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.43%) PMO
8 2 (0.43%) SLA
9 1 (0.21%) DICOM
9 1 (0.21%) IFRS
9 1 (0.21%) IFRS 9
9 1 (0.21%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.21%) NCSC
System Software
1 3 (0.64%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (1.70%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.64%) Ansible
2 3 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.21%) Grafana
3 1 (0.21%) Kibana
3 1 (0.21%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 27 (5.74%) IBM
2 16 (3.40%) Google
3 15 (3.19%) Microsoft
4 6 (1.28%) Salesforce
5 5 (1.06%) Apple
5 5 (1.06%) Databricks
5 5 (1.06%) Oracle
5 5 (1.06%) SAP
5 5 (1.06%) Workday
6 4 (0.85%) JDA
6 4 (0.85%) Pinterest
6 4 (0.85%) RedPrairie
6 4 (0.85%) Remedy
6 4 (0.85%) Snapchat
6 4 (0.85%) Splunk
6 4 (0.85%) TikTok
7 3 (0.64%) BMC
8 2 (0.43%) MicroStrategy
8 2 (0.43%) PayPal
8 2 (0.43%) ServiceNow