Product Manager Contract Job Trends

Product Manager
UK

The median Product Manager daily rate in the UK is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 October 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 297 332 334
Rank change year-on-year +35 +2 +26
Contract jobs requiring a Product Manager 471 233 242
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.86% 0.70% 0.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.94% 0.77% 0.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 346 169 170
10th Percentile £400 £396 £362
25th Percentile £463 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £675
90th Percentile £722 £707 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £515 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +3.00% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 1 0
10th Percentile £71.25 - -
25th Percentile £72.50 £32.25 -
Median hourly rate £75.00 £34.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +117.39% - -
75th Percentile £81.25 £36.75 -
90th Percentile £85.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £75.00 £34.50 -
% change year-on-year +117.39% - -

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 50,176 30,117 35,319
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.07% 90.80% 93.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,458 18,999 21,350
10th Percentile £325 £275 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
75th Percentile £638 £623 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £494
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.85% -1.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4,042 1,639 1,491
10th Percentile £14.32 £13.75 £14.85
25th Percentile £19.36 £17.30 £20.30
Median hourly rate £41.71 £25.15 £41.57
Median % change year-on-year +65.84% -39.49% -6.60%
75th Percentile £67.50 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £79.00 £68.00 £74.44
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.71 £25.00 £42.96
% change year-on-year +66.84% -41.80% -3.47%

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 9 October 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 9 October 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 9 October 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 +35 423 £545 +3.81% 1,855
UK excluding London +52 219 £515 +3.00% 612
London -53 184 £570 +6.54% 1,297
Work from Home -14 122 £519 +0.53% 702
North of England -9 76 £513 +1.28% 149
South East -16 51 £575 +43.03% 154
South West +12 46 £530 -17.67% 58
North West -15 40 £550 +7.32% 87
Yorkshire -11 30 £509 -7.50% 49
West Midlands -29 28 £478 -16.96% 67
Midlands -37 28 £478 +8.83% 102
East of England -12 18 £488 -26.42% 51
North East -37 12 £450 -10.00% 13
Scotland -24 4 £525 +9.38% 58

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

For the 6 months to 9 October 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.

1 330 (70.06%) Roadmaps
2 296 (62.85%) Agile
3 216 (45.86%) Stakeholder Management
4 205 (43.52%) Product Management
5 161 (34.18%) Backlog Prioritisation
6 155 (32.91%) Product Backlog
7 153 (32.48%) Product Roadmap
7 153 (32.48%) Product Vision
8 128 (27.18%) Continuous Improvement
9 127 (26.96%) Product Strategy
10 123 (26.11%) Security Cleared
11 110 (23.35%) Strategic Roadmap
12 103 (21.87%) SC Cleared
13 97 (20.59%) Decision-Making
14 86 (18.26%) User Stories
15 80 (16.99%) Analytics
16 76 (16.14%) Scrum
17 74 (15.71%) Backlog Management
18 71 (15.07%) AI
19 65 (13.80%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
20 62 (13.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
21 58 (12.31%) Azure
22 57 (12.10%) User Research
23 53 (11.25%) Business Case
24 52 (11.04%) Backlog Refinement
25 51 (10.83%) Scaled Agile Framework
25 51 (10.83%) User Experience
26 46 (9.77%) AWS
27 45 (9.55%) Acceptance Criteria
28 44 (9.34%) Problem-Solving

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 40 (8.49%) Confluence
2 5 (1.06%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.42%) Apache
3 2 (0.42%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.42%) CMS
3 2 (0.42%) IBM Transformation Extender
3 2 (0.42%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.21%) Kinematics
Applications
1 5 (1.06%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (1.06%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (1.06%) Notion
2 4 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.64%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.21%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (1.49%) Shopify
2 5 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.64%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.42%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.42%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.42%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.21%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.21%) Maximo
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.21%) SAP EHS
5 1 (0.21%) SAP Retail
5 1 (0.21%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 58 (12.31%) Azure
2 46 (9.77%) AWS
3 16 (3.40%) SaaS
4 14 (2.97%) Azure DevOps
5 13 (2.76%) Power Platform
6 10 (2.12%) GCP
7 8 (1.70%) Snowflake
8 6 (1.27%) dbt
9 5 (1.06%) GitHub
9 5 (1.06%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (1.06%) Miro
10 4 (0.85%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (0.85%) Google Analytics
11 3 (0.64%) Anthropic Claude
11 3 (0.64%) Azure Monitor
11 3 (0.64%) ChatGPT
11 3 (0.64%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Purview
11 3 (0.64%) Power Automate
12 2 (0.42%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.42%) Broadband
1 2 (0.42%) SD-WAN
1 2 (0.42%) SMS
1 2 (0.42%) WAN
2 1 (0.21%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (2.55%) Metadata
2 11 (2.34%) Data Warehouse
2 11 (2.34%) Power BI
3 8 (1.70%) Data Lake
4 4 (0.85%) Big Data
5 3 (0.64%) Delta Lake
5 3 (0.64%) Tableau
6 2 (0.42%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (0.42%) BigQuery
6 2 (0.42%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.42%) Looker
6 2 (0.42%) Semantic Layer
7 1 (0.21%) Mixpanel
7 1 (0.21%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.21%) Redis
Development Applications
1 43 (9.13%) JIRA
2 2 (0.42%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.21%) CircleCI
3 1 (0.21%) Rational DOORS
General
1 134 (28.45%) Social Skills
2 98 (20.81%) Public Sector
3 80 (16.99%) Finance
4 53 (11.25%) Retail
5 47 (9.98%) Analytical Skills
6 42 (8.92%) Marketing
7 39 (8.28%) Influencing Skills
8 25 (5.31%) Aerospace
9 24 (5.10%) Banking
10 17 (3.61%) Legal
11 13 (2.76%) Manufacturing
12 9 (1.91%) Aviation
13 8 (1.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (1.49%) Local Government
14 7 (1.49%) Military
15 6 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
16 4 (0.85%) Electronics
16 4 (0.85%) Retail Banking
17 3 (0.64%) Games
17 3 (0.64%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.06%) RESTful
2 4 (0.85%) Middleware
3 3 (0.64%) Azure Blueprints
3 3 (0.64%) SOAP
3 3 (0.64%) Terraform
3 3 (0.64%) Web Services
4 2 (0.42%) Gherkin
4 2 (0.42%) JSON
4 2 (0.42%) MACH
4 2 (0.42%) OAuth
5 1 (0.21%) Django
5 1 (0.21%) FastAPI
5 1 (0.21%) Flutter
5 1 (0.21%) JSON Schema
5 1 (0.21%) Model Context Protocol
5 1 (0.21%) REST
5 1 (0.21%) Spring
5 1 (0.21%) Spring Boot
5 1 (0.21%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 110 (23.35%) Product Ownership
2 23 (4.88%) Legacy Systems
3 18 (3.82%) Onboarding
3 18 (3.82%) Virtual Team
4 13 (2.76%) Cloud Native
4 13 (2.76%) Mobile App
5 11 (2.34%) Data Protection Act
6 7 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (1.49%) Management Information System
7 6 (1.27%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (1.06%) Credit Risk
8 5 (1.06%) NHS
9 3 (0.64%) AI Agents
9 3 (0.64%) Educational Technology
9 3 (0.64%) Life Science
9 3 (0.64%) Security Posture
9 3 (0.64%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (0.64%) Smart Home
9 3 (0.64%) Social Media
10 2 (0.42%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.64%) Android
1 3 (0.64%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 330 (70.06%) Roadmaps
2 296 (62.85%) Agile
3 216 (45.86%) Stakeholder Management
4 205 (43.52%) Product Management
5 161 (34.18%) Backlog Prioritisation
6 155 (32.91%) Product Backlog
7 153 (32.48%) Product Roadmap
7 153 (32.48%) Product Vision
8 128 (27.18%) Continuous Improvement
9 127 (26.96%) Product Strategy
10 110 (23.35%) Strategic Roadmap
11 97 (20.59%) Decision-Making
12 86 (18.26%) User Stories
13 80 (16.99%) Analytics
14 76 (16.14%) Scrum
15 74 (15.71%) Backlog Management
16 71 (15.07%) AI
17 65 (13.80%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
18 62 (13.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 57 (12.10%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 18 (3.82%) SQL
2 10 (2.12%) Python
3 3 (0.64%) Bash
4 2 (0.42%) Korn
5 1 (0.21%) Java
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
1 123 (26.11%) Security Cleared
2 103 (21.87%) SC Cleared
3 43 (9.13%) Degree
4 39 (8.28%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (2.55%) DV Cleared
6 7 (1.49%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 5 (1.06%) CSPO
7 5 (1.06%) PMI Certification
7 5 (1.06%) PMP
8 3 (0.64%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.42%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.21%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.21%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (4.25%) Accessibility
2 19 (4.03%) Data Quality
3 13 (2.76%) QA
4 8 (1.70%) WCAG
5 7 (1.49%) GDPR
6 2 (0.42%) GRC
6 2 (0.42%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.42%) PSD2
7 1 (0.21%) ARP4761
7 1 (0.21%) Basel III
7 1 (0.21%) DICOM
7 1 (0.21%) DO-160
7 1 (0.21%) DO-254
7 1 (0.21%) IEC 61508
7 1 (0.21%) IFRS
7 1 (0.21%) IFRS 9
7 1 (0.21%) ISO 26262
7 1 (0.21%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (0.21%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (0.85%) Tivoli
2 3 (0.64%) MOM
3 2 (0.42%) Tivoli Monitoring
4 1 (0.21%) Ansible
4 1 (0.21%) Grafana
4 1 (0.21%) Kibana
4 1 (0.21%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.21%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 24 (5.10%) Microsoft
2 12 (2.55%) Google
3 9 (1.91%) Salesforce
4 6 (1.27%) IBM
4 6 (1.27%) ServiceNow
5 4 (0.85%) JDA
5 4 (0.85%) Planview
5 4 (0.85%) RedPrairie
5 4 (0.85%) SAP
5 4 (0.85%) Splunk
6 3 (0.64%) BMC
6 3 (0.64%) Databricks
6 3 (0.64%) EMC
6 3 (0.64%) Oracle
6 3 (0.64%) Remedy
6 3 (0.64%) UiPath
7 2 (0.42%) Apple
7 2 (0.42%) Klarna
7 2 (0.42%) OneLogin
7 2 (0.42%) PayPal