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 14 September 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 291 349 342
Rank change year-on-year +58 -7 +2
Contract jobs requiring a Product Manager 457 213 232
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.84% 0.65% 0.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.91% 0.72% 0.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 320 150 166
10th Percentile £400 £370 £360
25th Percentile £459 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £516 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.66% -6.14% -
75th Percentile £600 £613 £700
90th Percentile £689 £689 £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 14 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 £83.13 £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 49,990 29,768 35,726
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.35% 91.07% 93.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,655 18,799 22,146
10th Percentile £325 £278 £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 £625 £620 £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 3,750 1,555 1,711
10th Percentile £14.59 £13.69 £14.73
25th Percentile £20.27 £17.00 £20.50
Median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.00% -41.51% -1.71%
75th Percentile £67.50 £51.72 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £70.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £45.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -44.11% +8.43%

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 14 September 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 14 September 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 14 September 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 +57 419 £530 +0.95% 1,778
UK excluding London +51 214 £515 +3.00% 513
London -31 182 £550 +4.76% 1,333
Work from Home -6 116 £515 +0.49% 659
North of England -17 72 £513 +0.05% 140
South East -12 49 £575 +47.06% 93
South West -7 43 £550 - 60
North West -20 39 £600 +17.07% 73
West Midlands -30 29 £478 -13.18% 55
Midlands -41 29 £478 +11.70% 90
Yorkshire -10 27 £509 +1.75% 50
East of England -10 22 £494 -26.85% 56
North East -31 12 £450 -23.40% 17
Scotland -22 2 £475 -1.04% 37

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

For the 6 months to 14 September 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.

1 302 (66.08%) Roadmaps
2 269 (58.86%) Agile
3 193 (42.23%) Product Management
4 184 (40.26%) Stakeholder Management
5 148 (32.39%) Product Roadmap
6 147 (32.17%) Backlog Prioritisation
7 142 (31.07%) Product Backlog
8 134 (29.32%) Product Vision
9 119 (26.04%) Security Cleared
10 113 (24.73%) Product Strategy
11 111 (24.29%) Continuous Improvement
12 93 (20.35%) SC Cleared
12 93 (20.35%) Strategic Roadmap
13 87 (19.04%) Decision-Making
14 79 (17.29%) User Stories
15 78 (17.07%) AI
16 76 (16.63%) Backlog Management
17 75 (16.41%) Analytics
18 70 (15.32%) Scrum
19 59 (12.91%) Azure
20 56 (12.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
21 55 (12.04%) User Experience
21 55 (12.04%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
22 49 (10.72%) Backlog Refinement
23 48 (10.50%) AWS
23 48 (10.50%) Business Case
24 44 (9.63%) Scaled Agile Framework
25 43 (9.41%) Problem-Solving
25 43 (9.41%) User Research
26 42 (9.19%) JIRA

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 37 (8.10%) Confluence
2 5 (1.09%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.44%) Apache
3 2 (0.44%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.22%) IBM Transformation Extender
4 1 (0.22%) Kinematics
4 1 (0.22%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (1.09%) Notion
2 4 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.66%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.22%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (1.53%) Shopify
2 5 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.88%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.44%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.22%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.22%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.22%) Maximo
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.22%) SAP EHS
5 1 (0.22%) SAP Retail
5 1 (0.22%) Sprinklr
5 1 (0.22%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 59 (12.91%) Azure
2 48 (10.50%) AWS
3 15 (3.28%) Azure DevOps
3 15 (3.28%) SaaS
4 11 (2.41%) Power Platform
5 9 (1.97%) GCP
5 9 (1.97%) GitHub
5 9 (1.97%) Snowflake
6 6 (1.31%) dbt
6 6 (1.31%) Miro
7 4 (0.88%) GitHub Actions
7 4 (0.88%) Google Analytics
8 3 (0.66%) Azure Monitor
8 3 (0.66%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (0.66%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Purview
8 3 (0.66%) n8n
9 2 (0.44%) Alation
9 2 (0.44%) Amazon EMR
9 2 (0.44%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.44%) Broadband
1 2 (0.44%) SD-WAN
1 2 (0.44%) SMS
1 2 (0.44%) WAN
2 1 (0.22%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.41%) Metadata
2 9 (1.97%) Data Lake
2 9 (1.97%) Power BI
3 7 (1.53%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (1.31%) Big Data
5 4 (0.88%) Delta Lake
5 4 (0.88%) Tableau
6 3 (0.66%) Semantic Layer
7 2 (0.44%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.44%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.44%) Looker
8 1 (0.22%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.22%) Mixpanel
8 1 (0.22%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.22%) Redis
8 1 (0.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 42 (9.19%) JIRA
2 3 (0.66%) Rational DOORS
3 2 (0.44%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.22%) CircleCI
General
1 127 (27.79%) Social Skills
2 86 (18.82%) Public Sector
3 79 (17.29%) Finance
4 52 (11.38%) Retail
5 48 (10.50%) Marketing
6 47 (10.28%) Analytical Skills
7 25 (5.47%) Banking
8 24 (5.25%) Aerospace
8 24 (5.25%) Influencing Skills
9 17 (3.72%) Legal
10 12 (2.63%) Manufacturing
11 9 (1.97%) Aviation
11 9 (1.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 8 (1.75%) Military
13 6 (1.31%) Billing
13 6 (1.31%) Local Government
14 5 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (1.09%) Retail Banking
15 4 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (0.88%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.31%) RESTful
2 3 (0.66%) Azure Blueprints
2 3 (0.66%) Terraform
3 2 (0.44%) Gherkin
3 2 (0.44%) JSON
3 2 (0.44%) Middleware
3 2 (0.44%) OAuth
4 1 (0.22%) Django
4 1 (0.22%) FastAPI
4 1 (0.22%) Flutter
4 1 (0.22%) JSON Schema
4 1 (0.22%) MACH
4 1 (0.22%) Model Context Protocol
4 1 (0.22%) REST
4 1 (0.22%) Spring
4 1 (0.22%) Spring Boot
4 1 (0.22%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 101 (22.10%) Product Ownership
2 27 (5.91%) Legacy Systems
3 16 (3.50%) Virtual Team
4 15 (3.28%) Mobile App
5 14 (3.06%) Data Protection Act
5 14 (3.06%) Onboarding
6 12 (2.63%) Cloud Native
7 10 (2.19%) Analytical Mindset
8 8 (1.75%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (1.75%) Management Information System
9 7 (1.53%) NHS
10 5 (1.09%) AI Agents
10 5 (1.09%) Credit Risk
11 4 (0.88%) FMCG
11 4 (0.88%) Robotics
11 4 (0.88%) Social Media
12 3 (0.66%) Data Structures
12 3 (0.66%) Distributed Architecture
12 3 (0.66%) Educational Technology
12 3 (0.66%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.66%) Android
1 3 (0.66%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 302 (66.08%) Roadmaps
2 269 (58.86%) Agile
3 193 (42.23%) Product Management
4 184 (40.26%) Stakeholder Management
5 148 (32.39%) Product Roadmap
6 147 (32.17%) Backlog Prioritisation
7 142 (31.07%) Product Backlog
8 134 (29.32%) Product Vision
9 113 (24.73%) Product Strategy
10 111 (24.29%) Continuous Improvement
11 93 (20.35%) Strategic Roadmap
12 87 (19.04%) Decision-Making
13 79 (17.29%) User Stories
14 78 (17.07%) AI
15 76 (16.63%) Backlog Management
16 75 (16.41%) Analytics
17 70 (15.32%) Scrum
18 56 (12.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 55 (12.04%) User Experience
19 55 (12.04%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 13 (2.84%) SQL
2 9 (1.97%) Python
3 3 (0.66%) Bash
4 2 (0.44%) Korn
5 1 (0.22%) Java
5 1 (0.22%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.22%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.22%) Ruby
5 1 (0.22%) SPARQL
5 1 (0.22%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 119 (26.04%) Security Cleared
2 93 (20.35%) SC Cleared
3 36 (7.88%) Degree
4 33 (7.22%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (2.63%) DV Cleared
6 7 (1.53%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 5 (1.09%) CSPO
8 3 (0.66%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.44%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.22%) APMG
10 1 (0.22%) MBA
10 1 (0.22%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.22%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (4.16%) Accessibility
2 17 (3.72%) Data Quality
3 13 (2.84%) QA
4 8 (1.75%) WCAG
5 6 (1.31%) GDPR
6 3 (0.66%) PSD2
7 2 (0.44%) GRC
7 2 (0.44%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.44%) PMO
8 1 (0.22%) ARP4761
8 1 (0.22%) Basel III
8 1 (0.22%) DICOM
8 1 (0.22%) DO-160
8 1 (0.22%) DO-254
8 1 (0.22%) IEC 61508
8 1 (0.22%) IFRS
8 1 (0.22%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.22%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.22%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 2 (0.44%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (1.09%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.66%) Ansible
2 3 (0.66%) MOM
2 3 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.22%) Grafana
3 1 (0.22%) Kibana
3 1 (0.22%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.22%) Tivoli
3 1 (0.22%) Tivoli Monitoring
Vendors
1 17 (3.72%) Microsoft
2 12 (2.63%) Google
3 9 (1.97%) Salesforce
4 7 (1.53%) SAP
5 6 (1.31%) Databricks
6 5 (1.09%) Oracle
7 4 (0.88%) IBM
7 4 (0.88%) JDA
7 4 (0.88%) RedPrairie
7 4 (0.88%) Remedy
7 4 (0.88%) ServiceNow
7 4 (0.88%) Splunk
8 3 (0.66%) BMC
8 3 (0.66%) EMC
9 2 (0.44%) Apple
9 2 (0.44%) Klarna
9 2 (0.44%) MicroStrategy
9 2 (0.44%) OneLogin
9 2 (0.44%) PayPal
9 2 (0.44%) Workday