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 10 April 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 306 264 333
Rank change year-on-year -42 +69 -14
Contract jobs requiring a Product Manager 368 271 254
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.80% 0.93% 0.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.87% 1.00% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 231 193 178
10th Percentile £356 £360 £409
25th Percentile £438 £463 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £538 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% -6.52% +2.22%
75th Percentile £620 £675 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 3 3
10th Percentile £80.50 £48.25 £54.25
25th Percentile £80.75 £49.38 £58.75
Median hourly rate £88.00 £52.50 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +67.62% -22.22% +70.67%
75th Percentile - £63.13 £68.75
90th Percentile - £68.75 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £88.00 £70.00 -
% change year-on-year +25.71% - -

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 42,318 27,076 40,821
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.26% 92.68% 92.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,340 17,810 26,699
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £407 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £638
90th Percentile £725 £743 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +2.63% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,659 966 2,580
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.95 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.09 £20.12 £16.25
Median hourly rate £40.54 £31.58 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.37% -9.77% -21.81%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £76.25 £71.87
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.94 £30.20 £35.00
% change year-on-year +38.87% -13.71% -17.38%

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 10 April 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 10 April 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 10 April 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 -28 338 £550 - 237
London -55 187 £550 -3.93% 120
UK excluding London -28 138 £525 +5.00% 134
Work from Home -1 110 £550 +2.33% 116
South East +2 67 £565 +30.64% 42
North of England -57 45 £513 +2.50% 45
North West -21 20 £550 +22.22% 25
North East -12 15 £450 -10.89%
Midlands -57 13 £491 -10.73% 15
Yorkshire -48 11 £525 +5.00% 20
West Midlands -57 11 £483 -3.50% 13
East of England -32 7 £615 +5.81% 13
South West -26 6 £550 +29.41% 13
East Midlands -32 2 £550 - 2

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

For the 6 months to 10 April 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.

1 177 (48.10%) Roadmaps
2 167 (45.38%) Agile
3 125 (33.97%) Product Management
4 112 (30.43%) Security Cleared
5 100 (27.17%) Stakeholder Management
6 88 (23.91%) Product Roadmap
7 83 (22.55%) Product Strategy
8 71 (19.29%) Product Vision
9 67 (18.21%) SC Cleared
10 65 (17.66%) Continuous Improvement
11 63 (17.12%) AI
12 58 (15.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 51 (13.86%) User Stories
14 50 (13.59%) Product Backlog
15 49 (13.32%) Backlog Management
16 47 (12.77%) Backlog Prioritisation
17 46 (12.50%) Analytics
18 45 (12.23%) Degree
18 45 (12.23%) Scaled Agile Framework
19 41 (11.14%) Decision-Making
20 40 (10.87%) Scrum
20 40 (10.87%) Strategic Roadmap
21 38 (10.33%) Systems Engineering
22 37 (10.05%) Problem-Solving
23 35 (9.51%) Computer Science
24 33 (8.97%) Change Control
24 33 (8.97%) PRINCE2
25 31 (8.42%) Rational DOORS
26 30 (8.15%) User Experience
27 29 (7.88%) Product Requirements

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 14 (3.80%) Confluence
2 3 (0.82%) CMS
3 1 (0.27%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (0.54%) Chatbot
1 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (1.09%) Sprinklr
2 2 (0.54%) Exchequer
2 2 (0.54%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.27%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 23 (6.25%) SaaS
2 17 (4.62%) Azure
3 13 (3.53%) AWS
4 7 (1.90%) IaaS
4 7 (1.90%) PaaS
5 6 (1.63%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (1.36%) GitHub
6 5 (1.36%) n8n
6 5 (1.36%) Power Platform
7 4 (1.09%) GCP
8 3 (0.82%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (0.82%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (0.82%) Figma
8 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Copilot
8 3 (0.82%) Miro
8 3 (0.82%) Snowflake
8 3 (0.82%) WhatsApp
9 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (0.54%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.27%) Contentsquare
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.17%) Firewall
2 6 (1.63%) SD-WAN
2 6 (1.63%) WAN
3 4 (1.09%) DNS
3 4 (1.09%) LAN
4 2 (0.54%) ISDN
4 2 (0.54%) OpenScape
4 2 (0.54%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.27%) 5G
5 1 (0.27%) Internet
5 1 (0.27%) Intranet
5 1 (0.27%) Network Security
5 1 (0.27%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.09%) Power BI
2 2 (0.54%) Big Data
2 2 (0.54%) Metadata
2 2 (0.54%) Semantic Layer
3 1 (0.27%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (0.27%) BigQuery
3 1 (0.27%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.27%) Delta Lake
3 1 (0.27%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (0.27%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 31 (8.42%) Rational DOORS
2 16 (4.35%) JIRA
General
1 110 (29.89%) Social Skills
2 66 (17.93%) Finance
3 59 (16.03%) Public Sector
4 49 (13.32%) Analytical Skills
5 40 (10.87%) Marketing
6 38 (10.33%) Aerospace
7 16 (4.35%) Banking
7 16 (4.35%) Retail
8 15 (4.08%) Influencing Skills
9 12 (3.26%) Aviation
10 10 (2.72%) Military
11 9 (2.45%) Legal
12 6 (1.63%) Billing
13 5 (1.36%) Investment Banking
13 5 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (1.36%) Publishing
14 4 (1.09%) Advertising
14 4 (1.09%) Back Office
14 4 (1.09%) Local Government
15 3 (0.82%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.82%) Azure Blueprints
1 3 (0.82%) PySpark
2 1 (0.27%) React
2 1 (0.27%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 87 (23.64%) Product Ownership
2 23 (6.25%) Data Structures
3 14 (3.80%) Marketing Technology
4 12 (3.26%) Data Protection Act
5 11 (2.99%) Onboarding
6 10 (2.72%) Legacy Systems
7 9 (2.45%) Mobile App
8 8 (2.17%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (1.90%) IoT
10 6 (1.63%) AI Agents
11 5 (1.36%) Management Information System
11 5 (1.36%) Robotics
11 5 (1.36%) Social Media
11 5 (1.36%) Virtual Team
12 4 (1.09%) Derivative
12 4 (1.09%) Educational Technology
12 4 (1.09%) NHS
13 3 (0.82%) FMCG
13 3 (0.82%) Media Streaming
13 3 (0.82%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.09%) VMS
2 1 (0.27%) Android
2 1 (0.27%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 177 (48.10%) Roadmaps
2 167 (45.38%) Agile
3 125 (33.97%) Product Management
4 100 (27.17%) Stakeholder Management
5 88 (23.91%) Product Roadmap
6 83 (22.55%) Product Strategy
7 71 (19.29%) Product Vision
8 65 (17.66%) Continuous Improvement
9 63 (17.12%) AI
10 58 (15.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 51 (13.86%) User Stories
12 50 (13.59%) Product Backlog
13 49 (13.32%) Backlog Management
14 47 (12.77%) Backlog Prioritisation
15 46 (12.50%) Analytics
16 45 (12.23%) Scaled Agile Framework
17 41 (11.14%) Decision-Making
18 40 (10.87%) Scrum
18 40 (10.87%) Strategic Roadmap
19 38 (10.33%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 9 (2.45%) SQL
2 4 (1.09%) Java
3 3 (0.82%) Python
Qualifications
1 112 (30.43%) Security Cleared
2 67 (18.21%) SC Cleared
3 45 (12.23%) Degree
4 14 (3.80%) BPSS Clearance
4 14 (3.80%) DV Cleared
5 4 (1.09%) CSPO
5 4 (1.09%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.54%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (0.54%) MBA
7 1 (0.27%) APMG
7 1 (0.27%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.27%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.26%) Data Quality
2 11 (2.99%) Accessibility
3 6 (1.63%) QA
4 5 (1.36%) NCSC
4 5 (1.36%) SLA
5 4 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.09%) NIST
6 2 (0.54%) DO-254
6 2 (0.54%) GDPR
6 2 (0.54%) GRC
6 2 (0.54%) IEC 61508
6 2 (0.54%) ISO 26262
7 1 (0.27%) EU AI Act
7 1 (0.27%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.27%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.27%) PMO
7 1 (0.27%) PSD2
7 1 (0.27%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (0.82%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (2.17%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.54%) Ansible
2 2 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 26 (7.07%) IBM
2 13 (3.53%) Microsoft
3 8 (2.17%) Salesforce
4 5 (1.36%) Databricks
4 5 (1.36%) Google
4 5 (1.36%) SAP
5 4 (1.09%) Apple
5 4 (1.09%) Oracle
5 4 (1.09%) Palo Alto
5 4 (1.09%) Pinterest
5 4 (1.09%) ServiceNow
5 4 (1.09%) Snapchat
5 4 (1.09%) TikTok
5 4 (1.09%) Workday
6 3 (0.82%) Fortinet
7 2 (0.54%) Mitel
7 2 (0.54%) Virgin Media
8 1 (0.27%) Bloomberg
8 1 (0.27%) Cisco
8 1 (0.27%) Remedy