Product Manager Contract Job Trends

Product Manager
UK

The median Product Manager daily rate in the UK is £539, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 261 310 346
Rank change year-on-year +49 +36 -22
Contract jobs requiring a Product Manager 468 242 258
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.91% 0.77% 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.98% 0.84% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 280 173 192
10th Percentile £365 £360 £382
25th Percentile £459 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £539 £513 £585
Median % change year-on-year +5.17% -12.39% +6.36%
75th Percentile £603 £600 £675
90th Percentile £676 £686 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £521 £500 £575
% change year-on-year +4.25% -13.04% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 3 2
10th Percentile £72.50 £48.25 -
25th Percentile £80.75 £49.38 £66.25
Median hourly rate £85.00 £52.50 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +61.90% -22.22% +45.87%
75th Percentile £88.00 £63.13 £68.75
90th Percentile - £68.75 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £85.00 £70.00 -
% change year-on-year +21.43% - -

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 47,626 28,777 40,436
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.44% 92.02% 93.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,832 18,386 25,995
10th Percentile £325 £288 £285
25th Percentile £416 £401 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -2.33%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £494
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.85% -1.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,230 1,296 2,846
10th Percentile £15.70 £13.93 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.14 £17.49 £16.65
Median hourly rate £43.00 £26.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +62.26% -29.33% -12.79%
75th Percentile £67.50 £55.31 £62.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £73.50 £74.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +78.93% -37.13% -

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 3 July 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 3 July 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 3 July 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 +51 427 £540 +2.86% 419
UK excluding London +34 208 £521 +4.25% 138
London -15 199 £550 +4.76% 303
Work from Home +12 133 £550 +8.59% 170
South East +6 73 £521 -18.87% 67
North of England -44 54 £525 +2.94% 34
South West +15 43 £550 +25.00% 10
North West -22 30 £600 +24.68% 14
Midlands -54 22 £490 +8.89% 8
West Midlands -51 21 £483 -1.03% 6
East of England -7 19 £519 -10.75% 12
Yorkshire -37 19 £525 +5.00% 19
North East -39 11 £458 -12.86% 1
East Midlands -18 1 £500 +24.38% 2

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

For the 6 months to 3 July 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.

1 257 (54.91%) Roadmaps
2 236 (50.43%) Agile
3 175 (37.39%) Product Management
4 136 (29.06%) Stakeholder Management
5 131 (27.99%) Security Cleared
6 117 (25.00%) Product Roadmap
7 108 (23.08%) Product Vision
8 105 (22.44%) Product Backlog
9 102 (21.79%) Backlog Prioritisation
10 93 (19.87%) Continuous Improvement
11 86 (18.38%) Product Strategy
12 84 (17.95%) SC Cleared
13 74 (15.81%) User Stories
14 69 (14.74%) AI
15 66 (14.10%) Backlog Management
15 66 (14.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 65 (13.89%) Decision-Making
17 64 (13.68%) Strategic Roadmap
18 59 (12.61%) Analytics
19 55 (11.75%) Scrum
20 51 (10.90%) Azure
20 51 (10.90%) Scaled Agile Framework
21 49 (10.47%) AWS
21 49 (10.47%) Degree
22 47 (10.04%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
23 44 (9.40%) User Experience
24 42 (8.97%) Problem-Solving
25 38 (8.12%) Backlog Refinement
25 38 (8.12%) Business Case
25 38 (8.12%) PRINCE2

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 17 (3.63%) Confluence
2 2 (0.43%) Apache
2 2 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (0.43%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.43%) CMS
3 1 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.64%) Notion
2 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.85%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.85%) Sprinklr
3 2 (0.43%) Exchequer
3 2 (0.43%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.21%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.21%) SAP Retail
4 1 (0.21%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.21%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 51 (10.90%) Azure
2 49 (10.47%) AWS
3 20 (4.27%) SaaS
4 11 (2.35%) GCP
5 7 (1.50%) GitHub
5 7 (1.50%) Power Platform
6 6 (1.28%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (1.07%) IaaS
7 5 (1.07%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (1.07%) n8n
7 5 (1.07%) PaaS
7 5 (1.07%) Snowflake
8 4 (0.85%) Miro
9 3 (0.64%) dbt
9 3 (0.64%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (0.43%) Alation
10 2 (0.43%) Amazon EMR
10 2 (0.43%) Apple Pay
10 2 (0.43%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.07%) Firewall
1 5 (1.07%) SD-WAN
1 5 (1.07%) WAN
2 4 (0.85%) DNS
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%) Internet
4 1 (0.21%) Intranet
4 1 (0.21%) NFC
4 1 (0.21%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.21%) SMS
4 1 (0.21%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.28%) Data Lake
1 6 (1.28%) Power BI
2 4 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (0.85%) Metadata
2 4 (0.85%) Semantic Layer
2 4 (0.85%) Tableau
3 2 (0.43%) Amazon Redshift
3 2 (0.43%) Big Data
3 2 (0.43%) BigQuery
3 2 (0.43%) Looker
4 1 (0.21%) Delta Lake
4 1 (0.21%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 31 (6.62%) Rational DOORS
2 20 (4.27%) JIRA
3 2 (0.43%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.21%) CircleCI
General
1 128 (27.35%) Social Skills
2 74 (15.81%) Finance
2 74 (15.81%) Public Sector
3 52 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 52 (11.11%) Marketing
4 39 (8.33%) Aerospace
5 36 (7.69%) Retail
6 19 (4.06%) Influencing Skills
7 18 (3.85%) Banking
8 14 (2.99%) Aviation
9 12 (2.56%) Legal
9 12 (2.56%) Military
10 6 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.07%) Billing
11 5 (1.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.07%) Investment Banking
11 5 (1.07%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.07%) Publishing
12 4 (0.85%) Advertising
12 4 (0.85%) Electronics
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%) OAuth
4 1 (0.21%) REST
4 1 (0.21%) Spring
4 1 (0.21%) Spring Boot
4 1 (0.21%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 112 (23.93%) Product Ownership
2 30 (6.41%) Legacy Systems
3 25 (5.34%) Data Structures
4 16 (3.42%) Onboarding
5 14 (2.99%) Marketing Technology
6 12 (2.56%) Data Protection Act
7 10 (2.14%) Mobile App
8 9 (1.92%) Analytical Mindset
9 8 (1.71%) Cloud Native
9 8 (1.71%) Distributed Systems
9 8 (1.71%) Social Media
10 6 (1.28%) AI Agents
11 5 (1.07%) NHS
11 5 (1.07%) Virtual Team
12 4 (0.85%) FMCG
12 4 (0.85%) Management Information System
12 4 (0.85%) Robotics
12 4 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (0.85%) Taxonomies
13 3 (0.64%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.85%) VMS
2 2 (0.43%) Android
2 2 (0.43%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 257 (54.91%) Roadmaps
2 236 (50.43%) Agile
3 175 (37.39%) Product Management
4 136 (29.06%) Stakeholder Management
5 117 (25.00%) Product Roadmap
6 108 (23.08%) Product Vision
7 105 (22.44%) Product Backlog
8 102 (21.79%) Backlog Prioritisation
9 93 (19.87%) Continuous Improvement
10 86 (18.38%) Product Strategy
11 74 (15.81%) User Stories
12 69 (14.74%) AI
13 66 (14.10%) Backlog Management
13 66 (14.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 65 (13.89%) Decision-Making
15 64 (13.68%) Strategic Roadmap
16 59 (12.61%) Analytics
17 55 (11.75%) Scrum
18 51 (10.90%) Scaled Agile Framework
19 47 (10.04%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 12 (2.56%) SQL
2 8 (1.71%) Python
3 4 (0.85%) Java
4 1 (0.21%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.21%) Korn
4 1 (0.21%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.21%) Ruby
4 1 (0.21%) SPARQL
4 1 (0.21%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 131 (27.99%) Security Cleared
2 84 (17.95%) SC Cleared
3 49 (10.47%) Degree
4 24 (5.13%) BPSS Clearance
5 20 (4.27%) DV Cleared
6 4 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (0.85%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.64%) CSPO
8 1 (0.21%) APMG
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (3.63%) Data Quality
2 14 (2.99%) Accessibility
3 11 (2.35%) QA
4 5 (1.07%) SLA
5 4 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.85%) NIST
6 3 (0.64%) GDPR
6 3 (0.64%) PSD2
7 2 (0.43%) DO-254
7 2 (0.43%) IEC 61508
7 2 (0.43%) ISO 26262
7 2 (0.43%) NCSC
7 2 (0.43%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.43%) WCAG
8 1 (0.21%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.21%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (0.64%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (1.71%) 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 26 (5.56%) IBM
2 11 (2.35%) Google
2 11 (2.35%) Microsoft
3 8 (1.71%) Salesforce
4 6 (1.28%) Apple
5 5 (1.07%) Oracle
5 5 (1.07%) SAP
5 5 (1.07%) Workday
6 4 (0.85%) Databricks
6 4 (0.85%) Pinterest
6 4 (0.85%) Remedy
6 4 (0.85%) Snapchat
6 4 (0.85%) TikTok
7 3 (0.64%) BMC
7 3 (0.64%) JDA
7 3 (0.64%) RedPrairie
7 3 (0.64%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.43%) Klarna
8 2 (0.43%) PayPal
8 2 (0.43%) Virgin Media