Product Manager Contracts

Product Manager
UK

The median Product Manager daily rate in the UK is £580 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 350 321 385
Rank change year-on-year -29 +64 0
Contract jobs requiring a Product Manager 247 496 585
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.57% 0.82% 0.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.61% 0.86% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 365 427
10th Percentile £409 £413 £425
25th Percentile £480 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.87% +4.55% +12.82%
75th Percentile £663 £645 £638
90th Percentile £788 £688 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +9.52% - +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £66.25 - -
Median hourly rate £67.50 £39.55 £69.40
Median % change year-on-year +70.67% -43.01% +1.68%
75th Percentile £68.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £39.55 £69.40
% change year-on-year - -43.01% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 40,501 57,364 85,821
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.55% 95.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,442 40,011 60,276
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £748 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,615 1,620 2,120
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.25 £19.33 £15.47
Median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +95.65% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.77 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -14.12% +117.95% +2.63%

Product Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Product Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Product Manager in the UK

Product Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Product Manager.

Daily rate trend for Product Manager in the UK

Product Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Manager over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Product Manager in the UK

Product Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Product Manager.

Hourly rate trend for Product Manager in the UK

Product Manager
Top 15 Contract 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 19 April 2024. 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 -64 202 £600 +4.35% 238
London -41 134 £600 +4.35% 113
UK excluding London +27 88 £575 +9.52% 130
Work from Home +33 84 £588 +6.82% 122
Scotland +32 26 £575 +27.78% 6
North of England +23 19 £568 +0.89% 36
South West +26 15 £450 -30.77% 10
North West +22 15 £450 -25.00% 20
Midlands +37 14 £600 - 24
South East -37 12 £525 - 38
West Midlands +28 11 £575 -11.54% 20
Yorkshire +10 4 £600 +14.29% 13
East Midlands +11 2 £601 -7.50% 4
East of England +13 1 £700 +7.69% 13
Northern Ireland +2 1 £640 +34.74% 4

Product Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, Product Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Product Manager in the job title.

1 122 (49.39%) Agile
2 110 (44.53%) Roadmaps
3 103 (41.70%) Product Management
4 57 (23.08%) Security Cleared
4 57 (23.08%) Product Ownership
5 55 (22.27%) Finance
6 54 (21.86%) Product Roadmap
7 52 (21.05%) Public Sector
8 45 (18.22%) SC Cleared
9 40 (16.19%) Social Skills
10 36 (14.57%) Analytics
11 35 (14.17%) User Stories
12 34 (13.77%) User Research
13 30 (12.15%) Project Management
14 29 (11.74%) Scrum
14 29 (11.74%) Product Backlog
15 28 (11.34%) JIRA
16 26 (10.53%) Confluence
16 26 (10.53%) User Experience
17 25 (10.12%) Analytical Skills
17 25 (10.12%) Stakeholder Management
18 23 (9.31%) Epics
19 21 (8.50%) Backlog Management
19 21 (8.50%) Product Strategy
19 21 (8.50%) Artificial Intelligence
20 20 (8.10%) Marketing
20 20 (8.10%) Product Vision
20 20 (8.10%) Decision-Making
21 19 (7.69%) Retail
22 18 (7.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)

Product Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 26 (10.53%) Confluence
2 5 (2.02%) SAS
3 4 (1.62%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 4 (1.62%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (1.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Magento
1 1 (0.40%) Payment Gateway
1 1 (0.40%) SAP Hybris
1 1 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 15 (6.07%) AWS
2 11 (4.45%) Azure
2 11 (4.45%) SaaS
3 5 (2.02%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (1.62%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (1.21%) GCP
6 2 (0.81%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (0.81%) Figma
6 2 (0.81%) GitHub
6 2 (0.81%) Slack
7 1 (0.40%) Google Analytics
7 1 (0.40%) Google Tag Manager
7 1 (0.40%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.40%) SAP Commerce Cloud
7 1 (0.40%) Stripe
7 1 (0.40%) SuccessFactors
7 1 (0.40%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.81%) Unified Communications
2 1 (0.40%) Ethernet
2 1 (0.40%) Internet
2 1 (0.40%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.02%) Crystal Reports
2 4 (1.62%) Data Lake
3 2 (0.81%) Tableau
4 1 (0.40%) Big Data
4 1 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.40%) Power BI
4 1 (0.40%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 28 (11.34%) JIRA
2 2 (0.81%) GitLab
General
1 55 (22.27%) Finance
2 52 (21.05%) Public Sector
3 40 (16.19%) Social Skills
4 25 (10.12%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (8.10%) Marketing
6 19 (7.69%) Retail
7 14 (5.67%) Front Office
8 13 (5.26%) Telecoms
9 11 (4.45%) Manufacturing
10 9 (3.64%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (2.83%) Banking
11 7 (2.83%) Pharmaceutical
12 6 (2.43%) Automotive
12 6 (2.43%) Legal
12 6 (2.43%) Local Government
13 5 (2.02%) Electronics
14 3 (1.21%) Advertising
14 3 (1.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (1.21%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.21%) Web Services
2 2 (0.81%) HTML
3 1 (0.40%) .NET
3 1 (0.40%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.40%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.40%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (0.40%) Entity Framework
3 1 (0.40%) HTML5
3 1 (0.40%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 57 (23.08%) Product Ownership
2 18 (7.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 15 (6.07%) Derivative
4 14 (5.67%) Equities
4 14 (5.67%) Fixed Income
4 14 (5.67%) Hedge funds
5 8 (3.24%) Onboarding
6 6 (2.43%) Digital Signage
6 6 (2.43%) Video\Live Streaming
7 4 (1.62%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.62%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.21%) Blockchain
8 3 (1.21%) CMDB
8 3 (1.21%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.21%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.21%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.21%) Reference Data
8 3 (1.21%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (0.81%) IoT
9 2 (0.81%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.62%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.81%) Windows
3 1 (0.40%) Linux
3 1 (0.40%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (49.39%) Agile
2 110 (44.53%) Roadmaps
3 103 (41.70%) Product Management
4 54 (21.86%) Product Roadmap
5 36 (14.57%) Analytics
6 35 (14.17%) User Stories
7 34 (13.77%) User Research
8 30 (12.15%) Project Management
9 29 (11.74%) Product Backlog
9 29 (11.74%) Scrum
10 26 (10.53%) User Experience
11 25 (10.12%) Stakeholder Management
12 23 (9.31%) Epics
13 21 (8.50%) Artificial Intelligence
13 21 (8.50%) Backlog Management
13 21 (8.50%) Product Strategy
14 20 (8.10%) Decision-Making
14 20 (8.10%) Product Vision
15 17 (6.88%) Machine Learning
15 17 (6.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 17 (6.88%) SQL
2 10 (4.05%) Python
3 1 (0.40%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 57 (23.08%) Security Cleared
2 45 (18.22%) SC Cleared
3 12 (4.86%) Degree
4 5 (2.02%) DV Cleared
5 3 (1.21%) PMP
6 2 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.81%) CSPO
6 2 (0.81%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.81%) MBA
6 2 (0.81%) PMI Certification
6 2 (0.81%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.02%) QA
2 2 (0.81%) GDPR
2 2 (0.81%) PMO
3 1 (0.40%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.40%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.40%) PSD2
System Software
1 1 (0.40%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (0.81%) Terraform
2 1 (0.40%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.40%) Nessus
2 1 (0.40%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (3.64%) Microsoft
2 8 (3.24%) SAP
2 8 (3.24%) ServiceNow
3 6 (2.43%) Logitech
4 5 (2.02%) IFS
5 4 (1.62%) Adobe
5 4 (1.62%) Splunk
6 3 (1.21%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.81%) Amplitude
7 2 (0.81%) Citrix
7 2 (0.81%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.40%) Cadence
8 1 (0.40%) Databricks
8 1 (0.40%) Google
8 1 (0.40%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 1 (0.40%) VMware
8 1 (0.40%) Workday