ProductWriter Contract Job Trends

Polaris ProductWriter
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring ProductWriter skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 566 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing ProductWriter 15 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.041% - -
As % of the Business Applications category 0.49% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 11 0 0
10th Percentile £350 - -
25th Percentile £360 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £516 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Business Application Skills
UK

ProductWriter falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring business application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 3,067 2,393 3,391
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.38% 7.63% 7.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,769 1,268 1,918
10th Percentile £358 £375 £375
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £663 £663 £675
90th Percentile £757 £759 £766
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £539 £525
% change year-on-year +2.04% +2.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 51 92
10th Percentile £18.80 £22.27 £19.33
25th Percentile £26.72 £30.21 £40.25
Median hourly rate £41.86 £41.50 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year +0.86% -26.54% +38.97%
75th Percentile £81.00 £68.38 £66.37
90th Percentile £90.82 £80.75 £86.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £46.18 £56.49
% change year-on-year +19.10% -18.25% +51.45%

ProductWriter
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ProductWriter relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

ProductWriter job vacancy trend in the UK

ProductWriter
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ProductWriter.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ProductWriter

ProductWriter
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ProductWriter over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for ProductWriter in the UK

ProductWriter
Top 3 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ProductWriter within the UK over the 6 months to 13 January 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
London - 15 £475 - 1
England - 15 £475 - 1
Work from Home - 3 £550 - 1

ProductWriter
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:

General
1 1 (6.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (26.67%) Developer
2 2 (13.33%) Tester
3 1 (6.67%) Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Configuration Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Pricing Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Product Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Product Owner
3 1 (6.67%) Product Test Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) ProductWriter Developer
3 1 (6.67%) Technical Writer
3 1 (6.67%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Product Ownership
2 3 (20.00%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (20.00%) Conflict Resolution
1 3 (20.00%) Incident Management
1 3 (20.00%) Project Delivery
1 3 (20.00%) Project Management
1 3 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 3 (20.00%) Technical Analysis
1 3 (20.00%) User Stories