Senior Product Manager Contracts

Senior Product Manager
UK

The median Senior Product Manager daily rate in the UK is £563, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 496 562 654
Rank change year-on-year +66 +92 +124
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Product Manager 24 20 64
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.082% 0.046% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.089% 0.049% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 15 55
10th Percentile £470 £461 £501
25th Percentile £519 £525 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £550 £650
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% -15.38% +8.33%
75th Percentile £575 £650 -
90th Percentile £600 £705 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £485 £650
% change year-on-year +8.25% -25.38% +8.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Senior Product Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Product Manager in the UK

Senior Product Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Product Manager in the UK

Senior Product Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Product Manager over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Product Manager in the UK

Senior Product Manager
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Product Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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 +62 24 £563 +2.27% 623
London +43 21 £563 +2.27% 491
Work from Home +37 4 £457 -26.92% 189
UK excluding London +63 2 £525 +8.25% 176
Midlands - 2 £525 - 26
West Midlands - 1 £500 - 13
East Midlands - 1 £550 - 11

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Senior 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 Senior Product Manager in the job title.

1 21 (87.50%) Product Management
2 14 (58.33%) Social Skills
3 13 (54.17%) Retail
4 12 (50.00%) Agile
5 11 (45.83%) Stakeholder Management
5 11 (45.83%) Roadmaps
6 9 (37.50%) Artificial Intelligence
7 7 (29.17%) Product Roadmap
7 7 (29.17%) Customer Experience
8 6 (25.00%) Product Vision
8 6 (25.00%) Decision-Making
9 5 (20.83%) Finance
10 4 (16.67%) E-Commerce
10 4 (16.67%) B2B
10 4 (16.67%) Local Government
10 4 (16.67%) Product Strategy
10 4 (16.67%) Data Science
11 3 (12.50%) Market Research
11 3 (12.50%) Personalization
11 3 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
11 3 (12.50%) Data-Driven Decision Making
11 3 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (12.50%) SQL
11 3 (12.50%) Salesforce
11 3 (12.50%) Customer Engagement
11 3 (12.50%) Azure
11 3 (12.50%) Analytics
11 3 (12.50%) Objectives and Key Results
12 2 (8.33%) Digital Media
12 2 (8.33%) SC Cleared

Senior 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 1 (4.17%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 3 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (4.17%) AWS
2 1 (4.17%) SaaS
General
1 14 (58.33%) Social Skills
2 13 (54.17%) Retail
3 5 (20.83%) Finance
4 4 (16.67%) Local Government
5 2 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (4.17%) Automotive
6 1 (4.17%) Banking
6 1 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (4.17%) Front Office
6 1 (4.17%) Marketing
6 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (8.33%) Digital Media
2 2 (8.33%) Mobile App
3 1 (4.17%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (87.50%) Product Management
2 12 (50.00%) Agile
3 11 (45.83%) Roadmaps
3 11 (45.83%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (37.50%) Artificial Intelligence
5 7 (29.17%) Customer Experience
5 7 (29.17%) Product Roadmap
6 6 (25.00%) Decision-Making
6 6 (25.00%) Product Vision
7 4 (16.67%) B2B
7 4 (16.67%) Data Science
7 4 (16.67%) E-Commerce
7 4 (16.67%) Product Strategy
8 3 (12.50%) Analytics
8 3 (12.50%) Customer Engagement
8 3 (12.50%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 3 (12.50%) Market Research
8 3 (12.50%) Objectives and Key Results
8 3 (12.50%) Personalization
8 3 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (8.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (8.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.17%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (12.50%) Salesforce