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 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 496 548 639
Rank change year-on-year +52 +91 +142
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Product Manager 25 25 61
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.086% 0.059% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.093% 0.063% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 21 51
10th Percentile £467 £450 £493
25th Percentile £509 £525 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £575 £675 £650
90th Percentile £600 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £485 £650
% change year-on-year +3.09% -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 26,964 39,481 54,050
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.38% 92.78% 94.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,546 25,683 37,739
10th Percentile £295 £280 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,040 2,653 1,507
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.83 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.18 £16.30 £19.45
Median hourly rate £28.18 £36.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.79% -18.89% +87.50%
75th Percentile £61.31 £61.30 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.70 £76.10
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.24 £40.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -31.91% -5.88% +112.50%

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 16 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Product Manager in the UK

Senior Product Manager
Top 8 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 16 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 +66 23 £563 -5.26% 296
London +26 20 £563 -6.25% 237
UK excluding London +49 4 £500 +3.09% 91
Work from Home +18 4 £457 -29.73% 129
Scotland - 2 £480 - 10
Midlands - 2 £525 - 10
West Midlands - 1 £500 - 5
East Midlands - 1 £550 - 2

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

For the 6 months to 16 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 23 (92.00%) Product Management
2 14 (56.00%) Social Skills
3 13 (52.00%) Retail
3 13 (52.00%) Agile
4 12 (48.00%) Roadmaps
5 11 (44.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 9 (36.00%) Artificial Intelligence
7 8 (32.00%) Product Roadmap
8 7 (28.00%) Customer Experience
9 6 (24.00%) Decision-Making
9 6 (24.00%) Product Vision
10 5 (20.00%) Product Strategy
10 5 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
10 5 (20.00%) Finance
11 4 (16.00%) E-Commerce
11 4 (16.00%) B2B
11 4 (16.00%) Local Government
11 4 (16.00%) Data Science
12 3 (12.00%) Strategic Thinking
12 3 (12.00%) Legacy Systems
12 3 (12.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
12 3 (12.00%) Strategic Roadmap
12 3 (12.00%) Public Sector
12 3 (12.00%) Analytics
12 3 (12.00%) Personalization
12 3 (12.00%) SQL
12 3 (12.00%) Customer Engagement
12 3 (12.00%) Azure
12 3 (12.00%) Salesforce
12 3 (12.00%) Market Research

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 (4.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 3 (12.00%) Azure
2 1 (4.00%) SaaS
General
1 14 (56.00%) Social Skills
2 13 (52.00%) Retail
3 5 (20.00%) Finance
4 4 (16.00%) Local Government
5 3 (12.00%) Public Sector
6 2 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (8.00%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (4.00%) Automotive
7 1 (4.00%) Banking
7 1 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (4.00%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.00%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (8.00%) Digital Media
2 2 (8.00%) Mobile App
3 1 (4.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (92.00%) Product Management
2 13 (52.00%) Agile
3 12 (48.00%) Roadmaps
4 11 (44.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (36.00%) Artificial Intelligence
6 8 (32.00%) Product Roadmap
7 7 (28.00%) Customer Experience
8 6 (24.00%) Decision-Making
8 6 (24.00%) Product Vision
9 5 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (20.00%) Product Strategy
10 4 (16.00%) B2B
10 4 (16.00%) Data Science
10 4 (16.00%) E-Commerce
11 3 (12.00%) Analytics
11 3 (12.00%) Customer Engagement
11 3 (12.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
11 3 (12.00%) Market Research
11 3 (12.00%) Strategic Roadmap
11 3 (12.00%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (8.00%) Degree
1 2 (8.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (8.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (4.00%) Postgraduate
Vendors
1 3 (12.00%) Salesforce