Technical Product Manager Contracts

Technical Product Manager
UK

The median Technical Product Manager daily rate in the UK is £494, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 June 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
28 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 518 576 667
Rank change year-on-year +58 +91 +152
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Product Manager 12 10 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.039% 0.023% 0.027%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.043% 0.025% 0.029%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 8 14
10th Percentile £326 £444 £277
25th Percentile £378 £491 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.23% +4.76% -19.23%
75th Percentile £528 £666 £634
90th Percentile £622 £863 £668
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £500 £650
% change year-on-year +2.50% -23.08% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £67.50 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 - -
75th Percentile £72.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 - -

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 28,118 40,301 52,517
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.08% 92.93% 94.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,995 25,892 36,509
10th Percentile £288 £281 £313
25th Percentile £401 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +1.42%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,243 2,866 1,510
10th Percentile £13.76 £12.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.50 £19.06
Median hourly rate £27.00 £37.50 £43.81
Median % change year-on-year -28.00% -14.39% +71.78%
75th Percentile £56.35 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £74.00 £76.03
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -37.13% - +100.00%

Technical Product Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Product Manager in the UK

Technical Product Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Technical Product Manager in the UK

Technical Product Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Product Manager over the 6 months to 28 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Product Manager in the UK

Technical Product Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Technical Product Manager in the UK

Technical Product Manager
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Product Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 28 June 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
Work from Home +45 8 £494 -25.47% 26
England +43 7 £475 -13.64% 56
London +47 5 £425 -29.17% 39
UK excluding London +37 2 £513 +2.50% 20
North West +16 2 £513 +5.13% 8
North of England +11 2 £513 +2.50% 11

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

For the 6 months to 28 June 2025, Technical 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 Technical Product Manager in the job title.

1 7 (58.33%) Agile
2 6 (50.00%) Retail
2 6 (50.00%) Product Roadmap
2 6 (50.00%) Roadmaps
3 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (25.00%) Finance
4 2 (16.67%) Workflow
4 2 (16.67%) E-Commerce
4 2 (16.67%) Project Management
4 2 (16.67%) Information Management
4 2 (16.67%) Software Engineering
4 2 (16.67%) Marketing
4 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
4 2 (16.67%) Data Mapping
4 2 (16.67%) User Stories
4 2 (16.67%) API Design
4 2 (16.67%) API Integration
4 2 (16.67%) Re-Platforming
4 2 (16.67%) Technical Debt
4 2 (16.67%) Business Agility
4 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (16.67%) IT Strategy
4 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
4 2 (16.67%) Product Information Management
4 2 (16.67%) Technology Strategy
5 1 (8.33%) Customer Service
5 1 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (8.33%) Public Sector

Technical 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 (8.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) Intranet
General
1 6 (50.00%) Retail
2 3 (25.00%) Finance
3 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Marketing
3 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Banking
4 1 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (8.33%) Italian Language
4 1 (8.33%) Legal
4 1 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (8.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Agile
2 6 (50.00%) Product Roadmap
2 6 (50.00%) Roadmaps
3 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (16.67%) API Design
4 2 (16.67%) API Integration
4 2 (16.67%) Business Agility
4 2 (16.67%) Data Mapping
4 2 (16.67%) E-Commerce
4 2 (16.67%) Information Management
4 2 (16.67%) IT Strategy
4 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (16.67%) Product Information Management
4 2 (16.67%) Project Management
4 2 (16.67%) Re-Platforming
4 2 (16.67%) Software Engineering
4 2 (16.67%) Technical Debt
4 2 (16.67%) Technology Strategy
4 2 (16.67%) User Stories
4 2 (16.67%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared