Product Management Contract Job Trends in Wales

Product Management
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Product Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 - 46
Rank change year-on-year - - +19
Contract jobs citing Product Management 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 0.23% - 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% - 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £688
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £725
75th Percentile - - £763
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -4.35%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Wales

Product Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 355 326 345
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 80.14% 86.24% 85.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 201 259
10th Percentile £190 £167 £175
25th Percentile £290 £230 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £425 £413
Median % change year-on-year -2.76% +3.03% -13.16%
75th Percentile £513 £550 £550
90th Percentile £650 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 38 22
10th Percentile £13.33 £17.26 £13.80
25th Percentile £15.80 £20.12 £21.34
Median hourly rate £18.18 £23.84 £29.83
Median % change year-on-year -23.74% -20.09% +49.84%
75th Percentile £23.50 £35.46 £53.44
90th Percentile £33.15 £42.38 £55.25
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £40.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -19.75% +15.71%

Product Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Product Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Product Management job vacancy trend in Wales

Product Management
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Product Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Product Management

Product Management
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Product Management within the Wales region over the 6 months to 15 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
South Wales - 1 - - 18
Product Management
UK

Product Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) SpecFlow
General
1 1 (100.00%) Local Government
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Lead Test Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Operations Management
1 1 (100.00%) Product Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#