Product Management Contract Job Trends in West Sussex

Product Management
South East > West Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Sussex requiring Product Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 27 25
Rank change year-on-year -22 -2 +19
Contract jobs citing Product Management 4 3 1
As % of all contract jobs in West Sussex 0.96% 1.66% 0.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.12% 2.03% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 1
10th Percentile - £425 -
25th Percentile £225 £434 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £238 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -47.22% - -15.57%
75th Percentile £254 £463 -
90th Percentile £262 £466 -
South East median daily rate £509 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +13.06% -14.29% +5.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Sussex

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 West Sussex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 357 148 127
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 86.02% 81.77% 84.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 211 102 90
10th Percentile £191 £170 £193
25th Percentile £281 £208 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £388 £450
Median % change year-on-year +9.68% -13.89% -8.27%
75th Percentile £500 £525 £547
90th Percentile £638 £703 £625
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% -1.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 27 5
10th Percentile £15.46 £13.15 £24.45
25th Percentile £23.00 £15.50 £27.00
Median hourly rate £30.50 £16.05 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +90.09% -42.70% -20.85%
75th Percentile £53.75 £20.69 £29.00
90th Percentile £55.00 £47.25 £35.75
South East median hourly rate £52.43 £22.29 £57.35
% change year-on-year +135.25% -61.14% +9.24%

Product Management
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

Product Management job vacancy trend in West Sussex

Product Management
Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Product Management

Product Management
Contract Job Locations in West Sussex

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 West Sussex region over the 6 months to 9 September 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
Burgess Hill - 4 £238 - 6
Product Management
South East

Product Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) NFC
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Developer
1 3 (75.00%) React Developer
1 3 (75.00%) UI Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) JSON
1 3 (75.00%) JSON Schema
1 3 (75.00%) React
2 1 (25.00%) CSS
2 1 (25.00%) CSS3
2 1 (25.00%) HTML
2 1 (25.00%) HTML5
2 1 (25.00%) Node.js
2 1 (25.00%) Redux
2 1 (25.00%) RESTful
2 1 (25.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Product Ownership
1 2 (50.00%) Virtual Team
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
1 3 (75.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (75.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) Backlog Management
3 1 (25.00%) Backlog Refinement
3 1 (25.00%) Code Quality
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) Front End Development
3 1 (25.00%) KYC
3 1 (25.00%) Product Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Scrum
3 1 (25.00%) Software Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Sprint Planning
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (25.00%) Use Case
3 1 (25.00%) User Experience
3 1 (25.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) TypeScript
2 1 (25.00%) Java
2 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft