Hybrid/Remote Product Engineer Contract Job Trends

Product Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Product Engineer daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £585, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 June 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 341 297 -
Rank change year-on-year -44 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Product Engineer 13 11 0
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.10% 0.11% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.12% -
Number of daily rates quoted 12 0 0
10th Percentile £405 - -
25th Percentile £488 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 - -
75th Percentile £675 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £520 £756 -
% change year-on-year -31.24% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 8 0
Median hourly rate - £68.00 -
UK median hourly rate £84.00 £68.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +23.53% +94.29% -38.16%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 11,944 9,109 13,786
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.41% 93.94% 93.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,602 6,164 9,272
10th Percentile £350 £330 £325
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.46% -2.38% -2.33%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £637
90th Percentile £725 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +3.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 617 237 566
10th Percentile £17.47 £14.00 £14.27
25th Percentile £31.25 £16.63 £22.59
Median hourly rate £57.50 £34.48 £43.50
Median % change year-on-year +66.76% -20.74% -13.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.25 £64.69
90th Percentile £85.00 £76.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.61 £27.52 £37.50
% change year-on-year +58.48% -26.63% -16.67%

Product Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Product Engineer' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Product Engineer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Product Engineer
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Product Engineer job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Product Engineer job vacancies

Product Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Product Engineer over the 6 months to 15 June 2026.

Product Engineer daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Product Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Product Engineer job vacancies.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Product Engineer job vacancies

Product Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 15 June 2026, Product Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Product Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (46.15%) DevOps
1 6 (46.15%) Event-Driven
2 4 (30.77%) AI
2 4 (30.77%) CI/CD
3 3 (23.08%) Active Directory
3 3 (23.08%) Android
3 3 (23.08%) Apple
3 3 (23.08%) Azure
3 3 (23.08%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (23.08%) Mac OS
3 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
3 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (23.08%) Roadmaps
3 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (23.08%) Technical Leadership
3 3 (23.08%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (23.08%) Windows
3 3 (23.08%) Windows 10
4 2 (15.38%) Analytics
4 2 (15.38%) Backlog Management
4 2 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (15.38%) Data Engineering
4 2 (15.38%) Data Modelling
4 2 (15.38%) Data Protection
4 2 (15.38%) Django
4 2 (15.38%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
4 2 (15.38%) DynamoDB
4 2 (15.38%) ETL
4 2 (15.38%) FastAPI
4 2 (15.38%) Full-Stack Development

Product Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) Azure
2 2 (15.38%) GCP
2 2 (15.38%) Power Platform
2 2 (15.38%) SaaS
3 1 (7.69%) Entra ID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) DynamoDB
1 2 (15.38%) MongoDB
1 2 (15.38%) Power BI
General
1 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Finance
2 2 (15.38%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) Django
1 2 (15.38%) FastAPI
1 2 (15.38%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 6 (46.15%) Cloud Native
2 3 (23.08%) Augmented Reality
2 3 (23.08%) Virtual Reality
3 2 (15.38%) Data Fabric
4 1 (7.69%) Onboarding
4 1 (7.69%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (23.08%) Android
1 3 (23.08%) Mac OS
1 3 (23.08%) Windows
1 3 (23.08%) Windows 10
2 1 (7.69%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) DevOps
1 6 (46.15%) Event-Driven
2 4 (30.77%) AI
2 4 (30.77%) CI/CD
3 3 (23.08%) Roadmaps
3 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (23.08%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (15.38%) Data Modelling
4 2 (15.38%) Data Protection
4 2 (15.38%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
4 2 (15.38%) ETL
4 2 (15.38%) Full-Stack Development
4 2 (15.38%) Incident Response
4 2 (15.38%) Product Management
4 2 (15.38%) Programme Management
4 2 (15.38%) Risk Management
4 2 (15.38%) Security Architecture
4 2 (15.38%) Static Application Security Testing
4 2 (15.38%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) Python
1 2 (15.38%) SQL
1 2 (15.38%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (7.69%) ACSP
2 1 (7.69%) Azure Certification
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) Active Directory
1 3 (23.08%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (15.38%) Kubernetes
3 1 (7.69%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Apple
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft