Product Lead Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Product Leader
UK > Work from Home

The median Product Leader daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 299 344 454
Rank change year-on-year +45 +110 +157
Contract jobs requiring a Product Lead 5 1 23
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.050% 0.007% 0.089%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.054% 0.007% 0.093%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 20
10th Percentile £532 - £400
25th Percentile £562 - £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - £573
Median % change year-on-year - - +37.95%
75th Percentile £694 - £650
90th Percentile £728 - £680
UK median daily rate £600 £625 £575
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% +36.90%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid 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 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Product Lead
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Product Lead in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Product Lead trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Product Lead
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Product Lead.

Product Lead daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Product Lead
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Product Lead over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Product Lead daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Product Lead Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Product Lead 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Product Lead in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Agile
2 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (60.00%) Business Case
3 3 (60.00%) Roadmaps
4 2 (40.00%) Product Strategy
4 2 (40.00%) Bill of Materials
4 2 (40.00%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (40.00%) Preventative Maintenance
4 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (40.00%) Backlog Management
4 2 (40.00%) Product Backlog
4 2 (40.00%) QA
4 2 (40.00%) Product Management
4 2 (40.00%) Quality Management
4 2 (40.00%) SAP
4 2 (40.00%) Manufacturing
4 2 (40.00%) Capacity Planning
4 2 (40.00%) Demand Management
4 2 (40.00%) Business Transformation
4 2 (40.00%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (40.00%) PMO
4 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
4 2 (40.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 2 (40.00%) SAP IBP
5 1 (20.00%) Product Roadmap
5 1 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
5 1 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
5 1 (20.00%) Data Science
5 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (20.00%) Machine Learning

Product Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (40.00%) SAP IBP
1 2 (40.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) OCI
1 1 (20.00%) SaaS
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (40.00%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Back Office
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) Business Case
2 3 (60.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (40.00%) Backlog Management
3 2 (40.00%) Bill of Materials
3 2 (40.00%) Business Transformation
3 2 (40.00%) Capacity Planning
3 2 (40.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (40.00%) Demand Management
3 2 (40.00%) Preventative Maintenance
3 2 (40.00%) Product Backlog
3 2 (40.00%) Product Management
3 2 (40.00%) Product Strategy
3 2 (40.00%) Quality Management
4 1 (20.00%) Data Science
4 1 (20.00%) Product Roadmap
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) CTC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) PMO
1 2 (40.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) SAP
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle