Product Manager Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Product Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Product Manager daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £538, 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 233 255 299
Rank change year-on-year +22 +44 +26
Contract jobs requiring a Product Manager 71 90 182
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.72% 0.59% 0.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.76% 0.63% 0.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 68 122
10th Percentile £374 £400 £413
25th Percentile £497 £450 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £588 £540
Median % change year-on-year -8.51% +8.80% -1.82%
75th Percentile £648 £706 £638
90th Percentile £735 £795 £710
UK median daily rate £525 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £67.50 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 - £39.55
75th Percentile £72.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £67.50 £39.55
% change year-on-year -22.22% +70.67% -29.31%

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 Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Product Manager
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 Manager.

Product Manager daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Product Manager
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Product Manager daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Product Manager
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Product Manager hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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

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

1 44 (61.97%) Agile
2 36 (50.70%) Roadmaps
3 33 (46.48%) Product Management
4 24 (33.80%) Social Skills
5 21 (29.58%) Public Sector
5 21 (29.58%) Finance
6 16 (22.54%) Security Cleared
6 16 (22.54%) Product Ownership
7 15 (21.13%) SC Cleared
7 15 (21.13%) Analytical Skills
8 14 (19.72%) Stakeholder Management
8 14 (19.72%) Product Backlog
8 14 (19.72%) Problem-Solving
9 13 (18.31%) Product Roadmap
10 12 (16.90%) Backlog Management
10 12 (16.90%) Product Vision
10 12 (16.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 11 (15.49%) Strategic Roadmap
12 10 (14.08%) User Research
12 10 (14.08%) Product Strategy
13 9 (12.68%) Data Lake
13 9 (12.68%) Regulatory Compliance
13 9 (12.68%) Continuous Improvement
13 9 (12.68%) User Stories
13 9 (12.68%) JIRA
13 9 (12.68%) Investment Management
13 9 (12.68%) Migration
14 8 (11.27%) Fixed Income
14 8 (11.27%) Equities
14 8 (11.27%) Derivative

Product Manager 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.82%) CMS
1 2 (2.82%) Confluence
1 2 (2.82%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.41%) Drupal
2 1 (1.41%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 6 (8.45%) Trello
2 1 (1.41%) Adobe XD
2 1 (1.41%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 1 (1.41%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 4 (5.63%) Azure
1 4 (5.63%) Power Platform
2 2 (2.82%) AWS
2 2 (2.82%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.41%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (1.41%) Azure Machine Learning
3 1 (1.41%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (1.41%) Figma
3 1 (1.41%) IaaS
3 1 (1.41%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.41%) PaaS
3 1 (1.41%) Power Automate
3 1 (1.41%) PowerApps
3 1 (1.41%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.41%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (12.68%) Data Lake
2 2 (2.82%) Power BI
3 1 (1.41%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.41%) GIS
3 1 (1.41%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 9 (12.68%) JIRA
2 1 (1.41%) Rational DOORS
General
1 24 (33.80%) Social Skills
2 21 (29.58%) Finance
2 21 (29.58%) Public Sector
3 15 (21.13%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (11.27%) Front Office
5 6 (8.45%) Retail
6 3 (4.23%) Banking
6 3 (4.23%) Marketing
6 3 (4.23%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.82%) Health Technology
7 2 (2.82%) Legal
7 2 (2.82%) Publishing
8 1 (1.41%) Automotive
8 1 (1.41%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.41%) Italian Language
8 1 (1.41%) Local Government
8 1 (1.41%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.41%) Military
8 1 (1.41%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.41%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.82%) HTML
2 1 (1.41%) CSS
2 1 (1.41%) Plotly
2 1 (1.41%) React
Miscellaneous
1 16 (22.54%) Product Ownership
2 8 (11.27%) Derivative
2 8 (11.27%) Equities
2 8 (11.27%) Fixed Income
2 8 (11.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 8 (11.27%) Hedge funds
3 2 (2.82%) CMDB
3 2 (2.82%) Life Science
3 2 (2.82%) Mobile App
3 2 (2.82%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.41%) FMCG
4 1 (1.41%) Learning Management System
4 1 (1.41%) Low-Code
4 1 (1.41%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.41%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.41%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (61.97%) Agile
2 36 (50.70%) Roadmaps
3 33 (46.48%) Product Management
4 14 (19.72%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (19.72%) Product Backlog
4 14 (19.72%) Stakeholder Management
5 13 (18.31%) Product Roadmap
6 12 (16.90%) Backlog Management
6 12 (16.90%) Product Vision
6 12 (16.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 11 (15.49%) Strategic Roadmap
8 10 (14.08%) Product Strategy
8 10 (14.08%) User Research
9 9 (12.68%) Continuous Improvement
9 9 (12.68%) Investment Management
9 9 (12.68%) Migration
9 9 (12.68%) Regulatory Compliance
9 9 (12.68%) User Stories
10 8 (11.27%) Analytics
10 8 (11.27%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.23%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.41%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (22.54%) Security Cleared
2 15 (21.13%) SC Cleared
3 4 (5.63%) Degree
4 1 (1.41%) CSPO
4 1 (1.41%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.41%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (11.27%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.41%) MiFID
System Software
1 1 (1.41%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (1.41%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 3 (4.23%) Microsoft
1 3 (4.23%) Salesforce
2 2 (2.82%) ServiceNow
3 1 (1.41%) Adobe
3 1 (1.41%) Ariba
3 1 (1.41%) Concur
3 1 (1.41%) Databricks
3 1 (1.41%) Hitachi
3 1 (1.41%) Oracle
3 1 (1.41%) SAP