Hybrid/Remote Product Planning Contract Job Trends

Product Planning
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Product Planning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 312 327 397
Rank change year-on-year +15 +70 +182
Contract jobs citing Product Planning 1 4 10
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.010% 0.032% 0.051%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.011% 0.036% 0.057%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 10
10th Percentile - - £399
25th Percentile - £563 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% +26.29%
75th Percentile - £588 £638
90th Percentile - - £676
UK median daily rate £425 £425 £463
% change year-on-year - -8.11% +6.32%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,995 10,982 17,630
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 92.33% 88.03% 89.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,971 6,935 12,413
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -1.69% -2.91%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 280 273 419
10th Percentile £12.98 £19.67 £17.70
25th Percentile £20.50 £30.75 £25.46
Median hourly rate £35.70 £43.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.99% -18.10% +3.96%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £84.36
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -40.82% - +43.00%

Product Planning
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Product Planning and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Product Planning job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Product Planning
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Product Planning.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Product Planning

Product Planning
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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum Master
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Management
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Product Backlog
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Retrospective
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Review
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) MBA