Product Strategy Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Product Strategy
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Product Strategy skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Product Strategy over the 6 months leading up to 5 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 264 293 377
Rank change year-on-year +29 +84 +77
Contract jobs citing Product Strategy 37 55 99
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.38% 0.36% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 0.41% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 40 67
10th Percentile £464 £350 £420
25th Percentile £500 £481 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £526 £598 £600
Median % change year-on-year -11.92% -0.42% +9.09%
75th Percentile £700 £638 £650
90th Percentile £768 £754 £741
UK median daily rate £544 £600 £595
% change year-on-year -9.38% +0.84% +8.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £49.08 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - -
75th Percentile £55.93 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £53.00 £67.50 £83.31
% change year-on-year -21.48% -18.98% +68.30%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Product Strategy 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 8,943 13,319 22,924
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.20% 87.90% 89.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,147 8,917 16,193
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 223 575 527
10th Percentile £13.92 £15.17 £18.67
25th Percentile £19.00 £24.63 £30.00
Median hourly rate £39.04 £42.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.14% -22.73% +57.14%
75th Percentile £67.00 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.15 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.95 £35.80
% change year-on-year -19.33% +0.42% +43.20%

Product Strategy
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Product Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

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

Product Strategy
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 Strategy.

Product Strategy daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Product Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Product Strategy over the 6 months to 5 May 2025.

Product Strategy daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Product Strategy
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 Strategy.

Product Strategy hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Product Strategy
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 1 (2.70%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Adobe XD
1 1 (2.70%) Sketch
1 1 (2.70%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 9 (24.32%) Azure
2 6 (16.22%) Figma
3 4 (10.81%) Slack
4 3 (8.11%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (8.11%) Miro
4 3 (8.11%) SaaS
5 2 (5.41%) AWS
6 1 (2.70%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (2.70%) Azure Stack
6 1 (2.70%) Discord
6 1 (2.70%) GCP
6 1 (2.70%) IaaS
6 1 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (2.70%) PaaS
6 1 (2.70%) Power Automate
6 1 (2.70%) Power Platform
6 1 (2.70%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.70%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (2.70%) GIS
1 1 (2.70%) Mixpanel
1 1 (2.70%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (10.81%) JIRA
General
1 24 (64.86%) Social Skills
2 10 (27.03%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (21.62%) Influencing Skills
4 5 (13.51%) Finance
4 5 (13.51%) Marketing
5 4 (10.81%) Public Sector
6 3 (8.11%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (5.41%) Banking
7 2 (5.41%) Retail
7 2 (5.41%) Telecoms
8 1 (2.70%) Advertising
8 1 (2.70%) Financial Institution
8 1 (2.70%) Humanities
8 1 (2.70%) Legal
Job Titles
1 9 (24.32%) Product Manager
2 7 (18.92%) Product Owner
3 6 (16.22%) Designer
3 6 (16.22%) Senior
4 5 (13.51%) Product Designer
5 4 (10.81%) Change Manager
6 3 (8.11%) Lead
6 3 (8.11%) Senior Designer
6 3 (8.11%) Senior Product Designer
6 3 (8.11%) Senior Product Owner
7 2 (5.41%) Product Lead
7 2 (5.41%) Project Manager
8 1 (2.70%) Analyst
8 1 (2.70%) Business Analyst
8 1 (2.70%) IT Manager
8 1 (2.70%) Strategy Manager
8 1 (2.70%) Technical Analyst
8 1 (2.70%) Technical Business Analyst
8 1 (2.70%) Technical Manager
8 1 (2.70%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.70%) ATL
Miscellaneous
1 13 (35.14%) Product Ownership
2 4 (10.81%) FMCG
3 3 (8.11%) Mobile App
4 2 (5.41%) IoT
5 1 (2.70%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.70%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.70%) Learning Management System
5 1 (2.70%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.41%) Android
1 2 (5.41%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (62.16%) Agile
2 17 (45.95%) Roadmaps
3 13 (35.14%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (29.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 10 (27.03%) Backlog Management
5 10 (27.03%) Decision-Making
6 9 (24.32%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (21.62%) Product Backlog
7 8 (21.62%) Product Management
7 8 (21.62%) Product Roadmap
7 8 (21.62%) Product Vision
7 8 (21.62%) Strategic Thinking
7 8 (21.62%) User Stories
7 8 (21.62%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 7 (18.92%) Analytics
8 7 (18.92%) Artificial Intelligence
8 7 (18.92%) User Research
9 6 (16.22%) Acceptance Criteria
9 6 (16.22%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (16.22%) Data-Driven Decision Making
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.70%) Python
1 1 (2.70%) Scala
1 1 (2.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (21.62%) Degree
2 2 (5.41%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.70%) CSPO
3 1 (2.70%) CTC Cleared
3 1 (2.70%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.81%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.70%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.70%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (2.70%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 3 (8.11%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.70%) Adobe
2 1 (2.70%) Optimizely
2 1 (2.70%) Oracle
2 1 (2.70%) Salesforce
2 1 (2.70%) SAP
2 1 (2.70%) ServiceNow