Product Strategy Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Product Strategy
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring Product Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 74 105
Rank change year-on-year -53 +31 +12
Contract jobs citing Product Strategy 10 5 2
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 0.50% 0.54% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.56% 0.61% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 1
10th Percentile £446 - -
25th Percentile £462 £575 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £600 £450
Median % change year-on-year -18.00% +33.33% -18.18%
75th Percentile £556 £625 -
90th Percentile £575 - -
England median daily rate £550 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Yorkshire

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 requiring process or methodology skills in Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,775 822 1,648
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 89.42% 88.39% 88.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,186 495 1,013
10th Percentile £300 £230 £263
25th Percentile £401 £363 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.58% - -9.52%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £588
90th Percentile £675 £650 £675
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 24 51
10th Percentile £14.25 £12.96 £11.11
25th Percentile £15.25 £16.25 £12.34
Median hourly rate £22.92 £25.00 £15.23
Median % change year-on-year -8.32% +64.15% +43.27%
75th Percentile £53.13 £38.75 £23.75
90th Percentile £57.93 £80.10 £53.75
England median hourly rate £25.47 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -27.23% - -

Product Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Product Strategy relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Product Strategy job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Product Strategy
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Product Strategy.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Product Strategy

Product Strategy
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Product Strategy within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 9 February 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South Yorkshire -55 7 £484 - 2
West Yorkshire -24 3 £525 -12.50% 4
Product Strategy
England

Product Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (30.00%) Finance
2 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (10.00%) Banking
3 1 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Product Owner
2 3 (30.00%) Lead
3 2 (20.00%) Product Lead
4 1 (10.00%) Designer
4 1 (10.00%) Lead Product Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Product Manager
4 1 (10.00%) UI Designer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (60.00%) Onboarding
1 6 (60.00%) Product Ownership
2 4 (40.00%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (20.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Roadmaps
2 5 (50.00%) Data Strategy
2 5 (50.00%) KYC
2 5 (50.00%) Product Backlog
2 5 (50.00%) Technology Strategy
3 4 (40.00%) Agile
3 4 (40.00%) Backlog Management
3 4 (40.00%) Data Protection
3 4 (40.00%) IT Strategy
3 4 (40.00%) Minimum Viable Product
3 4 (40.00%) Objectives and Key Results
3 4 (40.00%) Product Vision
4 3 (30.00%) Decision-Making
4 3 (30.00%) Product Roadmap
4 3 (30.00%) Project Management
4 3 (30.00%) Scrum
5 2 (20.00%) Business Analysis
5 2 (20.00%) Coaching
5 2 (20.00%) SDLC
5 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (10.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft