Product Manager Contracts in Manchester

Product Manager
North West > Manchester

The median Product Manager daily rate in Manchester is £463 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 85 103 137
Rank change year-on-year +18 +34 -40
Contract jobs requiring a Product Manager 10 8 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.69% 0.46% 0.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.72% 0.47% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 10
10th Percentile £373 £391 £413
25th Percentile £406 £448 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £550 £513
Median % change year-on-year -15.91% +7.32% -10.87%
75th Percentile £491 £638 £634
90th Percentile £496 £700 £700
North West median daily rate £500 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -9.09% +2.33% -2.27%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 1,380 1,687 2,569
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.37% 95.96% 97.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 940 1,261 1,993
10th Percentile £313 £313 £230
25th Percentile £400 £413 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -1.25% +2.56% +13.11%
75th Percentile £575 £590 £575
90th Percentile £688 £675 £663
North West median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 45 61
10th Percentile £12.12 £14.41 £11.75
25th Percentile £13.36 £16.85 £14.25
Median hourly rate £28.50 £20.71 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +37.65% +6.18% +17.36%
75th Percentile £62.50 £37.50 £33.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £65.60 £75.00
North West median hourly rate £32.95 £29.00 £24.75
% change year-on-year +13.61% +17.17% +37.50%

Product Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings that featured Product Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Product Manager in Manchester

Product Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Product Manager in Manchester.

Daily rate trend for Product Manager in Manchester

Product Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Manager in Manchester over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Product Manager in Manchester

Product Manager
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Product Manager within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 9 June 2024. 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
Salford - 5 - - 2
Product Manager
North West

Product Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 9 June 2024, 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 job ads across the Manchester region featuring Product Manager in the job title.

1 6 (60.00%) Public Sector
2 5 (50.00%) Agile
3 4 (40.00%) Service Management
3 4 (40.00%) Video\Live Streaming
3 4 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (40.00%) Digital Signage
3 4 (40.00%) Logitech
4 2 (20.00%) Roadmaps
4 2 (20.00%) Hugging Face
4 2 (20.00%) Generative AI
4 2 (20.00%) LLM
4 2 (20.00%) Product Management
4 2 (20.00%) Open Source
4 2 (20.00%) Machine Learning
4 2 (20.00%) User Experience
4 2 (20.00%) Blockchain
4 2 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 2 (20.00%) Software Engineering
5 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
5 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
5 1 (10.00%) Minimum Viable Product
5 1 (10.00%) Digital Analytics
5 1 (10.00%) Analytics
5 1 (10.00%) User Stories
5 1 (10.00%) IoT
5 1 (10.00%) Product Roadmap
5 1 (10.00%) Product Backlog
5 1 (10.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
5 1 (10.00%) Product Strategy
5 1 (10.00%) Product Vision

Product Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 6 (60.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) Hugging Face
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Digital Signage
1 4 (40.00%) Video\Live Streaming
2 2 (20.00%) Blockchain
3 1 (10.00%) IoT
3 1 (10.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Agile
2 4 (40.00%) Service Management
3 2 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 2 (20.00%) Generative AI
3 2 (20.00%) LLM
3 2 (20.00%) Machine Learning
3 2 (20.00%) Open Source
3 2 (20.00%) Product Management
3 2 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (20.00%) Software Engineering
3 2 (20.00%) User Experience
4 1 (10.00%) Analytics
4 1 (10.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 1 (10.00%) Digital Analytics
4 1 (10.00%) Minimum Viable Product
4 1 (10.00%) Product Backlog
4 1 (10.00%) Product Roadmap
4 1 (10.00%) Product Strategy
4 1 (10.00%) Product Vision
4 1 (10.00%) User Research
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Logitech