Product Strategy Contracts in the UK excluding London

Product Strategy
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Product Strategy skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Product Strategy over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 330 361 433
Rank change year-on-year +31 +72 -28
Contract jobs citing Product Strategy 55 85 72
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.27% 0.37% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.41% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 60 55
10th Percentile £354 £395 £413
25th Percentile £525 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £623 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +13.27% - +15.79%
75th Percentile £706 £600 £593
90th Percentile £850 £650 £675
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £550
% change year-on-year - +9.09% +11.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36.25 - -
Median hourly rate £37.50 £83.31 £84.31
Median % change year-on-year -54.99% -1.19% +105.63%
75th Percentile £38.75 £83.40 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £83.31 £48.50
% change year-on-year -18.98% +71.77% -14.16%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Product Strategy is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,140 20,557 27,119
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.34% 89.47% 89.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,220 14,177 18,943
10th Percentile £250 £256 £238
25th Percentile £381 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.43%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £655
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,064 1,258 1,350
10th Percentile £12.35 £10.63 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.25 £15.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.54%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £47.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.72 £61.52
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £35.65 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.11% +38.82% +5.90%

Product Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Product Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Product Strategy in the UK excluding London

Product Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Product Strategy in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Product Strategy in the UK excluding London

Product Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Strategy in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Product Strategy in the UK excluding London

Product Strategy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Product Strategy in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Product Strategy in the UK excluding London

Product Strategy
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 May 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
North of England +1 20 £850 +54.55% 34
Midlands +42 18 £595 -8.46% 26
North West +26 18 £850 +47.83% 16
East Midlands +17 10 £608 -6.54% 4
West Midlands +28 6 £315 -51.54% 22
South East -2 5 £625 +36.61% 43
Scotland +43 4 £435 -22.15% 9
Wales - 4 £412 - 3
East of England +7 2 £635 -2.31% 12
South West -4 2 £630 -1.18% 8
Yorkshire -21 2 £563 +2.27% 14
Product Strategy
UK

Product Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 3 (5.45%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (7.27%) Spreadsheet
2 3 (5.45%) SPSS
3 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.82%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.82%) Azure
1 1 (1.82%) GCP
1 1 (1.82%) GitHub
1 1 (1.82%) Heroku
1 1 (1.82%) OCI
1 1 (1.82%) Power Platform
1 1 (1.82%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (21.82%) Firewall
1 12 (21.82%) VPN
2 1 (1.82%) Network Security
2 1 (1.82%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.64%) Big Data
1 2 (3.64%) Data Mining
2 1 (1.82%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.82%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 1 (1.82%) Power BI
2 1 (1.82%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (3.64%) JIRA
2 1 (1.82%) Git
2 1 (1.82%) GitLab
General
1 11 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 10 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 8 (14.55%) Manufacturing
4 6 (10.91%) Finance
4 6 (10.91%) Legal
5 5 (9.09%) Automotive
6 4 (7.27%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (5.45%) Banking
7 3 (5.45%) Marketing
8 2 (3.64%) Health Technology
9 1 (1.82%) Advertising
9 1 (1.82%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.82%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.82%) Local Government
9 1 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.82%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (29.09%) Architect
2 14 (25.45%) Lead
3 12 (21.82%) Technical Architect
4 11 (20.00%) Lead Architect
4 11 (20.00%) Technical Leader
5 8 (14.55%) Senior
6 6 (10.91%) Product Owner
7 4 (7.27%) Product Manager
8 3 (5.45%) Data Scientist
8 3 (5.45%) Debt Manager
8 3 (5.45%) Designer
8 3 (5.45%) Senior Designer
9 2 (3.64%) Security Architect
9 2 (3.64%) Senior Analyst
9 2 (3.64%) Senior UI Designer
9 2 (3.64%) Senior UI/UX Designer
9 2 (3.64%) Senior UX Designer
9 2 (3.64%) UI Designer
9 2 (3.64%) UI/UX Designer
9 2 (3.64%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (18.18%) Node.js
2 1 (1.82%) .NET
2 1 (1.82%) .NET Framework
2 1 (1.82%) ASP.NET
2 1 (1.82%) ASP.NET MVC
2 1 (1.82%) Entity Framework
2 1 (1.82%) HTML
2 1 (1.82%) HTML5
2 1 (1.82%) Lightning Web Components
2 1 (1.82%) REST
2 1 (1.82%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 17 (30.91%) Product Ownership
2 12 (21.82%) Public Cloud
3 6 (10.91%) Mobile App
4 4 (7.27%) Infotainment
5 3 (5.45%) Credit Risk
6 2 (3.64%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (3.64%) IoT
6 2 (3.64%) Management Information System
6 2 (3.64%) Security Posture
6 2 (3.64%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (3.64%) Virtual Team
7 1 (1.82%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.82%) Blockchain
7 1 (1.82%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 1 (1.82%) Cyberattack
7 1 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.82%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 14 (25.45%) Windows
2 13 (23.64%) Android
2 13 (23.64%) Apple iOS
2 13 (23.64%) Windows Server
3 2 (3.64%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (50.91%) Roadmaps
2 27 (49.09%) Agile
3 19 (34.55%) Risk Management
4 17 (30.91%) Product Roadmap
5 16 (29.09%) DevOps
6 15 (27.27%) Backlog Management
6 15 (27.27%) Strategic Roadmap
7 14 (25.45%) Backlog Prioritisation
8 12 (21.82%) Mobile Device Management
9 11 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
9 11 (20.00%) User Experience
10 9 (16.36%) CI/CD
10 9 (16.36%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
10 9 (16.36%) Design Patterns
10 9 (16.36%) Product Management
10 9 (16.36%) Security Architecture
10 9 (16.36%) Threat Intelligence
10 9 (16.36%) Zero Trust
11 7 (12.73%) Project Management
11 7 (12.73%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 5 (9.09%) Python
2 3 (5.45%) R
3 1 (1.82%) Apex Code
3 1 (1.82%) Java
3 1 (1.82%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.82%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 10 (18.18%) SC Cleared
3 7 (12.73%) Degree
4 4 (7.27%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.82%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.82%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (18.18%) PMO
2 1 (1.82%) NIST
2 1 (1.82%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.82%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (12.73%) Google
2 5 (9.09%) Apple
3 2 (3.64%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.82%) Citrix
4 1 (1.82%) Databricks
4 1 (1.82%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.82%) Oracle
4 1 (1.82%) SAP