Product Manager Contracts

Product Manager
UK

The median Product Manager daily rate in the UK is £585 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 May 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
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 347 306 379
Rank change year-on-year -41 +73 +38
Contract jobs requiring a Product Manager 252 483 594
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.59% 0.84% 0.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.63% 0.88% 0.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 356 424
10th Percentile £409 £413 £425
25th Percentile £477 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £550 £558
Median % change year-on-year +6.36% -1.35% +11.50%
75th Percentile £663 £638 £638
90th Percentile £788 £683 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £538 £538
% change year-on-year +6.98% - +19.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £66.25 - £41.25
Median hourly rate £67.50 £39.55 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +70.67% -6.94% -40.97%
75th Percentile £68.75 - £43.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £39.55 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 39,895 54,705 83,445
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.63% 95.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,959 38,196 58,620
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,673 1,532 2,041
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.43 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.73% +112.16% +5.26%

Product Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Product Manager in the UK

Product Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Product Manager in the UK

Product Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Manager over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Product Manager in the UK

Product Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Product Manager.

Hourly rate trend for Product Manager in the UK

Product Manager
Top 15 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 11 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
England -55 205 £600 +6.97% 209
London -21 141 £600 +4.35% 104
Work from Home +37 87 £594 +9.95% 111
UK excluding London -1 85 £575 +6.98% 119
Scotland +35 26 £575 +27.78% 5
North of England +4 18 £585 +6.36% 26
South West +12 15 £450 -30.77% 10
North West +13 14 £518 -13.75% 18
South East -25 14 £505 -1.46% 29
Midlands +27 10 £600 - 27
West Midlands +14 8 £600 -7.69% 22
Yorkshire -6 4 £600 +9.09% 5
East Midlands +17 2 £601 -7.50% 5
East of England +10 1 £700 +7.69% 10
Northern Ireland +6 1 £640 +34.74% 2

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

For the 6 months to 11 May 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 featuring Product Manager in the job title.

1 128 (50.79%) Agile
2 108 (42.86%) Product Management
3 107 (42.46%) Roadmaps
4 62 (24.60%) Product Ownership
5 57 (22.62%) Security Cleared
5 57 (22.62%) Finance
6 53 (21.03%) Public Sector
7 52 (20.63%) Product Roadmap
8 51 (20.24%) SC Cleared
9 40 (15.87%) Social Skills
10 38 (15.08%) Analytics
11 36 (14.29%) User Research
12 35 (13.89%) Product Backlog
12 35 (13.89%) User Stories
13 32 (12.70%) JIRA
14 30 (11.90%) Scrum
15 29 (11.51%) Project Management
16 28 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
17 27 (10.71%) User Experience
17 27 (10.71%) Confluence
17 27 (10.71%) Stakeholder Management
18 26 (10.32%) Product Strategy
19 24 (9.52%) Product Vision
19 24 (9.52%) Artificial Intelligence
20 21 (8.33%) Epics
20 21 (8.33%) Decision-Making
20 21 (8.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
20 21 (8.33%) Marketing
21 20 (7.94%) AWS
21 20 (7.94%) SQL

Product Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 27 (10.71%) Confluence
2 5 (1.98%) SAS
3 4 (1.59%) CMS
4 3 (1.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 2 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.40%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Payment Gateway
1 1 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 20 (7.94%) AWS
2 13 (5.16%) Azure
3 12 (4.76%) SaaS
4 4 (1.59%) Cloud Computing
4 4 (1.59%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (1.19%) GCP
6 2 (0.79%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (0.79%) Figma
6 2 (0.79%) GitHub
6 2 (0.79%) PaaS
6 2 (0.79%) Power Platform
6 2 (0.79%) Slack
7 1 (0.40%) Google Analytics
7 1 (0.40%) Google Tag Manager
7 1 (0.40%) Miro
7 1 (0.40%) Stripe
7 1 (0.40%) SuccessFactors
7 1 (0.40%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.79%) Firewall
1 2 (0.79%) Unified Communications
2 1 (0.40%) ISDN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.38%) Data Lake
2 5 (1.98%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (0.79%) Power BI
3 2 (0.79%) Tableau
4 1 (0.40%) Big Data
4 1 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.40%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.40%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 32 (12.70%) JIRA
2 2 (0.79%) Artifactory
2 2 (0.79%) Bitbucket
2 2 (0.79%) Git
2 2 (0.79%) GitLab
2 2 (0.79%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.79%) TeamCity
General
1 57 (22.62%) Finance
2 53 (21.03%) Public Sector
3 40 (15.87%) Social Skills
4 28 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (8.33%) Marketing
6 17 (6.75%) Front Office
6 17 (6.75%) Retail
7 12 (4.76%) Telecoms
8 9 (3.57%) Manufacturing
8 9 (3.57%) Pharmaceutical
9 8 (3.17%) Local Government
9 8 (3.17%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (2.78%) Banking
11 6 (2.38%) Automotive
12 5 (1.98%) Electronics
12 5 (1.98%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (1.98%) Legal
13 3 (1.19%) Advertising
13 3 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (1.19%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.19%) Web Services
2 2 (0.79%) HTML
3 1 (0.40%) .NET
3 1 (0.40%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.40%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.40%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (0.40%) Entity Framework
3 1 (0.40%) HTML5
3 1 (0.40%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 62 (24.60%) Product Ownership
2 21 (8.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 18 (7.14%) Derivative
4 17 (6.75%) Equities
4 17 (6.75%) Fixed Income
4 17 (6.75%) Hedge funds
5 6 (2.38%) Digital Signage
5 6 (2.38%) Video\Live Streaming
6 4 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (1.59%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.59%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.59%) Reference Data
7 3 (1.19%) Blockchain
7 3 (1.19%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.19%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.79%) Infotainment
8 2 (0.79%) IoT
8 2 (0.79%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.38%) Apple iOS
2 3 (1.19%) Linux
2 3 (1.19%) Windows
3 2 (0.79%) Android
3 2 (0.79%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (50.79%) Agile
2 108 (42.86%) Product Management
3 107 (42.46%) Roadmaps
4 52 (20.63%) Product Roadmap
5 38 (15.08%) Analytics
6 36 (14.29%) User Research
7 35 (13.89%) Product Backlog
7 35 (13.89%) User Stories
8 30 (11.90%) Scrum
9 29 (11.51%) Project Management
10 27 (10.71%) Stakeholder Management
10 27 (10.71%) User Experience
11 26 (10.32%) Product Strategy
12 24 (9.52%) Artificial Intelligence
12 24 (9.52%) Product Vision
13 21 (8.33%) Decision-Making
13 21 (8.33%) Epics
14 20 (7.94%) Backlog Management
14 20 (7.94%) Problem-Solving
15 19 (7.54%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 20 (7.94%) SQL
2 16 (6.35%) Python
3 1 (0.40%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 57 (22.62%) Security Cleared
2 51 (20.24%) SC Cleared
3 17 (6.75%) Degree
4 6 (2.38%) Master's Degree
5 5 (1.98%) DV Cleared
5 5 (1.98%) MBA
6 3 (1.19%) PMP
7 2 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.79%) CSPO
7 2 (0.79%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.79%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.40%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.40%) CCIP
8 1 (0.40%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.40%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.19%) QA
2 2 (0.79%) PMO
3 1 (0.40%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.40%) GDPR
3 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.40%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.40%) PSD2
Systems Management
1 4 (1.59%) Terraform
2 3 (1.19%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.79%) Ansible
4 1 (0.40%) Nessus
Vendors
1 10 (3.97%) Microsoft
2 7 (2.78%) SAP
3 6 (2.38%) Logitech
4 5 (1.98%) IFS
5 4 (1.59%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.19%) Adobe
7 2 (0.79%) Amplitude
7 2 (0.79%) Atlassian
7 2 (0.79%) Citrix
7 2 (0.79%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.40%) Avaya
8 1 (0.40%) CA Agile Central
8 1 (0.40%) Cadence
8 1 (0.40%) Databricks
8 1 (0.40%) Google
8 1 (0.40%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 1 (0.40%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.40%) VMware
8 1 (0.40%) Workday
8 1 (0.40%) Zoho