Product Strategy Contracts

Product Strategy
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 434 484 556
Rank change year-on-year +50 +72 -20
Contract jobs citing Product Strategy 153 220 327
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.36% 0.38% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 0.42% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 149 235
10th Percentile £407 £420 £400
25th Percentile £505 £500 £467
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +11.11%
75th Percentile £701 £650 £638
90th Percentile £850 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £620 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +12.73% - +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 10
10th Percentile £41.17 £69.28 £24.25
25th Percentile £48.56 - £28.50
Median hourly rate £67.50 £83.31 £49.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.98% +68.30% -12.39%
75th Percentile £68.75 £83.40 £62.19
90th Percentile £77.55 - £66.93
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £83.31 £84.31
% change year-on-year -54.99% -1.19% +105.63%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,097 52,247 79,383
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.26% 89.81% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,888 36,212 55,718
10th Percentile £300 £325 £343
25th Percentile £413 £438 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.48%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,438 1,719 1,895
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.23 £15.58
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +4.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.06 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.74% +75.00% -6.98%

Product Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Product Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Product Strategy in the UK

Product Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Product Strategy in the UK

Product Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Strategy over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Product Strategy in the UK

Product Strategy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Product Strategy in the UK

Product Strategy
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Product Strategy over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Product Strategy in the UK

Product Strategy
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 Strategy within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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 +52 141 £618 +2.92% 217
London +69 89 £605 +0.83% 109
Work from Home +74 54 £598 -0.42% 88
UK excluding London +35 53 £620 +12.73% 112
Midlands +42 18 £595 -8.46% 22
North of England -4 18 £850 +54.55% 34
North West +29 16 £850 +47.83% 16
East Midlands +26 10 £608 -6.54% 4
West Midlands +20 6 £315 -51.54% 18
South East +1 5 £625 +36.61% 30
Scotland +42 4 £435 -26.58% 7
Wales - 4 £412 - 4
South West +7 2 £630 -1.18% 6
East of England +6 2 £635 -2.31% 11
Yorkshire -13 2 £563 +2.27% 13

Product Strategy
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 4 (2.61%) SAS
2 3 (1.96%) Confluence
3 2 (1.31%) OpenStack
Applications
1 4 (2.61%) Spreadsheet
1 4 (2.61%) SPSS
2 3 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.65%) Adobe After Effects
3 1 (0.65%) Blender
3 1 (0.65%) Houdini
3 1 (0.65%) Maya
3 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.65%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (1.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.31%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.31%) Softmar
3 1 (0.65%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.65%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 19 (12.42%) Azure
2 10 (6.54%) AWS
3 9 (5.88%) Power Platform
4 8 (5.23%) SaaS
5 5 (3.27%) Azure Service Bus
6 4 (2.61%) Asana
7 3 (1.96%) Adobe Analytics
7 3 (1.96%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (1.96%) Google Analytics
7 3 (1.96%) OCI
8 2 (1.31%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.31%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (1.31%) dbt
8 2 (1.31%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.31%) GCP
8 2 (1.31%) Miro
8 2 (1.31%) PaaS
9 1 (0.65%) Figma
9 1 (0.65%) GitHub
9 1 (0.65%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 18 (11.76%) Firewall
2 16 (10.46%) VPN
3 3 (1.96%) DHCP
3 3 (1.96%) DNS
3 3 (1.96%) SSL
4 2 (1.31%) Unified Communications
4 2 (1.31%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.65%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.88%) Power BI
2 3 (1.96%) Big Data
2 3 (1.96%) Data Mining
3 2 (1.31%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.65%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.65%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.65%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (0.65%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.65%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (6.54%) JIRA
2 1 (0.65%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.65%) Git
2 1 (0.65%) GitLab
2 1 (0.65%) Jenkins
General
1 52 (33.99%) Social Skills
2 29 (18.95%) Finance
3 21 (13.73%) Public Sector
4 17 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
5 16 (10.46%) Marketing
6 14 (9.15%) Legal
7 10 (6.54%) Automotive
8 8 (5.23%) Manufacturing
9 7 (4.58%) Banking
10 6 (3.92%) Back Office
11 5 (3.27%) Retail
12 4 (2.61%) Advertising
12 4 (2.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (2.61%) Telecoms
13 3 (1.96%) Health Technology
14 2 (1.31%) Financial Institution
14 2 (1.31%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (1.31%) Local Government
14 2 (1.31%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 30 (19.61%) Product Owner
2 26 (16.99%) Architect
2 26 (16.99%) Lead
2 26 (16.99%) Product Manager
2 26 (16.99%) Senior
3 16 (10.46%) Technical Architect
3 16 (10.46%) Technical Leader
4 15 (9.80%) Analyst
4 15 (9.80%) Lead Architect
5 13 (8.50%) Business Analyst
6 11 (7.19%) Senior Product Owner
7 6 (3.92%) Designer
7 6 (3.92%) Senior Analyst
7 6 (3.92%) Senior Business Analyst
7 6 (3.92%) Solutions Architect
8 5 (3.27%) Data Scientist
9 4 (2.61%) Senior Manager
9 4 (2.61%) Technical Manager
9 4 (2.61%) UX Designer
10 3 (1.96%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (10.46%) Node.js
2 2 (1.31%) ADO
2 2 (1.31%) LDAP
2 2 (1.31%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (1.31%) React
3 1 (0.65%) .NET
3 1 (0.65%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.65%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.65%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (0.65%) Entity Framework
3 1 (0.65%) HTML
3 1 (0.65%) HTML5
3 1 (0.65%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (0.65%) OAuth
3 1 (0.65%) REST
3 1 (0.65%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 1 (0.65%) Unreal Engine
3 1 (0.65%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 65 (42.48%) Product Ownership
2 13 (8.50%) Public Cloud
3 8 (5.23%) Management Information System
3 8 (5.23%) Onboarding
4 6 (3.92%) Mobile App
5 5 (3.27%) Infotainment
6 4 (2.61%) Algorithms
6 4 (2.61%) Blockchain
7 3 (1.96%) Credit Risk
7 3 (1.96%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (1.96%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.96%) Educational Technology
7 3 (1.96%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.31%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.31%) Client/Server
8 2 (1.31%) Clustering
8 2 (1.31%) Distributed Applications
8 2 (1.31%) IPTV
8 2 (1.31%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.31%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 19 (12.42%) Android
1 19 (12.42%) Apple iOS
2 18 (11.76%) Windows
3 17 (11.11%) Windows Server
4 5 (3.27%) Linux
5 1 (0.65%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (50.33%) Agile
2 76 (49.67%) Roadmaps
3 41 (26.80%) Product Management
4 40 (26.14%) Product Roadmap
5 32 (20.92%) Product Vision
6 31 (20.26%) Strategic Roadmap
7 30 (19.61%) Scrum
8 29 (18.95%) Analytics
9 27 (17.65%) Backlog Prioritisation
9 27 (17.65%) DevOps
10 26 (16.99%) User Experience
11 25 (16.34%) Problem-Solving
11 25 (16.34%) User Stories
12 23 (15.03%) Backlog Management
13 22 (14.38%) Decision-Making
13 22 (14.38%) Risk Management
14 20 (13.07%) Continuous Improvement
14 20 (13.07%) Requirements Gathering
15 17 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
16 16 (10.46%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 14 (9.15%) Python
2 5 (3.27%) SQL
3 4 (2.61%) Java
3 4 (2.61%) R
4 3 (1.96%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.31%) C
5 2 (1.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (1.31%) Go
6 1 (0.65%) Apex Code
6 1 (0.65%) Bash
Qualifications
1 25 (16.34%) Security Cleared
2 24 (15.69%) SC Cleared
3 22 (14.38%) Degree
4 6 (3.92%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (3.27%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.31%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.31%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.31%) CBAP
6 2 (1.31%) CSPO
6 2 (1.31%) MBA
6 2 (1.31%) PgMP
6 2 (1.31%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.31%) PMP
6 2 (1.31%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (0.65%) CESG Certified Professional
7 1 (0.65%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.65%) IIBA
7 1 (0.65%) Numerate Degree
7 1 (0.65%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.19%) PMO
2 8 (5.23%) QA
3 5 (3.27%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.96%) NIST
4 3 (1.96%) NIST 800
5 2 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 1 (0.65%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.65%) NCSC
6 1 (0.65%) RMADS
6 1 (0.65%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (3.27%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.96%) Docker
3 1 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (1.96%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.65%) Nagios
2 1 (0.65%) Opsview
2 1 (0.65%) Puppet
Vendors
1 16 (10.46%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.54%) Google
3 5 (3.27%) Apple
3 5 (3.27%) Salesforce
4 4 (2.61%) Adobe
5 3 (1.96%) Citrix
5 3 (1.96%) Oracle
6 2 (1.31%) CA Agile Central
6 2 (1.31%) Logitech
6 2 (1.31%) SAP
6 2 (1.31%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.31%) Zoho
7 1 (0.65%) Ariba
7 1 (0.65%) Concur
7 1 (0.65%) Databricks
7 1 (0.65%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.65%) VMware