Product Strategy Contracts in England

Product Strategy
UK > England

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 398 437 515
Rank change year-on-year +39 +78 -14
Contract jobs citing Product Strategy 144 205 289
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.39% 0.43% 0.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 0.48% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 135 224
10th Percentile £396 £406 £400
25th Percentile £512 £474 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £623 £560 £550
Median % change year-on-year +11.25% +1.82% +15.79%
75th Percentile £731 £650 £638
90th Percentile £850 £743 £750
UK median daily rate £610 £595 £550
% change year-on-year +2.52% +8.18% +12.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 11 8
10th Percentile £41.17 £51.50 -
25th Percentile £48.56 £74.78 £24.25
Median hourly rate £67.50 £83.31 £45.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.98% +83.10% -19.47%
75th Percentile £68.75 £83.40 £53.19
90th Percentile £77.55 - £65.54
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
England

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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,636 42,957 64,216
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.67% 89.97% 90.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,638 30,177 45,793
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £444 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £769 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,325 1,518 1,713
10th Percentile £12.85 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.66 £15.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £37.15 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.94% +48.60% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.41
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +9.70%

Product Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Product Strategy in England

Product Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Product Strategy in England

Product Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Strategy in England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Product Strategy in England

Product Strategy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Product Strategy in England

Product Strategy
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Product Strategy in England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Product Strategy in England

Product Strategy
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 2 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
London +76 87 £600 - 139
North of England +4 22 £850 +54.55% 31
Midlands +39 20 £620 -4.62% 25
North West +30 20 £850 +43.16% 17
East Midlands +14 10 £608 -6.54% 3
West Midlands +20 8 £360 -44.62% 22
South East -13 4 £625 +38.89% 26
East of England +4 2 £635 -2.31% 15
South West +3 2 £630 -1.18% 9
Yorkshire -17 2 £563 +2.27% 8
Product Strategy
UK

Product Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (2.08%) Confluence
2 2 (1.39%) OpenStack
Applications
1 3 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (2.08%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.39%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.39%) Softmar
3 1 (0.69%) Distributed Ledger
Cloud Services
1 20 (13.89%) Azure
2 10 (6.94%) Power Platform
3 8 (5.56%) AWS
3 8 (5.56%) SaaS
4 5 (3.47%) Azure Service Bus
5 4 (2.78%) Asana
6 3 (2.08%) Adobe Analytics
6 3 (2.08%) Google Analytics
7 2 (1.39%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.39%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (1.39%) dbt
7 2 (1.39%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (1.39%) GCP
7 2 (1.39%) Miro
7 2 (1.39%) PaaS
8 1 (0.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (0.69%) OCI
8 1 (0.69%) SAP Fieldglass
8 1 (0.69%) Serverless
8 1 (0.69%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 18 (12.50%) Firewall
2 16 (11.11%) VPN
3 3 (2.08%) SSL
4 2 (1.39%) DHCP
4 2 (1.39%) DNS
4 2 (1.39%) Network Security
4 2 (1.39%) Unified Communications
4 2 (1.39%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.69%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.94%) Power BI
2 3 (2.08%) Big Data
2 3 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (2.08%) Tableau
3 2 (1.39%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.69%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.69%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (0.69%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 15 (10.42%) JIRA
General
1 47 (32.64%) Social Skills
2 35 (24.31%) Finance
3 17 (11.81%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (11.81%) Marketing
3 17 (11.81%) Presentation Skills
3 17 (11.81%) Public Sector
4 14 (9.72%) Legal
5 10 (6.94%) Automotive
5 10 (6.94%) Manufacturing
6 7 (4.86%) Banking
7 6 (4.17%) Back Office
8 4 (2.78%) Advertising
8 4 (2.78%) Telecoms
9 3 (2.08%) Health Technology
9 3 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.08%) Retail
10 2 (1.39%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.39%) German Language
10 2 (1.39%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.39%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 28 (19.44%) Product Owner
2 27 (18.75%) Architect
3 26 (18.06%) Lead
4 25 (17.36%) Product Manager
5 21 (14.58%) Senior
6 16 (11.11%) Technical Architect
6 16 (11.11%) Technical Leader
7 15 (10.42%) Analyst
7 15 (10.42%) Lead Architect
8 12 (8.33%) Business Analyst
9 11 (7.64%) Senior Product Owner
10 5 (3.47%) Data Analyst
10 5 (3.47%) Designer
11 4 (2.78%) Security Architect
11 4 (2.78%) Senior Analyst
11 4 (2.78%) Senior Business Analyst
11 4 (2.78%) Technical Manager
11 4 (2.78%) UX Designer
12 3 (2.08%) Data Architect
12 3 (2.08%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (11.11%) Node.js
2 2 (1.39%) ADO
2 2 (1.39%) LDAP
2 2 (1.39%) React
3 1 (0.69%) .NET
3 1 (0.69%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.69%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.69%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (0.69%) Entity Framework
3 1 (0.69%) HTML
3 1 (0.69%) HTML5
3 1 (0.69%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 62 (43.06%) Product Ownership
2 13 (9.03%) Public Cloud
3 7 (4.86%) Cyber Threat
3 7 (4.86%) Management Information System
3 7 (4.86%) Onboarding
3 7 (4.86%) Security Posture
4 6 (4.17%) Mobile App
5 5 (3.47%) Infotainment
6 4 (2.78%) Blockchain
6 4 (2.78%) IoT
7 3 (2.08%) Algorithms
7 3 (2.08%) Data Centre
7 3 (2.08%) Educational Technology
8 2 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.39%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 2 (1.39%) Cyberattack
8 2 (1.39%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.39%) Digital Signage
8 2 (1.39%) Distributed Applications
8 2 (1.39%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 19 (13.19%) Android
1 19 (13.19%) Apple iOS
2 18 (12.50%) Windows
3 17 (11.81%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.78%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (53.47%) Roadmaps
2 74 (51.39%) Agile
3 42 (29.17%) Product Management
4 39 (27.08%) Product Roadmap
5 36 (25.00%) Strategic Roadmap
6 31 (21.53%) Analytics
6 31 (21.53%) DevOps
7 27 (18.75%) Product Vision
8 26 (18.06%) Risk Management
8 26 (18.06%) Scrum
9 23 (15.97%) Backlog Prioritisation
9 23 (15.97%) User Stories
10 22 (15.28%) User Experience
11 21 (14.58%) Problem-Solving
11 21 (14.58%) Requirements Gathering
12 20 (13.89%) Backlog Management
13 18 (12.50%) Decision-Making
14 17 (11.81%) Continuous Improvement
15 16 (11.11%) Mobile Device Management
15 16 (11.11%) Product Requirements
Programming Languages
1 8 (5.56%) Python
2 7 (4.86%) SQL
3 3 (2.08%) Java
3 3 (2.08%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.39%) C
4 2 (1.39%) Go
5 1 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 24 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 23 (15.97%) SC Cleared
3 20 (13.89%) Degree
4 7 (4.86%) Master's Degree
5 4 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.39%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.39%) CBAP
7 2 (1.39%) CSPO
7 2 (1.39%) MBA
7 2 (1.39%) PgMP
7 2 (1.39%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.39%) PMP
8 1 (0.69%) CESG Certified Professional
8 1 (0.69%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.69%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.69%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.94%) PMO
2 8 (5.56%) QA
3 5 (3.47%) NIST
3 5 (3.47%) PCI DSS
4 3 (2.08%) NIST 800
5 2 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 1 (0.69%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.69%) NCSC
6 1 (0.69%) RMADS
6 1 (0.69%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (3.47%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.39%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.39%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 16 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.25%) Google
3 5 (3.47%) Apple
4 3 (2.08%) Adobe
4 3 (2.08%) Citrix
5 2 (1.39%) CA Agile Central
5 2 (1.39%) Concur
5 2 (1.39%) Logitech
5 2 (1.39%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.39%) SAP
5 2 (1.39%) Zoho
6 1 (0.69%) Ariba
6 1 (0.69%) Databricks
6 1 (0.69%) Oracle
6 1 (0.69%) ServiceNow