Hybrid/Remote Product Strategy Contract Job Trends

Product Strategy
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Product Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 279 274 297
Rank change year-on-year -5 +23 +112
Contract jobs citing Product Strategy 50 37 68
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.45% 0.34% 0.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.50% 0.38% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 23 53
10th Percentile £438 £335 £322
25th Percentile £513 £488 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £538 £575
Median % change year-on-year +4.65% -6.52% +2.22%
75th Percentile £647 £665 £686
90th Percentile £714 £740 £750
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £53.93 - -
25th Percentile £54.94 £49.08 -
Median hourly rate £57.25 £52.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +9.05% - -
75th Percentile £58.94 £55.93 -
90th Percentile £59.58 - -
UK median hourly rate £54.50 £53.50 £83.40
% change year-on-year +1.87% -35.85% +0.05%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Product Strategy falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,955 9,695 14,428
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 89.57% 90.39% 87.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,499 6,278 9,657
10th Percentile £340 £328 £338
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £731
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 423 186 513
10th Percentile £17.00 £18.36 £15.18
25th Percentile £25.61 £23.67 £22.87
Median hourly rate £54.50 £37.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +45.33% -21.05% -16.58%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.75 £66.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £82.20
UK median hourly rate £25.64 £32.50 £34.77
% change year-on-year -21.12% -6.52% -0.67%

Product Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Product Strategy and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Product Strategy job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Product Strategy
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Product Strategy.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Product Strategy

Product Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Product Strategy over the 6 months to 20 February 2026.

Product Strategy daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Product Strategy
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Product Strategy.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Product Strategy

Product Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 7 (14.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (6.00%) Chatbot
2 2 (4.00%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (2.00%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (2.00%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (4.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (4.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.00%) ENOVIA
2 1 (2.00%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 4 (8.00%) Azure
1 4 (8.00%) SaaS
2 3 (6.00%) Figma
2 3 (6.00%) Miro
2 3 (6.00%) Power Platform
3 2 (4.00%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (4.00%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (4.00%) GCP
3 2 (4.00%) Power Automate
4 1 (2.00%) AWS
4 1 (2.00%) Google Analytics
4 1 (2.00%) Google Data Studio
4 1 (2.00%) IaaS
4 1 (2.00%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.00%) Firewall
2 1 (2.00%) Network Security
2 1 (2.00%) SD-WAN
2 1 (2.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.00%) Power BI
2 1 (2.00%) BigQuery
2 1 (2.00%) Looker
2 1 (2.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (16.00%) JIRA
General
1 21 (42.00%) Finance
2 15 (30.00%) Social Skills
3 10 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (16.00%) Banking
4 8 (16.00%) Influencing Skills
5 7 (14.00%) Public Sector
6 2 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (4.00%) Publishing
7 1 (2.00%) Front Office
7 1 (2.00%) Local Government
7 1 (2.00%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.00%) Marketing
7 1 (2.00%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (2.00%) Retail
7 1 (2.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (44.00%) Product Manager
2 10 (20.00%) Senior
3 7 (14.00%) Project Manager
3 7 (14.00%) Senior Manager
3 7 (14.00%) Senior Product Manager
4 6 (12.00%) Product Owner
4 6 (12.00%) Technical Manager
5 5 (10.00%) Technical Project Manager
6 4 (8.00%) Lead
6 4 (8.00%) Security Manager
6 4 (8.00%) Security Product Manager
7 3 (6.00%) Consultant
7 3 (6.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 3 (6.00%) Designer
8 2 (4.00%) Lead Product Manager
8 2 (4.00%) Product Designer
8 2 (4.00%) User Experience Researcher
9 1 (2.00%) Product Consultant
9 1 (2.00%) UI Designer
9 1 (2.00%) UX Designer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (20.00%) Product Ownership
2 5 (10.00%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (8.00%) Onboarding
4 2 (4.00%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (4.00%) Credit Risk
4 2 (4.00%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (4.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 2 (4.00%) Virtual Team
5 1 (2.00%) Algorithms
5 1 (2.00%) Data Structures
5 1 (2.00%) FMCG
5 1 (2.00%) IoT
5 1 (2.00%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (54.00%) Roadmaps
2 26 (52.00%) Agile
3 18 (36.00%) Product Roadmap
4 15 (30.00%) Decision-Making
5 14 (28.00%) Product Vision
6 12 (24.00%) Product Management
7 11 (22.00%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (22.00%) Product Backlog
7 11 (22.00%) Scrum
7 11 (22.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 8 (16.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
8 8 (16.00%) DevOps
8 8 (16.00%) Stakeholder Management
9 7 (14.00%) Business Case
9 7 (14.00%) Prototyping
9 7 (14.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 7 (14.00%) User Experience
10 6 (12.00%) Backlog Management
10 6 (12.00%) Business Strategy
10 6 (12.00%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.00%) Java
2 1 (2.00%) Korn
2 1 (2.00%) Python
2 1 (2.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (24.00%) Degree
2 5 (10.00%) Master's Degree
3 3 (6.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (4.00%) MBA
4 2 (4.00%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.00%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 5 (10.00%) CyberArk
2 4 (8.00%) Palo Alto
2 4 (8.00%) SAP
3 3 (6.00%) Fortinet
4 2 (4.00%) Google
4 2 (4.00%) Microsoft
5 1 (2.00%) Databricks
5 1 (2.00%) Hotjar
5 1 (2.00%) PTC
5 1 (2.00%) Qualtrics
5 1 (2.00%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.00%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.00%) Siemens
5 1 (2.00%) Zscaler