Product Strategy Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Product Strategy
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Product Strategy skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Product Strategy over the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 272 292 358
Rank change year-on-year +20 +66 +103
Contract jobs citing Product Strategy 45 54 98
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.44% 0.37% 0.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.48% 0.42% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 33 67
10th Percentile £372 £358 £440
25th Percentile £431 £461 £479
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £575 £580
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% -0.86% +0.87%
75th Percentile £609 £630 £650
90th Percentile £750 £775 £745
UK median daily rate £513 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -14.58% +9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £70.16 - -
UK median hourly rate £62.33 £67.50 £83.31
% change year-on-year -7.66% -18.98% +91.52%

All Process and 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 9,332 12,732 21,621
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.78% 87.28% 89.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,321 8,571 15,258
10th Percentile £325 £325 £357
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% +0.93%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £751 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% +0.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 261 553 521
10th Percentile £13.00 £15.17 £18.49
25th Percentile £19.00 £25.50 £26.00
Median hourly rate £34.65 £43.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.42% -18.10% +31.25%
75th Percentile £65.00 £60.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £38.00 £37.34
% change year-on-year -33.82% +1.77% +43.62%

Product Strategy
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Product Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Product Strategy trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Product Strategy
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Product Strategy.

Product Strategy daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Product Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Product Strategy over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Product Strategy daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Product Strategy
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Product Strategy.

Product Strategy hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Product Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (6.67%) Confluence
2 1 (2.22%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (2.22%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 6 (13.33%) SaaS
2 5 (11.11%) Azure
3 4 (8.89%) Figma
4 3 (6.67%) AWS
5 2 (4.44%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (4.44%) Entra ID
5 2 (4.44%) GCP
5 2 (4.44%) GitHub
5 2 (4.44%) IaaS
5 2 (4.44%) PaaS
5 2 (4.44%) Power Platform
6 1 (2.22%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (2.22%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (2.22%) Discord
6 1 (2.22%) Google Compute Engine
6 1 (2.22%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 1 (2.22%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (2.22%) Power Automate
6 1 (2.22%) PowerApps
6 1 (2.22%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.22%) Internet
1 1 (2.22%) LAN
1 1 (2.22%) Network Security
1 1 (2.22%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.44%) Power BI
2 1 (2.22%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (2.22%) BigQuery
2 1 (2.22%) Cloud Spanner
2 1 (2.22%) Data Lake
2 1 (2.22%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.22%) GIS
2 1 (2.22%) Looker
2 1 (2.22%) Metadata
2 1 (2.22%) Mixpanel
Development Applications
1 6 (13.33%) JIRA
General
1 27 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 11 (24.44%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (15.56%) Influencing Skills
4 6 (13.33%) Finance
4 6 (13.33%) Marketing
4 6 (13.33%) Public Sector
5 5 (11.11%) Banking
6 4 (8.89%) Retail
7 2 (4.44%) Advertising
7 2 (4.44%) Legal
7 2 (4.44%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (2.22%) Corporate Banking
8 1 (2.22%) Financial Institution
8 1 (2.22%) Humanities
8 1 (2.22%) Investment Banking
8 1 (2.22%) Local Government
8 1 (2.22%) Publishing
8 1 (2.22%) Retail Banking
8 1 (2.22%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 18 (40.00%) Product Manager
2 7 (15.56%) Product Owner
3 5 (11.11%) Designer
4 4 (8.89%) Change Manager
5 3 (6.67%) Lead
5 3 (6.67%) Senior
6 2 (4.44%) Head of Digital
6 2 (4.44%) Product Designer
6 2 (4.44%) Product Lead
6 2 (4.44%) Senior Designer
6 2 (4.44%) UX Designer
7 1 (2.22%) Category Manager
7 1 (2.22%) GCP Architect
7 1 (2.22%) Head of Finance
7 1 (2.22%) Head of Networks
7 1 (2.22%) Head of Strategy
7 1 (2.22%) Lead Product Owner
7 1 (2.22%) Senior Transformation Manager
7 1 (2.22%) Senior UX Designer
7 1 (2.22%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.44%) Flash
1 2 (4.44%) LDAP
1 2 (4.44%) SailPoint
2 1 (2.22%) ATL
Miscellaneous
1 13 (28.89%) Product Ownership
2 4 (8.89%) FMCG
3 3 (6.67%) Mobile App
4 2 (4.44%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.22%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.22%) Educational Technology
5 1 (2.22%) Learning Management System
5 1 (2.22%) Low-Code
5 1 (2.22%) PMI
5 1 (2.22%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.44%) Android
1 2 (4.44%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (64.44%) Roadmaps
2 20 (44.44%) Agile
3 17 (37.78%) Product Management
4 16 (35.56%) Product Roadmap
5 14 (31.11%) Stakeholder Management
6 12 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (26.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 11 (24.44%) Product Vision
7 11 (24.44%) User Experience
8 10 (22.22%) Strategic Roadmap
9 9 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 9 (20.00%) Service Design
9 9 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
10 8 (17.78%) Artificial Intelligence
10 8 (17.78%) Backlog Management
10 8 (17.78%) Product Backlog
10 8 (17.78%) Sprint Planning
11 7 (15.56%) B2B
11 7 (15.56%) Decision-Making
11 7 (15.56%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.44%) SQL
2 1 (2.22%) Bash
2 1 (2.22%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (20.00%) Degree
2 2 (4.44%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.22%) ACCA
3 1 (2.22%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.22%) CIMA
3 1 (2.22%) CIPFA
3 1 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.22%) CTC Cleared
3 1 (2.22%) PMI Certification
3 1 (2.22%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.11%) Accessibility
2 3 (6.67%) GDPR
3 2 (4.44%) HIPAA
3 2 (4.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (2.22%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (2.22%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (2.22%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (2.22%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (4.44%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (2.22%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.22%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (6.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.44%) CyberArk
2 2 (4.44%) Okta
2 2 (4.44%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.22%) Google
3 1 (2.22%) Optimizely
3 1 (2.22%) Oracle
3 1 (2.22%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.22%) SAP