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 17 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 293 264 257
Rank change year-on-year -29 -7 +107
Contract jobs citing Product Strategy 68 43 82
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.50% 0.42% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.56% 0.46% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 33 33
10th Percentile £402 £371 £363
25th Percentile £450 £425 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £544 £500 £588
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -14.89% +0.21%
75th Percentile £620 £600 £638
90th Percentile £771 £750 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £513 £598
% change year-on-year +7.32% -14.23% +8.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile £66.81 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £87.16 £70.16 -
Median % change year-on-year +24.23% - -
75th Percentile £102.10 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £72.50 £62.33 £67.50
% change year-on-year +16.32% -7.66% -18.98%

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 12,153 9,293 12,393
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 89.75% 91.58% 87.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,769 6,290 8,383
10th Percentile £354 £325 £325
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% -2.86% -2.42%
75th Percentile £620 £630 £638
90th Percentile £720 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 655 270 502
10th Percentile £17.01 £12.62 £15.52
25th Percentile £34.55 £18.66 £25.50
Median hourly rate £57.50 £34.48 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +66.76% -19.81% -14.00%
75th Percentile £71.95 £65.00 £62.38
90th Percentile £85.25 £72.50 £74.95
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% -5.88%

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 17 July 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
Hourly Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Product Strategy over the 6 months to 17 July 2026.

Product Strategy hourly rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid working options

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 (10.29%) Confluence
2 1 (1.47%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.47%) Chatbot
1 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.47%) Dynamics GP
1 1 (1.47%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 12 (17.65%) Azure
2 5 (7.35%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (7.35%) SaaS
3 4 (5.88%) AWS
4 3 (4.41%) Entra ID
4 3 (4.41%) GCP
5 2 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.94%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (1.47%) Azure AI
6 1 (1.47%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.47%) Figma
6 1 (1.47%) GitHub
6 1 (1.47%) Google Data Studio
6 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (1.47%) Miro
6 1 (1.47%) OpenShift
6 1 (1.47%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.47%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 1 (1.47%) Serverless
6 1 (1.47%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.47%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.94%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (2.94%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.47%) BigQuery
2 1 (1.47%) Data Mining
2 1 (1.47%) Looker
2 1 (1.47%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.47%) Power BI
2 1 (1.47%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (10.29%) JIRA
General
1 30 (44.12%) Social Skills
2 19 (27.94%) Public Sector
3 12 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (13.24%) Marketing
5 8 (11.76%) Finance
6 6 (8.82%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (4.41%) Aerospace
7 3 (4.41%) Retail
8 2 (2.94%) Advertising
8 2 (2.94%) Banking
8 2 (2.94%) Law
8 2 (2.94%) Military
8 2 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.47%) Aviation
9 1 (1.47%) Billing
9 1 (1.47%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.47%) Legal
9 1 (1.47%) Local Government
9 1 (1.47%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.47%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 22 (32.35%) Product Manager
2 11 (16.18%) Product Owner
3 10 (14.71%) Lead
4 6 (8.82%) User Researcher
5 5 (7.35%) Consultant
5 5 (7.35%) Senior
6 4 (5.88%) Delivery Manager
6 4 (5.88%) Product Lead
6 4 (5.88%) ServiceNow Consultant
7 3 (4.41%) Contracts Manager
7 3 (4.41%) Digital User Researcher
7 3 (4.41%) Lead Product Manager
7 3 (4.41%) Senior Manager
7 3 (4.41%) Senior Product Manager
8 2 (2.94%) Audit Manager
8 2 (2.94%) E-Commerce Manager
8 2 (2.94%) Engineering Manager
8 2 (2.94%) Marketing Manager
8 2 (2.94%) Product Analyst
8 2 (2.94%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.35%) OAuth
1 5 (7.35%) OpenID
2 3 (4.41%) LDAP
2 3 (4.41%) OAuth2
2 3 (4.41%) SAML
3 2 (2.94%) AngularJS
3 2 (2.94%) React
3 2 (2.94%) RESTful
3 2 (2.94%) SailPoint
3 2 (2.94%) Vue
4 1 (1.47%) .NET
4 1 (1.47%) cloud-init
4 1 (1.47%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 22 (32.35%) Product Ownership
2 4 (5.88%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (2.94%) Cloud Native
3 2 (2.94%) Credit Risk
3 2 (2.94%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (2.94%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.94%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.47%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.47%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.47%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (1.47%) IVR
4 1 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.47%) Marketing Technology
4 1 (1.47%) Media Streaming
4 1 (1.47%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.47%) Social Media
4 1 (1.47%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 1 (1.47%) TM Forum
4 1 (1.47%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (60.29%) Roadmaps
2 35 (51.47%) Agile
3 23 (33.82%) Stakeholder Management
4 20 (29.41%) Product Roadmap
5 18 (26.47%) Product Management
6 17 (25.00%) User Stories
7 15 (22.06%) Continuous Improvement
8 14 (20.59%) AI
8 14 (20.59%) Product Vision
8 14 (20.59%) User Experience
8 14 (20.59%) User Research
9 13 (19.12%) Scrum
10 12 (17.65%) Product Backlog
10 12 (17.65%) Strategic Roadmap
11 11 (16.18%) Decision-Making
12 10 (14.71%) Analytics
12 10 (14.71%) Backlog Prioritisation
12 10 (14.71%) Digital Transformation Programme
13 9 (13.24%) Scaled Agile Framework
13 9 (13.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.35%) Java
2 4 (5.88%) SQL
3 3 (4.41%) JavaScript
3 3 (4.41%) Python
4 1 (1.47%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 22 (32.35%) Security Cleared
2 19 (27.94%) SC Cleared
3 9 (13.24%) Degree
4 3 (4.41%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (4.41%) CISSP
4 3 (4.41%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (4.41%) CSPO
4 3 (4.41%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.47%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.47%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.41%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.94%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.94%) QA
3 1 (1.47%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 2 (2.94%) Docker
2 1 (1.47%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.47%) Ceph
2 1 (1.47%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (7.35%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.94%) Terraform
3 1 (1.47%) Ansible
3 1 (1.47%) Argo
Vendors
1 7 (10.29%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.88%) ServiceNow
3 3 (4.41%) ForgeRock
3 3 (4.41%) Okta
3 3 (4.41%) Ping Identity
4 2 (2.94%) Computacenter
4 2 (2.94%) Databricks
4 2 (2.94%) Google
4 2 (2.94%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.47%) Apple
5 1 (1.47%) Sage
5 1 (1.47%) SAP
5 1 (1.47%) VMware
5 1 (1.47%) Xero