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 18 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 292 273 289
Rank change year-on-year -19 +16 +82
Contract jobs citing Product Strategy 47 35 54
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.39% 0.36% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.44% 0.39% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 22 40
10th Percentile £425 £379 £350
25th Percentile £525 £500 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £514 £598
Median % change year-on-year +16.85% -14.06% -0.42%
75th Percentile £671 £670 £638
90th Percentile £808 £773 £754
UK median daily rate £555 £525 £600
% change year-on-year +5.71% -12.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £53.25 £49.08 -
Median hourly rate £54.50 £52.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +3.81% - -
75th Percentile £55.75 £55.93 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £53.00 £67.50
% change year-on-year -5.66% -21.48% -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 10,765 8,962 13,005
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 88.40% 91.35% 87.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,954 6,159 8,720
10th Percentile £350 £332 £325
25th Percentile £420 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £521 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% -0.76% -3.31%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £505 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -1.94% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 512 212 566
10th Percentile £17.51 £13.89 £14.94
25th Percentile £30.88 £18.89 £24.44
Median hourly rate £57.50 £38.52 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +49.27% -10.42% -18.10%
75th Percentile £70.00 £67.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £83.98 £77.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £28.18 £36.02
% change year-on-year +50.82% -21.77% +1.04%

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 18 May 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 6 (12.77%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (4.26%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (4.26%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (10.64%) Azure
2 4 (8.51%) SaaS
3 3 (6.38%) Figma
3 3 (6.38%) Power Platform
4 2 (4.26%) AWS
4 2 (4.26%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (4.26%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (4.26%) Miro
4 2 (4.26%) Power Automate
5 1 (2.13%) Azure AI
5 1 (2.13%) GCP
5 1 (2.13%) GitHub
5 1 (2.13%) Google Analytics
5 1 (2.13%) Google Data Studio
5 1 (2.13%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (2.13%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.38%) Firewall
2 1 (2.13%) Network Security
2 1 (2.13%) SD-WAN
2 1 (2.13%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.38%) Power BI
2 1 (2.13%) BigQuery
2 1 (2.13%) Looker
2 1 (2.13%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (14.89%) JIRA
General
1 17 (36.17%) Social Skills
2 16 (34.04%) Finance
3 9 (19.15%) Public Sector
4 8 (17.02%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (17.02%) Influencing Skills
5 5 (10.64%) Banking
6 4 (8.51%) Marketing
7 3 (6.38%) Retail
8 2 (4.26%) Law
8 2 (4.26%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (2.13%) Automotive
9 1 (2.13%) Aviation
9 1 (2.13%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (2.13%) Investment Banking
9 1 (2.13%) Legal
9 1 (2.13%) Local Government
9 1 (2.13%) Manufacturing
9 1 (2.13%) Publishing
9 1 (2.13%) Retail Banking
9 1 (2.13%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 24 (51.06%) Product Manager
2 7 (14.89%) Senior
3 6 (12.77%) Lead
3 6 (12.77%) Product Owner
3 6 (12.77%) Senior Manager
3 6 (12.77%) Senior Product Manager
4 5 (10.64%) Consultant
5 4 (8.51%) Product Lead
5 4 (8.51%) Security Manager
5 4 (8.51%) Security Product Manager
5 4 (8.51%) ServiceNow Consultant
6 3 (6.38%) Contracts Manager
6 3 (6.38%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 2 (4.26%) Designer
7 2 (4.26%) Lead Product Manager
7 2 (4.26%) Product Designer
7 2 (4.26%) Project Manager
7 2 (4.26%) Technical Manager
8 1 (2.13%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 1 (2.13%) User Experience Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.13%) cloud-init
1 1 (2.13%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 11 (23.40%) Product Ownership
2 2 (4.26%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (4.26%) Credit Risk
2 2 (4.26%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 1 (2.13%) AI Agents
3 1 (2.13%) IoT
3 1 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.13%) Life Science
3 1 (2.13%) Marketing Technology
3 1 (2.13%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (68.09%) Roadmaps
2 22 (46.81%) Agile
3 21 (44.68%) Product Roadmap
4 15 (31.91%) Product Management
4 15 (31.91%) Product Vision
5 13 (27.66%) Decision-Making
6 12 (25.53%) Scrum
6 12 (25.53%) Stakeholder Management
7 11 (23.40%) Product Backlog
8 10 (21.28%) Strategic Roadmap
9 9 (19.15%) User Stories
10 8 (17.02%) Backlog Prioritisation
10 8 (17.02%) Problem-Solving
11 7 (14.89%) Analytics
11 7 (14.89%) Prototyping
12 6 (12.77%) AI
12 6 (12.77%) Backlog Management
12 6 (12.77%) Business Strategy
12 6 (12.77%) Epics
13 5 (10.64%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.38%) Java
1 3 (6.38%) SQL
2 2 (4.26%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (25.53%) Degree
1 12 (25.53%) Security Cleared
2 9 (19.15%) SC Cleared
3 5 (10.64%) Master's Degree
4 2 (4.26%) MBA
5 1 (2.13%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.26%) Accessibility
1 2 (4.26%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.13%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (2.13%) Ceph
1 1 (2.13%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (2.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (2.13%) Ansible
1 1 (2.13%) Argo
1 1 (2.13%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (8.51%) Palo Alto
1 4 (8.51%) ServiceNow
2 3 (6.38%) Fortinet
2 3 (6.38%) Google
2 3 (6.38%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.26%) Computacenter
3 2 (4.26%) SAP
4 1 (2.13%) Apple
4 1 (2.13%) Databricks
4 1 (2.13%) Hotjar
4 1 (2.13%) Sage
4 1 (2.13%) VMware
4 1 (2.13%) Xero
4 1 (2.13%) Zscaler