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 5 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 281 264 301
Rank change year-on-year -17 +37 +79
Contract jobs citing Product Strategy 53 38 56
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.45% 0.37% 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.50% 0.41% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 24 43
10th Percentile £429 £327 £427
25th Percentile £503 £494 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £514 £610
Median % change year-on-year +16.85% -15.82% +10.91%
75th Percentile £647 £686 £681
90th Percentile £740 £750 £780
UK median daily rate £550 £568 £620
% change year-on-year -3.08% -8.47% +6.67%
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 £54.50 £55.50 £82.17
% change year-on-year -1.80% -32.46% -1.37%

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 10,514 9,194 13,882
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 88.71% 90.55% 87.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,848 6,299 9,265
10th Percentile £350 £331 £325
25th Percentile £415 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - -3.67%
75th Percentile £617 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £751 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 482 218 538
10th Percentile £17.02 £14.20 £14.23
25th Percentile £27.00 £20.63 £23.37
Median hourly rate £57.50 £39.02 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +47.36% +2.36% -30.89%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.75 £75.25
UK median hourly rate £35.71 £31.52 £33.00
% change year-on-year +13.29% -4.48% -11.53%

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 5 April 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 (13.21%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (3.77%) Chatbot
1 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.89%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (1.89%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (3.77%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (3.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.89%) ENOVIA
2 1 (1.89%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 3 (5.66%) Figma
1 3 (5.66%) Miro
1 3 (5.66%) Power Platform
1 3 (5.66%) SaaS
2 2 (3.77%) Azure
2 2 (3.77%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (3.77%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (3.77%) Power Automate
3 1 (1.89%) GCP
3 1 (1.89%) Google Analytics
3 1 (1.89%) Google Data Studio
3 1 (1.89%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.66%) Firewall
2 1 (1.89%) Network Security
2 1 (1.89%) SD-WAN
2 1 (1.89%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.66%) Power BI
2 1 (1.89%) BigQuery
2 1 (1.89%) Looker
2 1 (1.89%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (15.09%) JIRA
General
1 18 (33.96%) Finance
2 15 (28.30%) Social Skills
3 9 (16.98%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (13.21%) Banking
4 7 (13.21%) Influencing Skills
5 6 (11.32%) Public Sector
6 4 (7.55%) Marketing
7 2 (3.77%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (3.77%) Publishing
7 2 (3.77%) Retail
8 1 (1.89%) Front Office
8 1 (1.89%) Local Government
8 1 (1.89%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.89%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.89%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 23 (43.40%) Product Manager
2 9 (16.98%) Senior
3 7 (13.21%) Product Owner
3 7 (13.21%) Project Manager
3 7 (13.21%) Senior Manager
3 7 (13.21%) Senior Product Manager
4 6 (11.32%) Technical Manager
5 5 (9.43%) Consultant
5 5 (9.43%) Technical Project Manager
6 4 (7.55%) Lead
6 4 (7.55%) Security Manager
6 4 (7.55%) Security Product Manager
7 3 (5.66%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 3 (5.66%) ServiceNow Consultant
8 2 (3.77%) Contracts Manager
8 2 (3.77%) Designer
8 2 (3.77%) Lead Product Manager
8 2 (3.77%) Product Designer
8 2 (3.77%) Product Lead
9 1 (1.89%) Chief Technology Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.89%) cloud-init
1 1 (1.89%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 11 (20.75%) Product Ownership
2 5 (9.43%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (3.77%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (3.77%) Credit Risk
3 2 (3.77%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (3.77%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.77%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 1 (1.89%) FMCG
4 1 (1.89%) IoT
4 1 (1.89%) Life Science
4 1 (1.89%) Marketing Technology
4 1 (1.89%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (58.49%) Roadmaps
2 23 (43.40%) Agile
3 19 (35.85%) Product Roadmap
4 15 (28.30%) Product Vision
5 14 (26.42%) Decision-Making
5 14 (26.42%) Product Management
6 11 (20.75%) Scrum
6 11 (20.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 10 (18.87%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (18.87%) Product Backlog
8 9 (16.98%) Stakeholder Management
9 8 (15.09%) Backlog Prioritisation
10 7 (13.21%) DevOps
10 7 (13.21%) Prototyping
10 7 (13.21%) Strategic Roadmap
11 6 (11.32%) AI
11 6 (11.32%) Backlog Management
11 6 (11.32%) Business Case
11 6 (11.32%) Scaled Agile Framework
11 6 (11.32%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.66%) Java
2 2 (3.77%) Python
2 2 (3.77%) SQL
3 1 (1.89%) Korn
Qualifications
1 12 (22.64%) Degree
2 6 (11.32%) Security Cleared
3 5 (9.43%) Master's Degree
4 4 (7.55%) SC Cleared
5 2 (3.77%) MBA
6 1 (1.89%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.77%) Accessibility
1 2 (3.77%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.89%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (1.89%) Ceph
1 1 (1.89%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (1.89%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.89%) Ansible
1 1 (1.89%) Argo
1 1 (1.89%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (9.43%) CyberArk
2 4 (7.55%) Palo Alto
2 4 (7.55%) SAP
3 3 (5.66%) Fortinet
3 3 (5.66%) Google
3 3 (5.66%) ServiceNow
4 2 (3.77%) Computacenter
4 2 (3.77%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.89%) Apple
5 1 (1.89%) Databricks
5 1 (1.89%) Hotjar
5 1 (1.89%) PTC
5 1 (1.89%) Sage
5 1 (1.89%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.89%) Siemens
5 1 (1.89%) VMware
5 1 (1.89%) Xero
5 1 (1.89%) Zscaler