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 13 November 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 243 330 467
Rank change year-on-year +87 +137 +20
Contract jobs citing Product Strategy 81 73 116
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.66% 0.40% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.76% 0.45% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 56 84
10th Percentile £339 £425 £400
25th Percentile £460 £483 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £568 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.08% +3.18% +2.80%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £669
90th Percentile £700 £739 £744
UK median daily rate £550 £580 £550
% change year-on-year -5.17% +5.45% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £26.09
Median hourly rate - - £27.18
75th Percentile - - £28.27
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £83.40 £58.50
% change year-on-year -31.06% +42.56% +7.34%

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 10,715 16,277 34,208
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.72% 88.75% 91.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,691 11,355 24,547
10th Percentile £325 £340 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £644 £650
90th Percentile £748 £740 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £533 £550
% change year-on-year -1.41% -3.18% +6.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 214 402 535
10th Percentile £17.50 £18.58 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.13 £26.24 £26.17
Median hourly rate £38.75 £51.75 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.12% -1.43% +114.29%
75th Percentile £65.75 £70.00 £65.88
90th Percentile £74.63 £86.50 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £43.33 £35.00
% change year-on-year -19.22% +23.80% +66.67%

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 a WFH option

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 13 November 2024.

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 4 (4.94%) Confluence
2 2 (2.47%) Appian
Applications
1 1 (1.23%) Adobe XD
1 1 (1.23%) InVision
1 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.23%) OmniGraffle
1 1 (1.23%) Sketch
1 1 (1.23%) Trello
1 1 (1.23%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 1 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.23%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 28 (34.57%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (17.28%) Azure
3 4 (4.94%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (4.94%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (3.70%) Azure Service Bus
4 3 (3.70%) Figma
4 3 (3.70%) Google Analytics
5 2 (2.47%) Firebase
6 1 (1.23%) AWS
6 1 (1.23%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.23%) Azure Stack
6 1 (1.23%) Blackbaud
6 1 (1.23%) dbt
6 1 (1.23%) GitHub
6 1 (1.23%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.23%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.23%) Looker
Development Applications
1 6 (7.41%) JIRA
2 2 (2.47%) Balsamiq
General
1 28 (34.57%) Italian Language
2 14 (17.28%) Social Skills
3 11 (13.58%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (13.58%) Marketing
3 11 (13.58%) Public Sector
4 8 (9.88%) Finance
5 5 (6.17%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (3.70%) Back Office
6 3 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (3.70%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.47%) Automotive
7 2 (2.47%) Banking
7 2 (2.47%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.23%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.23%) Games
8 1 (1.23%) Legal
8 1 (1.23%) Retail
Job Titles
1 18 (22.22%) Product Owner
2 13 (16.05%) Senior
3 10 (12.35%) Product Manager
4 7 (8.64%) Architect
4 7 (8.64%) Senior Product Owner
5 6 (7.41%) Analyst
6 5 (6.17%) Business Analyst
7 4 (4.94%) Senior Analyst
8 3 (3.70%) Business Architect
8 3 (3.70%) Digital Product Owner
8 3 (3.70%) Lead
8 3 (3.70%) Senior Business Analyst
9 2 (2.47%) Agile Business Analyst
9 2 (2.47%) Head of Marketing
9 2 (2.47%) Head of Product Marketing
9 2 (2.47%) ServiceNow Architect
10 1 (1.23%) Data Analytics Engineer
10 1 (1.23%) Data Engineer
10 1 (1.23%) Finance Manager
10 1 (1.23%) Pricing Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.70%) HTML
2 2 (2.47%) AngularJS
2 2 (2.47%) J2EE
2 2 (2.47%) SOAP
3 1 (1.23%) CSS
3 1 (1.23%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.23%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 28 (34.57%) Product Ownership
2 3 (3.70%) Onboarding
2 3 (3.70%) Replication
3 2 (2.47%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (2.47%) Infotainment
3 2 (2.47%) Mobile App
3 2 (2.47%) Mobile Payment
4 1 (1.23%) Blockchain
4 1 (1.23%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.23%) CMDB
4 1 (1.23%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.23%) IoT
4 1 (1.23%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.23%) NFT
4 1 (1.23%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.23%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.23%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.23%) Linux
1 1 (1.23%) SUSE
1 1 (1.23%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (33.33%) Agile
2 20 (24.69%) Roadmaps
3 18 (22.22%) Analytics
4 16 (19.75%) User Stories
5 13 (16.05%) Product Backlog
6 12 (14.81%) Requirements Gathering
7 11 (13.58%) Acceptance Criteria
7 11 (13.58%) Backlog Management
7 11 (13.58%) Product Roadmap
7 11 (13.58%) Scrum
8 10 (12.35%) Market Research
8 10 (12.35%) Product Management
9 9 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (11.11%) Strategic Roadmap
10 8 (9.88%) Backlog Prioritisation
10 8 (9.88%) Decision-Making
10 8 (9.88%) Stakeholder Management
11 7 (8.64%) Continuous Improvement
11 7 (8.64%) Mentoring
11 7 (8.64%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.47%) Java
1 2 (2.47%) Python
2 1 (1.23%) Scala
2 1 (1.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (6.17%) Degree
2 2 (2.47%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (2.47%) CSPO
2 2 (2.47%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (1.23%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.23%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.17%) QA
2 3 (3.70%) Accessibility
2 3 (3.70%) PCI DSS
3 2 (2.47%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.23%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.23%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.23%) Rancher
Vendors
1 30 (37.04%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.70%) Google
3 2 (2.47%) Blue Prism
3 2 (2.47%) Cisco
3 2 (2.47%) Nokia
3 2 (2.47%) Rakuten
3 2 (2.47%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.23%) Adobe
4 1 (1.23%) Oracle
4 1 (1.23%) Remedy