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 2 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 263 293 391
Rank change year-on-year +30 +98 +76
Contract jobs citing Product Strategy 37 56 101
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.37% 0.35% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 0.40% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 43 79
10th Percentile £327 £427 £405
25th Percentile £494 £481 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £610 £550
Median % change year-on-year -15.82% +10.91% -
75th Percentile £686 £681 £650
90th Percentile £750 £780 £738
UK median daily rate £560 £615 £578
% change year-on-year -8.94% +6.49% +7.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £49.08 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - -
75th Percentile £55.93 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £55.50 £82.17 £83.31
% change year-on-year -32.46% -1.37% +68.30%

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 9,117 13,928 24,821
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 90.37% 87.61% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,245 9,304 17,558
10th Percentile £330 £325 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year - -3.67% +3.81%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £750 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 213 539 571
10th Percentile £14.20 £14.38 £19.00
25th Percentile £21.00 £23.54 £31.25
Median hourly rate £39.00 £38.12 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.31% -30.69% +57.14%
75th Percentile £65.00 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £77.00 £77.00 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £31.64 £32.50 £36.65
% change year-on-year -2.65% -11.33% +47.41%

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 2 April 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 (8.11%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Adobe XD
1 1 (2.70%) Sketch
1 1 (2.70%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 8 (21.62%) Azure
2 6 (16.22%) Figma
3 3 (8.11%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (8.11%) Google Analytics
3 3 (8.11%) Miro
3 3 (8.11%) Slack
4 2 (5.41%) AWS
4 2 (5.41%) Firebase
4 2 (5.41%) SaaS
5 1 (2.70%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (2.70%) Azure Stack
5 1 (2.70%) dbt
5 1 (2.70%) IaaS
5 1 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.70%) PaaS
5 1 (2.70%) Power Automate
5 1 (2.70%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.70%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.70%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (2.70%) GIS
1 1 (2.70%) Looker
1 1 (2.70%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (16.22%) JIRA
2 2 (5.41%) Balsamiq
General
1 24 (64.86%) Social Skills
2 13 (35.14%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (21.62%) Influencing Skills
4 6 (16.22%) Finance
4 6 (16.22%) Public Sector
5 5 (13.51%) Marketing
6 3 (8.11%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (8.11%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (8.11%) Telecoms
7 2 (5.41%) Banking
7 2 (5.41%) Legal
7 2 (5.41%) Retail
8 1 (2.70%) Advertising
8 1 (2.70%) Financial Institution
8 1 (2.70%) Humanities
Job Titles
1 11 (29.73%) Product Manager
2 6 (16.22%) Product Owner
2 6 (16.22%) Senior
3 4 (10.81%) Analyst
3 4 (10.81%) Designer
4 3 (8.11%) Business Analyst
4 3 (8.11%) Lead
4 3 (8.11%) Product Designer
4 3 (8.11%) Senior Product Owner
5 2 (5.41%) Agile Business Analyst
5 2 (5.41%) Change Manager
5 2 (5.41%) Product Lead
5 2 (5.41%) Project Manager
5 2 (5.41%) Senior Designer
5 2 (5.41%) Senior Product Designer
6 1 (2.70%) ERP Manager
6 1 (2.70%) IT Manager
6 1 (2.70%) Operations Engineer
6 1 (2.70%) Strategy Manager
6 1 (2.70%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.70%) ATL
1 1 (2.70%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 12 (32.43%) Product Ownership
2 3 (8.11%) IoT
2 3 (8.11%) Mobile App
3 2 (5.41%) FMCG
3 2 (5.41%) Mobile Payment
4 1 (2.70%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.70%) Learning Management System
4 1 (2.70%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (67.57%) Agile
2 18 (48.65%) Roadmaps
3 14 (37.84%) Decision-Making
4 13 (35.14%) Backlog Management
5 12 (32.43%) Problem-Solving
6 11 (29.73%) Analytics
7 10 (27.03%) Product Backlog
7 10 (27.03%) Product Management
7 10 (27.03%) User Stories
8 9 (24.32%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 9 (24.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 9 (24.32%) Stakeholder Management
9 8 (21.62%) Product Roadmap
9 8 (21.62%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
10 7 (18.92%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (18.92%) Product Vision
10 7 (18.92%) Scrum
11 6 (16.22%) Acceptance Criteria
11 6 (16.22%) Market Research
11 6 (16.22%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.41%) Python
1 2 (5.41%) SQL
2 1 (2.70%) Scala
Qualifications
1 4 (10.81%) Degree
2 2 (5.41%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.70%) CSPO
3 1 (2.70%) CTC Cleared
3 1 (2.70%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.51%) Accessibility
2 2 (5.41%) QA
3 1 (2.70%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.70%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (2.70%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 3 (8.11%) Google
2 2 (5.41%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.70%) Adobe
3 1 (2.70%) Oracle