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 27 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 252 250 322
Rank change year-on-year -2 +72 +158
Contract jobs citing Product Strategy 47 78 74
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.48% 0.64% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.52% 0.73% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 33 58
10th Percentile £392 £335 £425
25th Percentile £414 £460 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £578
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.76% +0.43%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £683
90th Percentile £645 £695 £745
UK median daily rate £513 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -6.82% -8.33% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £49.80 - -
25th Percentile £53.63 - -
Median hourly rate £60.00 - -
75th Percentile £65.08 - -
90th Percentile £68.13 - -
UK median hourly rate £52.00 - £83.40
% change year-on-year - - +67.64%

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 9,014 10,671 16,822
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.82% 88.05% 88.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,982 6,695 11,780
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 301 215 406
10th Percentile £14.78 £18.36 £17.75
25th Percentile £20.36 £25.53 £25.96
Median hourly rate £35.89 £43.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.53% -18.10% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.61 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £74.80 £86.50
UK median hourly rate £25.13 £37.39 £43.17
% change year-on-year -32.80% -13.38% +26.81%

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 27 October 2025.

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 27 October 2025.

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 4 (8.51%) Confluence
2 1 (2.13%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (6.38%) Chatbot
2 1 (2.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (10.64%) SaaS
2 3 (6.38%) AWS
2 3 (6.38%) Azure
2 3 (6.38%) Figma
3 2 (4.26%) Entra ID
3 2 (4.26%) GCP
3 2 (4.26%) GitHub
3 2 (4.26%) IaaS
3 2 (4.26%) PaaS
3 2 (4.26%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.13%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (2.13%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (2.13%) Google Compute Engine
4 1 (2.13%) Google Kubernetes Engine
4 1 (2.13%) Miro
4 1 (2.13%) Power Automate
4 1 (2.13%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.13%) Internet
1 1 (2.13%) LAN
1 1 (2.13%) Network Security
1 1 (2.13%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.26%) Power BI
2 1 (2.13%) AlloyDB
2 1 (2.13%) BigQuery
2 1 (2.13%) Cloud Spanner
2 1 (2.13%) Data Lake
2 1 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.13%) Looker
2 1 (2.13%) Metadata
2 1 (2.13%) Mixpanel
Development Applications
1 7 (14.89%) JIRA
General
1 24 (51.06%) Social Skills
2 10 (21.28%) Finance
3 8 (17.02%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (14.89%) Marketing
5 5 (10.64%) Banking
5 5 (10.64%) Public Sector
6 4 (8.51%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (6.38%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (4.26%) Legal
8 2 (4.26%) Retail
9 1 (2.13%) Advertising
9 1 (2.13%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (2.13%) Investment Banking
9 1 (2.13%) Law
9 1 (2.13%) Local Government
9 1 (2.13%) Publishing
9 1 (2.13%) Retail Banking
9 1 (2.13%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 18 (38.30%) Product Manager
2 10 (21.28%) Product Owner
3 8 (17.02%) Senior
4 4 (8.51%) Designer
4 4 (8.51%) Lead
4 4 (8.51%) Project Manager
4 4 (8.51%) Senior Manager
4 4 (8.51%) Senior Product Manager
4 4 (8.51%) Technical Manager
5 3 (6.38%) Senior Designer
5 3 (6.38%) Technical Project Manager
5 3 (6.38%) User Experience Researcher
5 3 (6.38%) UX Designer
6 2 (4.26%) Analyst
6 2 (4.26%) Architect
6 2 (4.26%) Marketing Manager
6 2 (4.26%) Product Marketing Manager
6 2 (4.26%) Senior Product Owner
6 2 (4.26%) Senior UX Designer
6 2 (4.26%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.26%) Flash
1 2 (4.26%) LDAP
1 2 (4.26%) SailPoint
2 1 (2.13%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 14 (29.79%) Product Ownership
2 3 (6.38%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (6.38%) Onboarding
2 3 (6.38%) Virtual Team
3 2 (4.26%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.13%) Algorithms
4 1 (2.13%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.13%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.13%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.13%) Educational Technology
4 1 (2.13%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (2.13%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.13%) PMI
4 1 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.13%) Android
1 1 (2.13%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (63.83%) Roadmaps
2 21 (44.68%) Agile
3 16 (34.04%) Product Roadmap
4 15 (31.91%) Product Management
5 13 (27.66%) User Experience
6 10 (21.28%) Product Backlog
6 10 (21.28%) Product Vision
6 10 (21.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 10 (21.28%) Stakeholder Management
7 9 (19.15%) Continuous Improvement
7 9 (19.15%) Strategic Roadmap
8 8 (17.02%) AI
8 8 (17.02%) B2B
8 8 (17.02%) Backlog Prioritisation
8 8 (17.02%) UX Design
9 7 (14.89%) Service Design
10 6 (12.77%) Backlog Management
10 6 (12.77%) Decision-Making
10 6 (12.77%) Sprint Planning
10 6 (12.77%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.13%) Bash
1 1 (2.13%) Korn
1 1 (2.13%) Python
1 1 (2.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (6.38%) Degree
2 2 (4.26%) CSPO
3 1 (2.13%) ACCA
3 1 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.13%) CIMA
3 1 (2.13%) CIPFA
3 1 (2.13%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.51%) GDPR
2 2 (4.26%) Accessibility
2 2 (4.26%) Data Quality
2 2 (4.26%) HIPAA
2 2 (4.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (2.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 1 (2.13%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (4.26%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (2.13%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (10.64%) CyberArk
2 2 (4.26%) Okta
2 2 (4.26%) Qualtrics
3 1 (2.13%) Adobe
3 1 (2.13%) Google
3 1 (2.13%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.13%) Optimizely
3 1 (2.13%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.13%) ServiceNow