Product Owner Jobs in the North West

Product Owner
England > North West

The median Product Owner salary in the North West is £62,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 270 248 260
Rank change year-on-year -22 +12 -54
Permanent jobs requiring a Product Owner 27 45 77
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.25% 0.61% 0.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.68% 0.83%
Number of salaries quoted 25 34 42
10th Percentile - £42,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £67,968 - £63,750
90th Percentile £71,915 £75,325 £68,625
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% +9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the North West with a recognized job title 10,124 6,596 9,240
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.88% 89.24% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 7,670 3,972 5,398
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,138 £28,250
25th Percentile £36,500 £40,791 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,525 £81,250 £81,250
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%

Product Owner
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings that featured Product Owner in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Product Owner in the North West

Product Owner
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Product Owner in the North West.

Salary trend for Product Owner in the North West

Product Owner
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Owner in the North West over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Product Owner in the North West

Product Owner
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Owner within the North West region over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester -6 15 £55,000 - 1
Cheshire -8 7 £68,490 +11.82% 2
Lancashire -18 3 £62,783 +32.17%
Merseyside +10 1 £79,500 +76.67%
Cumbria -13 1 £43,500 - 1
Product Owner
England

Product Owner Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Product Owner job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North West region featuring Product Owner in the job title.

1 27 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 17 (62.96%) Agile
3 14 (51.85%) Project Management
3 14 (51.85%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (48.15%) Stakeholder Management
5 11 (40.74%) Social Skills
6 10 (37.04%) Roadmaps
7 9 (33.33%) JIRA
7 9 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (33.33%) Mentoring
8 7 (25.93%) Cybersecurity
8 7 (25.93%) Marketing
8 7 (25.93%) Finance
9 6 (22.22%) Zero Trust
9 6 (22.22%) NCSC
9 6 (22.22%) NIST
9 6 (22.22%) Public Sector
9 6 (22.22%) ITSM
9 6 (22.22%) Workflow
9 6 (22.22%) Network Security
9 6 (22.22%) ServiceNow
9 6 (22.22%) Coaching
9 6 (22.22%) Splunk
9 6 (22.22%) SIEM
9 6 (22.22%) Scrum
10 5 (18.52%) DevOps
10 5 (18.52%) CRM
11 4 (14.81%) Computer Science
11 4 (14.81%) Degree
11 4 (14.81%) Business Analysis

Product Owner Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 2 (7.41%) CMS
1 2 (7.41%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 3 (11.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (7.41%) SAP Hybris
2 1 (3.70%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (11.11%) Collibra
2 2 (7.41%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (22.22%) Network Security
2 1 (3.70%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.11%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 9 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 11 (40.74%) Social Skills
2 9 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (25.93%) Finance
3 7 (25.93%) Marketing
4 6 (22.22%) Public Sector
5 4 (14.81%) Banking
6 1 (3.70%) Automotive
Miscellaneous
1 27 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 3 (11.11%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (3.70%) Client/Server
3 1 (3.70%) Mobile App
3 1 (3.70%) Mobile Banking
3 1 (3.70%) Online Banking
3 1 (3.70%) W3C
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (62.96%) Agile
2 14 (51.85%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (51.85%) Project Management
3 13 (48.15%) Stakeholder Management
4 10 (37.04%) Roadmaps
5 9 (33.33%) Mentoring
6 7 (25.93%) Cybersecurity
7 6 (22.22%) Coaching
7 6 (22.22%) ITSM
7 6 (22.22%) Scrum
7 6 (22.22%) SIEM
7 6 (22.22%) Workflow
7 6 (22.22%) Zero Trust
8 5 (18.52%) CRM
8 5 (18.52%) DevOps
9 4 (14.81%) Analytics
9 4 (14.81%) Computer Science
9 4 (14.81%) Data Analytics
9 4 (14.81%) User Experience
9 4 (14.81%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (14.81%) Degree
2 1 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (22.22%) NCSC
1 6 (22.22%) NIST
2 3 (11.11%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.70%) GDPR
3 1 (3.70%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (22.22%) ServiceNow
1 6 (22.22%) Splunk
2 3 (11.11%) Freshdesk
2 3 (11.11%) SAP
3 2 (7.41%) Salesforce
3 2 (7.41%) Sitecore