Product Ownership Contracts

Product Ownership
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Product Ownership in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Product Ownership over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 87 71 59
Rank change year-on-year -16 -12 +10
Contract jobs citing Product Ownership 1,060 1,774 3,510
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.46% 3.16% 4.01%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 8.18% 9.49% 12.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 728 1,275 2,399
10th Percentile £400 £415 £413
25th Percentile £463 £493 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £570 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £663 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £738 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £550 £515
% change year-on-year - +6.80% +14.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 17 31
10th Percentile £56.79 £33.30 £25.00
25th Percentile £57.33 £37.80 £40.00
Median hourly rate £60.60 £63.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% +28.57% -16.60%
75th Percentile £85.00 £80.00 £64.30
90th Percentile - £87.00 £85.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.60 £70.00 £57.25
% change year-on-year -13.43% +22.27% +4.09%

All Generic Skills
UK

Product Ownership is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,955 18,685 29,032
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.09% 33.33% 33.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,317 12,877 20,364
10th Percentile £270 £313 £315
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.18% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £663 £678 £663
90th Percentile £800 £800 £770
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +11.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 922 612 691
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.18 £10.63 £17.19
Median hourly rate £35.00 £22.13 £26.98
Median % change year-on-year +58.19% -17.99% +5.80%
75th Percentile £61.30 £60.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £71.25 £74.93 £65.76
UK excluding London median hourly rate £34.61 £22.00 £21.25
% change year-on-year +57.30% +3.53% -7.61%

Product Ownership
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Product Ownership as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Product Ownership in the UK

Product Ownership
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Product Ownership.

Daily rate trend for Product Ownership in the UK

Product Ownership
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Ownership over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Product Ownership in the UK

Product Ownership
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Product Ownership.

Hourly rate trend for Product Ownership in the UK

Product Ownership
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Product Ownership over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Product Ownership in the UK

Product Ownership
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Product Ownership within the UK 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -21 895 £563 -2.17% 457
London +3 559 £575 -4.17% 195
UK excluding London -37 399 £550 - 277
Work from Home -19 353 £550 -4.35% 256
South East -41 125 £625 +13.64% 75
North of England -23 86 £550 - 57
Scotland +12 70 £450 -10.00% 22
North West -3 52 £556 -3.26% 38
South West -39 47 £550 -8.33% 33
Midlands -7 38 £563 +16.88% 68
West Midlands -10 31 £563 +7.14% 56
Yorkshire -20 27 £525 -2.78% 14
Wales +31 20 £509 -4.95% 9
East of England -23 16 £426 -20.70% 14
North East +20 11 £454 +13.44% 6
East Midlands -1 5 £398 -11.67% 12
Isle of Man - 2 - -

Product Ownership
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 51 (4.81%) Confluence
2 17 (1.60%) CMS
3 8 (0.75%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 7 (0.66%) Apache
5 5 (0.47%) SharePoint
6 4 (0.38%) Oracle Workflow
7 3 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.28%) nginx
8 2 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.19%) Apache Solr
8 2 (0.19%) Cloud Foundry
8 2 (0.19%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.19%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.19%) WordPress
9 1 (0.094%) Appian
9 1 (0.094%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.094%) CICS
9 1 (0.094%) Drupal
Applications
1 29 (2.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (1.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 17 (1.60%) Microsoft Office
4 14 (1.32%) Sketch
5 11 (1.04%) Trello
6 8 (0.75%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.57%) Adobe XD
8 5 (0.47%) Chatbot
8 5 (0.47%) InVision
9 2 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.19%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.094%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 18 (1.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (1.13%) Aladdin
3 9 (0.85%) Salesforce CRM
4 6 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.38%) SAP HR
5 4 (0.38%) SAP QM
5 4 (0.38%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 3 (0.28%) Shopify
7 2 (0.19%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.19%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.19%) Softmar
7 2 (0.19%) VisionPLUS
8 1 (0.094%) Distributed Ledger
8 1 (0.094%) Endur
8 1 (0.094%) Loan IQ
8 1 (0.094%) SAP APO
8 1 (0.094%) SAP CO
8 1 (0.094%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.094%) SAP IBP
8 1 (0.094%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 257 (24.25%) Azure
2 120 (11.32%) Azure DevOps
3 97 (9.15%) AWS
4 54 (5.09%) Power Platform
5 52 (4.91%) Entra ID
6 45 (4.25%) Serverless
7 44 (4.15%) GitHub
8 34 (3.21%) Azure Service Bus
9 33 (3.11%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 30 (2.83%) Azure Monitor
11 27 (2.55%) SaaS
12 26 (2.45%) Azure Data Factory
12 26 (2.45%) Azure Functions
12 26 (2.45%) Figma
13 25 (2.36%) Dynamics 365
14 23 (2.17%) GCP
15 21 (1.98%) PaaS
16 14 (1.32%) Azure AKS
16 14 (1.32%) Microsoft Purview
17 12 (1.13%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 27 (2.55%) Firewall
2 18 (1.70%) VPN
3 7 (0.66%) Broadband
4 5 (0.47%) WAN
5 4 (0.38%) DMZ
5 4 (0.38%) DNS
5 4 (0.38%) LAN
5 4 (0.38%) Wireless
6 3 (0.28%) AMQP
6 3 (0.28%) FTP
7 2 (0.19%) DHCP
7 2 (0.19%) HTTP
7 2 (0.19%) Network Security
7 2 (0.19%) Unified Communications
7 2 (0.19%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.094%) 3G
8 1 (0.094%) ATM
8 1 (0.094%) DSL
8 1 (0.094%) Internet
8 1 (0.094%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (6.51%) SQL Server
2 53 (5.00%) Power BI
3 41 (3.87%) NoSQL
4 24 (2.26%) Data Warehouse
4 24 (2.26%) Relational Database
5 21 (1.98%) Data Lake
6 16 (1.51%) MongoDB
7 13 (1.23%) MySQL
8 12 (1.13%) Big Data
8 12 (1.13%) PostgreSQL
9 11 (1.04%) Azure SQL Database
9 11 (1.04%) Metadata
9 11 (1.04%) Snowflake Schema
10 10 (0.94%) Redis
10 10 (0.94%) Tableau
11 7 (0.66%) Apache Arrow
11 7 (0.66%) Dremio
12 6 (0.57%) RDBMS
13 5 (0.47%) DynamoDB
13 5 (0.47%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 101 (9.53%) JIRA
2 51 (4.81%) Git
3 36 (3.40%) Jenkins
4 31 (2.92%) Selenium
5 29 (2.74%) Postman
6 21 (1.98%) Cypress.io
7 18 (1.70%) GitLab
8 16 (1.51%) Bitbucket
9 15 (1.42%) TeamCity
10 12 (1.13%) JUnit
10 12 (1.13%) SpecFlow
11 11 (1.04%) JMeter
12 10 (0.94%) Artifactory
13 9 (0.85%) WebDriver
14 8 (0.75%) Visual Studio
15 6 (0.57%) Axure RP
15 6 (0.57%) CircleCI
15 6 (0.57%) Storybook
16 5 (0.47%) Gradle
16 5 (0.47%) PyCharm
General
1 312 (29.43%) Social Skills
2 243 (22.92%) Finance
3 132 (12.45%) Analytical Skills
4 118 (11.13%) Public Sector
5 93 (8.77%) Banking
6 51 (4.81%) Back Office
6 51 (4.81%) Marketing
7 46 (4.34%) Front Office
8 40 (3.77%) Investment Banking
9 38 (3.58%) Presentation Skills
10 36 (3.40%) Influencing Skills
11 33 (3.11%) Telecoms
12 31 (2.92%) Retail
13 29 (2.74%) Manufacturing
14 23 (2.17%) Pharmaceutical
15 21 (1.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 17 (1.60%) Billing
16 17 (1.60%) Retail Banking
17 14 (1.32%) Legal
18 11 (1.04%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 233 (21.98%) Product Owner
2 182 (17.17%) Analyst
3 167 (15.75%) Senior
4 163 (15.38%) Developer
5 140 (13.21%) Business Analyst
6 130 (12.26%) Architect
7 83 (7.83%) Lead
8 63 (5.94%) Product Manager
9 46 (4.34%) Senior Developer
10 43 (4.06%) Solutions Architect
11 38 (3.58%) Designer
12 37 (3.49%) Azure Developer
12 37 (3.49%) Scrum Master
13 36 (3.40%) Finance Business Analyst
13 36 (3.40%) Financial Analyst
13 36 (3.40%) Senior Product Owner
14 35 (3.30%) Full Stack Developer
15 30 (2.83%) Product Analyst
15 30 (2.83%) Senior Analyst
16 29 (2.74%) Data Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (9.06%) React
2 92 (8.68%) .NET
3 63 (5.94%) XML
4 51 (4.81%) HTML
5 49 (4.62%) CSS
6 36 (3.40%) Node.js
7 34 (3.21%) REST
8 33 (3.11%) .NET Core
9 28 (2.64%) .NET Framework
10 26 (2.45%) AngularJS
11 24 (2.26%) JSON
12 20 (1.89%) ASP.NET
13 19 (1.79%) RESTful
14 17 (1.60%) Vue
15 15 (1.42%) Laravel
16 13 (1.23%) ADO
16 13 (1.23%) Web Services
17 11 (1.04%) jQuery
18 10 (0.94%) Kafka
18 10 (0.94%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 42 (3.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 41 (3.87%) Fixed Income
3 40 (3.77%) Derivative
4 39 (3.68%) Hedge funds
5 35 (3.30%) Equities
5 35 (3.30%) Mobile App
6 18 (1.70%) Data Structures
6 18 (1.70%) Public Cloud
7 17 (1.60%) Management Information System
7 17 (1.60%) Reference Data
8 16 (1.51%) Onboarding
9 15 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
9 15 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
10 14 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
10 14 (1.32%) Legacy Applications
11 11 (1.04%) Cloud Native
11 11 (1.04%) Greenfield Project
11 11 (1.04%) Virtual Team
12 10 (0.94%) IoT
12 10 (0.94%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 47 (4.43%) Android
2 41 (3.87%) Apple iOS
2 41 (3.87%) Linux
3 34 (3.21%) Windows
4 25 (2.36%) Unix
5 16 (1.51%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.19%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.094%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 670 (63.21%) Agile
2 272 (25.66%) Scrum
3 255 (24.06%) DevOps
4 222 (20.94%) Roadmaps
5 189 (17.83%) User Stories
6 179 (16.89%) Problem-Solving
7 171 (16.13%) CI/CD
8 125 (11.79%) Product Backlog
9 124 (11.70%) Stakeholder Management
10 121 (11.42%) Continuous Improvement
11 116 (10.94%) Test Automation
11 116 (10.94%) User Experience
12 114 (10.75%) Analytics
13 93 (8.77%) Acceptance Criteria
14 91 (8.58%) Project Management
15 90 (8.49%) Microservices
16 80 (7.55%) Product Management
17 78 (7.36%) Change Management
18 77 (7.26%) Product Roadmap
19 76 (7.17%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 138 (13.02%) SQL
2 130 (12.26%) Python
3 83 (7.83%) C#
4 82 (7.74%) Java
5 73 (6.89%) JavaScript
6 55 (5.19%) PowerShell
6 55 (5.19%) TypeScript
7 39 (3.68%) Bicep
8 13 (1.23%) Kotlin
9 12 (1.13%) PHP
10 10 (0.94%) Apex Code
10 10 (0.94%) C
11 8 (0.75%) Go
11 8 (0.75%) Groovy
12 6 (0.57%) C++
12 6 (0.57%) Shell Script
13 4 (0.38%) Bash
14 3 (0.28%) SOQL
14 3 (0.28%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.19%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 112 (10.57%) Security Cleared
2 79 (7.45%) Degree
3 68 (6.42%) SC Cleared
4 38 (3.58%) DV Cleared
5 12 (1.13%) CISM
5 12 (1.13%) CISSP
6 10 (0.94%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (0.85%) CSPO
7 9 (0.85%) Master's Degree
8 5 (0.47%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (0.38%) CBAP
9 4 (0.38%) PMP
9 4 (0.38%) TOGAF Certification
10 3 (0.28%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.19%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.19%) CISA
11 2 (0.19%) ISEB
11 2 (0.19%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.19%) MBA
11 2 (0.19%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (10.57%) QA
2 30 (2.83%) Accessibility
3 28 (2.64%) Data Quality
4 20 (1.89%) PCI DSS
5 16 (1.51%) GDPR
5 16 (1.51%) WCAG
6 13 (1.23%) NIST
7 10 (0.94%) PMO
8 9 (0.85%) Disclosure Scotland
9 5 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
9 5 (0.47%) Good Clinical Practice
9 5 (0.47%) GxP
9 5 (0.47%) ISO 20022
10 4 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 4 (0.38%) Software Quality Assurance
11 2 (0.19%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.19%) SLA
12 1 (0.094%) GRC
12 1 (0.094%) ISO 31000
12 1 (0.094%) NCSC
System Software
1 70 (6.60%) Active Directory
2 36 (3.40%) Docker
3 4 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.38%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 40 (3.77%) Kubernetes
2 32 (3.02%) Terraform
3 31 (2.92%) Ansible
4 12 (1.13%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (0.66%) Puppet
6 4 (0.38%) OPNET
6 4 (0.38%) PowerCLI
7 3 (0.28%) Grafana
7 3 (0.28%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.19%) HP ALM
8 2 (0.19%) Rundeck
9 1 (0.094%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.094%) AppManager
9 1 (0.094%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.094%) Matomo
9 1 (0.094%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.094%) Rancher
Vendors
1 157 (14.81%) Microsoft
2 48 (4.53%) Salesforce
3 43 (4.06%) SAP
4 27 (2.55%) Google
5 25 (2.36%) Adobe
6 17 (1.60%) Bloomberg
6 17 (1.60%) Oracle
7 16 (1.51%) Atlassian
8 12 (1.13%) BISAM
8 12 (1.13%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 12 (1.13%) ServiceNow
9 9 (0.85%) Splunk
10 7 (0.66%) Apple
10 7 (0.66%) Centrify
10 7 (0.66%) CyberArk
11 6 (0.57%) CA Agile Central
11 6 (0.57%) Cisco
11 6 (0.57%) MuleSoft
12 5 (0.47%) Ariba
12 5 (0.47%) Databricks