Product Ownership Contracts in England

Product Ownership
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Product Ownership in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Product Ownership over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 90 69 56
Rank change year-on-year -21 -13 +11
Contract jobs citing Product Ownership 896 1,527 2,884
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.39% 3.25% 4.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.89% 9.67% 12.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 620 1,097 1,995
10th Percentile £405 £425 £415
25th Percentile £475 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £743 £738
UK median daily rate £550 £573 £550
% change year-on-year -3.93% +4.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 14 22
10th Percentile £56.56 £36.71 £25.05
25th Percentile £57.33 £53.81 £42.00
Median hourly rate £59.45 £67.50 £56.13
Median % change year-on-year -11.93% +20.27% -6.46%
75th Percentile £85.00 £83.75 £72.98
90th Percentile - £88.50 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £59.45 £63.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -5.63% +28.57% -16.60%

All Generic Skills
England

Product Ownership falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,349 15,786 23,854
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.26% 33.56% 33.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,319 11,005 17,096
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £565 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £698 £675
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 850 549 600
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.39 £10.63 £17.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £22.49 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year +62.33% -15.15% +6.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.04
UK median hourly rate £35.65 £22.26 £27.00
% change year-on-year +60.15% -17.56% +8.00%

Product Ownership
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Product Ownership in England

Product Ownership
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Product Ownership in England

Product Ownership
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Ownership in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Product Ownership in England

Product Ownership
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Product Ownership in England

Product Ownership
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Product Ownership in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Product Ownership in England

Product Ownership
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 12 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
London +1 555 £575 -4.17% 170
South East -40 128 £600 +9.09% 64
North of England -20 89 £550 - 57
North West -5 52 £556 -3.26% 38
South West -43 48 £550 -8.33% 32
Midlands -13 36 £550 +10.00% 64
West Midlands -7 29 £563 +4.65% 47
Yorkshire -21 29 £550 +1.85% 15
East of England -25 16 £426 -18.81% 22
North East +18 12 £533 +33.13% 4
East Midlands -6 5 £398 -11.67% 17
Product Ownership
UK

Product Ownership
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 45 (5.02%) Confluence
2 17 (1.90%) CMS
3 10 (1.12%) Apache
4 8 (0.89%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 5 (0.56%) SharePoint
6 4 (0.45%) Oracle Workflow
7 3 (0.33%) nginx
8 2 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.22%) Apache Solr
8 2 (0.22%) Appian
8 2 (0.22%) Cloud Foundry
8 2 (0.22%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.22%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.22%) WordPress
9 1 (0.11%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.11%) CICS
9 1 (0.11%) Drupal
Applications
1 16 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (1.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (1.00%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (0.89%) MS Visio
4 8 (0.89%) Trello
5 7 (0.78%) Adobe XD
6 5 (0.56%) InVision
7 4 (0.45%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.45%) Sketch
8 2 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.22%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.22%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (2.01%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (1.34%) Aladdin
3 8 (0.89%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (0.45%) SAP HR
4 4 (0.45%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.33%) SAP QM
5 3 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.33%) Shopify
6 2 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.22%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.22%) Softmar
6 2 (0.22%) VisionPLUS
7 1 (0.11%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.11%) Distributed Ledger
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.11%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.11%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.11%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.11%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 214 (23.88%) Azure
2 101 (11.27%) Azure DevOps
3 90 (10.04%) AWS
4 51 (5.69%) Power Platform
5 47 (5.25%) Entra ID
6 40 (4.46%) Serverless
7 34 (3.79%) Azure Service Bus
8 33 (3.68%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 30 (3.35%) Azure Monitor
10 25 (2.79%) Azure Data Factory
10 25 (2.79%) Azure Functions
10 25 (2.79%) Dynamics 365
11 21 (2.34%) GitHub
12 19 (2.12%) GCP
12 19 (2.12%) SaaS
13 17 (1.90%) PaaS
14 15 (1.67%) Figma
15 14 (1.56%) Microsoft 365
16 11 (1.23%) dbt
16 11 (1.23%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 25 (2.79%) Firewall
2 17 (1.90%) VPN
3 5 (0.56%) Broadband
4 4 (0.45%) DNS
4 4 (0.45%) WAN
5 3 (0.33%) AMQP
5 3 (0.33%) DMZ
5 3 (0.33%) FTP
5 3 (0.33%) LAN
5 3 (0.33%) Wireless
6 2 (0.22%) DHCP
6 2 (0.22%) HTTP
6 2 (0.22%) Unified Communications
6 2 (0.22%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.11%) 3G
7 1 (0.11%) ATM
7 1 (0.11%) DSL
7 1 (0.11%) Internet
7 1 (0.11%) Intranet
7 1 (0.11%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (6.92%) SQL Server
2 50 (5.58%) Power BI
3 40 (4.46%) NoSQL
4 24 (2.68%) Data Lake
5 17 (1.90%) Data Warehouse
6 16 (1.79%) Relational Database
7 15 (1.67%) Big Data
8 12 (1.34%) Tableau
9 11 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
9 11 (1.23%) Redis
10 9 (1.00%) Apache Arrow
10 9 (1.00%) Dremio
10 9 (1.00%) Snowflake Schema
11 8 (0.89%) Metadata
12 7 (0.78%) Azure SQL Database
12 7 (0.78%) MongoDB
13 6 (0.67%) MySQL
13 6 (0.67%) Oracle Database
13 6 (0.67%) RDBMS
14 5 (0.56%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 85 (9.49%) JIRA
2 51 (5.69%) Git
3 32 (3.57%) Jenkins
4 28 (3.13%) Selenium
5 17 (1.90%) Bitbucket
5 17 (1.90%) Postman
6 13 (1.45%) TeamCity
7 11 (1.23%) JUnit
7 11 (1.23%) SpecFlow
8 10 (1.12%) Artifactory
9 9 (1.00%) GitLab
9 9 (1.00%) JMeter
10 8 (0.89%) WebDriver
11 7 (0.78%) Axure RP
12 6 (0.67%) Cypress.io
13 5 (0.56%) Eclipse
13 5 (0.56%) PyCharm
13 5 (0.56%) Visual Studio
14 4 (0.45%) Appium
14 4 (0.45%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 262 (29.24%) Social Skills
2 224 (25.00%) Finance
3 114 (12.72%) Analytical Skills
4 88 (9.82%) Banking
5 79 (8.82%) Public Sector
6 51 (5.69%) Front Office
7 50 (5.58%) Back Office
8 46 (5.13%) Marketing
9 39 (4.35%) Investment Banking
10 33 (3.68%) Influencing Skills
11 32 (3.57%) Telecoms
12 31 (3.46%) Presentation Skills
13 29 (3.24%) Retail
14 26 (2.90%) Manufacturing
15 19 (2.12%) Pharmaceutical
16 18 (2.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 16 (1.79%) Retail Banking
18 14 (1.56%) Legal
19 11 (1.23%) Billing
19 11 (1.23%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 212 (23.66%) Product Owner
2 158 (17.63%) Senior
3 153 (17.08%) Analyst
4 132 (14.73%) Developer
5 123 (13.73%) Business Analyst
6 116 (12.95%) Architect
7 70 (7.81%) Lead
8 66 (7.37%) Product Manager
9 44 (4.91%) Solutions Architect
10 40 (4.46%) Senior Developer
11 38 (4.24%) Finance Business Analyst
11 38 (4.24%) Financial Analyst
12 36 (4.02%) Senior Product Owner
13 35 (3.91%) Azure Developer
14 28 (3.13%) Senior Analyst
15 27 (3.01%) Data Business Analyst
15 27 (3.01%) Product Analyst
15 27 (3.01%) Technical Leader
16 26 (2.90%) Product Business Analyst
16 26 (2.90%) Scrum Master
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (8.93%) .NET
2 63 (7.03%) React
3 62 (6.92%) XML
4 47 (5.25%) HTML
5 46 (5.13%) CSS
6 33 (3.68%) .NET Core
7 32 (3.57%) Node.js
8 31 (3.46%) REST
9 26 (2.90%) .NET Framework
9 26 (2.90%) AngularJS
10 22 (2.46%) RESTful
11 18 (2.01%) ASP.NET
11 18 (2.01%) JSON
12 14 (1.56%) Web Services
13 11 (1.23%) ADO
14 10 (1.12%) jQuery
14 10 (1.12%) Kafka
15 9 (1.00%) ASP.NET Core
15 9 (1.00%) GraphQL
15 9 (1.00%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 43 (4.80%) Fixed Income
1 43 (4.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 43 (4.80%) Hedge funds
2 40 (4.46%) Derivative
3 37 (4.13%) Equities
4 34 (3.79%) Mobile App
5 18 (2.01%) Management Information System
6 17 (1.90%) Public Cloud
7 15 (1.67%) Data Structures
7 15 (1.67%) Reference Data
8 14 (1.56%) Onboarding
9 13 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
10 11 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
11 10 (1.12%) IoT
11 10 (1.12%) Virtual Team
12 9 (1.00%) Greenfield Project
13 8 (0.89%) Data Protection Act
14 7 (0.78%) Cloud Native
14 7 (0.78%) FMCG
14 7 (0.78%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 35 (3.91%) Android
2 27 (3.01%) Apple iOS
2 27 (3.01%) Linux
3 26 (2.90%) Windows
4 23 (2.57%) Unix
5 15 (1.67%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.22%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 574 (64.06%) Agile
2 227 (25.33%) Scrum
3 222 (24.78%) DevOps
4 203 (22.66%) Roadmaps
5 161 (17.97%) User Stories
6 146 (16.29%) CI/CD
7 140 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
8 119 (13.28%) Stakeholder Management
9 113 (12.61%) Product Backlog
10 95 (10.60%) Analytics
10 95 (10.60%) Continuous Improvement
11 82 (9.15%) Test Automation
12 81 (9.04%) Acceptance Criteria
12 81 (9.04%) User Experience
13 78 (8.71%) Microservices
14 74 (8.26%) Product Roadmap
15 70 (7.81%) Product Management
16 68 (7.59%) Change Management
17 65 (7.25%) Requirements Gathering
18 64 (7.14%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 137 (15.29%) SQL
2 117 (13.06%) Python
3 78 (8.71%) C#
4 73 (8.15%) Java
5 68 (7.59%) JavaScript
6 51 (5.69%) PowerShell
7 40 (4.46%) TypeScript
8 35 (3.91%) Bicep
9 12 (1.34%) Kotlin
10 10 (1.12%) C
11 9 (1.00%) Apex Code
12 8 (0.89%) Go
13 7 (0.78%) Groovy
14 6 (0.67%) C++
15 5 (0.56%) PHP
16 4 (0.45%) PL/SQL
16 4 (0.45%) Shell Script
17 3 (0.33%) Bash
18 2 (0.22%) SOQL
18 2 (0.22%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 104 (11.61%) Security Cleared
2 65 (7.25%) Degree
3 63 (7.03%) SC Cleared
4 39 (4.35%) DV Cleared
5 11 (1.23%) CISM
5 11 (1.23%) CISSP
5 11 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (1.00%) Master's Degree
7 7 (0.78%) CSPO
8 4 (0.45%) PMP
8 4 (0.45%) TOGAF Certification
9 3 (0.33%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.33%) CBAP
10 2 (0.22%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.22%) ISEB
10 2 (0.22%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.22%) MBA
11 1 (0.11%) Chartered Engineer
11 1 (0.11%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.11%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (8.71%) QA
2 30 (3.35%) Data Quality
3 26 (2.90%) Accessibility
4 20 (2.23%) PCI DSS
5 17 (1.90%) WCAG
6 16 (1.79%) GDPR
7 12 (1.34%) NIST
8 7 (0.78%) PMO
9 5 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
9 5 (0.56%) Good Clinical Practice
9 5 (0.56%) GxP
9 5 (0.56%) ISO 20022
10 4 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 4 (0.45%) Software Quality Assurance
11 1 (0.11%) Dodd-Frank
11 1 (0.11%) GRC
11 1 (0.11%) MiFID
11 1 (0.11%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.11%) SLA
System Software
1 63 (7.03%) Active Directory
2 33 (3.68%) Docker
3 4 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.45%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 36 (4.02%) Kubernetes
2 30 (3.35%) Ansible
3 27 (3.01%) Terraform
4 8 (0.89%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.56%) Puppet
6 4 (0.45%) OPNET
6 4 (0.45%) PowerCLI
7 3 (0.33%) Grafana
7 3 (0.33%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.22%) Rundeck
9 1 (0.11%) AppManager
9 1 (0.11%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.11%) Matomo
Vendors
1 139 (15.51%) Microsoft
2 39 (4.35%) Salesforce
3 33 (3.68%) SAP
4 26 (2.90%) Adobe
5 25 (2.79%) Google
6 19 (2.12%) Bloomberg
7 14 (1.56%) Oracle
8 12 (1.34%) BISAM
8 12 (1.34%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 10 (1.12%) Atlassian
9 10 (1.12%) ServiceNow
10 8 (0.89%) Splunk
11 7 (0.78%) MuleSoft
12 6 (0.67%) Apple
12 6 (0.67%) CA Agile Central
12 6 (0.67%) Cisco
12 6 (0.67%) Databricks
13 5 (0.56%) Centrify
13 5 (0.56%) CyberArk
13 5 (0.56%) Workday