Product Owner Contracts in the UK excluding London

Product Owner
UK > UK excluding London

The median Product Owner daily rate in the UK excluding London is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 335 301 291
Rank change year-on-year -34 -10 +32
Contract jobs requiring a Product Owner 66 129 228
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.31% 0.57% 0.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.60% 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 95 185
10th Percentile £353 £406 £416
25th Percentile £425 £459 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% +2.38% +7.14%
75th Percentile £606 £600 £588
90th Percentile £688 £662 £650
UK median daily rate £588 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -2.08% +9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £103.50 -
UK median hourly rate - £64.25 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,709 21,379 29,050
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.42% 94.21% 95.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,751 14,853 20,421
10th Percentile £213 £225 £208
25th Percentile £363 £388 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £593 £600 £575
90th Percentile £680 £688 £656
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,515 1,090 1,383
10th Percentile £12.63 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.92 £18.08 £15.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +7.82%
75th Percentile £62.83 £65.00 £47.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.68 £62.45
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

Product Owner
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Product Owner in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Product Owner in the UK excluding London

Product Owner
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Product Owner in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Product Owner in the UK excluding London

Product Owner
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Owner in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Product Owner in the UK excluding London

Product Owner
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Product Owner in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Product Owner in the UK excluding London

Product Owner
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Product Owner within the UK excluding London 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
South East -10 21 £550 +10.00% 12
Midlands +14 16 £563 +1.12% 13
West Midlands +18 13 £556 -7.29% 9
North of England +6 12 £563 +3.45% 5
North West +11 10 £500 -6.98% 3
Scotland +41 9 £493 -6.19% 3
East of England +2 4 £410 -18.00%
South West -11 4 £600 -7.69% 5
Yorkshire +7 2 £600 +9.09% 2
East Midlands +2 1 £225 -50.00% 4
Product Owner
UK

Product Owner Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Product Owner contract 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 contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Product Owner in the job title.

1 66 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 37 (56.06%) Roadmaps
3 34 (51.52%) Agile
4 21 (31.82%) Stakeholder Management
5 20 (30.30%) Product Backlog
6 19 (28.79%) User Stories
7 16 (24.24%) Scrum
8 15 (22.73%) Finance
8 15 (22.73%) Product Roadmap
8 15 (22.73%) Backlog Management
9 12 (18.18%) Product Vision
9 12 (18.18%) Manufacturing
10 10 (15.15%) Product Management
10 10 (15.15%) Social Skills
10 10 (15.15%) Backlog Prioritisation
11 9 (13.64%) Epics
11 9 (13.64%) Product Requirements
11 9 (13.64%) JIRA
12 8 (12.12%) DevOps
12 8 (12.12%) Analytics
12 8 (12.12%) Product Strategy
12 8 (12.12%) Power Platform
13 7 (10.61%) Power BI
13 7 (10.61%) Workflow
13 7 (10.61%) Pharmaceutical
14 6 (9.09%) Billing
14 6 (9.09%) Confluence
14 6 (9.09%) Acceptance Criteria
14 6 (9.09%) Public Sector
14 6 (9.09%) Sprint Planning

Product Owner Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 6 (9.09%) Confluence
2 2 (3.03%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 2 (3.03%) WordPress
3 1 (1.52%) Appian
Applications
1 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (3.03%) VisionPLUS
2 1 (1.52%) Adobe Campaign
2 1 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (12.12%) Power Platform
2 4 (6.06%) Azure
2 4 (6.06%) Collibra
3 3 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (3.03%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (3.03%) Google Analytics
4 2 (3.03%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (1.52%) Adobe Analytics
5 1 (1.52%) AppsFlyer
5 1 (1.52%) AWS
5 1 (1.52%) GCP
5 1 (1.52%) Google Ads
5 1 (1.52%) Google Tag Manager
5 1 (1.52%) Google Workspace
5 1 (1.52%) Miro
5 1 (1.52%) SaaS
5 1 (1.52%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.03%) Broadband
2 1 (1.52%) 3G
2 1 (1.52%) 4G
2 1 (1.52%) 5G
2 1 (1.52%) DSL
2 1 (1.52%) SMS
2 1 (1.52%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (10.61%) Power BI
2 4 (6.06%) Metadata
3 1 (1.52%) Big Data
3 1 (1.52%) BigQuery
3 1 (1.52%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.52%) Looker
Development Applications
1 9 (13.64%) JIRA
2 4 (6.06%) Eclipse
2 4 (6.06%) PyCharm
General
1 15 (22.73%) Finance
2 12 (18.18%) Manufacturing
3 10 (15.15%) Social Skills
4 7 (10.61%) Pharmaceutical
5 6 (9.09%) Billing
5 6 (9.09%) Public Sector
6 4 (6.06%) Banking
7 3 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (4.55%) Marketing
7 3 (4.55%) Telecoms
8 2 (3.03%) Retail
9 1 (1.52%) French Language
9 1 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.52%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.03%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 66 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 5 (7.58%) IoT
3 1 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.52%) EPoS
3 1 (1.52%) FMCG
3 1 (1.52%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (1.52%) Marketing Technology
3 1 (1.52%) Reference Data
3 1 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.52%) Android
1 1 (1.52%) Linux
1 1 (1.52%) Windows
1 1 (1.52%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (56.06%) Roadmaps
2 34 (51.52%) Agile
3 21 (31.82%) Stakeholder Management
4 20 (30.30%) Product Backlog
5 19 (28.79%) User Stories
6 16 (24.24%) Scrum
7 15 (22.73%) Backlog Management
7 15 (22.73%) Product Roadmap
8 12 (18.18%) Product Vision
9 10 (15.15%) Backlog Prioritisation
9 10 (15.15%) Product Management
10 9 (13.64%) Epics
10 9 (13.64%) Product Requirements
11 8 (12.12%) Analytics
11 8 (12.12%) DevOps
11 8 (12.12%) Product Strategy
12 7 (10.61%) Workflow
13 6 (9.09%) Acceptance Criteria
13 6 (9.09%) Data-Driven Decision Making
13 6 (9.09%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.58%) Python
2 4 (6.06%) Groovy
2 4 (6.06%) Java
2 4 (6.06%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.52%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (4.55%) CSPO
2 2 (3.03%) SC Cleared
2 2 (3.03%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.52%) Degree
3 1 (1.52%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.06%) GDPR
1 4 (6.06%) Good Clinical Practice
1 4 (6.06%) GxP
2 3 (4.55%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.52%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (6.06%) Google
2 2 (3.03%) Adobe
3 1 (1.52%) Atlassian
3 1 (1.52%) Blue Prism
3 1 (1.52%) Cisco
3 1 (1.52%) Citrix
3 1 (1.52%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.52%) Nokia
3 1 (1.52%) Rakuten
3 1 (1.52%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.52%) ServiceNow
3 1 (1.52%) TSYS