Product Owner Jobs

Product Owner
UK

The median Product Owner salary in the UK is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 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
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 554 445 399
Rank change year-on-year -109 -46 +19
Permanent jobs requiring a Product Owner 375 664 1,621
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.35% 0.71% 0.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 0.78% 0.99%
Number of salaries quoted 288 506 1,044
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £43,538
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £75,313
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,290 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,750 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.17% +4.55% +10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 101,543 85,646 164,275
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.91% 91.24% 95.98%
Number of salaries quoted 71,805 55,459 85,654
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,244
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%

Product Owner
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Product Owner in the UK

Product Owner
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Product Owner in the UK

Product Owner
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Owner over the 6 months to 6 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Product Owner in the UK

Product Owner
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Owner within the UK over the 6 months to 6 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
England -132 333 £65,000 +4.00% 67
London +43 178 £80,000 +14.29% 26
UK excluding London -226 167 £58,750 +2.17% 42
Work from Home -103 148 £62,783 +0.45% 44
North of England -56 42 £62,783 +14.15% 10
South East -61 38 £65,000 +6.12% 9
Midlands -54 36 £62,500 +30.89% 15
North West -34 27 £62,500 +13.64% 4
South West -59 23 £55,000 -12.00% 5
West Midlands -60 23 £62,500 +38.89% 11
Scotland -81 19 £55,987 -6.69% 3
East Midlands -29 13 £45,000 -18.18% 4
Yorkshire +13 11 £65,000 +8.33% 6
East of England -33 7 £48,750 -11.36%
North East -16 4 £62,783 -3.41%
Wales +2 2 £42,500 -39.29%

Product Owner Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 6 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 featuring Product Owner in the job title.

1 375 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 272 (72.53%) Agile
3 187 (49.87%) Roadmaps
4 129 (34.40%) Social Skills
5 127 (33.87%) Scrum
6 121 (32.27%) User Stories
7 115 (30.67%) Finance
8 107 (28.53%) Product Backlog
9 106 (28.27%) Product Roadmap
10 97 (25.87%) Analytical Skills
11 95 (25.33%) Product Management
12 88 (23.47%) Product Vision
13 85 (22.67%) Problem-Solving
14 80 (21.33%) Stakeholder Management
15 74 (19.73%) SQL
16 72 (19.20%) Analytics
17 66 (17.60%) User Experience
17 66 (17.60%) Acceptance Criteria
18 62 (16.53%) Backlog Prioritisation
19 60 (16.00%) Backlog Management
20 55 (14.67%) Machine Learning
21 53 (14.13%) Artificial Intelligence
22 50 (13.33%) JIRA
22 50 (13.33%) Sprint Planning
23 43 (11.47%) Product Requirements
23 43 (11.47%) AWS
24 42 (11.20%) Python
25 39 (10.40%) Requirements Gathering
26 38 (10.13%) Decision-Making
27 37 (9.87%) Project Management

Product Owner Skill Set
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 28 (7.47%) Confluence
2 4 (1.07%) CMS
2 4 (1.07%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.53%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.27%) Documentum
Applications
1 8 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.07%) Trello
3 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (1.33%) Distributed Ledger
2 4 (1.07%) SAP ERP
2 4 (1.07%) SAP HR
2 4 (1.07%) SAP Payroll
2 4 (1.07%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.80%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.53%) Magento
4 2 (0.53%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 43 (11.47%) AWS
2 31 (8.27%) Azure
3 26 (6.93%) SaaS
4 14 (3.73%) Power Platform
5 8 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (2.13%) GCP
6 5 (1.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 4 (1.07%) Collibra
7 4 (1.07%) dbt
7 4 (1.07%) Power Automate
7 4 (1.07%) PowerApps
7 4 (1.07%) Snowflake
8 3 (0.80%) Azure AI
8 3 (0.80%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (0.80%) PaaS
9 2 (0.53%) Bloomreach
9 2 (0.53%) Miro
9 2 (0.53%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 2 (0.53%) SAP Commerce Cloud
10 1 (0.27%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.40%) Network Security
2 4 (1.07%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.93%) Tableau
2 10 (2.67%) Power BI
3 7 (1.87%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (1.33%) Data Lake
5 4 (1.07%) Big Data
6 3 (0.80%) Metadata
6 3 (0.80%) SQL Server
6 3 (0.80%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 3 (0.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.27%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (0.27%) MS Access
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 50 (13.33%) JIRA
2 2 (0.53%) DBeaver
General
1 129 (34.40%) Social Skills
2 115 (30.67%) Finance
3 97 (25.87%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (9.60%) Front Office
5 35 (9.33%) Retail
6 34 (9.07%) Marketing
7 23 (6.13%) Banking
8 15 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 14 (3.73%) Law
10 13 (3.47%) Legal
10 13 (3.47%) Public Sector
11 9 (2.40%) Automotive
11 9 (2.40%) Presentation Skills
12 8 (2.13%) Tech for Good
13 7 (1.87%) Influencing Skills
14 6 (1.60%) Advertising
14 6 (1.60%) Local Government
15 5 (1.33%) Back Office
15 5 (1.33%) Games
15 5 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.33%) .NET
1 5 (1.33%) Smart Contracts
2 3 (0.80%) .NET Framework
3 2 (0.53%) ASP.NET
3 2 (0.53%) ASP.NET MVC
3 2 (0.53%) Entity Framework
3 2 (0.53%) HTML
3 2 (0.53%) HTML5
3 2 (0.53%) Middleware
3 2 (0.53%) XML
4 1 (0.27%) EDI
4 1 (0.27%) Laravel
4 1 (0.27%) Next.js
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.27%) React
4 1 (0.27%) React Native
4 1 (0.27%) REST
4 1 (0.27%) RESTful
4 1 (0.27%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 375 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 36 (9.60%) Derivative
2 36 (9.60%) Equities
2 36 (9.60%) Fixed Income
2 36 (9.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 36 (9.60%) Hedge funds
3 7 (1.87%) Renewable Energy
4 6 (1.60%) Mobile App
5 5 (1.33%) Algorithms
5 5 (1.33%) Blockchain
5 5 (1.33%) Greenfield Project
5 5 (1.33%) NHS
5 5 (1.33%) Reinsurance
6 4 (1.07%) FMCG
6 4 (1.07%) Life Science
6 4 (1.07%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.07%) PMI
7 3 (0.80%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (0.80%) Marketing Technology
7 3 (0.80%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.33%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.53%) Linux
2 2 (0.53%) Windows
3 1 (0.27%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 272 (72.53%) Agile
2 187 (49.87%) Roadmaps
3 127 (33.87%) Scrum
4 121 (32.27%) User Stories
5 107 (28.53%) Product Backlog
6 106 (28.27%) Product Roadmap
7 95 (25.33%) Product Management
8 88 (23.47%) Product Vision
9 85 (22.67%) Problem-Solving
10 80 (21.33%) Stakeholder Management
11 72 (19.20%) Analytics
12 66 (17.60%) Acceptance Criteria
12 66 (17.60%) User Experience
13 62 (16.53%) Backlog Prioritisation
14 60 (16.00%) Backlog Management
15 55 (14.67%) Machine Learning
16 53 (14.13%) Artificial Intelligence
17 50 (13.33%) Sprint Planning
18 43 (11.47%) Product Requirements
19 39 (10.40%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 74 (19.73%) SQL
2 42 (11.20%) Python
3 7 (1.87%) C#
4 3 (0.80%) PowerShell
5 2 (0.53%) C
5 2 (0.53%) C++
5 2 (0.53%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.53%) R
5 2 (0.53%) Tcl
6 1 (0.27%) PHP
6 1 (0.27%) VBA
Qualifications
1 32 (8.53%) Degree
2 20 (5.33%) CSPO
3 18 (4.80%) Security Cleared
4 12 (3.20%) SC Cleared
5 7 (1.87%) Master's Degree
6 4 (1.07%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.07%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.53%) MBA
8 1 (0.27%) CIPD
8 1 (0.27%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.27%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.80%) QA
2 9 (2.40%) NCSC
2 9 (2.40%) NIST
3 8 (2.13%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.80%) Accessibility
4 3 (0.80%) PSD2
5 2 (0.53%) GDPR
5 2 (0.53%) Government Security Classifications
6 1 (0.27%) WCAG
Vendors
1 20 (5.33%) Microsoft
2 12 (3.20%) ServiceNow
3 10 (2.67%) SAP
4 9 (2.40%) Salesforce
4 9 (2.40%) Splunk
5 7 (1.87%) Genesys
5 7 (1.87%) Google
6 5 (1.33%) YouTube
7 3 (0.80%) Adobe
7 3 (0.80%) Freshdesk
7 3 (0.80%) Sitecore
8 2 (0.53%) Databricks
8 2 (0.53%) Epicor
8 2 (0.53%) Oracle
9 1 (0.27%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.27%) ForgeRock
9 1 (0.27%) Okta
9 1 (0.27%) OpenText
9 1 (0.27%) Pega
9 1 (0.27%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud