Product Ownership
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Product Ownership in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Product Ownership over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 134 77 58
Rank change year-on-year -57 -19 +34
Permanent jobs citing Product Ownership 2,099 4,028 8,977
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.10% 4.05% 5.51%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.97% 9.50% 11.51%
Number of salaries quoted 1,400 2,428 4,137
10th Percentile £42,000 £45,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,250 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.23% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £84,056 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,965 £60,249 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.79% +9.54% +4.76%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 35,155 42,392 77,992
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.18% 42.62% 47.91%
Number of salaries quoted 23,026 23,184 34,267
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,483 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £109,865 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Product Ownership in the UK

Product Ownership
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Ownership over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Product Ownership in the UK

Product Ownership
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Ownership within the UK over the 6 months to 20 May 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 -68 1,749 £62,500 -3.85% 518
UK excluding London -62 1,342 £57,965 -3.79% 359
Work from Home -45 894 £60,000 -7.69% 273
London -49 646 £75,000 +7.14% 212
North of England -55 317 £57,965 -10.82% 91
South East -61 291 £64,000 +2.40% 105
Scotland -40 228 £56,975 -12.35% 25
Midlands -51 222 £57,000 +3.64% 59
South West -17 192 £57,500 -4.99% 52
North West -23 185 £57,965 -10.82% 49
West Midlands -29 165 £57,500 - 49
Yorkshire -55 101 £59,526 -8.42% 29
East of England -93 62 £49,500 -10.00% 19
East Midlands -58 57 £50,000 -9.09% 10
North East +8 31 £57,965 +0.81% 14
Wales +7 29 £52,500 -10.64% 12
Northern Ireland +13 3 - -

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
1 119 (5.67%) Confluence
2 38 (1.81%) Apache
3 28 (1.33%) SharePoint
4 27 (1.29%) Apache Spark
5 13 (0.62%) CMS
6 11 (0.52%) WordPress
7 10 (0.48%) nginx
8 9 (0.43%) IIS
8 9 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
9 8 (0.38%) SAS
10 7 (0.33%) Apache Pig
10 7 (0.33%) Cloud Foundry
11 6 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
12 4 (0.19%) EPiServer
13 3 (0.14%) Jupyter
13 3 (0.14%) Sitecore CMS
13 3 (0.14%) Umbraco
14 2 (0.095%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 2 (0.095%) WebSphere
15 1 (0.048%) Drupal
Applications
1 39 (1.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (1.33%) Adobe XD
2 28 (1.33%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (1.14%) MS Visio
4 16 (0.76%) Sketch
5 15 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 8 (0.38%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 8 (0.38%) Trello
7 7 (0.33%) InVision
8 4 (0.19%) Adobe After Effects
8 4 (0.19%) Blender
8 4 (0.19%) Maya
8 4 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
8 4 (0.19%) MotionBuilder
8 4 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.095%) FrameMaker
9 2 (0.095%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.095%) RoboHelp
10 1 (0.048%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.048%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 30 (1.43%) Endur
2 24 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (0.67%) Aladdin
4 9 (0.43%) Salesforce CRM
4 9 (0.43%) SAP ERP
5 8 (0.38%) SAP HR
6 7 (0.33%) NetSuite
7 6 (0.29%) SAP Payroll
7 6 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
8 5 (0.24%) Distributed Ledger
9 4 (0.19%) SAP CX
10 3 (0.14%) Fidessa
10 3 (0.14%) SAP HCM
11 2 (0.095%) Dynamics NAV
11 2 (0.095%) Magento
11 2 (0.095%) NEC Housing
11 2 (0.095%) Oracle EBS
11 2 (0.095%) Oracle ERP
11 2 (0.095%) Payment Gateway
11 2 (0.095%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 449 (21.39%) Azure
2 378 (18.01%) AWS
3 199 (9.48%) Azure DevOps
4 150 (7.15%) GCP
5 127 (6.05%) SaaS
6 117 (5.57%) Power Platform
7 64 (3.05%) Microsoft 365
8 57 (2.72%) GitHub
9 43 (2.05%) Serverless
10 38 (1.81%) Power Automate
11 35 (1.67%) PaaS
12 28 (1.33%) Cloud Computing
12 28 (1.33%) Dynamics 365
13 26 (1.24%) PowerApps
14 20 (0.95%) Azure Data Factory
15 17 (0.81%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 15 (0.71%) dbt
17 14 (0.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 14 (0.67%) Figma
17 14 (0.67%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (0.95%) DSL
2 18 (0.86%) Intranet
3 16 (0.76%) VPN
4 15 (0.71%) Firewall
5 13 (0.62%) Network Security
6 12 (0.57%) Internet
7 11 (0.52%) WAN
8 10 (0.48%) LAN
9 7 (0.33%) WLAN
10 6 (0.29%) AMQP
11 5 (0.24%) HTTP
12 4 (0.19%) Ethernet
12 4 (0.19%) VLAN
12 4 (0.19%) WebEx
13 3 (0.14%) DMZ
13 3 (0.14%) Modbus
13 3 (0.14%) TCP/IP
14 2 (0.095%) Broadband
14 2 (0.095%) SD-WAN
14 2 (0.095%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (4.95%) Data Warehouse
2 102 (4.86%) Looker
3 86 (4.10%) SQL Server
4 78 (3.72%) Power BI
5 76 (3.62%) BigQuery
6 59 (2.81%) Tableau
7 55 (2.62%) Big Data
8 52 (2.48%) NoSQL
9 49 (2.33%) Relational Database
10 47 (2.24%) Data Lake
11 38 (1.81%) MongoDB
12 34 (1.62%) PostgreSQL
13 31 (1.48%) MySQL
14 26 (1.24%) Metadata
15 18 (0.86%) DB2
16 14 (0.67%) Redis
17 9 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
17 9 (0.43%) Hadoop
17 9 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 8 (0.38%) Ataccama
Development Applications
1 227 (10.81%) JIRA
2 112 (5.34%) Git
3 85 (4.05%) Jenkins
4 25 (1.19%) Visual Studio
5 23 (1.10%) Cucumber
6 22 (1.05%) Team Foundation Server
7 20 (0.95%) GitLab
7 20 (0.95%) Selenium
8 19 (0.91%) SonarQube
9 17 (0.81%) Postman
10 15 (0.71%) Axure RP
11 14 (0.67%) Cypress.io
11 14 (0.67%) Octopus Deploy
12 13 (0.62%) Balsamiq
12 13 (0.62%) JUnit
13 8 (0.38%) Mocha
13 8 (0.38%) MSBuild
14 7 (0.33%) Appium
14 7 (0.33%) CircleCI
14 7 (0.33%) TeamCity
General
1 614 (29.25%) Finance
2 590 (28.11%) Social Skills
3 407 (19.39%) Analytical Skills
4 344 (16.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 274 (13.05%) Marketing
6 191 (9.10%) Law
7 155 (7.38%) Banking
8 129 (6.15%) Retail
9 121 (5.76%) Public Sector
10 89 (4.24%) Presentation Skills
11 81 (3.86%) Legal
12 74 (3.53%) Billing
13 65 (3.10%) Front Office
14 62 (2.95%) Investment Banking
15 46 (2.19%) Influencing Skills
16 30 (1.43%) Telecoms
17 25 (1.19%) Games
18 23 (1.10%) Financial Institution
19 19 (0.91%) Manufacturing
19 19 (0.91%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 380 (18.10%) Senior
2 376 (17.91%) Product Owner
3 276 (13.15%) Developer
4 271 (12.91%) Analyst
5 240 (11.43%) Lead
6 179 (8.53%) Business Analyst
7 168 (8.00%) Product Manager
8 136 (6.48%) Architect
9 93 (4.43%) Data Manager
10 86 (4.10%) Software Engineer
11 84 (4.00%) Senior Developer
12 81 (3.86%) Engineering Manager
13 58 (2.76%) Designer
14 55 (2.62%) Data Engineer
14 55 (2.62%) Product Analyst
15 50 (2.38%) Senior Manager
16 48 (2.29%) Finance Business Analyst
16 48 (2.29%) Financial Analyst
17 44 (2.10%) Software Engineering Director
17 44 (2.10%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 174 (8.29%) .NET
2 134 (6.38%) HTML
3 120 (5.72%) React
4 118 (5.62%) CSS
5 78 (3.72%) AngularJS
6 61 (2.91%) REST
7 49 (2.33%) .NET Framework
7 49 (2.33%) JSON
8 44 (2.10%) Node.js
9 43 (2.05%) XML
10 41 (1.95%) ASP.NET
11 40 (1.91%) RESTful
12 36 (1.72%) Spring
13 35 (1.67%) .NET Core
14 33 (1.57%) Web Services
15 31 (1.48%) Kafka
16 26 (1.24%) Laravel
17 25 (1.19%) Entity Framework
17 25 (1.19%) Swagger
18 24 (1.14%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 130 (6.19%) Cloud Native
2 71 (3.38%) Public Cloud
3 68 (3.24%) Mobile App
4 66 (3.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 63 (3.00%) Fixed Income
5 63 (3.00%) Self-Motivation
6 61 (2.91%) Derivative
7 60 (2.86%) Hedge funds
8 59 (2.81%) Management Information System
9 56 (2.67%) Equities
10 33 (1.57%) Algorithms
10 33 (1.57%) Credit Risk
10 33 (1.57%) Greenfield Project
11 31 (1.48%) Onboarding
12 29 (1.38%) Data Structures
13 26 (1.24%) Client/Server
14 23 (1.10%) PropTech
15 22 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
15 22 (1.05%) PMI
15 22 (1.05%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 45 (2.14%) Linux
2 41 (1.95%) Apple iOS
2 41 (1.95%) Windows
3 34 (1.62%) Android
4 9 (0.43%) Unix
4 9 (0.43%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.24%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.19%) Debian
6 4 (0.19%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.095%) CentOS
9 1 (0.048%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.048%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.048%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,454 (69.27%) Agile
2 624 (29.73%) Scrum
3 536 (25.54%) Roadmaps
4 488 (23.25%) Problem-Solving
5 447 (21.30%) DevOps
6 346 (16.48%) Mentoring
7 341 (16.25%) CI/CD
8 333 (15.86%) User Stories
9 287 (13.67%) Project Management
10 283 (13.48%) Coaching
11 280 (13.34%) Software Engineering
11 280 (13.34%) User Experience
12 275 (13.10%) Product Backlog
13 231 (11.01%) Analytics
14 226 (10.77%) Stakeholder Management
15 221 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
16 220 (10.48%) SDLC
17 218 (10.39%) Product Roadmap
18 215 (10.24%) Product Management
19 211 (10.05%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 333 (15.86%) SQL
2 264 (12.58%) JavaScript
3 258 (12.29%) Python
4 220 (10.48%) C#
5 158 (7.53%) Java
6 104 (4.95%) TypeScript
7 36 (1.72%) PHP
8 34 (1.62%) C
9 26 (1.24%) Groovy
10 25 (1.19%) Kotlin
10 25 (1.19%) PowerShell
11 24 (1.14%) PL/SQL
12 18 (0.86%) Scala
13 17 (0.81%) T-SQL
14 16 (0.76%) Go
15 14 (0.67%) C++
16 12 (0.57%) Ruby
16 12 (0.57%) Swift
17 11 (0.52%) Bash
17 11 (0.52%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 354 (16.87%) Degree
2 168 (8.00%) Security Cleared
3 114 (5.43%) SC Cleared
4 64 (3.05%) Computer Science Degree
5 51 (2.43%) Master's Degree
6 46 (2.19%) DV Cleared
7 32 (1.52%) CSPO
8 27 (1.29%) PMI Certification
9 21 (1.00%) CISSP
10 17 (0.81%) AWS Certification
10 17 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
11 15 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
12 14 (0.67%) Azure Certification
12 14 (0.67%) PhD
13 12 (0.57%) Numerate Degree
14 11 (0.52%) ISTQB
14 11 (0.52%) ITIL Certification
15 7 (0.33%) ISEB
16 6 (0.29%) IIBA
17 5 (0.24%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 279 (13.29%) QA
2 80 (3.81%) Accessibility
3 45 (2.14%) Data Quality
4 36 (1.72%) SLA
5 30 (1.43%) PMO
6 22 (1.05%) NIST
7 14 (0.67%) WCAG
8 11 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
9 10 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 9 (0.43%) GDPR
10 9 (0.43%) NCSC
11 7 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
11 7 (0.33%) ISO 13485
12 5 (0.24%) ISO 20022
12 5 (0.24%) PCI DSS
12 5 (0.24%) SEPA
12 5 (0.24%) TARGET2
13 4 (0.19%) Def Stans
13 4 (0.19%) IEC 61508
13 4 (0.19%) Solvency II
System Software
1 126 (6.00%) Docker
2 18 (0.86%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.38%) Hyper-V
4 7 (0.33%) HDFS
4 7 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.19%) Firmware
6 3 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.095%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.095%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.048%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.048%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 125 (5.96%) Kubernetes
2 75 (3.57%) Terraform
3 16 (0.76%) Ansible
4 14 (0.67%) Grafana
4 14 (0.67%) Progress Chef
4 14 (0.67%) Prometheus
5 8 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (0.33%) Puppet
7 5 (0.24%) Graphite
8 4 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (0.14%) SCCM
10 2 (0.095%) Kibana
10 2 (0.095%) Kustomize
11 1 (0.048%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.048%) Packer
11 1 (0.048%) SCOM
11 1 (0.048%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 248 (11.82%) Microsoft
2 159 (7.58%) Google
3 65 (3.10%) Databricks
4 54 (2.57%) ServiceNow
5 51 (2.43%) SAP
6 47 (2.24%) Adobe
7 45 (2.14%) Oracle
8 43 (2.05%) Salesforce
9 32 (1.52%) Atlassian
10 25 (1.19%) Alteryx
11 23 (1.10%) Bloomberg
12 18 (0.86%) Cognos
12 18 (0.86%) Sybase
13 14 (0.67%) BISAM
13 14 (0.67%) VMware
14 12 (0.57%) OpenAI
15 11 (0.52%) Pega
16 9 (0.43%) Splunk
16 9 (0.43%) Xero
17 7 (0.33%) IFS