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 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 136 73 60
Rank change year-on-year -63 -13 +31
Permanent jobs citing Product Ownership 2,096 4,361 8,386
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.13% 4.20% 5.36%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.99% 9.84% 11.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,396 2,582 4,068
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 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,965 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.39% +9.09% +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 34,988 44,314 74,116
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.48% 42.70% 47.35%
Number of salaries quoted 23,043 23,940 34,254
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,250 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,750
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 £84,056
90th Percentile £97,500 £107,500 £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 3 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 3 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 -67 1,741 £62,500 -4.32% 508
UK excluding London -64 1,357 £57,965 -3.39% 326
Work from Home -48 894 £60,000 -7.34% 276
London -50 632 £75,000 +7.14% 200
North of England -58 320 £57,965 -10.82% 78
South East -74 291 £65,000 +4.00% 85
Scotland -52 232 £59,526 -8.42% 18
Midlands -40 228 £55,000 -4.35% 59
South West -17 191 £57,500 -4.56% 51
North West -24 187 £57,965 -10.82% 43
West Midlands -31 169 £57,250 -0.43% 49
Yorkshire -57 102 £60,000 -7.69% 24
East of England -87 62 £49,500 -10.00% 27
East Midlands -50 59 £50,000 -9.09% 10
North East +2 31 £57,965 -7.26% 12
Wales -2 27 £52,500 -4.55% 14
Northern Ireland +12 6 - -

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
1 110 (5.25%) Confluence
2 34 (1.62%) Apache
3 28 (1.34%) Apache Spark
3 28 (1.34%) SharePoint
4 11 (0.52%) CMS
4 11 (0.52%) WordPress
5 10 (0.48%) IIS
5 10 (0.48%) nginx
6 9 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
7 8 (0.38%) Apache Pig
8 7 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
8 7 (0.33%) SAS
9 5 (0.24%) Cloud Foundry
10 4 (0.19%) EPiServer
11 3 (0.14%) Jupyter
11 3 (0.14%) Umbraco
12 2 (0.095%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 2 (0.095%) Sitecore CMS
13 1 (0.048%) WebSphere
13 1 (0.048%) WildFly
Applications
1 41 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 29 (1.38%) Adobe XD
3 28 (1.34%) Microsoft Office
4 23 (1.10%) MS Visio
5 16 (0.76%) Sketch
6 14 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 8 (0.38%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 8 (0.38%) Trello
8 7 (0.33%) InVision
9 4 (0.19%) Adobe After Effects
9 4 (0.19%) Blender
9 4 (0.19%) Maya
9 4 (0.19%) MotionBuilder
9 4 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
10 3 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
11 2 (0.095%) FrameMaker
11 2 (0.095%) Photoshop
11 2 (0.095%) RoboHelp
12 1 (0.048%) AutoCAD
12 1 (0.048%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 27 (1.29%) Endur
2 23 (1.10%) 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
6 7 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
7 6 (0.29%) SAP Payroll
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%) Magento
11 2 (0.095%) NEC Housing
11 2 (0.095%) Oracle EBS
11 2 (0.095%) Oracle ERP
11 2 (0.095%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
12 1 (0.048%) Elite 3E
12 1 (0.048%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 438 (20.90%) Azure
2 374 (17.84%) AWS
3 196 (9.35%) Azure DevOps
4 157 (7.49%) GCP
5 125 (5.96%) SaaS
6 120 (5.73%) Power Platform
7 63 (3.01%) Microsoft 365
8 52 (2.48%) GitHub
9 41 (1.96%) Serverless
10 38 (1.81%) Power Automate
11 37 (1.77%) PaaS
12 28 (1.34%) Dynamics 365
13 26 (1.24%) Cloud Computing
13 26 (1.24%) PowerApps
14 19 (0.91%) Azure Data Factory
15 16 (0.76%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 14 (0.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 14 (0.67%) Figma
16 14 (0.67%) IaaS
17 12 (0.57%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 18 (0.86%) DSL
1 18 (0.86%) Intranet
2 16 (0.76%) VPN
3 15 (0.72%) Firewall
4 11 (0.52%) Network Security
4 11 (0.52%) WAN
5 10 (0.48%) Internet
5 10 (0.48%) LAN
6 7 (0.33%) WLAN
7 6 (0.29%) AMQP
8 5 (0.24%) WebEx
9 4 (0.19%) Ethernet
9 4 (0.19%) VLAN
10 3 (0.14%) DMZ
10 3 (0.14%) Modbus
10 3 (0.14%) TCP/IP
11 2 (0.095%) Broadband
11 2 (0.095%) HTTP
11 2 (0.095%) SD-WAN
11 2 (0.095%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (5.01%) Data Warehouse
2 102 (4.87%) Looker
3 79 (3.77%) BigQuery
3 79 (3.77%) Power BI
4 78 (3.72%) SQL Server
5 58 (2.77%) Tableau
6 54 (2.58%) Big Data
7 51 (2.43%) NoSQL
8 47 (2.24%) Relational Database
9 41 (1.96%) Data Lake
10 38 (1.81%) PostgreSQL
11 37 (1.77%) MongoDB
12 30 (1.43%) MySQL
13 26 (1.24%) Metadata
14 18 (0.86%) DB2
15 14 (0.67%) Redis
16 9 (0.43%) Apache Hive
16 9 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
16 9 (0.43%) Hadoop
17 8 (0.38%) HDInsight
Development Applications
1 226 (10.78%) JIRA
2 106 (5.06%) Git
3 85 (4.06%) Jenkins
4 27 (1.29%) Cucumber
5 26 (1.24%) Visual Studio
6 22 (1.05%) Selenium
7 19 (0.91%) GitLab
7 19 (0.91%) Team Foundation Server
8 16 (0.76%) SonarQube
9 15 (0.72%) Axure RP
9 15 (0.72%) Postman
10 14 (0.67%) Cypress.io
10 14 (0.67%) JUnit
10 14 (0.67%) Octopus Deploy
11 13 (0.62%) Balsamiq
12 8 (0.38%) Checkstyle
12 8 (0.38%) Mocha
12 8 (0.38%) MSBuild
13 7 (0.33%) Appium
13 7 (0.33%) Maven
General
1 617 (29.44%) Finance
2 601 (28.67%) Social Skills
3 415 (19.80%) Analytical Skills
4 348 (16.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 273 (13.02%) Marketing
6 195 (9.30%) Law
7 160 (7.63%) Banking
8 126 (6.01%) Retail
9 120 (5.73%) Public Sector
10 90 (4.29%) Presentation Skills
11 79 (3.77%) Legal
12 74 (3.53%) Billing
13 61 (2.91%) Investment Banking
14 55 (2.62%) Front Office
15 47 (2.24%) Influencing Skills
16 30 (1.43%) Telecoms
17 26 (1.24%) Games
18 25 (1.19%) Financial Institution
19 20 (0.95%) Manufacturing
19 20 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 375 (17.89%) Product Owner
1 375 (17.89%) Senior
2 281 (13.41%) Developer
3 274 (13.07%) Analyst
4 236 (11.26%) Lead
5 182 (8.68%) Business Analyst
6 161 (7.68%) Product Manager
7 140 (6.68%) Architect
8 94 (4.48%) Data Manager
9 81 (3.86%) Engineering Manager
9 81 (3.86%) Senior Developer
10 79 (3.77%) Software Engineer
11 57 (2.72%) Designer
12 54 (2.58%) Data Engineer
13 53 (2.53%) Product Analyst
14 47 (2.24%) Senior Analyst
15 45 (2.15%) Senior Manager
16 44 (2.10%) .NET Developer
16 44 (2.10%) Delivery Manager
16 44 (2.10%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 166 (7.92%) .NET
2 127 (6.06%) HTML
3 120 (5.73%) React
4 113 (5.39%) CSS
5 78 (3.72%) AngularJS
6 59 (2.81%) REST
7 48 (2.29%) .NET Framework
8 46 (2.19%) JSON
9 42 (2.00%) Node.js
10 41 (1.96%) XML
11 39 (1.86%) Spring
12 38 (1.81%) ASP.NET
13 37 (1.77%) .NET Core
14 36 (1.72%) RESTful
15 34 (1.62%) Kafka
16 29 (1.38%) Web Services
17 27 (1.29%) Spring Boot
18 24 (1.15%) Entity Framework
19 23 (1.10%) Laravel
19 23 (1.10%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 125 (5.96%) Cloud Native
2 73 (3.48%) Public Cloud
3 65 (3.10%) Self-Motivation
4 64 (3.05%) Mobile App
5 62 (2.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 59 (2.81%) Management Information System
7 56 (2.67%) Derivative
8 53 (2.53%) Fixed Income
9 50 (2.39%) Equities
9 50 (2.39%) Hedge funds
10 34 (1.62%) Onboarding
11 33 (1.57%) Credit Risk
12 32 (1.53%) Algorithms
13 30 (1.43%) Data Structures
13 30 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
14 26 (1.24%) Client/Server
15 22 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
15 22 (1.05%) PMI
15 22 (1.05%) Taxonomies
16 21 (1.00%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 45 (2.15%) Linux
2 41 (1.96%) Windows
3 38 (1.81%) Apple iOS
4 30 (1.43%) Android
5 10 (0.48%) Windows Server
6 9 (0.43%) Unix
7 4 (0.19%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.19%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.14%) Debian
9 2 (0.095%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.048%) CentOS
10 1 (0.048%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.048%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.048%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,469 (70.09%) Agile
2 643 (30.68%) Scrum
3 540 (25.76%) Roadmaps
4 490 (23.38%) Problem-Solving
5 443 (21.14%) DevOps
6 358 (17.08%) Mentoring
7 337 (16.08%) User Stories
8 335 (15.98%) CI/CD
9 289 (13.79%) Product Backlog
9 289 (13.79%) Project Management
10 287 (13.69%) Coaching
11 283 (13.50%) User Experience
12 278 (13.26%) Software Engineering
13 230 (10.97%) Stakeholder Management
14 228 (10.88%) Analytics
15 220 (10.50%) SDLC
16 218 (10.40%) Product Management
17 217 (10.35%) Product Roadmap
18 216 (10.31%) Continuous Improvement
19 210 (10.02%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 325 (15.51%) SQL
2 252 (12.02%) JavaScript
3 249 (11.88%) Python
4 217 (10.35%) C#
5 164 (7.82%) Java
6 101 (4.82%) TypeScript
7 33 (1.57%) C
8 32 (1.53%) PHP
9 25 (1.19%) Groovy
10 23 (1.10%) Kotlin
11 22 (1.05%) PowerShell
12 21 (1.00%) PL/SQL
13 20 (0.95%) T-SQL
14 19 (0.91%) Scala
15 15 (0.72%) C++
16 13 (0.62%) Go
17 12 (0.57%) Bash
18 11 (0.52%) Ruby
19 10 (0.48%) Swift
20 8 (0.38%) R
Qualifications
1 361 (17.22%) Degree
2 167 (7.97%) Security Cleared
3 114 (5.44%) SC Cleared
4 66 (3.15%) Computer Science Degree
5 51 (2.43%) Master's Degree
6 48 (2.29%) DV Cleared
7 32 (1.53%) CSPO
8 27 (1.29%) PMI Certification
9 22 (1.05%) CISSP
10 18 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
11 15 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
12 14 (0.67%) AWS Certification
12 14 (0.67%) Azure Certification
12 14 (0.67%) PhD
13 13 (0.62%) Numerate Degree
14 11 (0.52%) ISTQB
14 11 (0.52%) ITIL Certification
15 7 (0.33%) ISEB
16 6 (0.29%) CISM
16 6 (0.29%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 280 (13.36%) QA
2 80 (3.82%) Accessibility
3 39 (1.86%) Data Quality
4 37 (1.77%) 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%) ISO 13485
12 6 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
13 5 (0.24%) SEPA
13 5 (0.24%) TARGET2
14 4 (0.19%) Def Stans
14 4 (0.19%) IEC 61508
14 4 (0.19%) MISRA
14 4 (0.19%) MISRA C
14 4 (0.19%) Solvency II
System Software
1 124 (5.92%) Docker
2 18 (0.86%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.38%) HDFS
3 8 (0.38%) Hyper-V
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
1 120 (5.73%) Kubernetes
2 77 (3.67%) Terraform
3 14 (0.67%) Ansible
4 13 (0.62%) Grafana
4 13 (0.62%) Progress Chef
4 13 (0.62%) Prometheus
5 8 (0.38%) Puppet
6 7 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.24%) Graphite
8 4 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (0.14%) SCCM
10 2 (0.095%) Kibana
11 1 (0.048%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.048%) Kustomize
11 1 (0.048%) Packer
11 1 (0.048%) SCOM
11 1 (0.048%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 249 (11.88%) Microsoft
2 171 (8.16%) Google
3 64 (3.05%) Databricks
4 54 (2.58%) ServiceNow
5 51 (2.43%) SAP
6 48 (2.29%) Adobe
7 41 (1.96%) Oracle
7 41 (1.96%) Salesforce
8 30 (1.43%) Atlassian
9 26 (1.24%) Alteryx
10 19 (0.91%) Bloomberg
11 18 (0.86%) Cognos
11 18 (0.86%) Sybase
12 14 (0.67%) BISAM
12 14 (0.67%) VMware
13 11 (0.52%) Pega
14 10 (0.48%) Splunk
15 9 (0.43%) IBM
15 9 (0.43%) Xero
16 8 (0.38%) OpenAI