Product Ownership Contracts with Work from Home Options

Product Ownership
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Product Ownership in remote or hybrid contract work. 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 93 68 59
Rank change year-on-year -25 -9 +12
Contract jobs citing Product Ownership 343 766 1,787
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.32% 3.21% 4.07%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.97% 10.16% 12.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 230 559 1,250
10th Percentile £409 £430 £413
25th Percentile £463 £500 £467
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £638
90th Percentile £788 £739 £719
UK median daily rate £550 £573 £550
% change year-on-year -3.93% +4.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 9 15
10th Percentile £64.92 £29.60 £25.00
25th Percentile £71.40 £35.00 £37.50
Median hourly rate £80.00 £63.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.98% +26.00% -17.36%
75th Percentile £86.25 £70.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £88.50 £85.00 £85.45
UK median hourly rate £59.45 £63.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -5.63% +28.57% -16.60%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,304 7,539 13,934
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 29.17% 31.58% 31.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,923 5,349 10,060
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £435 £455 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £684 £650
90th Percentile £835 £800 £750
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 187 147 225
10th Percentile £15.95 £19.00 £15.13
25th Percentile £25.50 £25.36 £21.00
Median hourly rate £51.00 £52.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +17.98% +27.98%
75th Percentile £68.75 £69.38 £62.25
90th Percentile £73.50 £75.00 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £35.65 £22.26 £27.00
% change year-on-year +60.15% -17.56% +8.00%

Product Ownership
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Product Ownership as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Product Ownership trend for jobs with a WFH option

Product Ownership
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Product Ownership.

Product Ownership daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Product Ownership
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Product Ownership over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Product Ownership daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Product Ownership
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Product Ownership.

Product Ownership hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Product Ownership
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Product Ownership over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Product Ownership hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Product Ownership
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 19 (5.54%) Confluence
2 8 (2.33%) Apache
3 4 (1.17%) CMS
3 4 (1.17%) Oracle Workflow
3 4 (1.17%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.29%) Apache Solr
4 1 (0.29%) Appian
4 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 12 (3.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.46%) MS Visio
3 5 (1.46%) Trello
4 3 (0.87%) Adobe XD
4 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.58%) Sketch
6 1 (0.29%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (2.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.87%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.58%) SAP APO
3 2 (0.58%) SAP IBP
3 2 (0.58%) SAP MM
3 2 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.29%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.29%) Distributed Ledger
4 1 (0.29%) Magento
4 1 (0.29%) SAP SCM
4 1 (0.29%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 85 (24.78%) Azure
2 50 (14.58%) AWS
3 41 (11.95%) Azure DevOps
4 23 (6.71%) Power Platform
5 16 (4.66%) Entra ID
6 14 (4.08%) Azure Service Bus
7 11 (3.21%) Dynamics 365
7 11 (3.21%) GitHub
8 10 (2.92%) SaaS
9 9 (2.62%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 8 (2.33%) Azure Monitor
10 8 (2.33%) dbt
10 8 (2.33%) Figma
10 8 (2.33%) PaaS
11 7 (2.04%) Azure Stack
12 6 (1.75%) Azure AKS
12 6 (1.75%) Microsoft Purview
12 6 (1.75%) Serverless
13 5 (1.46%) Azure Data Factory
13 5 (1.46%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.75%) Firewall
2 1 (0.29%) Broadband
2 1 (0.29%) DMZ
2 1 (0.29%) DNS
2 1 (0.29%) LAN
2 1 (0.29%) Software-Defined Networking
2 1 (0.29%) WAN
2 1 (0.29%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (7.58%) SQL Server
2 22 (6.41%) Power BI
3 15 (4.37%) Data Lake
4 10 (2.92%) Big Data
5 9 (2.62%) NoSQL
5 9 (2.62%) Relational Database
5 9 (2.62%) Tableau
6 8 (2.33%) Apache Arrow
6 8 (2.33%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (2.33%) Dremio
7 6 (1.75%) MySQL
7 6 (1.75%) Snowflake Schema
8 5 (1.46%) Oracle Database
9 4 (1.17%) Siebel EIM
10 3 (0.87%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.87%) BigQuery
10 3 (0.87%) Looker
10 3 (0.87%) Redis
11 2 (0.58%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 29 (8.45%) JIRA
2 19 (5.54%) Git
3 10 (2.92%) Jenkins
4 9 (2.62%) Bitbucket
5 8 (2.33%) Postman
5 8 (2.33%) TeamCity
6 7 (2.04%) Artifactory
6 7 (2.04%) GitLab
7 6 (1.75%) Cypress.io
8 5 (1.46%) Selenium
9 4 (1.17%) Axure RP
9 4 (1.17%) Balsamiq
9 4 (1.17%) SpecFlow
9 4 (1.17%) WebDriver
10 3 (0.87%) JUnit
10 3 (0.87%) Visual Studio
11 1 (0.29%) Gerrit
11 1 (0.29%) SonarQube
11 1 (0.29%) TestNG
11 1 (0.29%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 95 (27.70%) Social Skills
2 91 (26.53%) Finance
3 50 (14.58%) Public Sector
4 34 (9.91%) Banking
5 24 (7.00%) Front Office
6 23 (6.71%) Analytical Skills
7 19 (5.54%) Back Office
8 15 (4.37%) Marketing
9 13 (3.79%) Investment Banking
9 13 (3.79%) Presentation Skills
10 10 (2.92%) Retail
11 9 (2.62%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (2.62%) Pharmaceutical
12 8 (2.33%) Manufacturing
12 8 (2.33%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.17%) Electronics
14 3 (0.87%) Billing
14 3 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.87%) Retail Banking
15 2 (0.58%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 93 (27.11%) Product Owner
2 70 (20.41%) Analyst
3 63 (18.37%) Business Analyst
4 59 (17.20%) Developer
5 45 (13.12%) Senior
6 34 (9.91%) Architect
7 32 (9.33%) Product Manager
8 23 (6.71%) Lead
9 21 (6.12%) Product Analyst
9 21 (6.12%) Product Business Analyst
10 20 (5.83%) Finance Business Analyst
10 20 (5.83%) Financial Analyst
11 19 (5.54%) Finance Manager
12 16 (4.66%) Senior Product Owner
13 15 (4.37%) Azure Developer
13 15 (4.37%) Business Manager
13 15 (4.37%) Full Stack Developer
14 14 (4.08%) .NET Developer
14 14 (4.08%) Senior Developer
15 12 (3.50%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (10.79%) React
2 33 (9.62%) .NET
3 20 (5.83%) XML
4 18 (5.25%) CSS
5 15 (4.37%) HTML
6 12 (3.50%) .NET Core
7 10 (2.92%) JSON
7 10 (2.92%) REST
8 9 (2.62%) .NET Framework
9 8 (2.33%) ASP.NET
9 8 (2.33%) Node.js
10 7 (2.04%) AngularJS
11 6 (1.75%) OpenID
11 6 (1.75%) RESTful
12 5 (1.46%) Kafka
12 5 (1.46%) Laravel
12 5 (1.46%) Next.js
12 5 (1.46%) SAML
12 5 (1.46%) Vue
12 5 (1.46%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (7.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 23 (6.71%) Derivative
2 23 (6.71%) Equities
2 23 (6.71%) Fixed Income
2 23 (6.71%) Hedge funds
3 12 (3.50%) Mobile App
4 8 (2.33%) Data Structures
5 7 (2.04%) Reference Data
6 6 (1.75%) Educational Technology
6 6 (1.75%) Greenfield Project
7 5 (1.46%) Wiki
8 4 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.17%) Legacy Applications
8 4 (1.17%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.17%) Onboarding
9 3 (0.87%) Verilog
9 3 (0.87%) VHDL
9 3 (0.87%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.58%) FMCG
10 2 (0.58%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 15 (4.37%) Linux
2 12 (3.50%) Android
3 9 (2.62%) Apple iOS
3 9 (2.62%) Unix
4 8 (2.33%) Windows
5 1 (0.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 218 (63.56%) Agile
2 79 (23.03%) DevOps
2 79 (23.03%) Scrum
3 74 (21.57%) User Stories
4 59 (17.20%) Roadmaps
5 52 (15.16%) CI/CD
6 47 (13.70%) Analytics
7 41 (11.95%) Problem-Solving
7 41 (11.95%) Product Backlog
8 40 (11.66%) Product Management
9 38 (11.08%) Test Automation
10 37 (10.79%) Stakeholder Management
11 36 (10.50%) Acceptance Criteria
11 36 (10.50%) User Experience
12 35 (10.20%) Microservices
13 32 (9.33%) User Acceptance Testing
14 31 (9.04%) Continuous Improvement
15 29 (8.45%) Requirements Gathering
15 29 (8.45%) Sprint Planning
16 28 (8.16%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 55 (16.03%) SQL
2 54 (15.74%) Python
3 32 (9.33%) JavaScript
4 29 (8.45%) C#
5 21 (6.12%) TypeScript
6 14 (4.08%) PowerShell
7 12 (3.50%) Bicep
7 12 (3.50%) Java
8 5 (1.46%) PHP
9 3 (0.87%) C
9 3 (0.87%) C++
10 2 (0.58%) ABAP
10 2 (0.58%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.58%) Bash
10 2 (0.58%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.58%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.29%) Go
11 1 (0.29%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.29%) SOQL
11 1 (0.29%) VBA
Qualifications
1 22 (6.41%) Security Cleared
2 19 (5.54%) Degree
3 17 (4.96%) SC Cleared
4 3 (0.87%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (0.87%) CSPO
5 2 (0.58%) AWS Certification
5 2 (0.58%) CISM
5 2 (0.58%) CISSP
5 2 (0.58%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.29%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.29%) CBAP
6 1 (0.29%) CCIP
6 1 (0.29%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.29%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.29%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (11.37%) QA
2 14 (4.08%) Accessibility
3 11 (3.21%) Data Quality
4 8 (2.33%) PCI DSS
5 6 (1.75%) WCAG
6 3 (0.87%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.58%) GDPR
7 2 (0.58%) NIST
7 2 (0.58%) PMO
7 2 (0.58%) SLA
8 1 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.29%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.29%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 24 (7.00%) Active Directory
2 13 (3.79%) Docker
Systems Management
1 17 (4.96%) Kubernetes
2 12 (3.50%) Ansible
2 12 (3.50%) Terraform
3 6 (1.75%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.29%) AppManager
4 1 (0.29%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (0.29%) Matomo
4 1 (0.29%) Puppet
Vendors
1 48 (13.99%) Microsoft
2 11 (3.21%) Oracle
2 11 (3.21%) Salesforce
3 10 (2.92%) SAP
4 7 (2.04%) Google
5 5 (1.46%) Adobe
6 4 (1.17%) Atlassian
6 4 (1.17%) CA Agile Central
6 4 (1.17%) CrowdStrike
6 4 (1.17%) Okta
6 4 (1.17%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 4 (1.17%) Siebel
6 4 (1.17%) Splunk
6 4 (1.17%) Zscaler
7 3 (0.87%) Ariba
8 2 (0.58%) Cisco
8 2 (0.58%) Databricks
8 2 (0.58%) Dynatrace
8 2 (0.58%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.29%) Rakuten