Product Owner Jobs in the UK excluding London

Product Owner
UK > UK excluding London

The median Product Owner salary in the UK excluding London is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 November 2024.

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

6 months to
15 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 510 404 339
Rank change year-on-year -106 -65 +37
Permanent jobs requiring a Product Owner 138 186 640
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.25% 0.55% 0.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.58% 0.99%
Number of salaries quoted 57 150 391
10th Percentile £41,700 £42,500 £43,375
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £46,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,407
Median % change year-on-year - +6.37% +12.81%
75th Percentile £68,750 £77,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,750 £84,150 £75,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £75,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -13.33% +15.38% +13.04%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 51,234 32,237 64,565
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.29% 95.96% 95.40%
Number of salaries quoted 25,261 22,133 38,771
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £66,000 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +4.35%

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
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Product Owner in the UK excluding London

Product Owner
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Owner in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 November 2024.

Salary histogram for Product Owner in the UK excluding London

Product Owner
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 15 November 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
South East -24 38 £50,000 -9.09% 8
North of England -44 38 £60,000 -7.69% 15
Midlands -46 34 £63,000 +23.53% 8
West Midlands -52 25 £61,500 +20.59% 6
North West -41 23 £60,000 -17.03% 12
Yorkshire -4 15 £60,000 -7.69% 2
Scotland -2 12 £53,750 -2.27% 3
East Midlands -24 9 £72,500 +45.48% 2
East of England -64 9 £66,250 +47.22% 3
South West -3 7 £50,000 -28.57% 5
Product Owner
UK

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

For the 6 months to 15 November 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 across the UK excluding London region featuring Product Owner in the job title.

1 138 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 90 (65.22%) Agile
3 56 (40.58%) User Stories
4 55 (39.86%) Social Skills
4 55 (39.86%) Product Backlog
5 54 (39.13%) Scrum
6 45 (32.61%) Roadmaps
7 42 (30.43%) Backlog Management
8 35 (25.36%) Product Roadmap
8 35 (25.36%) Analytical Skills
9 34 (24.64%) Product Vision
10 33 (23.91%) Problem-Solving
10 33 (23.91%) Product Management
11 28 (20.29%) Finance
12 26 (18.84%) Acceptance Criteria
13 23 (16.67%) User Experience
14 21 (15.22%) Backlog Prioritisation
15 20 (14.49%) Epics
15 20 (14.49%) JIRA
16 19 (13.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 18 (13.04%) DevOps
17 18 (13.04%) Microsoft
18 17 (12.32%) Continuous Improvement
19 16 (11.59%) Security Cleared
19 16 (11.59%) Stakeholder Management
19 16 (11.59%) Product Strategy
20 15 (10.87%) Marketing
20 15 (10.87%) Azure
21 13 (9.42%) SaaS
21 13 (9.42%) Degree

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 8 (5.80%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (5.80%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.35%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (3.62%) Trello
2 2 (1.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.72%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.72%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.72%) SAP HR
2 1 (0.72%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 15 (10.87%) Azure
2 13 (9.42%) SaaS
3 10 (7.25%) Power Platform
4 8 (5.80%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (5.80%) Power Automate
4 8 (5.80%) PowerApps
5 5 (3.62%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (2.17%) AWS
7 1 (0.72%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.72%) Figma
7 1 (0.72%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.72%) Miro
7 1 (0.72%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.90%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.45%) Amazon QuickSight
1 2 (1.45%) Amazon Redshift
1 2 (1.45%) Power BI
2 1 (0.72%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 20 (14.49%) JIRA
2 1 (0.72%) Balsamiq
General
1 55 (39.86%) Social Skills
2 35 (25.36%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (20.29%) Finance
4 15 (10.87%) Marketing
5 11 (7.97%) Public Sector
6 8 (5.80%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (5.80%) Police
7 7 (5.07%) Banking
7 7 (5.07%) Law
8 6 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (4.35%) Retail
9 5 (3.62%) Games
9 5 (3.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (3.62%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (2.90%) Legal
11 3 (2.17%) Tech for Good
12 2 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.72%) Back Office
13 1 (0.72%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.72%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.62%) .NET
2 2 (1.45%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 138 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 8 (5.80%) Mobile App
3 5 (3.62%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (2.90%) Video\Live Streaming
5 3 (2.17%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.17%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.72%) Mobile Banking
6 1 (0.72%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.72%) Robotics
6 1 (0.72%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.72%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (65.22%) Agile
2 56 (40.58%) User Stories
3 55 (39.86%) Product Backlog
4 54 (39.13%) Scrum
5 45 (32.61%) Roadmaps
6 42 (30.43%) Backlog Management
7 35 (25.36%) Product Roadmap
8 34 (24.64%) Product Vision
9 33 (23.91%) Problem-Solving
9 33 (23.91%) Product Management
10 26 (18.84%) Acceptance Criteria
11 23 (16.67%) User Experience
12 21 (15.22%) Backlog Prioritisation
13 20 (14.49%) Epics
14 19 (13.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 18 (13.04%) DevOps
16 17 (12.32%) Continuous Improvement
17 16 (11.59%) Product Strategy
17 16 (11.59%) Stakeholder Management
18 13 (9.42%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.17%) Java
1 3 (2.17%) Python
1 3 (2.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (11.59%) Security Cleared
2 13 (9.42%) Degree
3 8 (5.80%) DV Cleared
3 8 (5.80%) SC Cleared
4 4 (2.90%) CSPO
4 4 (2.90%) PMI Certification
4 4 (2.90%) PMP
5 2 (1.45%) SAP Certification
6 1 (0.72%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.72%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.97%) QA
2 2 (1.45%) Accessibility
2 2 (1.45%) SLA
3 1 (0.72%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.72%) GxP
Vendors
1 18 (13.04%) Microsoft
2 5 (3.62%) Atlassian
3 3 (2.17%) HP
3 3 (2.17%) SAP
4 2 (1.45%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.72%) Alteryx
5 1 (0.72%) Databricks
5 1 (0.72%) Google
5 1 (0.72%) JDA
5 1 (0.72%) MuleSoft