Product Ownership Jobs

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 139 83 59
Rank change year-on-year -56 -24 +30
Permanent jobs citing Product Ownership 2,111 3,649 9,539
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.01% 3.85% 5.64%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.88% 8.92% 11.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1,386 2,301 4,161
10th Percentile £42,000 £45,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £51,833 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,875 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.81% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £78,500 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
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 35,876 40,905 81,966
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.09% 43.15% 48.47%
Number of salaries quoted 23,224 22,549 34,301
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,750 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,116 £46,350 £45,500
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 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £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 2 June 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 2 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 -63 1,761 £62,500 -3.85% 475
UK excluding London -73 1,339 £57,965 -3.39% 281
Work from Home -50 896 £60,000 -7.51% 258
London -41 655 £76,875 +9.82% 208
North of England -49 314 £57,965 -10.82% 60
South East -69 296 £64,000 +2.40% 76
Scotland -30 223 £55,000 -15.38% 20
Midlands -42 220 £57,000 +3.64% 70
South West -11 193 £57,500 -4.56% 33
North West -43 176 £57,500 -8.00% 38
West Midlands -24 166 £57,500 - 57
Yorkshire -60 104 £59,526 -8.42% 16
East of England -98 61 £49,500 -12.00% 14
East Midlands -52 54 £50,000 -9.09% 13
North East +5 34 £57,965 -10.82% 7
Wales +8 30 £52,500 -25.00% 8
Northern Ireland +4 4 - - 2

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 (5.64%) Confluence
2 42 (1.99%) Apache
3 26 (1.23%) SharePoint
4 25 (1.18%) Apache Spark
5 15 (0.71%) CMS
6 10 (0.47%) nginx
6 10 (0.47%) WordPress
7 9 (0.43%) Cloud Foundry
8 8 (0.38%) IIS
8 8 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
8 8 (0.38%) SAS
9 6 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
9 6 (0.28%) Apache Pig
10 4 (0.19%) EPiServer
11 3 (0.14%) Jupyter
11 3 (0.14%) Sitecore CMS
11 3 (0.14%) Umbraco
12 2 (0.095%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 1 (0.047%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 1 (0.047%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 39 (1.85%) 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 6 (0.28%) 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%) RoboHelp
10 1 (0.047%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 28 (1.33%) Endur
2 21 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (0.66%) Aladdin
4 10 (0.47%) SAP ERP
5 9 (0.43%) Salesforce CRM
6 8 (0.38%) SAP HR
6 8 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
7 7 (0.33%) NetSuite
8 6 (0.28%) SAP Payroll
9 5 (0.24%) Distributed Ledger
10 4 (0.19%) SAP CX
11 3 (0.14%) Fidessa
11 3 (0.14%) SAP HCM
12 2 (0.095%) Dynamics NAV
12 2 (0.095%) Magento
12 2 (0.095%) NEC Housing
12 2 (0.095%) Oracle EBS
12 2 (0.095%) Oracle ERP
12 2 (0.095%) Payment Gateway
12 2 (0.095%) Ripple
Cloud Services
1 459 (21.74%) Azure
2 397 (18.81%) AWS
3 196 (9.28%) Azure DevOps
4 154 (7.30%) GCP
5 129 (6.11%) SaaS
6 124 (5.87%) Power Platform
7 62 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
8 50 (2.37%) GitHub
9 44 (2.08%) Serverless
10 42 (1.99%) Cloud Computing
11 37 (1.75%) Power Automate
12 29 (1.37%) PaaS
13 28 (1.33%) Dynamics 365
14 23 (1.09%) dbt
14 23 (1.09%) PowerApps
15 19 (0.90%) Azure Data Factory
16 18 (0.85%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 14 (0.66%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 13 (0.62%) Figma
18 13 (0.62%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 18 (0.85%) DSL
1 18 (0.85%) Intranet
1 18 (0.85%) Network Security
2 16 (0.76%) Firewall
2 16 (0.76%) VPN
3 12 (0.57%) Internet
4 11 (0.52%) WAN
5 10 (0.47%) LAN
6 7 (0.33%) WLAN
7 6 (0.28%) AMQP
8 5 (0.24%) HTTP
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
10 3 (0.14%) WebEx
11 2 (0.095%) SAN
11 2 (0.095%) SD-WAN
11 2 (0.095%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 103 (4.88%) Data Warehouse
2 100 (4.74%) Looker
3 85 (4.03%) SQL Server
4 84 (3.98%) Power BI
5 74 (3.51%) BigQuery
6 64 (3.03%) Tableau
7 57 (2.70%) Big Data
8 52 (2.46%) Data Lake
9 51 (2.42%) Relational Database
10 47 (2.23%) NoSQL
11 36 (1.71%) MongoDB
12 33 (1.56%) PostgreSQL
13 32 (1.52%) MySQL
14 23 (1.09%) Metadata
15 16 (0.76%) DB2
16 14 (0.66%) Apache Arrow
16 14 (0.66%) Dremio
16 14 (0.66%) Redis
17 9 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
17 9 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 234 (11.08%) JIRA
2 117 (5.54%) Git
3 85 (4.03%) Jenkins
4 30 (1.42%) SonarQube
5 25 (1.18%) Visual Studio
6 24 (1.14%) Team Foundation Server
7 21 (0.99%) Cucumber
8 20 (0.95%) GitLab
9 17 (0.81%) Postman
9 17 (0.81%) Selenium
10 15 (0.71%) Axure RP
10 15 (0.71%) Cypress.io
11 14 (0.66%) Octopus Deploy
12 13 (0.62%) Balsamiq
12 13 (0.62%) JUnit
13 12 (0.57%) Terragrunt
14 8 (0.38%) Mocha
14 8 (0.38%) MSBuild
15 7 (0.33%) CircleCI
15 7 (0.33%) TeamCity
General
1 609 (28.85%) Finance
2 598 (28.33%) Social Skills
3 400 (18.95%) Analytical Skills
4 338 (16.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 273 (12.93%) Marketing
6 187 (8.86%) Law
7 148 (7.01%) Banking
8 127 (6.02%) Retail
9 119 (5.64%) Public Sector
10 90 (4.26%) Presentation Skills
11 80 (3.79%) Legal
12 75 (3.55%) Front Office
13 73 (3.46%) Billing
14 68 (3.22%) Investment Banking
15 46 (2.18%) Influencing Skills
16 29 (1.37%) Telecoms
17 27 (1.28%) Games
18 23 (1.09%) Financial Institution
19 20 (0.95%) Manufacturing
20 19 (0.90%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 374 (17.72%) Product Owner
2 370 (17.53%) Senior
3 283 (13.41%) Developer
4 273 (12.93%) Analyst
5 234 (11.08%) Lead
6 178 (8.43%) Business Analyst
7 171 (8.10%) Product Manager
8 140 (6.63%) Architect
9 91 (4.31%) Data Manager
10 86 (4.07%) Software Engineer
11 85 (4.03%) Senior Developer
12 81 (3.84%) Engineering Manager
13 59 (2.79%) Designer
14 54 (2.56%) Finance Business Analyst
14 54 (2.56%) Financial Analyst
15 52 (2.46%) Product Analyst
16 50 (2.37%) Senior Manager
17 47 (2.23%) Data Engineer
18 45 (2.13%) User Researcher
19 44 (2.08%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 176 (8.34%) .NET
2 133 (6.30%) HTML
3 117 (5.54%) CSS
4 113 (5.35%) React
5 84 (3.98%) AngularJS
6 62 (2.94%) REST
7 56 (2.65%) Node.js
8 51 (2.42%) JSON
9 49 (2.32%) .NET Framework
10 43 (2.04%) ASP.NET
10 43 (2.04%) XML
11 40 (1.89%) RESTful
12 37 (1.75%) Spring
13 36 (1.71%) .NET Core
14 35 (1.66%) Web Services
15 29 (1.37%) Kafka
16 28 (1.33%) Laravel
17 25 (1.18%) Entity Framework
18 24 (1.14%) Swagger
18 24 (1.14%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 135 (6.40%) Cloud Native
2 73 (3.46%) Fixed Income
3 72 (3.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 72 (3.41%) Mobile App
4 70 (3.32%) Hedge funds
5 67 (3.17%) Derivative
6 62 (2.94%) Equities
7 61 (2.89%) Self-Motivation
8 59 (2.79%) Public Cloud
9 57 (2.70%) Management Information System
10 33 (1.56%) Algorithms
10 33 (1.56%) Credit Risk
11 32 (1.52%) Greenfield Project
12 31 (1.47%) Onboarding
13 28 (1.33%) Data Structures
14 25 (1.18%) Client/Server
15 23 (1.09%) PropTech
16 20 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
16 20 (0.95%) PMI
16 20 (0.95%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 42 (1.99%) Linux
2 40 (1.89%) Windows
3 38 (1.80%) Apple iOS
4 35 (1.66%) Android
5 9 (0.43%) Unix
6 8 (0.38%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.19%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.19%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.14%) Debian
8 3 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.095%) CentOS
10 1 (0.047%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.047%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,457 (69.02%) Agile
2 642 (30.41%) Scrum
3 533 (25.25%) Roadmaps
4 486 (23.02%) Problem-Solving
5 449 (21.27%) DevOps
6 346 (16.39%) Mentoring
7 342 (16.20%) CI/CD
8 335 (15.87%) User Stories
9 289 (13.69%) User Experience
10 285 (13.50%) Project Management
11 284 (13.45%) Coaching
12 278 (13.17%) Product Backlog
12 278 (13.17%) Software Engineering
13 240 (11.37%) Analytics
14 237 (11.23%) Continuous Improvement
15 225 (10.66%) Stakeholder Management
16 219 (10.37%) Product Management
17 215 (10.18%) Product Roadmap
18 214 (10.14%) SDLC
19 210 (9.95%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 342 (16.20%) SQL
2 277 (13.12%) JavaScript
3 273 (12.93%) Python
4 227 (10.75%) C#
5 154 (7.30%) Java
6 102 (4.83%) TypeScript
7 36 (1.71%) PHP
8 35 (1.66%) C
9 26 (1.23%) Groovy
9 26 (1.23%) PowerShell
10 24 (1.14%) Kotlin
11 22 (1.04%) PL/SQL
12 17 (0.81%) T-SQL
13 16 (0.76%) Go
13 16 (0.76%) Scala
14 14 (0.66%) C++
15 12 (0.57%) Ruby
15 12 (0.57%) Swift
16 11 (0.52%) Bash
16 11 (0.52%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 355 (16.82%) Degree
2 182 (8.62%) Security Cleared
3 127 (6.02%) SC Cleared
4 63 (2.98%) Computer Science Degree
5 53 (2.51%) Master's Degree
6 48 (2.27%) DV Cleared
7 33 (1.56%) CSPO
8 30 (1.42%) AWS Certification
9 25 (1.18%) Azure Certification
9 25 (1.18%) PMI Certification
10 24 (1.14%) CISSP
11 15 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
12 14 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
13 12 (0.57%) ITIL Certification
13 12 (0.57%) Numerate Degree
13 12 (0.57%) PhD
14 11 (0.52%) ISTQB
15 7 (0.33%) ISEB
16 6 (0.28%) IIBA
17 5 (0.24%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 271 (12.84%) QA
2 81 (3.84%) Accessibility
3 44 (2.08%) Data Quality
4 30 (1.42%) SLA
5 28 (1.33%) PMO
6 22 (1.04%) NIST
7 15 (0.71%) WCAG
8 11 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
9 10 (0.47%) 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%) SEPA
12 5 (0.24%) TARGET2
13 4 (0.19%) Def Stans
13 4 (0.19%) IEC 61508
13 4 (0.19%) MISRA C
13 4 (0.19%) Solvency II
System Software
1 135 (6.40%) Docker
2 17 (0.81%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.38%) Hyper-V
4 7 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.28%) HDFS
6 4 (0.19%) Firmware
7 3 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.095%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.047%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.047%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 128 (6.06%) Kubernetes
2 81 (3.84%) Terraform
3 27 (1.28%) Ansible
4 14 (0.66%) Grafana
4 14 (0.66%) Progress Chef
4 14 (0.66%) 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 2 (0.095%) Kibana
9 2 (0.095%) Kustomize
9 2 (0.095%) SCCM
10 1 (0.047%) CASB
10 1 (0.047%) Packer
Vendors
1 246 (11.65%) Microsoft
2 147 (6.96%) Google
3 66 (3.13%) ServiceNow
4 61 (2.89%) Databricks
5 53 (2.51%) SAP
6 49 (2.32%) Adobe
7 48 (2.27%) Salesforce
8 42 (1.99%) Oracle
9 31 (1.47%) Atlassian
10 27 (1.28%) Bloomberg
11 22 (1.04%) Alteryx
12 16 (0.76%) Cognos
12 16 (0.76%) Sybase
13 14 (0.66%) BISAM
13 14 (0.66%) VMware
14 12 (0.57%) Black Duck
14 12 (0.57%) OpenAI
15 11 (0.52%) Pega
16 9 (0.43%) Splunk
16 9 (0.43%) Xero