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

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 136 78 59
Rank change year-on-year -58 -19 +33
Permanent jobs citing Product Ownership 2,102 3,950 9,112
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.08% 4.01% 5.56%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.97% 9.39% 11.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1,391 2,401 4,128
10th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +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 35,224 42,073 78,783
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.90% 42.71% 48.09%
Number of salaries quoted 23,037 22,960 34,085
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,500 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,066 £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 £86,250 £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 23 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 23 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 1,747 £62,500 -3.85% 415
UK excluding London -62 1,343 £57,965 -3.79% 269
Work from Home -48 891 £60,000 -7.69% 244
London -46 647 £75,000 +7.14% 162
North of England -55 315 £57,965 -10.82% 70
South East -65 291 £64,000 +2.40% 62
Scotland -38 230 £55,000 -15.38% 22
Midlands -50 220 £56,000 +1.82% 56
South West -11 192 £57,500 -4.56% 39
North West -27 181 £57,965 -10.82% 42
West Midlands -25 166 £57,500 - 44
Yorkshire -59 103 £59,526 -8.42% 21
East of England -82 63 £49,500 -10.00% 14
East Midlands -49 54 £50,000 -9.09% 12
North East +4 31 £57,965 +0.81% 8
Wales +8 30 £52,500 -10.64% 9
Northern Ireland +10 4 - -

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 (5.66%) Confluence
2 39 (1.86%) Apache
3 28 (1.33%) SharePoint
4 27 (1.28%) Apache Spark
5 12 (0.57%) CMS
6 11 (0.52%) WordPress
7 10 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
7 10 (0.48%) nginx
8 9 (0.43%) Cloud Foundry
8 9 (0.43%) IIS
9 8 (0.38%) SAS
10 7 (0.33%) Apache Pig
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 29 (1.38%) Adobe XD
3 28 (1.33%) Microsoft Office
4 24 (1.14%) MS Visio
5 17 (0.81%) Sketch
6 15 (0.71%) 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%) Microsoft Project
9 4 (0.19%) MotionBuilder
9 4 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.095%) FrameMaker
10 2 (0.095%) RoboHelp
11 1 (0.048%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.048%) Photoshop
11 1 (0.048%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 28 (1.33%) Endur
2 22 (1.05%) 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
1 458 (21.79%) Azure
2 393 (18.70%) AWS
3 198 (9.42%) Azure DevOps
4 158 (7.52%) GCP
5 125 (5.95%) SaaS
6 118 (5.61%) Power Platform
7 64 (3.04%) Microsoft 365
8 55 (2.62%) GitHub
9 45 (2.14%) Serverless
10 40 (1.90%) Cloud Computing
11 38 (1.81%) Power Automate
12 35 (1.67%) PaaS
13 28 (1.33%) Dynamics 365
14 25 (1.19%) PowerApps
15 20 (0.95%) Azure Data Factory
16 17 (0.81%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 17 (0.81%) dbt
17 15 (0.71%) Figma
18 14 (0.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 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
13 3 (0.14%) DMZ
13 3 (0.14%) Modbus
13 3 (0.14%) TCP/IP
13 3 (0.14%) WebEx
14 2 (0.095%) Broadband
14 2 (0.095%) SD-WAN
14 2 (0.095%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 103 (4.90%) Data Warehouse
2 102 (4.85%) Looker
3 85 (4.04%) SQL Server
4 78 (3.71%) Power BI
5 75 (3.57%) BigQuery
6 60 (2.85%) Tableau
7 56 (2.66%) Big Data
8 51 (2.43%) NoSQL
9 49 (2.33%) Data Lake
9 49 (2.33%) Relational Database
10 38 (1.81%) MongoDB
11 33 (1.57%) PostgreSQL
12 32 (1.52%) MySQL
13 25 (1.19%) Metadata
14 18 (0.86%) DB2
15 14 (0.67%) Redis
16 10 (0.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 9 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
17 9 (0.43%) Hadoop
18 8 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 236 (11.23%) JIRA
2 114 (5.42%) Git
3 96 (4.57%) Jenkins
4 31 (1.47%) SonarQube
5 25 (1.19%) Visual Studio
6 24 (1.14%) Team Foundation Server
7 22 (1.05%) Cucumber
8 20 (0.95%) GitLab
9 17 (0.81%) Postman
9 17 (0.81%) Selenium
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 12 (0.57%) Terragrunt
14 8 (0.38%) Mocha
14 8 (0.38%) MSBuild
15 7 (0.33%) Checkstyle
15 7 (0.33%) TeamCity
General
1 615 (29.26%) Finance
2 597 (28.40%) Social Skills
3 405 (19.27%) Analytical Skills
4 342 (16.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 273 (12.99%) Marketing
6 192 (9.13%) Law
7 152 (7.23%) Banking
8 125 (5.95%) Retail
9 118 (5.61%) Public Sector
10 91 (4.33%) Presentation Skills
11 80 (3.81%) Legal
12 74 (3.52%) Billing
13 69 (3.28%) Front Office
14 64 (3.04%) Investment Banking
15 46 (2.19%) Influencing Skills
16 30 (1.43%) Telecoms
17 25 (1.19%) Games
18 23 (1.09%) Financial Institution
19 19 (0.90%) Manufacturing
19 19 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 375 (17.84%) Product Owner
2 371 (17.65%) Senior
3 276 (13.13%) Developer
4 272 (12.94%) Analyst
5 240 (11.42%) Lead
6 179 (8.52%) Business Analyst
7 168 (7.99%) Product Manager
8 135 (6.42%) Architect
9 92 (4.38%) Data Manager
10 84 (4.00%) Senior Developer
10 84 (4.00%) Software Engineer
11 81 (3.85%) Engineering Manager
12 59 (2.81%) Designer
13 54 (2.57%) Product Analyst
14 53 (2.52%) Data Engineer
15 50 (2.38%) Finance Business Analyst
15 50 (2.38%) Financial Analyst
16 49 (2.33%) Senior Manager
17 44 (2.09%) Software Engineering Director
17 44 (2.09%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 172 (8.18%) .NET
2 134 (6.37%) HTML
3 118 (5.61%) CSS
4 116 (5.52%) React
5 81 (3.85%) AngularJS
6 63 (3.00%) REST
7 55 (2.62%) Node.js
8 51 (2.43%) JSON
9 49 (2.33%) .NET Framework
10 43 (2.05%) XML
11 41 (1.95%) ASP.NET
12 40 (1.90%) RESTful
13 37 (1.76%) Spring
14 34 (1.62%) .NET Core
15 33 (1.57%) Web Services
16 31 (1.47%) Kafka
17 27 (1.28%) Laravel
18 25 (1.19%) Entity Framework
18 25 (1.19%) Swagger
19 24 (1.14%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 141 (6.71%) Cloud Native
2 69 (3.28%) Mobile App
2 69 (3.28%) Public Cloud
3 68 (3.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 67 (3.19%) Fixed Income
5 64 (3.04%) Hedge funds
6 63 (3.00%) Derivative
6 63 (3.00%) Self-Motivation
7 59 (2.81%) Management Information System
8 58 (2.76%) Equities
9 33 (1.57%) Algorithms
9 33 (1.57%) Credit Risk
9 33 (1.57%) Greenfield Project
10 31 (1.47%) Onboarding
11 29 (1.38%) Data Structures
12 26 (1.24%) Client/Server
13 23 (1.09%) PropTech
14 22 (1.05%) Taxonomies
15 21 (1.00%) Analytical Mindset
16 20 (0.95%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 46 (2.19%) Linux
2 41 (1.95%) Windows
3 40 (1.90%) Apple iOS
4 33 (1.57%) Android
5 9 (0.43%) Unix
5 9 (0.43%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.24%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.19%) Debian
7 4 (0.19%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.095%) CentOS
10 1 (0.048%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.048%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.048%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,460 (69.46%) Agile
2 637 (30.30%) Scrum
3 539 (25.64%) Roadmaps
4 483 (22.98%) Problem-Solving
5 457 (21.74%) DevOps
6 355 (16.89%) CI/CD
7 353 (16.79%) Mentoring
8 334 (15.89%) User Stories
9 284 (13.51%) Project Management
10 283 (13.46%) User Experience
11 280 (13.32%) Coaching
12 276 (13.13%) Product Backlog
12 276 (13.13%) Software Engineering
13 236 (11.23%) Continuous Improvement
14 233 (11.08%) Analytics
15 222 (10.56%) Stakeholder Management
16 218 (10.37%) SDLC
17 217 (10.32%) Product Management
18 215 (10.23%) Product Roadmap
19 212 (10.09%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 336 (15.98%) SQL
2 277 (13.18%) JavaScript
3 271 (12.89%) Python
4 218 (10.37%) C#
5 158 (7.52%) Java
6 102 (4.85%) TypeScript
7 36 (1.71%) PHP
8 34 (1.62%) C
9 28 (1.33%) Groovy
10 25 (1.19%) PowerShell
11 24 (1.14%) Kotlin
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
1 350 (16.65%) Degree
2 181 (8.61%) Security Cleared
3 128 (6.09%) SC Cleared
4 64 (3.04%) Computer Science Degree
5 51 (2.43%) Master's Degree
6 46 (2.19%) DV Cleared
7 33 (1.57%) CSPO
8 31 (1.47%) AWS Certification
9 26 (1.24%) Azure Certification
10 25 (1.19%) PMI Certification
11 21 (1.00%) CISSP
12 16 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
13 15 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
14 14 (0.67%) PhD
15 12 (0.57%) Numerate Degree
16 11 (0.52%) ISTQB
16 11 (0.52%) ITIL Certification
17 7 (0.33%) ISEB
18 6 (0.29%) IIBA
19 5 (0.24%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 276 (13.13%) QA
2 79 (3.76%) Accessibility
3 45 (2.14%) Data Quality
4 34 (1.62%) 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%) SEPA
12 5 (0.24%) TARGET2
13 4 (0.19%) Def Stans
13 4 (0.19%) MISRA
13 4 (0.19%) MISRA C
13 4 (0.19%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 141 (6.71%) 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
1 138 (6.57%) Kubernetes
2 88 (4.19%) Terraform
3 28 (1.33%) 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 (11.80%) Microsoft
2 156 (7.42%) Google
3 66 (3.14%) ServiceNow
4 65 (3.09%) Databricks
5 52 (2.47%) SAP
6 48 (2.28%) Adobe
7 45 (2.14%) Oracle
7 45 (2.14%) Salesforce
8 33 (1.57%) Atlassian
9 25 (1.19%) Bloomberg
10 24 (1.14%) Alteryx
11 18 (0.86%) Cognos
11 18 (0.86%) Sybase
12 14 (0.67%) BISAM
12 14 (0.67%) VMware
13 12 (0.57%) Black Duck
13 12 (0.57%) OpenAI
14 11 (0.52%) Pega
15 9 (0.43%) Splunk
15 9 (0.43%) Xero