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

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 137 80 59
Rank change year-on-year -57 -21 +30
Permanent jobs citing Product Ownership 2,106 3,863 9,308
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.05% 3.97% 5.58%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.95% 9.27% 11.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1,391 2,354 4,159
10th Percentile £42,000 £45,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £51,833 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,625 £83,750 £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 35,381 41,658 80,546
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.48% 42.79% 48.24%
Number of salaries quoted 23,078 22,714 34,326
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,738 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,070 £46,350 £45,625
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 28 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 28 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 -64 1,753 £62,500 -3.85% 445
UK excluding London -63 1,339 £57,965 -3.79% 292
Work from Home -48 896 £60,000 -7.69% 249
London -40 652 £75,450 +7.79% 173
North of England -60 314 £57,965 -10.82% 70
South East -64 290 £64,000 +2.40% 72
Scotland -36 227 £55,000 -15.38% 26
Midlands -41 220 £57,000 +3.64% 60
South West -14 192 £57,500 -4.56% 41
North West -26 178 £57,965 -7.26% 44
West Midlands -28 165 £57,500 - 46
Yorkshire -56 104 £59,526 -8.42% 20
East of England -94 64 £49,500 -10.00% 16
East Midlands -53 55 £50,000 -9.09% 14
North East +5 32 £57,965 +0.81% 7
Wales +4 30 £52,500 -16.00% 8
Northern Ireland +4 4 - - 1

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
1 118 (5.60%) Confluence
2 40 (1.90%) Apache
3 28 (1.33%) SharePoint
4 26 (1.23%) Apache Spark
5 12 (0.57%) CMS
6 11 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
7 10 (0.47%) nginx
7 10 (0.47%) WordPress
8 9 (0.43%) Cloud Foundry
8 9 (0.43%) IIS
9 8 (0.38%) SAS
10 6 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
10 6 (0.28%) Apache Pig
11 4 (0.19%) EPiServer
12 3 (0.14%) Jupyter
12 3 (0.14%) Sitecore CMS
12 3 (0.14%) Umbraco
13 2 (0.095%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 2 (0.095%) WebSphere
14 1 (0.047%) Documentum
Applications
1 39 (1.85%) 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 (0.047%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.047%) Simulink
11 1 (0.047%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 28 (1.33%) Endur
2 20 (0.95%) 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
7 7 (0.33%) NetSuite
8 6 (0.28%) SAP Payroll
8 6 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
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%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 461 (21.89%) Azure
2 391 (18.57%) AWS
3 201 (9.54%) Azure DevOps
4 155 (7.36%) GCP
5 130 (6.17%) SaaS
6 119 (5.65%) Power Platform
7 64 (3.04%) Microsoft 365
8 56 (2.66%) GitHub
9 45 (2.14%) Serverless
10 40 (1.90%) Cloud Computing
11 39 (1.85%) Power Automate
12 35 (1.66%) PaaS
13 27 (1.28%) Dynamics 365
14 25 (1.19%) PowerApps
15 20 (0.95%) Azure Data Factory
16 19 (0.90%) dbt
17 18 (0.85%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 14 (0.66%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 14 (0.66%) Figma
18 14 (0.66%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (0.90%) DSL
2 18 (0.85%) Intranet
3 16 (0.76%) Firewall
3 16 (0.76%) Network Security
3 16 (0.76%) VPN
4 12 (0.57%) Internet
5 11 (0.52%) WAN
6 10 (0.47%) LAN
7 7 (0.33%) WLAN
8 6 (0.28%) AMQP
9 5 (0.24%) HTTP
10 4 (0.19%) Ethernet
10 4 (0.19%) VLAN
11 3 (0.14%) DMZ
11 3 (0.14%) Modbus
11 3 (0.14%) TCP/IP
11 3 (0.14%) WebEx
12 2 (0.095%) Broadband
12 2 (0.095%) SD-WAN
12 2 (0.095%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (4.84%) Data Warehouse
2 101 (4.80%) Looker
3 85 (4.04%) SQL Server
4 78 (3.70%) Power BI
5 74 (3.51%) BigQuery
6 61 (2.90%) Tableau
7 55 (2.61%) Big Data
8 50 (2.37%) Data Lake
9 49 (2.33%) NoSQL
9 49 (2.33%) Relational Database
10 37 (1.76%) MongoDB
11 33 (1.57%) PostgreSQL
12 32 (1.52%) MySQL
13 24 (1.14%) Metadata
14 17 (0.81%) DB2
15 14 (0.66%) Redis
16 10 (0.47%) Apache Arrow
16 10 (0.47%) Dremio
17 9 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
17 9 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 234 (11.11%) JIRA
2 115 (5.46%) Git
3 92 (4.37%) Jenkins
4 30 (1.42%) SonarQube
5 25 (1.19%) Visual Studio
6 24 (1.14%) Team Foundation Server
7 21 (1.00%) 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
13 12 (0.57%) JUnit
13 12 (0.57%) Terragrunt
14 8 (0.38%) Mocha
14 8 (0.38%) MSBuild
15 7 (0.33%) Appium
15 7 (0.33%) TeamCity
General
1 615 (29.20%) Finance
2 598 (28.40%) Social Skills
3 402 (19.09%) Analytical Skills
4 339 (16.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 274 (13.01%) Marketing
6 189 (8.97%) Law
7 150 (7.12%) Banking
8 125 (5.94%) Retail
9 118 (5.60%) Public Sector
10 90 (4.27%) Presentation Skills
11 81 (3.85%) Legal
12 73 (3.47%) Billing
12 73 (3.47%) Front Office
13 65 (3.09%) Investment Banking
14 46 (2.18%) Influencing Skills
15 29 (1.38%) Telecoms
16 25 (1.19%) Games
17 22 (1.04%) Financial Institution
18 19 (0.90%) Automotive
18 19 (0.90%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 374 (17.76%) Product Owner
2 373 (17.71%) Senior
3 276 (13.11%) Developer
4 273 (12.96%) Analyst
5 237 (11.25%) Lead
6 178 (8.45%) Business Analyst
7 170 (8.07%) Product Manager
8 137 (6.51%) Architect
9 91 (4.32%) Data Manager
10 85 (4.04%) Senior Developer
11 84 (3.99%) Software Engineer
12 81 (3.85%) Engineering Manager
13 60 (2.85%) Designer
14 54 (2.56%) Product Analyst
15 52 (2.47%) Finance Business Analyst
15 52 (2.47%) Financial Analyst
16 50 (2.37%) Data Engineer
16 50 (2.37%) Senior Manager
17 44 (2.09%) .NET Developer
17 44 (2.09%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 175 (8.31%) .NET
2 134 (6.36%) HTML
3 118 (5.60%) CSS
4 114 (5.41%) React
5 84 (3.99%) AngularJS
6 63 (2.99%) REST
7 57 (2.71%) Node.js
8 50 (2.37%) JSON
9 49 (2.33%) .NET Framework
10 43 (2.04%) ASP.NET
10 43 (2.04%) XML
11 39 (1.85%) RESTful
12 36 (1.71%) .NET Core
13 35 (1.66%) Spring
14 34 (1.61%) Web Services
15 30 (1.42%) Kafka
16 27 (1.28%) Laravel
17 25 (1.19%) Entity Framework
18 24 (1.14%) Swagger
18 24 (1.14%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 138 (6.55%) Cloud Native
2 71 (3.37%) Fixed Income
3 70 (3.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 69 (3.28%) Mobile App
5 68 (3.23%) Hedge funds
6 65 (3.09%) Derivative
6 65 (3.09%) Public Cloud
7 62 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
8 60 (2.85%) Equities
9 58 (2.75%) Management Information System
10 33 (1.57%) Algorithms
10 33 (1.57%) Credit Risk
11 32 (1.52%) Greenfield Project
12 31 (1.47%) Onboarding
13 28 (1.33%) Data Structures
14 25 (1.19%) Client/Server
15 23 (1.09%) PropTech
16 21 (1.00%) Analytical Mindset
16 21 (1.00%) Taxonomies
17 20 (0.95%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 43 (2.04%) Linux
2 41 (1.95%) Windows
3 37 (1.76%) Apple iOS
4 32 (1.52%) 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 (0.047%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.047%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.047%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,457 (69.18%) Agile
2 635 (30.15%) Scrum
3 539 (25.59%) Roadmaps
4 485 (23.03%) Problem-Solving
5 454 (21.56%) DevOps
6 351 (16.67%) CI/CD
7 348 (16.52%) Mentoring
8 333 (15.81%) User Stories
9 285 (13.53%) Project Management
10 284 (13.49%) User Experience
11 278 (13.20%) Coaching
12 276 (13.11%) Software Engineering
13 275 (13.06%) Product Backlog
14 235 (11.16%) Analytics
14 235 (11.16%) Continuous Improvement
15 225 (10.68%) Stakeholder Management
16 219 (10.40%) Product Management
17 216 (10.26%) SDLC
18 215 (10.21%) Product Roadmap
19 210 (9.97%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 338 (16.05%) SQL
2 276 (13.11%) JavaScript
3 274 (13.01%) Python
4 224 (10.64%) C#
5 152 (7.22%) Java
6 102 (4.84%) TypeScript
7 35 (1.66%) C
7 35 (1.66%) PHP
8 27 (1.28%) PowerShell
9 26 (1.23%) Groovy
10 23 (1.09%) Kotlin
10 23 (1.09%) PL/SQL
11 17 (0.81%) Scala
11 17 (0.81%) T-SQL
12 16 (0.76%) Go
13 14 (0.66%) C++
14 12 (0.57%) Bash
14 12 (0.57%) Ruby
14 12 (0.57%) Swift
15 11 (0.52%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 352 (16.71%) Degree
2 180 (8.55%) Security Cleared
3 126 (5.98%) SC Cleared
4 64 (3.04%) Computer Science Degree
5 51 (2.42%) Master's Degree
6 45 (2.14%) DV Cleared
7 33 (1.57%) CSPO
8 31 (1.47%) AWS Certification
9 26 (1.23%) Azure Certification
10 25 (1.19%) PMI Certification
11 22 (1.04%) CISSP
12 15 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
12 15 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
13 14 (0.66%) PhD
14 12 (0.57%) ITIL Certification
14 12 (0.57%) Numerate Degree
15 11 (0.52%) ISTQB
16 7 (0.33%) ISEB
17 6 (0.28%) IIBA
18 5 (0.24%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 272 (12.92%) QA
2 80 (3.80%) Accessibility
3 45 (2.14%) Data Quality
4 33 (1.57%) SLA
5 29 (1.38%) PMO
6 22 (1.04%) NIST
7 14 (0.66%) 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
1 139 (6.60%) Docker
2 18 (0.85%) 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
1 134 (6.36%) Kubernetes
2 87 (4.13%) Terraform
3 28 (1.33%) 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 3 (0.14%) SCCM
10 2 (0.095%) Kibana
10 2 (0.095%) Kustomize
11 1 (0.047%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.047%) CASB
11 1 (0.047%) Packer
11 1 (0.047%) SCOM
Vendors
1 247 (11.73%) Microsoft
2 152 (7.22%) Google
3 66 (3.13%) ServiceNow
4 63 (2.99%) Databricks
5 53 (2.52%) SAP
6 48 (2.28%) Adobe
7 46 (2.18%) Salesforce
8 44 (2.09%) Oracle
9 32 (1.52%) Atlassian
10 27 (1.28%) Bloomberg
11 23 (1.09%) Alteryx
12 17 (0.81%) Cognos
12 17 (0.81%) 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