Product Ownership Contracts in England

Product Ownership
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Product Ownership in contract job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Product Ownership over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 96 66 57
Rank change year-on-year -30 -9 +18
Contract jobs citing Product Ownership 861 1,700 2,899
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.33% 3.36% 4.08%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.57% 9.99% 12.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 598 1,198 1,971
10th Percentile £405 £425 £413
25th Percentile £476 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £571 £570 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.22% +3.64% +11.11%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £715
UK median daily rate £550 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -2.22% +2.27% +10.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 24 23
10th Percentile £51.25 £59.87 £28.80
25th Percentile £57.33 £65.00 £42.00
Median hourly rate £57.44 £85.00 £62.15
Median % change year-on-year -32.42% +36.77% +15.09%
75th Percentile £85.00 £85.41 £67.86
90th Percentile - £89.00 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £57.44 £80.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -28.20% +63.27% -7.11%

All Generic Skills
England

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 contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,373 17,010 24,101
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.77% 33.65% 33.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,425 11,824 17,120
10th Percentile £263 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £437
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £695 £675
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 818 598 643
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.16 £10.63 £16.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £22.50 £26.98
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -16.60% +1.24%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.15 £65.77
UK median hourly rate £28.50 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +26.75% -18.24% +3.19%

Product Ownership
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Product Ownership as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Product Ownership in England

Product Ownership
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Product Ownership in England.

Daily rate trend for Product Ownership in England

Product Ownership
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Ownership in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Product Ownership in England

Product Ownership
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Product Ownership in England.

Hourly rate trend for Product Ownership in England

Product Ownership
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Product Ownership in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Product Ownership in England

Product Ownership
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Product Ownership within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -8 528 £575 -4.17% 210
South East -36 123 £650 +18.18% 78
North of England -22 83 £525 -4.55% 79
North West +1 54 £550 -4.35% 48
Midlands -8 44 £550 +21.88% 53
South West -42 44 £550 -2.65% 54
West Midlands +7 34 £556 +5.95% 42
Yorkshire -33 22 £450 -16.67% 19
East of England -27 20 £428 -18.57% 29
North East +24 11 £490 -18.42% 12
East Midlands +2 8 £500 +17.65% 11
Product Ownership
UK

Product Ownership
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 41 (4.76%) Confluence
2 17 (1.97%) CMS
3 8 (0.93%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 5 (0.58%) SharePoint
5 4 (0.46%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.23%) Apache Solr
6 2 (0.23%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.23%) WordPress
7 1 (0.12%) Apache
7 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.12%) Camunda
7 1 (0.12%) CICS
7 1 (0.12%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.12%) Tornado
Applications
1 18 (2.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (1.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 14 (1.63%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (1.05%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.70%) InVision
5 6 (0.70%) Sketch
5 6 (0.70%) Trello
6 4 (0.46%) Adobe XD
6 4 (0.46%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.23%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (2.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (1.28%) Aladdin
3 7 (0.81%) Salesforce CRM
4 6 (0.70%) Loan IQ
5 5 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
6 4 (0.46%) SAP HR
6 4 (0.46%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 3 (0.35%) Endur
8 2 (0.23%) SAP QM
8 2 (0.23%) Shopify
8 2 (0.23%) Softmar
8 2 (0.23%) VisionPLUS
9 1 (0.12%) Distributed Ledger
9 1 (0.12%) Dynamics AX
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.12%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 208 (24.16%) Azure
2 102 (11.85%) Azure DevOps
3 77 (8.94%) AWS
4 44 (5.11%) Power Platform
5 41 (4.76%) Entra ID
6 38 (4.41%) Serverless
7 29 (3.37%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 28 (3.25%) Azure Data Factory
9 27 (3.14%) Azure Monitor
10 26 (3.02%) Azure Service Bus
11 25 (2.90%) Dynamics 365
12 23 (2.67%) Azure Functions
13 22 (2.56%) SaaS
14 21 (2.44%) Figma
15 20 (2.32%) GitHub
16 16 (1.86%) GCP
17 13 (1.51%) PaaS
18 12 (1.39%) Microsoft Purview
19 10 (1.16%) Azure Stack
19 10 (1.16%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 21 (2.44%) Firewall
2 14 (1.63%) VPN
3 4 (0.46%) DNS
3 4 (0.46%) LAN
3 4 (0.46%) WAN
3 4 (0.46%) Wireless
4 3 (0.35%) Broadband
4 3 (0.35%) DMZ
4 3 (0.35%) FTP
4 3 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.23%) 4G
5 2 (0.23%) 5G
5 2 (0.23%) DHCP
5 2 (0.23%) HTTP
5 2 (0.23%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.12%) 3GPP
6 1 (0.12%) GSM
6 1 (0.12%) SMS
6 1 (0.12%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (0.12%) UMTS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (6.85%) SQL Server
2 41 (4.76%) Power BI
3 32 (3.72%) NoSQL
4 24 (2.79%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (1.51%) Data Lake
5 13 (1.51%) PostgreSQL
6 12 (1.39%) Relational Database
7 9 (1.05%) Azure SQL Database
7 9 (1.05%) Metadata
7 9 (1.05%) Snowflake Schema
8 8 (0.93%) Big Data
9 7 (0.81%) Redis
10 5 (0.58%) DynamoDB
10 5 (0.58%) RDBMS
10 5 (0.58%) Tableau
11 4 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (0.46%) MySQL
11 4 (0.46%) Oracle Database
11 4 (0.46%) Siebel EIM
12 3 (0.35%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 77 (8.94%) JIRA
2 39 (4.53%) Git
3 25 (2.90%) Jenkins
4 21 (2.44%) Selenium
5 12 (1.39%) TeamCity
6 11 (1.28%) Postman
7 10 (1.16%) SpecFlow
8 9 (1.05%) JMeter
9 8 (0.93%) Bitbucket
9 8 (0.93%) GitLab
10 7 (0.81%) WebDriver
11 6 (0.70%) Artifactory
12 5 (0.58%) Axure RP
12 5 (0.58%) Eclipse
12 5 (0.58%) JUnit
12 5 (0.58%) PyCharm
13 4 (0.46%) CircleCI
13 4 (0.46%) Team Foundation Server
13 4 (0.46%) Visual Studio
13 4 (0.46%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 269 (31.24%) Social Skills
2 210 (24.39%) Finance
3 115 (13.36%) Analytical Skills
4 86 (9.99%) Banking
5 74 (8.59%) Public Sector
6 49 (5.69%) Marketing
7 40 (4.65%) Investment Banking
8 35 (4.07%) Front Office
9 34 (3.95%) Back Office
9 34 (3.95%) Presentation Skills
10 31 (3.60%) Retail
11 30 (3.48%) Influencing Skills
12 25 (2.90%) Manufacturing
12 25 (2.90%) Telecoms
13 22 (2.56%) Pharmaceutical
14 18 (2.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 17 (1.97%) Retail Banking
16 16 (1.86%) Legal
17 11 (1.28%) Corporate Banking
18 10 (1.16%) Billing
Job Titles
1 221 (25.67%) Product Owner
2 139 (16.14%) Analyst
3 128 (14.87%) Senior
4 122 (14.17%) Business Analyst
5 117 (13.59%) Developer
6 102 (11.85%) Architect
7 67 (7.78%) Lead
8 57 (6.62%) Product Manager
9 43 (4.99%) Scrum Master
10 37 (4.30%) Senior Developer
11 33 (3.83%) Product Analyst
11 33 (3.83%) Product Business Analyst
11 33 (3.83%) Solutions Architect
12 31 (3.60%) Azure Developer
13 28 (3.25%) Digital Product Owner
13 28 (3.25%) Senior Product Owner
13 28 (3.25%) Technical Leader
14 27 (3.14%) Data Business Analyst
15 26 (3.02%) Finance Business Analyst
15 26 (3.02%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (7.55%) .NET
2 55 (6.39%) XML
3 49 (5.69%) React
4 40 (4.65%) HTML
5 37 (4.30%) CSS
6 33 (3.83%) REST
7 27 (3.14%) .NET Core
7 27 (3.14%) Node.js
8 24 (2.79%) AngularJS
9 23 (2.67%) .NET Framework
10 19 (2.21%) JSON
11 16 (1.86%) RESTful
12 15 (1.74%) ASP.NET
13 13 (1.51%) ADO
14 12 (1.39%) jQuery
14 12 (1.39%) Lightning Web Components
15 11 (1.28%) Web Services
16 9 (1.05%) Kafka
17 7 (0.81%) Django
17 7 (0.81%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 37 (4.30%) Derivative
2 34 (3.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 33 (3.83%) Fixed Income
4 29 (3.37%) Mobile App
5 27 (3.14%) Equities
5 27 (3.14%) Hedge funds
6 16 (1.86%) Data Protection Act
6 16 (1.86%) Data Structures
6 16 (1.86%) Management Information System
7 15 (1.74%) Public Cloud
8 13 (1.51%) Enterprise Software
9 12 (1.39%) Onboarding
9 12 (1.39%) Reference Data
10 11 (1.28%) Reinsurance
11 10 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
12 8 (0.93%) Cloud Native
12 8 (0.93%) Greenfield Project
12 8 (0.93%) Virtual Team
13 7 (0.81%) IoT
13 7 (0.81%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 33 (3.83%) Android
2 32 (3.72%) Apple iOS
3 24 (2.79%) Windows
4 19 (2.21%) Linux
5 17 (1.97%) Unix
6 15 (1.74%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.23%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.12%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 547 (63.53%) Agile
2 236 (27.41%) Scrum
3 207 (24.04%) DevOps
4 198 (23.00%) Roadmaps
5 153 (17.77%) Problem-Solving
6 152 (17.65%) User Stories
7 118 (13.70%) CI/CD
8 116 (13.47%) Product Backlog
9 99 (11.50%) Stakeholder Management
10 91 (10.57%) User Experience
11 89 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
12 83 (9.64%) Analytics
12 83 (9.64%) Product Roadmap
13 82 (9.52%) Product Management
14 70 (8.13%) Microservices
15 68 (7.90%) Acceptance Criteria
16 66 (7.67%) Change Management
17 65 (7.55%) Backlog Prioritisation
18 64 (7.43%) Data Modelling
19 63 (7.32%) Backlog Management
Programming Languages
1 117 (13.59%) SQL
2 94 (10.92%) Python
3 70 (8.13%) C#
4 58 (6.74%) Java
4 58 (6.74%) JavaScript
5 44 (5.11%) PowerShell
6 28 (3.25%) Bicep
6 28 (3.25%) TypeScript
7 11 (1.28%) Apex Code
8 9 (1.05%) C
9 8 (0.93%) Go
10 7 (0.81%) Groovy
10 7 (0.81%) Kotlin
11 6 (0.70%) C++
12 4 (0.46%) PHP
12 4 (0.46%) SOQL
13 3 (0.35%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.23%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.23%) Scala
14 2 (0.23%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 82 (9.52%) Security Cleared
2 67 (7.78%) Degree
3 48 (5.57%) SC Cleared
4 32 (3.72%) DV Cleared
5 9 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (0.81%) Master's Degree
7 6 (0.70%) CSPO
8 4 (0.46%) APMP
8 4 (0.46%) MBA
8 4 (0.46%) Numerate Degree
8 4 (0.46%) PMP
8 4 (0.46%) TOGAF Certification
9 3 (0.35%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.35%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.35%) CBAP
10 2 (0.23%) CISA
10 2 (0.23%) CISM
10 2 (0.23%) CISSP
10 2 (0.23%) ISEB
10 2 (0.23%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (8.71%) QA
2 24 (2.79%) Accessibility
3 20 (2.32%) Data Quality
4 16 (1.86%) GDPR
5 11 (1.28%) PMO
5 11 (1.28%) WCAG
6 9 (1.05%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.58%) Good Clinical Practice
7 5 (0.58%) GxP
8 4 (0.46%) NIST
8 4 (0.46%) Software Quality Assurance
9 2 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.23%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.12%) Dodd-Frank
10 1 (0.12%) ISO 31000
10 1 (0.12%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.12%) MiFID
10 1 (0.12%) NCSC
10 1 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.12%) SLA
System Software
1 56 (6.50%) Active Directory
2 27 (3.14%) Docker
3 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 28 (3.25%) Kubernetes
2 18 (2.09%) Ansible
2 18 (2.09%) Terraform
3 5 (0.58%) Puppet
3 5 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.35%) Rancher
5 2 (0.23%) Rundeck
6 1 (0.12%) AppManager
6 1 (0.12%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.12%) Matomo
6 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.12%) OPNET
6 1 (0.12%) PowerCLI
6 1 (0.12%) SCCM
Vendors
1 125 (14.52%) Microsoft
2 42 (4.88%) Salesforce
3 23 (2.67%) Adobe
3 23 (2.67%) SAP
4 22 (2.56%) Google
5 14 (1.63%) Oracle
6 12 (1.39%) Bloomberg
6 12 (1.39%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 11 (1.28%) BISAM
8 10 (1.16%) ServiceNow
8 10 (1.16%) Splunk
9 8 (0.93%) Atlassian
10 6 (0.70%) Apple
10 6 (0.70%) CA Agile Central
10 6 (0.70%) MuleSoft
11 5 (0.58%) Centrify
11 5 (0.58%) CyberArk
11 5 (0.58%) Databricks
12 4 (0.46%) Sparx
12 4 (0.46%) Workday