Product Owner Contracts in the Midlands

Product Owner
England > Midlands

The median Product Owner daily rate in the Midlands is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 123 149 160
Rank change year-on-year +26 +11 -21
Contract jobs requiring a Product Owner 14 16 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.51% 0.46% 0.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.55% 0.49% 0.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 14 35
10th Percentile £209 £424 £400
25th Percentile £419 £466 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +15.79% +17.65%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £594
90th Percentile £670 - £675
England median daily rate £600 £588 £550
% change year-on-year +2.13% +6.82% +7.84%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,524 3,265 4,866
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.98% 94.64% 95.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,703 2,296 3,558
10th Percentile £213 £223 £205
25th Percentile £326 £363 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £455
Median % change year-on-year - +4.40% +13.75%
75th Percentile £588 £576 £550
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 213 128 179
10th Percentile £11.84 £12.35 £10.50
25th Percentile £14.27 £15.21 £13.74
Median hourly rate £19.59 £20.00 £17.11
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% +16.92% +12.61%
75th Percentile £35.00 £28.88 £22.00
90th Percentile £54.60 £61.50 £32.10
England median hourly rate £35.96 £44.53 £22.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% +97.91% +0.36%

Product Owner
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings that featured Product Owner in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Product Owner in the Midlands

Product Owner
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Product Owner in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Product Owner in the Midlands

Product Owner
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Owner in the Midlands over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Product Owner in the Midlands

Product Owner
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Product Owner within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 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
West Midlands +29 8 £550 -8.33% 5
East Midlands +20 4 £569 +26.39% 5
Product Owner
England

Product Owner Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Product Owner contract 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 contract job ads across the Midlands region featuring Product Owner in the job title.

1 14 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 10 (71.43%) Agile
3 9 (64.29%) Roadmaps
4 8 (57.14%) Product Backlog
5 6 (42.86%) Backlog Management
5 6 (42.86%) User Stories
6 5 (35.71%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (35.71%) Backlog Prioritisation
6 5 (35.71%) Product Vision
7 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
7 4 (28.57%) Product Roadmap
7 4 (28.57%) Manufacturing
8 3 (21.43%) Scrum
8 3 (21.43%) User Experience
9 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (14.29%) Performance Metrics
9 2 (14.29%) Identity Access Management
9 2 (14.29%) Strategic Thinking
9 2 (14.29%) Acceptance Criteria
9 2 (14.29%) Decision-Making
9 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
9 2 (14.29%) Epics
9 2 (14.29%) Community of Practice
9 2 (14.29%) Public Sector
9 2 (14.29%) Containerisation
9 2 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
9 2 (14.29%) Product Requirements
9 2 (14.29%) Product Strategy
9 2 (14.29%) API Management
9 2 (14.29%) Information Security

Product Owner Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) LAN
General
1 4 (28.57%) Manufacturing
1 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 1 (7.14%) Finance
3 1 (7.14%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 14 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (14.29%) IoT
3 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
3 1 (7.14%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Android
1 1 (7.14%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (71.43%) Agile
2 9 (64.29%) Roadmaps
3 8 (57.14%) Product Backlog
4 6 (42.86%) Backlog Management
4 6 (42.86%) User Stories
5 5 (35.71%) Backlog Prioritisation
5 5 (35.71%) Product Vision
5 5 (35.71%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (28.57%) Product Roadmap
7 3 (21.43%) Scrum
7 3 (21.43%) User Experience
8 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (14.29%) Identity Management
8 2 (14.29%) Information Security
8 2 (14.29%) Performance Management
8 2 (14.29%) Product Management
8 2 (14.29%) Service Delivery
8 2 (14.29%) Use Case
8 2 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
8 2 (14.29%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) DV Cleared
1 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) Degree
2 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared