Product Ownership Contracts in Scotland

Product Ownership
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Product Ownership in contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland. 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 53 67 39
Rank change year-on-year +14 -28 +11
Contract jobs citing Product Ownership 82 113 185
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 3.72% 3.96% 5.25%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 11.37% 10.91% 15.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 85 152
10th Percentile £400 £390 £406
25th Percentile £404 £415 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +15.61%
75th Percentile £556 £560 £549
90th Percentile £600 £622 £617
UK median daily rate £550 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -2.22% +2.27% +10.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £42.50
Median hourly rate - £47.73 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year - +11.00% -
75th Percentile - - £43.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £57.44 £80.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -28.20% +63.27% -7.11%

All Generic Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 721 1,036 1,177
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 32.67% 36.30% 33.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 419 711 819
10th Percentile £204 £250 £240
25th Percentile £400 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% +2.63% +11.76%
75th Percentile £588 £557 £550
90th Percentile £675 £675 £625
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 23 23
10th Percentile £13.75 - £15.53
25th Percentile £16.25 £10.63 £18.90
Median hourly rate £18.14 £12.30 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +47.44% -71.40% -5.49%
75th Percentile £38.25 £28.81 £53.75
90th Percentile £60.38 £52.55 £55.75
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 Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Product Ownership in Scotland

Product Ownership
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Product Ownership in Scotland

Product Ownership
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

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

Daily rate histogram for Product Ownership in Scotland

Product Ownership
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Product Ownership in Scotland

Product Ownership
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland 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
Glasgow 0 31 £400 -14.67% 3
Edinburgh +24 29 £465 +10.71% 10
South Lanarkshire -5 11 £575 -4.96% 1
West Lothian - 1 - -
Product Ownership
UK

Product Ownership
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 6 (7.32%) Confluence
2 3 (3.66%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (9.76%) Sketch
2 6 (7.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (7.32%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (4.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (2.44%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 22 (26.83%) Azure
2 12 (14.63%) Azure DevOps
3 8 (9.76%) Figma
4 6 (7.32%) AWS
5 3 (3.66%) Entra ID
5 3 (3.66%) Power Platform
6 2 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (1.22%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (1.22%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.22%) IaaS
7 1 (1.22%) OpenShift
7 1 (1.22%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.44%) Broadband
2 1 (1.22%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (9.76%) MongoDB
2 5 (6.10%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.44%) DB2
3 2 (2.44%) Metadata
3 2 (2.44%) Power BI
3 2 (2.44%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.22%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (8.54%) JIRA
2 3 (3.66%) Jenkins
3 2 (2.44%) CircleCI
3 2 (2.44%) GitLab
4 1 (1.22%) Git
4 1 (1.22%) Gradle
4 1 (1.22%) Maven
General
1 29 (35.37%) Public Sector
2 25 (30.49%) Social Skills
3 10 (12.20%) Finance
4 7 (8.54%) Presentation Skills
5 6 (7.32%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.44%) Law
7 1 (1.22%) Banking
7 1 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.22%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.22%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (19.51%) Designer
2 15 (18.29%) Senior
3 13 (15.85%) UX Designer
4 12 (14.63%) Developer
5 11 (13.41%) .NET Developer
6 10 (12.20%) Analyst
7 9 (10.98%) React Developer
8 8 (9.76%) Senior .NET Developer
8 8 (9.76%) Senior Developer
9 7 (8.54%) Change Manager
9 7 (8.54%) Lead
9 7 (8.54%) Senior React Developer
10 5 (6.10%) DBA
10 5 (6.10%) IT Change Manager
10 5 (6.10%) IT Manager
10 5 (6.10%) SQL DBA
11 4 (4.88%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 4 (4.88%) Product Owner
11 4 (4.88%) Security Advisor
11 4 (4.88%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (23.17%) React
2 13 (15.85%) .NET
3 2 (2.44%) Java EE
3 2 (2.44%) JSON
3 2 (2.44%) OpenID
3 2 (2.44%) SAML
3 2 (2.44%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 12 (14.63%) Legacy Applications
1 12 (14.63%) Wiki
2 5 (6.10%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (3.66%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (2.44%) Linux Command Line
4 2 (2.44%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.22%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.22%) iPad
5 1 (1.22%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 11 (13.41%) Linux
2 9 (10.98%) Apple iOS
3 8 (9.76%) Android
4 6 (7.32%) Windows
5 3 (3.66%) Unix
6 1 (1.22%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (41.46%) Agile
2 27 (32.93%) User Experience
3 14 (17.07%) DevOps
3 14 (17.07%) Roadmaps
4 13 (15.85%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 13 (15.85%) UX Design
5 12 (14.63%) Code Quality
5 12 (14.63%) Knowledge Transfer
6 11 (13.41%) User Stories
7 10 (12.20%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (10.98%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (10.98%) Workshop Facilitation
9 8 (9.76%) Change Management
9 8 (9.76%) Cybersecurity
9 8 (9.76%) Project Management
9 8 (9.76%) Scrum
9 8 (9.76%) Visualisation
10 7 (8.54%) Mentoring
10 7 (8.54%) Prototyping
10 7 (8.54%) Stakeholder Map
Programming Languages
1 9 (10.98%) Python
2 7 (8.54%) SQL
3 4 (4.88%) Java
4 3 (3.66%) Shell Script
5 2 (2.44%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.22%) Bash
6 1 (1.22%) C#
6 1 (1.22%) Groovy
6 1 (1.22%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 16 (19.51%) Security Cleared
2 12 (14.63%) SC Cleared
3 5 (6.10%) Degree
4 1 (1.22%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.22%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (10.98%) Disclosure Scotland
2 5 (6.10%) Accessibility
2 5 (6.10%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (6.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (6.10%) NIST
3 3 (3.66%) PMO
4 2 (2.44%) Data Quality
4 2 (2.44%) NCSC
System Software
1 5 (6.10%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (2.44%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (1.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (1.22%) Ansible
2 1 (1.22%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.22%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (7.32%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.10%) Atlassian
3 2 (2.44%) CrowdStrike
3 2 (2.44%) Greenplum
3 2 (2.44%) Okta
3 2 (2.44%) Zscaler
4 1 (1.22%) Apple
4 1 (1.22%) Cadence
4 1 (1.22%) ServiceNow