Product Owner Contracts in the UK excluding London

Product Owner
UK > UK excluding London

The median Product Owner daily rate in the UK excluding London is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 May 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
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 321 318 293
Rank change year-on-year -3 -25 +17
Contract jobs requiring a Product Owner 64 139 228
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.31% 0.59% 0.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.63% 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 97 178
10th Percentile £341 £406 £413
25th Percentile £409 £456 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% +2.38% +9.09%
75th Percentile £598 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £650 £638
UK median daily rate £575 £575 £550
% change year-on-year - +4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £103.50 -
UK median hourly rate - £64.25 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 18,985 22,167 29,345
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.50% 94.31% 95.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,554 15,534 20,562
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £399 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £595 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,259 1,145 1,448
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.24
25th Percentile £15.73 £18.03 £14.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £19.52
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +117.73% +2.74%
75th Percentile £61.55 £65.00 £42.57
90th Percentile £73.80 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.65 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.56% +88.21% +6.27%

Product Owner
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Product Owner in the UK excluding London

Product Owner
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Product Owner in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Product Owner in the UK excluding London

Product Owner
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Owner in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Product Owner in the UK excluding London

Product Owner
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Product Owner in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Product Owner in the UK excluding London

Product Owner
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East -15 21 £550 +10.00% 23
Midlands +29 16 £556 +1.14% 15
North of England +10 12 £525 -2.33% 7
North West +20 11 £525 -2.33% 4
West Midlands +24 10 £550 -8.33% 12
Scotland +27 6 £435 -17.14% 4
East of England +5 6 £410 -14.81%
East Midlands +17 4 £569 +26.39% 3
South West +5 4 £600 -7.69% 6
Yorkshire +12 1 - - 3
Product Owner
UK

Product Owner Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 8 May 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 UK excluding London region featuring Product Owner in the job title.

1 64 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 36 (56.25%) Agile
3 35 (54.69%) Roadmaps
4 21 (32.81%) Product Backlog
5 18 (28.13%) Stakeholder Management
6 17 (26.56%) Backlog Management
7 16 (25.00%) User Stories
8 15 (23.44%) Scrum
8 15 (23.44%) Product Roadmap
9 14 (21.88%) Social Skills
10 13 (20.31%) Product Vision
10 13 (20.31%) Finance
10 13 (20.31%) Product Management
11 12 (18.75%) Backlog Prioritisation
12 10 (15.63%) Manufacturing
13 9 (14.06%) Product Requirements
13 9 (14.06%) Acceptance Criteria
14 8 (12.50%) Epics
14 8 (12.50%) JIRA
14 8 (12.50%) Analytics
15 7 (10.94%) Workflow
15 7 (10.94%) Pharmaceutical
15 7 (10.94%) Matrix Organization
15 7 (10.94%) Public Sector
16 6 (9.38%) Requirements Gathering
16 6 (9.38%) Product Strategy
16 6 (9.38%) Business Strategy
16 6 (9.38%) Problem-Solving
16 6 (9.38%) Confluence
16 6 (9.38%) Data Governance

Product Owner Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (9.38%) Confluence
2 2 (3.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (3.13%) VisionPLUS
2 1 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.81%) Power Platform
2 4 (6.25%) Collibra
3 2 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (3.13%) Google Analytics
3 2 (3.13%) SuccessFactors
4 1 (1.56%) AWS
4 1 (1.56%) Google Workspace
4 1 (1.56%) Miro
4 1 (1.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.13%) 4G
1 2 (3.13%) 5G
1 2 (3.13%) Broadband
2 1 (1.56%) 3G
2 1 (1.56%) 3GPP
2 1 (1.56%) Bluetooth
2 1 (1.56%) DSL
2 1 (1.56%) GSM
2 1 (1.56%) LAN
2 1 (1.56%) LTE
2 1 (1.56%) SMS
2 1 (1.56%) TETRA
2 1 (1.56%) UMTS
2 1 (1.56%) WAN
2 1 (1.56%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.56%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.25%) Metadata
1 4 (6.25%) Power BI
2 1 (1.56%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 8 (12.50%) JIRA
2 4 (6.25%) Eclipse
2 4 (6.25%) PyCharm
General
1 14 (21.88%) Social Skills
2 13 (20.31%) Finance
3 10 (15.63%) Manufacturing
4 7 (10.94%) Pharmaceutical
4 7 (10.94%) Public Sector
5 5 (7.81%) Billing
5 5 (7.81%) Marketing
6 4 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (6.25%) Banking
7 2 (3.13%) Retail
7 2 (3.13%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.56%) French Language
8 1 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.56%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 64 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 3 (4.69%) IoT
3 2 (3.13%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.56%) EPoS
4 1 (1.56%) FMCG
4 1 (1.56%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.56%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.56%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.56%) Linux
1 1 (1.56%) Windows
1 1 (1.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (56.25%) Agile
2 35 (54.69%) Roadmaps
3 21 (32.81%) Product Backlog
4 18 (28.13%) Stakeholder Management
5 17 (26.56%) Backlog Management
6 16 (25.00%) User Stories
7 15 (23.44%) Product Roadmap
7 15 (23.44%) Scrum
8 13 (20.31%) Product Management
8 13 (20.31%) Product Vision
9 12 (18.75%) Backlog Prioritisation
10 9 (14.06%) Acceptance Criteria
10 9 (14.06%) Product Requirements
11 8 (12.50%) Analytics
11 8 (12.50%) Epics
12 7 (10.94%) Matrix Organization
12 7 (10.94%) Workflow
13 6 (9.38%) Business Strategy
13 6 (9.38%) Problem-Solving
13 6 (9.38%) Product Strategy
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.81%) Python
2 4 (6.25%) Groovy
2 4 (6.25%) Java
2 4 (6.25%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (6.25%) DV Cleared
1 4 (6.25%) Security Cleared
2 3 (4.69%) CSPO
2 3 (4.69%) Degree
3 2 (3.13%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.25%) GDPR
1 4 (6.25%) Good Clinical Practice
1 4 (6.25%) GxP
2 3 (4.69%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.56%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (4.69%) Google
2 1 (1.56%) Atlassian
2 1 (1.56%) Citrix
2 1 (1.56%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.56%) Salesforce
2 1 (1.56%) ServiceNow