Product Ownership Contracts in the UK excluding London

Product Ownership
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Product Ownership in contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Product Ownership over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 103 73 64
Rank change year-on-year -30 -9 +8
Contract jobs citing Product Ownership 413 761 1,121
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.01% 3.24% 3.66%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.91% 9.95% 11.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 286 550 789
10th Percentile £400 £400 £400
25th Percentile £450 £452 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £513
Median % change year-on-year - +7.21% +14.00%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £588
90th Percentile £738 £675 £664
UK median daily rate £550 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -2.22% +2.27% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 21 17
10th Percentile £56.22 £59.17 -
25th Percentile £57.33 £70.00 £42.00
Median hourly rate £68.72 £85.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.15% +73.47% +21.74%
75th Percentile £85.00 £86.65 £63.60
90th Percentile £85.50 £90.00 £73.76
UK median hourly rate £57.44 £80.00 £49.50
% change year-on-year -28.20% +61.62% -10.00%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,981 7,647 9,728
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 29.14% 32.53% 31.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,582 5,163 6,728
10th Percentile £208 £220 £205
25th Percentile £375 £388 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £595 £614 £575
90th Percentile £688 £700 £669
UK median daily rate £540 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 720 435 456
10th Percentile £12.15 £9.80 £12.21
25th Percentile £14.06 £10.63 £15.36
Median hourly rate £28.50 £22.00 £20.07
Median % change year-on-year +29.55% +9.64% -16.40%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £45.43
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £30.58 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +36.00% -18.24% +4.90%

Product Ownership
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Product Ownership as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Product Ownership in the UK excluding London

Product Ownership
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Product Ownership in the UK excluding London

Product Ownership
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate histogram for Product Ownership in the UK excluding London

Product Ownership
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Product Ownership in the UK excluding London

Product Ownership
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Product Ownership in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Product Ownership in the UK excluding London

Product Ownership
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 Ownership 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 -44 123 £625 +13.64% 84
North of England -15 85 £533 -3.18% 78
Scotland +20 81 £475 -5.00% 19
North West +5 55 £550 -4.35% 43
South West -40 46 £550 -2.65% 53
Midlands +3 44 £550 +21.55% 58
West Midlands +3 34 £556 +5.95% 48
Yorkshire -15 24 £450 -16.67% 25
Wales +31 20 £513 +2.50% 14
East of England -30 18 £426 -18.81% 24
North East +24 10 £454 - 11
East Midlands +6 8 £500 +11.11% 10
Isle of Man - 2 - -
Product Ownership
UK

Product Ownership
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 27 (6.54%) Confluence
2 3 (0.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.73%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.48%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 2 (0.48%) Apache Solr
3 2 (0.48%) CMS
3 2 (0.48%) WordPress
4 1 (0.24%) Appian
4 1 (0.24%) CICS
4 1 (0.24%) Drupal
Applications
1 13 (3.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (2.66%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.94%) Sketch
4 7 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (1.45%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.73%) InVision
6 3 (0.73%) Trello
7 2 (0.48%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.48%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.48%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.97%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 3 (0.73%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.48%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.48%) VisionPLUS
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 83 (20.10%) Azure
2 29 (7.02%) Azure DevOps
3 22 (5.33%) Azure Data Factory
4 21 (5.08%) AWS
5 20 (4.84%) Serverless
6 18 (4.36%) Azure Functions
6 18 (4.36%) Entra ID
6 18 (4.36%) GitHub
6 18 (4.36%) Power Platform
7 17 (4.12%) Azure Monitor
8 16 (3.87%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 14 (3.39%) Figma
10 11 (2.66%) Dynamics 365
11 9 (2.18%) GitHub Actions
12 7 (1.69%) Azure AKS
12 7 (1.69%) Microsoft Purview
12 7 (1.69%) PaaS
12 7 (1.69%) SaaS
13 6 (1.45%) Azure Stack
14 5 (1.21%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.66%) VPN
2 10 (2.42%) Firewall
3 4 (0.97%) Broadband
4 2 (0.48%) 4G
4 2 (0.48%) 5G
4 2 (0.48%) DNS
4 2 (0.48%) HTTP
5 1 (0.24%) 3G
5 1 (0.24%) 3GPP
5 1 (0.24%) DSL
5 1 (0.24%) GSM
5 1 (0.24%) Intranet
5 1 (0.24%) LAN
5 1 (0.24%) LTE
5 1 (0.24%) Network Security
5 1 (0.24%) SMS
5 1 (0.24%) TETRA
5 1 (0.24%) UMTS
5 1 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.24%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (4.60%) NoSQL
2 14 (3.39%) Power BI
3 12 (2.91%) Relational Database
4 10 (2.42%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (2.42%) MongoDB
5 9 (2.18%) Metadata
5 9 (2.18%) MySQL
5 9 (2.18%) SQL Server
6 7 (1.69%) Azure SQL Database
7 6 (1.45%) Snowflake Schema
8 5 (1.21%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.97%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (0.73%) DB2
11 2 (0.48%) CockroachDB
11 2 (0.48%) Couchbase
11 2 (0.48%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.48%) OLAP
11 2 (0.48%) OLTP
11 2 (0.48%) Redis
12 1 (0.24%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 48 (11.62%) JIRA
2 22 (5.33%) Git
3 14 (3.39%) Cypress.io
4 12 (2.91%) Postman
5 11 (2.66%) GitLab
6 6 (1.45%) JUnit
7 5 (1.21%) Eclipse
7 5 (1.21%) Jenkins
7 5 (1.21%) PyCharm
7 5 (1.21%) Selenium
7 5 (1.21%) Storybook
8 4 (0.97%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.97%) Rational DOORS
9 3 (0.73%) Axure RP
9 3 (0.73%) CircleCI
9 3 (0.73%) Octopus Deploy
9 3 (0.73%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.48%) Gatling
10 2 (0.48%) kappa
10 2 (0.48%) REST Assured
General
1 129 (31.23%) Social Skills
2 78 (18.89%) Analytical Skills
3 66 (15.98%) Finance
4 55 (13.32%) Public Sector
5 21 (5.08%) Marketing
6 20 (4.84%) Manufacturing
7 18 (4.36%) Pharmaceutical
7 18 (4.36%) Telecoms
8 15 (3.63%) Presentation Skills
9 14 (3.39%) Banking
10 12 (2.91%) Retail
11 11 (2.66%) Influencing Skills
12 10 (2.42%) Legal
13 9 (2.18%) Billing
14 7 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 4 (0.97%) Military
17 3 (0.73%) Retail Banking
18 2 (0.48%) French Language
18 2 (0.48%) Games
Job Titles
1 68 (16.46%) Architect
2 64 (15.50%) Developer
2 64 (15.50%) Product Owner
3 47 (11.38%) Analyst
4 43 (10.41%) Senior
5 34 (8.23%) Business Analyst
6 33 (7.99%) Lead
6 33 (7.99%) Solutions Architect
7 30 (7.26%) Designer
8 23 (5.57%) Java Architect
8 23 (5.57%) Java Solutions Architect
9 21 (5.08%) Full Stack Developer
10 19 (4.60%) Azure Developer
11 18 (4.36%) UX Designer
12 16 (3.87%) Product Manager
13 15 (3.63%) Technical Leader
14 14 (3.39%) Scrum Master
15 13 (3.15%) React Developer
16 12 (2.91%) Senior Developer
17 11 (2.66%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (11.62%) React
2 24 (5.81%) .NET
3 18 (4.36%) REST
4 17 (4.12%) XML
5 15 (3.63%) RESTful
6 14 (3.39%) HTML
7 11 (2.66%) CSS
7 11 (2.66%) Laravel
7 11 (2.66%) Vue
8 9 (2.18%) JSON
8 9 (2.18%) Node.js
9 8 (1.94%) AngularJS
10 7 (1.69%) Playwright
11 6 (1.45%) .NET Framework
11 6 (1.45%) Lightning Web Components
11 6 (1.45%) SAML
12 5 (1.21%) Kafka
12 5 (1.21%) OpenID
13 4 (0.97%) Gherkin
13 4 (0.97%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 13 (3.15%) Legacy Applications
2 11 (2.66%) Enterprise Software
2 11 (2.66%) Public Cloud
2 11 (2.66%) Reference Data
2 11 (2.66%) Wiki
3 9 (2.18%) Mobile App
4 7 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
4 7 (1.69%) Data Structures
4 7 (1.69%) IoT
4 7 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (1.45%) Taxonomies
6 5 (1.21%) Management Information System
6 5 (1.21%) Verilog
6 5 (1.21%) VHDL
6 5 (1.21%) Virtual Team
7 4 (0.97%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (0.97%) Security Posture
7 4 (0.97%) Smart Meter
8 3 (0.73%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 28 (6.78%) Linux
2 21 (5.08%) Windows
3 19 (4.60%) Android
3 19 (4.60%) Apple iOS
4 10 (2.42%) Windows Server
5 9 (2.18%) Unix
6 2 (0.48%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.24%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 236 (57.14%) Agile
2 92 (22.28%) Problem-Solving
3 91 (22.03%) Scrum
4 88 (21.31%) DevOps
5 79 (19.13%) Roadmaps
6 66 (15.98%) User Stories
7 61 (14.77%) User Experience
8 60 (14.53%) CI/CD
9 59 (14.29%) Product Backlog
10 52 (12.59%) Continuous Improvement
11 51 (12.35%) Project Management
12 48 (11.62%) Stakeholder Management
13 45 (10.90%) Test Automation
14 44 (10.65%) Microservices
15 37 (8.96%) Analytics
16 35 (8.47%) Change Management
16 35 (8.47%) Product Management
17 34 (8.23%) SDLC
18 33 (7.99%) GAP Analysis
19 32 (7.75%) Product Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 47 (11.38%) Java
2 45 (10.90%) Python
3 42 (10.17%) SQL
4 22 (5.33%) JavaScript
5 17 (4.12%) C#
6 11 (2.66%) PowerShell
6 11 (2.66%) TypeScript
7 9 (2.18%) PHP
8 8 (1.94%) C
8 8 (1.94%) Groovy
9 6 (1.45%) C++
10 5 (1.21%) Apex Code
10 5 (1.21%) Bicep
10 5 (1.21%) Go
10 5 (1.21%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.48%) Scala
11 2 (0.48%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.24%) Bash
12 1 (0.24%) R
12 1 (0.24%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 76 (18.40%) Security Cleared
2 41 (9.93%) SC Cleared
3 34 (8.23%) Degree
4 33 (7.99%) DV Cleared
5 4 (0.97%) CSPO
5 4 (0.97%) TOGAF Certification
6 2 (0.48%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (0.48%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.48%) PMP
7 1 (0.24%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.24%) CBAP
7 1 (0.24%) Chartered Engineer
7 1 (0.24%) CISA
7 1 (0.24%) CISM
7 1 (0.24%) CISSP
7 1 (0.24%) ISEB
7 1 (0.24%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.24%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (0.24%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.24%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (12.59%) QA
2 13 (3.15%) GDPR
3 10 (2.42%) Accessibility
3 10 (2.42%) Data Quality
4 9 (2.18%) Disclosure Scotland
5 8 (1.94%) NIST
6 7 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (1.21%) Good Clinical Practice
7 5 (1.21%) GxP
7 5 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (1.21%) PMO
8 2 (0.48%) NCSC
8 2 (0.48%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.48%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.24%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.24%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.24%) WCAG
System Software
1 24 (5.81%) Active Directory
2 12 (2.91%) Docker
3 2 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.48%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 6 (1.45%) Kubernetes
1 6 (1.45%) Terraform
2 5 (1.21%) Ansible
3 4 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.48%) OPNET
4 2 (0.48%) PowerCLI
5 1 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.24%) AppManager
5 1 (0.24%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 33 (7.99%) Microsoft
2 19 (4.60%) Salesforce
3 15 (3.63%) Atlassian
4 10 (2.42%) Google
5 6 (1.45%) Adobe
5 6 (1.45%) Apple
6 5 (1.21%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 4 (0.97%) Ab Initio
7 4 (0.97%) CrowdStrike
7 4 (0.97%) Okta
7 4 (0.97%) SAP
7 4 (0.97%) Sparx
7 4 (0.97%) Zscaler
8 3 (0.73%) Oracle
8 3 (0.73%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.48%) Cadence
9 2 (0.48%) Greenplum
9 2 (0.48%) Progress
9 2 (0.48%) Remedy
9 2 (0.48%) VMware