Product Owner
UK
The median Product Owner daily rate in the UK is £588 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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 27 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 365 | 385 | 357 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +20 | -28 | +17 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Product Owner | 242 | 370 | 664 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.56% | 0.62% | 0.75% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.60% | 0.65% | 0.78% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 170 | 269 | 493 |
| 10th Percentile | £405 | £432 | £425 |
| 25th Percentile | £500 | £506 | £475 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £588 | £575 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.17% | +4.55% | +4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £675 | £650 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £705 | £700 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £550 | £538 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.33% | +2.38% | +10.53% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £64.25 | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | £103.50 | - |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title | 40,172 | 56,583 | 84,829 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.78% | 94.61% | 95.49% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 26,161 | 39,538 | 59,512 |
| 10th Percentile | £275 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £409 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.78% | +2.86% | +10.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £731 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.93% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,642 | 1,585 | 2,099 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.27 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.50 | £15.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.83 | £45.00 | £23.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.38% | +95.65% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £60.00 | £65.75 | £48.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £76.00 | £63.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £37.50 | £42.50 | £19.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -11.76% | +117.95% | +2.55% |
Product Owner
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Product Owner in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Product Owner
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Product Owner.
Product Owner
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Owner over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.
Product Owner
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Product Owner.
Product Owner
Top 14 Contract Locations
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 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 |
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| England | +49 | 225 | £600 | +1.05% | 101 |
| London | +71 | 161 | £600 | - | 48 |
| Work from Home | +35 | 76 | £563 | +0.22% | 49 |
| UK excluding London | -16 | 62 | £550 | +2.33% | 52 |
| South East | +4 | 25 | £625 | +21.95% | 20 |
| Midlands | +20 | 14 | £550 | - | 10 |
| North of England | +9 | 10 | £525 | -2.33% | 8 |
| North West | +10 | 9 | £525 | -2.33% | 5 |
| West Midlands | +27 | 8 | £550 | -8.33% | 4 |
| East of England | +18 | 7 | £410 | -14.81% | 2 |
| East Midlands | +16 | 4 | £569 | +26.39% | 6 |
| Scotland | +13 | 4 | £435 | -17.14% | 2 |
| South West | +8 | 3 | £600 | -7.69% | 9 |
| Yorkshire | +2 | 1 | - | - | 3 |
Product Owner Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 27 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 featuring Product Owner in the job title.
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Product Owner Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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