Product Ownership Contracts with Work from Home Options

Product Ownership
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Product Ownership in contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Product Ownership over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 87 68 58
Rank change year-on-year -19 -10 +15
Contract jobs citing Product Ownership 353 781 1,812
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.41% 3.22% 4.10%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 8.34% 10.18% 12.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 243 569 1,262
10th Percentile £410 £430 £413
25th Percentile £463 £500 £467
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £663 £650 £638
90th Percentile £756 £750 £719
UK median daily rate £550 £570 £550
% change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 9 16
10th Percentile £64.92 £29.60 £25.00
25th Percentile £71.40 £35.00 £38.75
Median hourly rate £80.00 £63.00 £53.63
Median % change year-on-year +26.98% +17.48% -11.36%
75th Percentile £86.25 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.50 £85.00 £85.38
UK median hourly rate £60.60 £63.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -3.81% +28.57% -18.33%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,234 7,672 13,998
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 28.91% 31.65% 31.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,887 5,442 10,085
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £440 £455 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £683 £650
90th Percentile £825 £800 £750
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.18% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 184 148 223
10th Percentile £15.73 £19.00 £15.00
25th Percentile £25.50 £25.53 £20.75
Median hourly rate £51.00 £52.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +17.98% +28.91%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £61.83
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £68.65
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £22.00 £26.98
% change year-on-year +59.09% -18.46% +5.80%

Product Ownership
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Product Ownership as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Product Ownership trend for jobs with a WFH option

Product Ownership
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Product Ownership.

Product Ownership daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Product Ownership
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Product Ownership over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Product Ownership daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Product Ownership
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Product Ownership.

Product Ownership hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Product Ownership
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Product Ownership over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Product Ownership hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Product Ownership
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 18 (5.10%) Confluence
2 6 (1.70%) Apache
3 4 (1.13%) CMS
3 4 (1.13%) Oracle Workflow
4 3 (0.85%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.28%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 13 (3.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.42%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.13%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.13%) Trello
5 2 (0.57%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.57%) Sketch
6 1 (0.28%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (2.83%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.13%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.85%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.28%) Distributed Ledger
4 1 (0.28%) Endur
4 1 (0.28%) Loan IQ
4 1 (0.28%) Magento
4 1 (0.28%) SAP APO
4 1 (0.28%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.28%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.28%) SAP QM
4 1 (0.28%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 91 (25.78%) Azure
2 48 (13.60%) AWS
3 44 (12.46%) Azure DevOps
4 22 (6.23%) Power Platform
5 16 (4.53%) Entra ID
6 15 (4.25%) Azure Service Bus
7 13 (3.68%) SaaS
8 11 (3.12%) Dynamics 365
8 11 (3.12%) GitHub
9 10 (2.83%) PaaS
10 9 (2.55%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 9 (2.55%) Azure Monitor
10 9 (2.55%) Serverless
11 8 (2.27%) Figma
12 7 (1.98%) Azure AKS
12 7 (1.98%) Azure Stack
12 7 (1.98%) Microsoft Purview
13 6 (1.70%) Azure Data Factory
13 6 (1.70%) dbt
14 5 (1.42%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.70%) Firewall
2 1 (0.28%) Broadband
2 1 (0.28%) DMZ
2 1 (0.28%) DNS
2 1 (0.28%) LAN
2 1 (0.28%) Software-Defined Networking
2 1 (0.28%) WAN
2 1 (0.28%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (7.37%) SQL Server
2 21 (5.95%) Power BI
3 13 (3.68%) Data Lake
4 12 (3.40%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (2.55%) NoSQL
5 9 (2.55%) Relational Database
6 8 (2.27%) Big Data
7 7 (1.98%) Tableau
8 6 (1.70%) Apache Arrow
8 6 (1.70%) Dremio
8 6 (1.70%) MySQL
8 6 (1.70%) Snowflake Schema
9 5 (1.42%) Oracle Database
10 4 (1.13%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (1.13%) Siebel EIM
11 3 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
11 3 (0.85%) Redis
12 2 (0.57%) DynamoDB
12 2 (0.57%) MongoDB
12 2 (0.57%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 27 (7.65%) JIRA
2 20 (5.67%) Git
3 10 (2.83%) Jenkins
4 9 (2.55%) Bitbucket
5 8 (2.27%) Postman
5 8 (2.27%) TeamCity
6 7 (1.98%) Artifactory
6 7 (1.98%) GitLab
7 6 (1.70%) Cypress.io
8 5 (1.42%) Selenium
9 4 (1.13%) SpecFlow
9 4 (1.13%) WebDriver
10 3 (0.85%) Axure RP
10 3 (0.85%) Balsamiq
10 3 (0.85%) JUnit
10 3 (0.85%) Visual Studio
11 1 (0.28%) Gerrit
11 1 (0.28%) NUnit
11 1 (0.28%) Octopus Deploy
11 1 (0.28%) TestNG
General
1 101 (28.61%) Social Skills
2 93 (26.35%) Finance
3 52 (14.73%) Public Sector
4 32 (9.07%) Banking
5 25 (7.08%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (5.95%) Front Office
7 20 (5.67%) Back Office
8 15 (4.25%) Marketing
9 13 (3.68%) Presentation Skills
10 12 (3.40%) Investment Banking
11 11 (3.12%) Influencing Skills
11 11 (3.12%) Retail
12 9 (2.55%) Telecoms
13 8 (2.27%) Pharmaceutical
14 7 (1.98%) Manufacturing
15 5 (1.42%) Billing
16 4 (1.13%) Electronics
17 3 (0.85%) Legal
17 3 (0.85%) Retail Banking
18 2 (0.57%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 90 (25.50%) Product Owner
2 72 (20.40%) Analyst
3 62 (17.56%) Business Analyst
3 62 (17.56%) Developer
4 47 (13.31%) Senior
5 38 (10.76%) Architect
6 30 (8.50%) Product Manager
7 24 (6.80%) Lead
8 20 (5.67%) Product Analyst
8 20 (5.67%) Product Business Analyst
9 18 (5.10%) Finance Business Analyst
9 18 (5.10%) Financial Analyst
10 17 (4.82%) Finance Manager
11 16 (4.53%) Senior Product Owner
12 15 (4.25%) Azure Developer
12 15 (4.25%) Full Stack Developer
13 14 (3.97%) .NET Developer
13 14 (3.97%) Business Manager
13 14 (3.97%) Senior Developer
14 12 (3.40%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (11.05%) React
2 33 (9.35%) .NET
3 20 (5.67%) XML
4 18 (5.10%) CSS
5 16 (4.53%) HTML
6 12 (3.40%) .NET Core
7 10 (2.83%) .NET Framework
7 10 (2.83%) JSON
7 10 (2.83%) Node.js
7 10 (2.83%) REST
8 9 (2.55%) ASP.NET
9 7 (1.98%) AngularJS
10 6 (1.70%) OpenID
11 5 (1.42%) HTML5
11 5 (1.42%) Kafka
11 5 (1.42%) Laravel
11 5 (1.42%) Next.js
11 5 (1.42%) RESTful
11 5 (1.42%) SAML
11 5 (1.42%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (6.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 21 (5.95%) Derivative
2 21 (5.95%) Fixed Income
3 20 (5.67%) Equities
3 20 (5.67%) Hedge funds
4 12 (3.40%) Mobile App
5 9 (2.55%) Data Structures
6 7 (1.98%) Reference Data
7 6 (1.70%) Educational Technology
7 6 (1.70%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (1.42%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.42%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.42%) Wiki
9 4 (1.13%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.13%) Legacy Applications
10 3 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (0.85%) Verilog
10 3 (0.85%) VHDL
10 3 (0.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 16 (4.53%) Linux
2 12 (3.40%) Android
3 9 (2.55%) Apple iOS
3 9 (2.55%) Unix
3 9 (2.55%) Windows
4 1 (0.28%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 226 (64.02%) Agile
2 85 (24.08%) DevOps
3 84 (23.80%) Scrum
4 76 (21.53%) User Stories
5 62 (17.56%) Roadmaps
6 52 (14.73%) CI/CD
7 50 (14.16%) Analytics
8 45 (12.75%) Problem-Solving
9 41 (11.61%) Product Backlog
10 40 (11.33%) Product Management
10 40 (11.33%) Test Automation
11 39 (11.05%) Microservices
12 37 (10.48%) Stakeholder Management
13 36 (10.20%) User Experience
14 35 (9.92%) Continuous Improvement
15 34 (9.63%) Acceptance Criteria
16 32 (9.07%) Requirements Gathering
17 31 (8.78%) User Acceptance Testing
18 30 (8.50%) Sprint Planning
19 28 (7.93%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 53 (15.01%) Python
2 52 (14.73%) SQL
3 33 (9.35%) JavaScript
4 29 (8.22%) C#
5 22 (6.23%) TypeScript
6 15 (4.25%) PowerShell
7 14 (3.97%) Java
8 12 (3.40%) Bicep
9 5 (1.42%) PHP
10 3 (0.85%) C
10 3 (0.85%) C++
11 2 (0.57%) ABAP
11 2 (0.57%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.57%) Bash
11 2 (0.57%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.57%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.57%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.28%) Go
12 1 (0.28%) SOQL
12 1 (0.28%) VBA
Qualifications
1 21 (5.95%) Degree
2 20 (5.67%) Security Cleared
3 15 (4.25%) SC Cleared
4 3 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (0.85%) CSPO
5 2 (0.57%) AWS Certification
5 2 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (0.57%) CISM
5 2 (0.57%) CISSP
5 2 (0.57%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.28%) APMP
6 1 (0.28%) CBAP
6 1 (0.28%) CCIP
6 1 (0.28%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.28%) Numerate Degree
6 1 (0.28%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.28%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (11.33%) QA
2 13 (3.68%) Accessibility
3 10 (2.83%) Data Quality
4 8 (2.27%) PCI DSS
5 5 (1.42%) PMO
5 5 (1.42%) WCAG
6 3 (0.85%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.57%) GDPR
7 2 (0.57%) NIST
8 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.28%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.28%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.28%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (6.80%) Active Directory
2 13 (3.68%) Docker
Systems Management
1 17 (4.82%) Kubernetes
2 12 (3.40%) Ansible
2 12 (3.40%) Terraform
3 6 (1.70%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.28%) AppManager
4 1 (0.28%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (0.28%) Matomo
4 1 (0.28%) Puppet
Vendors
1 53 (15.01%) Microsoft
2 13 (3.68%) SAP
3 12 (3.40%) Oracle
4 11 (3.12%) Salesforce
5 7 (1.98%) Google
6 4 (1.13%) Ariba
6 4 (1.13%) Atlassian
6 4 (1.13%) CA Agile Central
6 4 (1.13%) CrowdStrike
6 4 (1.13%) Okta
6 4 (1.13%) Siebel
6 4 (1.13%) Splunk
6 4 (1.13%) Zscaler
7 3 (0.85%) Adobe
7 3 (0.85%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 2 (0.57%) Cisco
8 2 (0.57%) Databricks
8 2 (0.57%) Dynatrace
8 2 (0.57%) MuleSoft
8 2 (0.57%) ServiceNow