Product Owner Contract Job Trends in Basingstoke

Product Owner
Hampshire > Basingstoke

The median Product Owner daily rate in Basingstoke is £588, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 June 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
19 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 - 54
Rank change year-on-year - - -21
Contract jobs requiring a Product Owner 8 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Basingstoke 2.14% - 0.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.36% - 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £566 - -
25th Percentile £572 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 - -
75th Percentile £597 - -
90th Percentile £599 - -
Hampshire median daily rate £850 £454 £500
% change year-on-year +87.33% -9.25% -16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.25 - -
Median hourly rate £27.50 - -
75th Percentile £28.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £27.50 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Basingstoke

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Basingstoke. 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 Basingstoke with a recognized job title 339 154 468
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.88% 98.72% 97.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 240 127 294
10th Percentile £500 £470 £425
25th Percentile £525 £531 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £725 £625 £688
90th Percentile £825 £650 £738
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £525 £575
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +11.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 14
10th Percentile £13.28 - £13.29
25th Percentile £13.38 - £35.00
Median hourly rate £27.00 £21.39 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.23% -54.97% +212.29%
75th Percentile £28.00 - £48.75
90th Percentile £28.30 - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £38.25 £50.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year -23.50% -12.82% +4.27%

Product Owner
Job Vacancy Trend in Basingstoke

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Product Owner' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Basingstoke.

Product Owner job vacancy trend in Basingstoke

Product Owner
Daily Rate Trend in Basingstoke

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Product Owner job vacancies in Basingstoke.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Product Owner job vacancies in Basingstoke

Product Owner Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basingstoke

For the 6 months to 19 June 2026, Product Owner contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Basingstoke region featuring Product Owner in the job title.

1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft
1 7 (87.50%) Security Cleared
1 7 (87.50%) Windows
2 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (25.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 2 (25.00%) DV Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (25.00%) Product Backlog
2 2 (25.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (12.50%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (12.50%) Agile
3 1 (12.50%) AI
3 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
3 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (12.50%) Degree
3 1 (12.50%) Digital Innovation
3 1 (12.50%) Incident Management
3 1 (12.50%) JIRA
3 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) Sprint Planning
3 1 (12.50%) Sprint Retrospective
3 1 (12.50%) Sprint Review
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (12.50%) User Stories

Product Owner Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basingstoke by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 8 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 7 (87.50%) Windows
2 2 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 2 (25.00%) Product Backlog
2 1 (12.50%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (12.50%) Agile
2 1 (12.50%) AI
2 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
2 1 (12.50%) Digital Innovation
2 1 (12.50%) Incident Management
2 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (12.50%) Sprint Planning
2 1 (12.50%) Sprint Retrospective
2 1 (12.50%) Sprint Review
2 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (12.50%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 7 (87.50%) Security Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (12.50%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft
Product Owner jobs