Product Owner Contracts in Berkshire

Product Owner
South East > Berkshire

The median Product Owner daily rate in Berkshire is £650 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 110 83 119
Rank change year-on-year -27 +36 -23
Contract jobs requiring a Product Owner 7 29 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.36% 1.61% 0.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.38% 1.70% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 18 7
10th Percentile £485 £313 £466
25th Percentile £538 £364 £490
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £450 £517
Median % change year-on-year +44.44% -12.96% +13.01%
75th Percentile £706 £500 £536
90th Percentile £715 £626 £618
South East median daily rate £550 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +15.79%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,829 1,707 2,286
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.79% 94.99% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 985 1,097 1,473
10th Percentile £213 £325 £205
25th Percentile £381 £425 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £491
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +6.92% +9.11%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £588
90th Percentile £688 £706 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £491
% change year-on-year - +1.83% +9.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 56 41
10th Percentile £18.65 £18.00 £13.00
25th Percentile £41.31 £22.66 £17.00
Median hourly rate £58.65 £56.89 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.10% +170.88% -0.24%
75th Percentile £70.39 £73.69 £32.50
90th Percentile £86.59 £79.72 £68.25
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £47.79 £20.00
% change year-on-year -0.61% +138.95% -20.00%

Product Owner
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Product Owner in Berkshire

Product Owner
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Product Owner in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for Product Owner in Berkshire

Product Owner
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Owner in Berkshire over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Product Owner in Berkshire

Product Owner
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 5 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
Reading -24 5 £682 +36.40% 3
Newbury -1 2 £488 +39.29% 2
Product Owner
South East

Product Owner Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 5 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 Berkshire region featuring Product Owner in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 6 (85.71%) Roadmaps
2 6 (85.71%) Backlog Management
2 6 (85.71%) Agile
3 5 (71.43%) Billing
3 5 (71.43%) Scrum
3 5 (71.43%) Product Roadmap
3 5 (71.43%) Product Backlog
4 4 (57.14%) Business Strategy
4 4 (57.14%) Contingency Planning
4 4 (57.14%) Matrix Organization
4 4 (57.14%) Product Management
4 4 (57.14%) User Stories
4 4 (57.14%) Finance
5 3 (42.86%) Epics
5 3 (42.86%) Technology Roadmap
5 3 (42.86%) Backlog Prioritisation
6 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
6 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (28.57%) Broadband
6 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
6 2 (28.57%) Market Research
7 1 (14.29%) PLM
7 1 (14.29%) Translating Business Requirements
7 1 (14.29%) 4G
7 1 (14.29%) 3G
7 1 (14.29%) DSL
7 1 (14.29%) Competitor Analysis
7 1 (14.29%) Marketing

Product Owner Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Broadband
2 1 (14.29%) 3G
2 1 (14.29%) 4G
2 1 (14.29%) 5G
2 1 (14.29%) DSL
General
1 5 (71.43%) Billing
2 4 (57.14%) Finance
3 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
4 1 (14.29%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 7 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Agile
1 6 (85.71%) Backlog Management
1 6 (85.71%) Roadmaps
2 5 (71.43%) Product Backlog
2 5 (71.43%) Product Roadmap
2 5 (71.43%) Scrum
3 4 (57.14%) Business Strategy
3 4 (57.14%) Contingency Planning
3 4 (57.14%) Matrix Organization
3 4 (57.14%) Product Management
3 4 (57.14%) User Stories
4 3 (42.86%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 3 (42.86%) Epics
4 3 (42.86%) Technology Roadmap
5 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (28.57%) Market Research
5 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (14.29%) Competitor Analysis
6 1 (14.29%) PLM
6 1 (14.29%) Strategic Roadmap
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) CSPO