Product Ownership Contracts in Berkshire

Product Ownership
South East > Berkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Product Ownership in contract job vacancies in Berkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Product Ownership over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 68 38
Rank change year-on-year +5 -30 +20
Contract jobs citing Product Ownership 31 51 98
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 2.65% 2.59% 5.49%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.62% 8.70% 16.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 34 60
10th Percentile £477 £433 £349
25th Percentile £495 £504 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £613 £525
Median % change year-on-year -17.80% +16.67% +6.33%
75th Percentile £635 £675 £581
90th Percentile £650 £695 £689
South East median daily rate £531 £625 £550
% change year-on-year -15.00% +13.64% +4.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £88.50 - £61.50
Median hourly rate £92.00 - £63.00
75th Percentile £95.50 - £64.50
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £56.75 - £83.25
% change year-on-year - - +33.95%

All Generic Skills
Berkshire

Product Ownership falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 407 586 610
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 34.85% 29.79% 34.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 231 335 390
10th Percentile £306 £205 £302
25th Percentile £425 £295 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £588 £608 £615
90th Percentile £650 £675 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 31 16
10th Percentile £26.40 £11.79 £19.25
25th Percentile £32.05 £22.25 £47.56
Median hourly rate £61.50 £42.50 £64.68
Median % change year-on-year +44.69% -34.29% +187.64%
75th Percentile £87.28 £62.23 £74.25
90th Percentile £91.05 £67.50 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £47.90 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year +0.85% -5.00% +132.56%

Product Ownership
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing Product Ownership as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Product Ownership in Berkshire

Product Ownership
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Product Ownership in Berkshire

Product Ownership
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Ownership in Berkshire over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Product Ownership in Berkshire

Product Ownership
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Product Ownership in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Product Ownership in Berkshire

Product Ownership
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 Ownership within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 4 May 2025. 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 +22 25 £550 -15.38% 6
Wokingham -7 4 £500 -13.04% 1
Bracknell +17 1 - - 2
Product Ownership
South East

Product Ownership
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.23%) Appian
1 1 (3.23%) CMS
Business Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 9 (29.03%) Azure
2 6 (19.35%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 6 (19.35%) Azure Data Factory
2 6 (19.35%) Azure Functions
2 6 (19.35%) Azure Monitor
2 6 (19.35%) Serverless
3 4 (12.90%) Entra ID
4 3 (9.68%) AWS
4 3 (9.68%) Oracle CX
5 1 (3.23%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.68%) Broadband
2 2 (6.45%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (16.13%) NoSQL
2 1 (3.23%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 7 (22.58%) JIRA
2 5 (16.13%) Git
3 3 (9.68%) Selenium
4 1 (3.23%) Oracle Forms
General
1 10 (32.26%) Telecoms
2 9 (29.03%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (22.58%) Social Skills
4 2 (6.45%) Finance
4 2 (6.45%) Legal
5 1 (3.23%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.23%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (22.58%) Product Owner
2 6 (19.35%) Azure Developer
2 6 (19.35%) Developer
2 6 (19.35%) Python Developer
3 5 (16.13%) Full-Stack Developer
3 5 (16.13%) Full-Stack Python Developer
3 5 (16.13%) React Developer
3 5 (16.13%) Scrum Master
4 4 (12.90%) Tester
5 3 (9.68%) Analyst
5 3 (9.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) Agile Product Owner
6 2 (6.45%) Agile Scrum Master
6 2 (6.45%) Business Analyst
6 2 (6.45%) Lead
7 1 (3.23%) Agile Delivery Lead
7 1 (3.23%) Architect
7 1 (3.23%) IT Engineer
7 1 (3.23%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (3.23%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (19.35%) React
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.90%) SCADA
2 2 (6.45%) Cloud Native
2 2 (6.45%) Cyberattack
2 2 (6.45%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.45%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.23%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 7 (22.58%) Linux
1 7 (22.58%) Windows
2 1 (3.23%) AIX
2 1 (3.23%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (58.06%) Agile
2 13 (41.94%) Roadmaps
3 11 (35.48%) Product Backlog
4 9 (29.03%) Scrum
5 8 (25.81%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (25.81%) Product Roadmap
6 6 (19.35%) Backlog Prioritisation
6 6 (19.35%) CI/CD
6 6 (19.35%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (19.35%) DevOps
6 6 (19.35%) Microservices
7 5 (16.13%) Full-Stack Development
7 5 (16.13%) SDLC
7 5 (16.13%) Sprint Planning
8 4 (12.90%) Coaching
8 4 (12.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 4 (12.90%) Test Assurance
8 4 (12.90%) Test Strategy
8 4 (12.90%) User Stories
8 4 (12.90%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 8 (25.81%) Python
2 4 (12.90%) Perl
2 4 (12.90%) PL/SQL
2 4 (12.90%) SQL
3 3 (9.68%) Java
4 2 (6.45%) Bash
4 2 (6.45%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (6.45%) Degree
1 2 (6.45%) SC Cleared
1 2 (6.45%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.23%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.23%) NIST
System Software
1 6 (19.35%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.45%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (3.23%) Docker
3 1 (3.23%) Hyper-V
3 1 (3.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (9.68%) Ansible
1 3 (9.68%) Progress Chef
1 3 (9.68%) Puppet
2 2 (6.45%) Terraform
3 1 (3.23%) Kubernetes
3 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (3.23%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (22.58%) Microsoft
2 4 (12.90%) Oracle
3 2 (6.45%) Salesforce
3 2 (6.45%) VMware
4 1 (3.23%) Blue Prism
4 1 (3.23%) Cisco
4 1 (3.23%) Nokia
4 1 (3.23%) Rakuten