Product Owner Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Product Owner
South West > Bristol

The median Product Owner daily rate in Bristol is £479, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 November 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 72 69
Rank change year-on-year +7 -3 +33
Contract jobs requiring a Product Owner 4 2 7
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.51% 0.26% 0.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.55% 0.27% 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 6
10th Percentile £446 £534 £419
25th Percentile £456 £547 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £479 £588 £650
Median % change year-on-year -18.43% -9.62% +36.84%
75th Percentile £501 £622 £684
90th Percentile £509 £631 £688
South West median daily rate £640 £588 £650
% change year-on-year +8.94% -9.62% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 732 738 998
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 95.35% 95.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 364 401 633
10th Percentile £227 £213 £275
25th Percentile £385 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £520
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -8.65% +4.00%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £638
90th Percentile £739 £738 £700
South West median daily rate £525 £514 £525
% change year-on-year +2.19% -2.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 100 125
10th Percentile £13.46 £17.50 £33.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £47.88 £55.00
Median hourly rate £51.49 £65.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.39% +0.77% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.25 £76.25
90th Percentile £67.84 £75.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £33.09 £65.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -49.10% +15.06% -10.33%

Product Owner
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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 Bristol.

Product Owner job vacancy trend in Bristol

Product Owner
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

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

Product Owner Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 18 November 2025, 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 Bristol region featuring Product Owner in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (75.00%) Product Backlog
3 2 (50.00%) AWS
3 2 (50.00%) Azure
3 2 (50.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (50.00%) DevOps
3 2 (50.00%) DevSecOps
3 2 (50.00%) Docker
3 2 (50.00%) GCP
3 2 (50.00%) Kubernetes
3 2 (50.00%) Product Roadmap
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (50.00%) User Stories
4 1 (25.00%) Acceptance Criteria
4 1 (25.00%) Agile
4 1 (25.00%) Analytics
4 1 (25.00%) Backlog Management
4 1 (25.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 1 (25.00%) Backlog Refinement
4 1 (25.00%) Containerisation
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) CSPO
4 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) Platform Engineering
4 1 (25.00%) Scrum
4 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) Strategic Roadmap

Product Owner Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) AWS
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) GCP
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (50.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (75.00%) Product Backlog
3 2 (50.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (50.00%) DevOps
3 2 (50.00%) DevSecOps
3 2 (50.00%) Product Roadmap
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (50.00%) User Stories
4 1 (25.00%) Acceptance Criteria
4 1 (25.00%) Agile
4 1 (25.00%) Analytics
4 1 (25.00%) Backlog Management
4 1 (25.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 1 (25.00%) Containerisation
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (25.00%) Platform Engineering
4 1 (25.00%) Scrum
4 1 (25.00%) Strategic Roadmap
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CSPO
1 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Kubernetes