Product Owner Contract Job Trends in Central London

Product Owner
London > Central London

The median Product Owner daily rate in Central London is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 December 2025.

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

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 109 115
Rank change year-on-year +1 +6 +68
Contract jobs requiring a Product Owner 23 21 28
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 1.14% 0.91% 1.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.22% 0.98% 1.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 14 11
10th Percentile £393 £441 £481
25th Percentile £405 £616 £522
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £645 £623
Median % change year-on-year -3.10% +3.61% +18.57%
75th Percentile £675 £673 £700
90th Percentile £725 £684 £713
London median daily rate £550 £631 £615
% change year-on-year -12.87% +2.64% +2.50%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 1,884 2,136 2,515
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.36% 92.59% 94.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,307 1,346 1,813
10th Percentile £330 £363 £340
25th Percentile £425 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £568
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +1.32% -1.30%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £763 £775 £800
London median daily rate £530 £550 £560
% change year-on-year -3.64% -1.79% -3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 25 21
10th Percentile £19.86 £19.66 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.47 £31.25 £22.50
Median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.40% +34.62% -22.96%
75th Percentile £38.63 £61.25 £46.75
90th Percentile £46.53 £112.00 £65.00
London median hourly rate £29.82 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -14.79% - -

Product Owner
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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 Central London.

Product Owner job vacancy trend in Central London

Product Owner
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Product Owner job vacancies in Central London

Product Owner
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Owner in Central London over the 6 months to 28 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Product Owner in Central London

Product Owner
Contract Job Locations in Central London

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 Central London region over the 6 months to 28 December 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
City of London 0 16 £520 -17.72% 26
Product Owner
London

Product Owner Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 28 December 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 Central London region featuring Product Owner in the job title.

1 13 (56.52%) Agile
1 13 (56.52%) Product Backlog
2 12 (52.17%) Backlog Management
2 12 (52.17%) Roadmaps
2 12 (52.17%) User Stories
3 10 (43.48%) JIRA
4 7 (30.43%) Scrum
4 7 (30.43%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (26.09%) Product Roadmap
6 5 (21.74%) QA
7 4 (17.39%) Acceptance Criteria
7 4 (17.39%) Backlog Prioritisation
7 4 (17.39%) Confluence
7 4 (17.39%) Objectives and Key Results
7 4 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (17.39%) Product Vision
7 4 (17.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (17.39%) Strategic Roadmap
8 3 (13.04%) CMS
8 3 (13.04%) CRM
8 3 (13.04%) Drupal
8 3 (13.04%) Figma
8 3 (13.04%) Microsoft
8 3 (13.04%) Miro
8 3 (13.04%) Prototyping
8 3 (13.04%) Strategic Thinking
8 3 (13.04%) User Experience
8 3 (13.04%) WordPress
9 2 (8.70%) Adobe
9 2 (8.70%) AWS

Product Owner Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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 4 (17.39%) Confluence
2 3 (13.04%) CMS
2 3 (13.04%) Drupal
2 3 (13.04%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Adobe XD
1 1 (4.35%) InVision
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (4.35%) MS Visio
1 1 (4.35%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (4.35%) ProductWriter
1 1 (4.35%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.04%) Figma
1 3 (13.04%) Miro
2 2 (8.70%) AWS
3 1 (4.35%) Azure
3 1 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.35%) Power Automate
3 1 (4.35%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.35%) PowerApps
3 1 (4.35%) SaaS
3 1 (4.35%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 1 (4.35%) Snowflake
3 1 (4.35%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) Data Lake
1 1 (4.35%) Power BI
1 1 (4.35%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (43.48%) JIRA
General
1 7 (30.43%) Finance
2 4 (17.39%) Social Skills
3 3 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (13.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (13.04%) Retail
4 2 (8.70%) Banking
5 1 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
Miscellaneous
1 23 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (8.70%) Reinsurance
3 1 (4.35%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (4.35%) Educational Technology
3 1 (4.35%) e-Learning
3 1 (4.35%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (4.35%) Mobile App
3 1 (4.35%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.35%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (56.52%) Agile
1 13 (56.52%) Product Backlog
2 12 (52.17%) Backlog Management
2 12 (52.17%) Roadmaps
2 12 (52.17%) User Stories
3 7 (30.43%) Scrum
3 7 (30.43%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (26.09%) Product Roadmap
5 4 (17.39%) Acceptance Criteria
5 4 (17.39%) Backlog Prioritisation
5 4 (17.39%) Objectives and Key Results
5 4 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (17.39%) Product Vision
5 4 (17.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (17.39%) Strategic Roadmap
6 3 (13.04%) CRM
6 3 (13.04%) Prototyping
6 3 (13.04%) Strategic Thinking
6 3 (13.04%) User Experience
7 2 (8.70%) Creative Thinking
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.35%) Korn
Qualifications
1 1 (4.35%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (21.74%) QA
2 1 (4.35%) GDPR
Vendors
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.70%) Adobe
2 2 (8.70%) Databricks
2 2 (8.70%) Salesforce
2 2 (8.70%) SAP
3 1 (4.35%) CA Agile Central
3 1 (4.35%) DocuSign
3 1 (4.35%) ServiceNow