Product Ownership Contract Job Trends in Dorset

Product Ownership
South West > Dorset

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Product Ownership in contract job vacancies in Dorset. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Product Ownership over the 6 months leading up to 21 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 21 38
Rank change year-on-year +7 +17 -6
Contract jobs citing Product Ownership 5 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Dorset 5.43% 0.82% 0.79%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 16.67% 4.76% 3.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £173 - -
25th Percentile £185 - £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £205 - £400
75th Percentile £365 - £425
90th Percentile £461 - -
South West median daily rate £640 £625 £600
% change year-on-year +2.40% +4.17% -

All Generic Skills
Dorset

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 Dorset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 30 21 57
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 32.61% 17.21% 22.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 4 43
10th Percentile £146 £240 £172
25th Percentile £165 £343 £176
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £263 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -48.78% -2.38% +1.45%
75th Percentile £540 £650 £638
90th Percentile £549 £673 £650
South West median daily rate £537 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.36% - +4.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 9
10th Percentile £17.45 - -
25th Percentile £22.01 £14.41 £15.16
Median hourly rate £29.81 £15.22 £15.62
Median % change year-on-year +95.93% -2.56% -8.68%
75th Percentile £37.41 £15.62 £17.46
90th Percentile £41.85 - £23.93
South West median hourly rate £28.25 £70.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -59.64% - +7.69%

Product Ownership
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Product Ownership relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset.

Product Ownership job vacancy trend in Dorset

Product Ownership
Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Product Ownership.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Product Ownership

Product Ownership
Daily Rate Histogram in Dorset

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Ownership in Dorset over the 6 months to 21 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Product Ownership in Dorset

Product Ownership
Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Product Ownership.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Product Ownership

Product Ownership
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

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 Dorset region over the 6 months to 21 November 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
Bournemouth +7 5 £205 - 2
Product Ownership
South West

Product Ownership
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset 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:

Business Applications
1 3 (60.00%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
1 3 (60.00%) Azure DevOps
1 3 (60.00%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) CockroachDB
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle Database
1 2 (40.00%) Relational Database
General
1 3 (60.00%) Back Office
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Developer
1 2 (40.00%) Django Developer
1 2 (40.00%) Python Developer
1 2 (40.00%) Python/Django Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) DBA
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle DBA
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Python Developer
2 1 (20.00%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) AngularJS
1 2 (40.00%) Django
1 2 (40.00%) React
1 2 (40.00%) REST
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Backlog Management
1 3 (60.00%) Decision-Making
1 3 (60.00%) DevOps
1 3 (60.00%) Functional Testing
1 3 (60.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (60.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) API Design
2 2 (40.00%) Build Automation
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (40.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (40.00%) Microservices
2 2 (40.00%) Pair Programming
2 2 (40.00%) SOLID
2 2 (40.00%) TDD
2 2 (40.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (20.00%) BCP
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
2 3 (60.00%) PL/SQL
3 2 (40.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Oracle
2 3 (60.00%) NEC