Product Owner Contracts in the East Midlands

Product Owner
England > East Midlands

The median Product Owner daily rate in the East Midlands is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 13 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
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 59 80 87
Rank change year-on-year +21 +7 -23
Contract jobs requiring a Product Owner 3 6 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 0.39% 0.59% 0.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.42% 0.62% 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 10
10th Percentile £280 - £399
25th Percentile £381 £413 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £450 £418
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% +7.78% -1.76%
75th Percentile £572 - £445
90th Percentile £585 £510 £491
England median daily rate £580 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% +9.09% +7.32%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands. 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 the East Midlands with a recognized job title 719 968 1,292
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.99% 94.53% 94.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 480 751 950
10th Percentile £166 £205 £181
25th Percentile £258 £325 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.88% +13.33%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £513
90th Percentile £625 £700 £600
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 55 89
10th Percentile £11.82 £11.80 £9.74
25th Percentile £14.00 £15.45 £14.61
Median hourly rate £17.50 £20.32 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.88% +9.84% +26.63%
75th Percentile £26.15 £31.00 £28.75
90th Percentile £51.91 £65.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £44.06 £23.00
% change year-on-year -14.88% +91.54% +2.59%

Product Owner
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Product Owner in the East Midlands

Product Owner
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Product Owner in the East Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Product Owner in the East Midlands

Product Owner
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Owner in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Product Owner in the East Midlands

Product Owner
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 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
Northamptonshire +5 1 £225 -47.06%
Derbyshire - 1 £588 -
Lincolnshire - 1 £550 -
Product Owner
England

Product Owner Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 13 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 East Midlands region featuring Product Owner in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (66.67%) Scrum
2 2 (66.67%) Roadmaps
2 2 (66.67%) User Stories
2 2 (66.67%) Product Roadmap
2 2 (66.67%) Backlog Management
2 2 (66.67%) Product Backlog
2 2 (66.67%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 1 (33.33%) Product Vision
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) System Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Kanban
3 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Requirements Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
3 1 (33.33%) Architectural Patterns
3 1 (33.33%) LAN
3 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management

Product Owner Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 1 (33.33%) LAN
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Backlog Management
2 2 (66.67%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 2 (66.67%) Product Backlog
2 2 (66.67%) Product Roadmap
2 2 (66.67%) Roadmaps
2 2 (66.67%) Scrum
2 2 (66.67%) User Stories
3 1 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (33.33%) Architectural Patterns
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (33.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Kanban
3 1 (33.33%) Product Vision
3 1 (33.33%) Requirements Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) System Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared