Product Owner Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Product Owner
England > East Midlands

The median Product Owner daily rate in the East Midlands is £490, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 52 55
Rank change year-on-year -12 +3 +31
Contract jobs requiring a Product Owner 16 5 6
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 1.74% 0.89% 0.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.89% 0.97% 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 1 4
10th Percentile £353 - £541
25th Percentile £402 £638 £547
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £675 £581
Median % change year-on-year -27.41% +16.13% +11.78%
75th Percentile £541 £713 £603
90th Percentile £550 - £609
England median daily rate £525 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%

All Contract IT Job Roles
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 846 516 686
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.96% 91.81% 95.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 515 308 485
10th Percentile £185 £204 £188
25th Percentile £348 £310 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £420 £445
Median % change year-on-year +1.19% -5.62% -1.11%
75th Percentile £525 £525 £544
90th Percentile £625 £601 £664
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 97 25 51
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.10 £12.00
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £19.64 £22.50 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -12.71% +26.98% +4.43%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.18 £23.75
90th Percentile £26.20 £32.95 £54.00
England median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £43.63
% change year-on-year -21.43% -19.77% +24.64%

Product Owner
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Product Owner job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Product Owner
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Product Owner job vacancies in the East Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Product Owner job vacancies 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 14 January 2026.

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 14 January 2026. 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 - 7 £380 -
Nottinghamshire - 4 £550 -
Leicestershire -11 2 £425 -37.04%
Lincolnshire - 2 £500 - 2
Product Owner
England

Product Owner Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, 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 East Midlands region featuring Product Owner in the job title.

1 11 (68.75%) Agile
2 10 (62.50%) Product Vision
3 7 (43.75%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (37.50%) Product Backlog
4 6 (37.50%) User Stories
5 5 (31.25%) Acceptance Criteria
5 5 (31.25%) Backlog Management
5 5 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (31.25%) QA
5 5 (31.25%) Roadmaps
5 5 (31.25%) Scrum
6 4 (25.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
6 4 (25.00%) Fintech
6 4 (25.00%) Product Strategy
6 4 (25.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 4 (25.00%) Software Engineering
6 4 (25.00%) User Experience
7 3 (18.75%) A/B Testing
7 3 (18.75%) Analytics
7 3 (18.75%) Objectives and Key Results
7 3 (18.75%) Payment Gateway
7 3 (18.75%) Product Management
7 3 (18.75%) Regulatory Change
8 2 (12.50%) API Integration
8 2 (12.50%) Client Onboarding
8 2 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (12.50%) Product Roadmap
8 2 (12.50%) Sprint Planning
8 2 (12.50%) Sprint Retrospective
8 2 (12.50%) Sprint Review

Product Owner Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 1 (6.25%) CMS
Business Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) Google Workspace
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Copilot
1 1 (6.25%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) Data Lake
1 1 (6.25%) Data Warehouse
General
1 7 (43.75%) Finance
1 7 (43.75%) Social Skills
2 4 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Banking
4 1 (6.25%) Financial Institution
4 1 (6.25%) Marketing
4 1 (6.25%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 15 (93.75%) Product Ownership
2 6 (37.50%) Mobile App
3 2 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (12.50%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Android
1 1 (6.25%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (68.75%) Agile
2 10 (62.50%) Product Vision
3 7 (43.75%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (37.50%) Product Backlog
4 6 (37.50%) User Stories
5 5 (31.25%) Acceptance Criteria
5 5 (31.25%) Backlog Management
5 5 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (31.25%) Roadmaps
5 5 (31.25%) Scrum
6 4 (25.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
6 4 (25.00%) Fintech
6 4 (25.00%) Product Strategy
6 4 (25.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 4 (25.00%) Software Engineering
6 4 (25.00%) User Experience
7 3 (18.75%) A/B Testing
7 3 (18.75%) Analytics
7 3 (18.75%) Product Management
7 3 (18.75%) Regulatory Change
Qualifications
1 1 (6.25%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (31.25%) QA
2 1 (6.25%) PCI DSS
2 1 (6.25%) PSD2
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (6.25%) Google
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft