Product Owner Contracts in the East Midlands

Product Owner
England > East Midlands

The median Product Owner daily rate in the East Midlands is £357, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 65 75
Rank change year-on-year +14 +10 +11
Contract jobs requiring a Product Owner 4 2 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 0.69% 0.26% 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.79% 0.28% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 5
10th Percentile - £246 -
25th Percentile £356 £297 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £357 £388 £450
Median % change year-on-year -7.87% -13.89% +5.88%
75th Percentile £381 £472 -
90th Percentile £422 £519 £510
England median daily rate £525 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 509 724 959
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.37% 94.03% 94.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 347 491 745
10th Percentile £200 £166 £208
25th Percentile £325 £263 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £413 £450
Median % change year-on-year +4.12% -8.22% +5.88%
75th Percentile £525 £550 £575
90th Percentile £600 £625 £700
England median daily rate £523 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.38% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 80 52
10th Percentile £12.33 £11.82 £11.89
25th Percentile £18.38 £14.00 £15.55
Median hourly rate £22.50 £17.50 £20.65
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -15.26% +7.29%
75th Percentile £30.00 £26.15 £34.06
90th Percentile £37.80 £51.91 £64.00
England median hourly rate £30.00 £36.92 £44.77
% change year-on-year -18.73% -17.54% +94.63%

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
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 19 May 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
Northamptonshire -3 3 £356 +58.22% 1
Product Owner
England

Product Owner Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 19 May 2025, 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 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Product Management
1 4 (100.00%) User Stories
1 4 (100.00%) User Experience
1 4 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 3 (75.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 3 (75.00%) Business Strategy
2 3 (75.00%) SaaS
2 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (75.00%) Business Analysis
2 3 (75.00%) Degree
2 3 (75.00%) UX Design
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (75.00%) Scrum
2 3 (75.00%) Business Process Modelling
2 3 (75.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 3 (75.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 3 (75.00%) Decision-Making
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) Analytics
4 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (25.00%) KYC
4 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
4 1 (25.00%) Digital Banking
4 1 (25.00%) Product Roadmap
4 1 (25.00%) Financial Institution
4 1 (25.00%) Finance
4 1 (25.00%) Banking

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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (25.00%) Banking
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Product Management
1 4 (100.00%) User Experience
1 4 (100.00%) User Stories
2 3 (75.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 3 (75.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 3 (75.00%) Business Analysis
2 3 (75.00%) Business Process Modelling
2 3 (75.00%) Business Strategy
2 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (75.00%) Decision-Making
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (75.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 3 (75.00%) Scrum
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (75.00%) UX Design
3 2 (50.00%) Analytics
4 1 (25.00%) Digital Banking
4 1 (25.00%) KYC
4 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Degree