Digital Product Owner Contract Job Trends in England

Digital Product Owner
UK > England

The median Digital Product Owner daily rate in England is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 536 496 558
Rank change year-on-year -40 +62 +169
Contract jobs requiring a Digital Product Owner 8 11 13
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.026% 0.036% 0.034%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% 0.039% 0.036%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 7 7
10th Percentile £428 £333 £450
25th Percentile £494 £350 £518
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £425 £640
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% -33.59% +28.00%
75th Percentile £638 £569 £681
90th Percentile £643 £660 £693
UK median daily rate £550 £425 £640
% change year-on-year +29.41% -33.59% +28.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 28,233 28,165 35,983
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.17% 92.89% 93.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,092 17,437 24,751
10th Percentile £285 £300 £294
25th Percentile £405 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -3.38% -1.69% -2.91%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,705 974 1,399
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.34 £15.32
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.05 £19.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.25 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.48% -17.22% +36.36%
75th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.50 £74.42 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £44.00
% change year-on-year -27.63% -21.02% +40.98%

Digital Product Owner
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Digital Product Owner' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Digital Product Owner job vacancy trend in England

Digital Product Owner
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Digital Product Owner job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Digital Product Owner job vacancies in England

Digital Product Owner
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Digital Product Owner in England over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Digital Product Owner in England

Digital Product Owner
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Product Owner within the England region over the 6 months to 13 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
London -6 5 £588 -9.62% 3
South East -15 2 £600 +71.43% 3
North West -15 1 £475 +11.76%
North of England -40 1 £475 +11.76%
Digital Product Owner
UK

Digital Product Owner Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 13 December 2025, Digital 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 England region featuring Digital Product Owner in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Agile
2 5 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (62.50%) Roadmaps
2 5 (62.50%) User Stories
3 4 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 4 (50.00%) Customer-Centricity
3 4 (50.00%) Product Backlog
4 3 (37.50%) Business Strategy
4 3 (37.50%) Customer Experience
4 3 (37.50%) E-Commerce
4 3 (37.50%) JIRA
4 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (37.50%) Strategic Roadmap
4 3 (37.50%) User Experience
5 2 (25.00%) Backlog Management
5 2 (25.00%) Backlog Refinement
5 2 (25.00%) Confluence
5 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (25.00%) Digital Engineering
5 2 (25.00%) Epics
5 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
5 2 (25.00%) Product Management
5 2 (25.00%) Product Roadmap
5 2 (25.00%) Product Vision
5 2 (25.00%) Scrum
5 2 (25.00%) Sprint Planning
5 2 (25.00%) Sprint Review
5 2 (25.00%) User Research
5 2 (25.00%) UX Design
6 1 (12.50%) ADO

Digital Product Owner Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 2 (25.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) JIRA
General
1 4 (50.00%) Finance
2 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Banking
3 2 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Retail
4 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 8 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (12.50%) Online Banking
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Agile
2 5 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (62.50%) Roadmaps
2 5 (62.50%) User Stories
3 4 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 4 (50.00%) Customer-Centricity
3 4 (50.00%) Product Backlog
4 3 (37.50%) Business Strategy
4 3 (37.50%) Customer Experience
4 3 (37.50%) E-Commerce
4 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (37.50%) Strategic Roadmap
4 3 (37.50%) User Experience
5 2 (25.00%) Backlog Management
5 2 (25.00%) Backlog Refinement
5 2 (25.00%) Digital Engineering
5 2 (25.00%) Product Vision
5 2 (25.00%) Sprint Planning
5 2 (25.00%) Sprint Review
5 2 (25.00%) User Research
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) CA Agile Central