Lead Product Owner Contract Job Trends in England

Lead Product Owner
UK > England

The median Lead Product Owner daily rate in England is £616, 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 540 506 570
Rank change year-on-year -34 +64 +163
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Product Owner 4 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.013% 0.003% 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.014% 0.004% 0.003%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £577 - -
25th Percentile £579 - £663
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £616 - £675
Median % change year-on-year - - -12.90%
75th Percentile £662 - £688
90th Percentile £669 - -
UK median daily rate £600 - £675
% change year-on-year - - -12.90%

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%

Lead Product Owner
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Lead Product Owner job vacancy trend in England

Lead Product Owner
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Lead 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 Lead 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 - 3 £616 -
North East - 1 - -
North of England - 1 - -
Lead Product Owner
UK

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

For the 6 months to 13 December 2025, Lead 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 Lead Product Owner in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Data Management
2 2 (50.00%) GDPR
2 2 (50.00%) Information Security
2 2 (50.00%) Internal Audit
2 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (50.00%) Workday
3 1 (25.00%) AI
3 1 (25.00%) Backlog Management
3 1 (25.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 1 (25.00%) Behavioural Change
3 1 (25.00%) Business Case
3 1 (25.00%) Chatbot
3 1 (25.00%) Conversational AI
3 1 (25.00%) Conversational UI
3 1 (25.00%) Cost Reduction
3 1 (25.00%) CRM
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Experience
3 1 (25.00%) Data Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) Digital Customer Experience
3 1 (25.00%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (25.00%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (25.00%) Fintech
3 1 (25.00%) Generative AI
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Management
3 1 (25.00%) Product Backlog
3 1 (25.00%) Product Management

Lead 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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Dynamics 365
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Data Management
2 2 (50.00%) Information Security
2 2 (50.00%) Internal Audit
2 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (25.00%) Backlog Management
3 1 (25.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 1 (25.00%) Behavioural Change
3 1 (25.00%) Business Case
3 1 (25.00%) Conversational UI
3 1 (25.00%) Cost Reduction
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Experience
3 1 (25.00%) Data Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) Digital Customer Experience
3 1 (25.00%) Product Backlog
3 1 (25.00%) Product Roadmap
3 1 (25.00%) Product Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Workday
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft