Product Ownership Contract Job Trends in Kent

Product Ownership
South East > Kent

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Product Ownership in contract job vacancies in Kent. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Product Ownership over the 6 months leading up to 10 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 - 21
Rank change year-on-year - - +24
Contract jobs citing Product Ownership 1 0 8
As % of all contract jobs in Kent 0.66% - 4.19%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.17% - 9.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 8
10th Percentile - - £449
25th Percentile £613 - £603
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - £700
Median % change year-on-year - - +55.56%
75th Percentile £638 - £750
90th Percentile - - £773
South East median daily rate £500 £575 £568
% change year-on-year -13.04% +1.32% +2.25%

All Generic Skills
Kent

Product Ownership falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Kent.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 46 57 85
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 30.46% 43.18% 44.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 30 54
10th Percentile £146 £205 £157
25th Percentile £311 £259 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £513 £364
Median % change year-on-year -14.63% +40.89% +1.95%
75th Percentile £453 £578 £474
90th Percentile £544 £623 £696
South East median daily rate £488 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 12
10th Percentile - - £16.58
25th Percentile £12.75 - £20.06
Median hourly rate £13.50 £67.02 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -79.86% +88.79% +18.02%
75th Percentile £14.25 - £55.00
90th Percentile - - £55.23
South East median hourly rate £22.50 £35.00 £51.24
% change year-on-year -35.71% -31.69% +39.42%

Product Ownership
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Product Ownership relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent.

Product Ownership job vacancy trend in Kent

Product Ownership
Daily Rate Trend in Kent

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Product Ownership.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Product Ownership

Product Ownership
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview
1 1 (100.00%) OneDrive
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Solutions Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (100.00%) Architecture Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Conflict Resolution
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft