Product Owner Contracts in Leeds

Product Owner
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Product Owner daily rate in Leeds is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 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
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 60 77
Rank change year-on-year +1 +17 +10
Contract jobs requiring a Product Owner 1 1 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leeds 0.21% 0.13% 1.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.14% 1.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 7
10th Percentile - - £493
25th Percentile £575 - £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £538
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.38%
75th Percentile £625 - £563
90th Percentile - - £600
West Yorkshire median daily rate £600 - £544
% change year-on-year - - +3.57%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Leeds

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Leeds. 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 Leeds with a recognized job title 453 724 1,311
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.21% 92.23% 98.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 301 454 950
10th Percentile £263 £300 £363
25th Percentile £358 £413 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £540
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -7.41% +8.00%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £625
90th Percentile £638 £675 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £498 £525
% change year-on-year -4.52% -5.24% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 13 13
10th Percentile £17.08 £11.24 £12.00
25th Percentile £31.47 £11.75 £15.75
Median hourly rate £41.00 £12.53 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year +227.21% -76.80% +141.07%
75th Percentile £98.56 £15.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £102.00 £17.67 -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £24.82 £14.34 £22.50
% change year-on-year +73.14% -36.29% +31.00%

Product Owner
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

Job postings that featured Product Owner in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Leeds.

Job vacancy trend for Product Owner in Leeds

Product Owner
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Product Owner in Leeds.

Daily rate trend for Product Owner in Leeds

Product Owner Skill Set
Top 5 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds

For the 6 months to 5 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 Leeds region featuring Product Owner in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 1 (100.00%) Product Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership

Product Owner Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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:

Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 1 (100.00%) Product Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management