Product Owner Contracts in Manchester

Product Owner
North West > Manchester

The median Product Owner daily rate in Manchester is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 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
2 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 90 104
Rank change year-on-year +13 +14 +23
Contract jobs requiring a Product Owner 3 6 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.32% 0.40% 0.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.41% 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 8
10th Percentile £583 £463 £450
25th Percentile £594 £500 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% -2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £664 £564 £588
90th Percentile £680 £584 -
North West median daily rate £613 £525 £538
% change year-on-year +16.67% -2.33% +7.50%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 867 1,447 1,824
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.73% 95.89% 96.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 611 1,001 1,359
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £395 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -1.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £584 £590
90th Percentile £675 £694 £663
North West median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 83 53
10th Percentile - £12.05 £14.33
25th Percentile £13.00 £13.31 £20.00
Median hourly rate £24.50 £24.19 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.28% -30.89% +100.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £62.50 £47.50
90th Percentile £74.50 £73.75 £69.20
North West median hourly rate £29.52 £26.39 £30.54
% change year-on-year +11.84% -13.59% +50.37%

Product Owner
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Product Owner in Manchester

Product Owner
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Product Owner in Manchester

Product Owner Skill Set
Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 2 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 Manchester region featuring Product Owner in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (33.33%) SAP
2 1 (33.33%) CRM
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) System Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Product Management
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) User Stories
2 1 (33.33%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (33.33%) User Experience
2 1 (33.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 1 (33.33%) Sprint Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Backlog Management
2 1 (33.33%) Backlog Refinement
2 1 (33.33%) Product Backlog
2 1 (33.33%) Product Vision
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps

Product Owner Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 1 (33.33%) SuccessFactors
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Agile
1 1 (33.33%) Backlog Management
1 1 (33.33%) Backlog Refinement
1 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (33.33%) CRM
1 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
1 1 (33.33%) Product Backlog
1 1 (33.33%) Product Management
1 1 (33.33%) Product Vision
1 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
1 1 (33.33%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
1 1 (33.33%) System Testing
1 1 (33.33%) User Experience
1 1 (33.33%) User Stories
1 1 (33.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 1 (33.33%) Validation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) SAP
30 Product Owner jobs in the North West