Senior Product Owner Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Senior Product Owner
North West > Manchester

The median Senior Product Owner daily rate in Manchester is £438, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 September 2026.

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

 6 months to
26 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 90 -
Rank change year-on-year -28 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Product Owner 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.051% 0.099% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.055% 0.11% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £419 £630 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £660 -
Median % change year-on-year -33.71% - -
75th Percentile £456 £690 -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £429 £660 -
% change year-on-year -35.04% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 1,811 933 1,107
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.51% 92.65% 94.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,039 596 657
10th Percentile £315 £303 £325
25th Percentile £413 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £458 £498
Median % change year-on-year +9.29% -8.04% -0.50%
75th Percentile £613 £575 £588
90th Percentile £703 £661 £685
North West median daily rate £500 £450 £490
% change year-on-year +11.11% -8.16% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 200 80 35
10th Percentile £23.91 £13.00 £15.55
25th Percentile £33.42 £16.89 £19.01
Median hourly rate £60.00 £22.32 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +168.88% -36.24% +84.21%
75th Percentile £73.75 £32.44 £63.75
90th Percentile £77.63 £63.88 £85.60
North West median hourly rate £45.56 £25.15 £37.00
% change year-on-year +81.13% -32.03% +21.15%

Senior Product Owner
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Senior Product Owner job vacancy trend in Manchester

Senior Product Owner
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Product Owner job vacancies in Manchester.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Product Owner job vacancies in Manchester

Senior Product Owner Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 26 September 2026, Senior 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 Manchester region featuring Senior Product Owner in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Management
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Product Backlog
1 1 (100.00%) Product Management
1 1 (100.00%) Product Vision
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation

Senior Product Owner Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Management
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Product Backlog
1 1 (100.00%) Product Management
1 1 (100.00%) Product Vision
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
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