Product Ownership
North West > Merseyside
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Product Ownership in contract job vacancies in Merseyside. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Product Ownership over the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 20 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 39 | 28 | 24 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -11 | -4 | +19 |
| Contract jobs citing Product Ownership | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Merseyside | 0.38% | 2.19% | 1.74% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | 1.15% | 8.93% | 10.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £418 | £413 | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £435 | £425 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.35% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £453 | £438 | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| North West median daily rate | £500 | £456 | £548 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.59% | -16.67% | +9.50% |
All Generic Skills
Merseyside
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 Merseyside.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 87 | 56 | 30 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside | 33.46% | 24.56% | 17.44% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 42 | 33 | 14 |
| 10th Percentile | £147 | £141 | £193 |
| 25th Percentile | £151 | £160 | £234 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £406 | £250 | £400 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +62.50% | -37.50% | -11.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £535 | £488 | £573 |
| 90th Percentile | £684 | £548 | £651 |
| North West median daily rate | £450 | £486 | £513 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.41% | -5.17% | +2.50% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £18.46 | £18.80 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.62 | £19.11 | £22.63 |
| Median hourly rate | £17.00 | £20.19 | £29.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -15.79% | -30.38% | +65.15% |
| 75th Percentile | £18.54 | £21.60 | £29.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £19.89 | £22.44 | £29.80 |
| North West median hourly rate | £45.46 | £30.12 | £42.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +50.95% | -29.14% | +37.83% |
Product Ownership
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Product Ownership relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside.
Product Ownership
Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Product Ownership.
Product Ownership
Contract Job Locations in Merseyside
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Product Ownership within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liverpool | -8 | 1 | £435 | - | 1 |
| Product Ownership North West |
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Product Ownership
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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:
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