Product Owner Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Product Owner
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median Product Owner daily rate in Milton Keynes is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 February 2026.

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

 6 months to
27 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 40 45
Rank change year-on-year -10 +5 +27
Contract jobs requiring a Product Owner 3 2 7
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 0.64% 0.92% 1.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.68% 0.96% 1.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 5
10th Percentile - £564 -
25th Percentile £513 £566 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £588 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.64% +6.82% +1.38%
75th Percentile £563 £616 £660
90th Percentile £578 £621 -
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £525 £588 £550
% change year-on-year -10.64% +6.82% +1.38%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Milton Keynes

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Milton Keynes. 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 Milton Keynes with a recognized job title 442 209 460
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.65% 95.87% 94.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 302 156 350
10th Percentile £305 £250 £274
25th Percentile £402 £370 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £470 £475
Median % change year-on-year +7.45% -1.05% -
75th Percentile £588 £588 £595
90th Percentile £640 £650 £660
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 4 32
10th Percentile £15.36 £13.65 £15.85
25th Percentile £16.35 £16.13 £17.91
Median hourly rate £29.61 £18.85 £22.51
Median % change year-on-year +57.08% -16.26% +18.47%
75th Percentile £36.00 £32.88 £27.75
90th Percentile £39.63 £55.15 £48.75
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £22.21 £24.00 £22.52
% change year-on-year -7.47% +6.57% +32.47%

Product Owner
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Product Owner job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Product Owner
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Product Owner job vacancies in Milton Keynes.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Product Owner job vacancies in Milton Keynes

Product Owner Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes

For the 6 months to 27 February 2026, 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 Milton Keynes region featuring Product Owner in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Scrum
2 2 (66.67%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 2 (66.67%) Backlog Refinement
2 2 (66.67%) Data Modelling
2 2 (66.67%) Flutter
2 2 (66.67%) JSON
2 2 (66.67%) Kanban
2 2 (66.67%) Kotlin
2 2 (66.67%) Performance Metrics
2 2 (66.67%) Product Roadmap
2 2 (66.67%) QA
2 2 (66.67%) React
2 2 (66.67%) Roadmaps
2 2 (66.67%) Sprint Planning
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) User Experience
2 2 (66.67%) User Stories
2 2 (66.67%) UX Design
2 2 (66.67%) XML
3 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Product Management
3 1 (33.33%) Product Vision
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement

Product Owner Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Flutter
1 2 (66.67%) JSON
1 2 (66.67%) React
1 2 (66.67%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Scrum
2 2 (66.67%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 2 (66.67%) Backlog Refinement
2 2 (66.67%) Data Modelling
2 2 (66.67%) Kanban
2 2 (66.67%) Performance Metrics
2 2 (66.67%) Product Roadmap
2 2 (66.67%) Roadmaps
2 2 (66.67%) Sprint Planning
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) User Experience
2 2 (66.67%) User Stories
2 2 (66.67%) UX Design
3 1 (33.33%) Product Management
3 1 (33.33%) Product Vision
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) QA
Product Owner jobs