Lead Product Owner Contract Job Trends in the North East

Lead Product Owner
England > North East

As of 4 October 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Lead Product Owner daily rate in the North East.

6 months to
4 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Product Owner 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 0.34% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £633 £650 £650
% change year-on-year -2.69% - -16.13%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North East. 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 the North East with a recognized job title 267 254 219
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.13% 88.50% 93.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 171 109 169
10th Percentile £188 £245 £254
25th Percentile £345 £388 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £428
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +5.02% -18.39%
75th Percentile £575 £585 £550
90th Percentile £650 £678 £631
England median daily rate £513 £525 £548
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.11% -0.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 23 9
10th Percentile £13.37 £15.35 £15.00
25th Percentile £14.13 £32.70 £16.25
Median hourly rate £19.25 £46.18 £32.00
Median % change year-on-year -58.32% +44.31% +82.86%
75th Percentile £28.31 £50.00 £46.18
90th Percentile £52.00 £70.00 -
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.90 £45.88
% change year-on-year -42.71% -4.32% +74.00%

Lead Product Owner
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Lead Product Owner job vacancy trend in the North East

Lead Product Owner
Contract Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Product Owner within the North East region over the 6 months to 4 October 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
Tyne and Wear - 1 - -
Lead Product Owner
England

Lead Product Owner Skill Set
Top 9 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East

For the 6 months to 4 October 2025, Lead 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 North East region featuring Lead Product Owner in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Internal Audit
1 1 (100.00%) Workday
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership

Lead Product Owner Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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%) Influencing Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Internal Audit
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Workday