Product Owner Contract Job Trends in the North East

Product Owner
England > North East

As of 31 December 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Product Owner daily rate in the North East.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 - 31
Rank change year-on-year - - +31
Contract jobs requiring a Product Owner 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 0.24% - 0.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% - 0.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £485
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.00%
75th Percentile - - £503
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £525 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 394 265 238
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.17% 89.53% 93.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 274 139 163
10th Percentile £163 £249 £201
25th Percentile £350 £348 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £435
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +9.20% -17.14%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £575
90th Percentile £600 £658 £703
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 14 17
10th Percentile £16.86 £16.99 £14.48
25th Percentile £18.72 £27.32 £15.50
Median hourly rate £42.00 £46.18 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -9.05% - +29.17%
75th Percentile £53.75 - £48.75
90th Percentile £56.50 - £63.50
England median hourly rate £27.21 £35.00 £45.88
% change year-on-year -22.26% -23.71% +39.03%

Product Owner
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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 the North East.

Product Owner job vacancy trend in the North East

Product Owner
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Product Owner job vacancies in the North East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Product Owner job vacancies in the North East

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 Product Owner within the North East region over the 6 months to 31 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
Tyne and Wear - 1 - -
Product Owner
England

Product Owner Skill Set
Top 7 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East

For the 6 months to 31 December 2025, 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 Product Owner in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Internal Audit
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Workday

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