Product Ownership Contract Job Trends in Preston

Product Ownership
Lancashire > Preston

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Product Ownership in contract job vacancies in Preston. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Product Ownership over the 6 months leading up to 28 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 - 15
Rank change year-on-year - - -6
Contract jobs citing Product Ownership 7 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 7.53% - 4.48%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 31.82% - 17.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £550 - £648
% change year-on-year - - +23.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £39.47
25th Percentile - - £41.99
Median hourly rate £74.26 - £46.18
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median hourly rate £74.26 £46.18 £46.18
% change year-on-year +60.81% - +22.17%

All Generic Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 22 4 17
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 23.66% 10.53% 25.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 0 8
10th Percentile £202 - £345
25th Percentile £289 - £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £461 - £497
Median % change year-on-year - - +109.06%
75th Percentile £550 - £500
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median daily rate £500 £525 £575
% change year-on-year -4.76% -8.70% -14.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 8
10th Percentile - - £19.07
25th Percentile £41.94 - £33.50
Median hourly rate £47.12 £24.76 £43.24
Median % change year-on-year +90.31% -42.73% +35.94%
75th Percentile £70.16 - £45.96
90th Percentile £72.62 - £46.18
Lancashire median hourly rate £46.29 £24.76 £45.88
% change year-on-year +86.95% -46.03% +44.25%

Product Ownership
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Product Ownership relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston.

Product Ownership job vacancy trend in Preston

Product Ownership
Daily Rate Trend in Preston

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Product Ownership.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Product Ownership

Product Ownership
Hourly Rate Trend in Preston

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Product Ownership.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Product Ownership

Product Ownership
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (42.86%) SharePoint
2 1 (14.29%) SharePoint Server
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Entra ID
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) BGP
1 4 (57.14%) Firewall
1 4 (57.14%) Software-Defined Networking
1 4 (57.14%) VLAN
2 3 (42.86%) WebEx
3 2 (28.57%) Network Security
General
1 6 (85.71%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Legal
3 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Platform Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Software Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (28.57%) Data Centre
2 1 (14.29%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Linux
1 7 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
1 7 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Change Control
1 6 (85.71%) ITSM
1 6 (85.71%) Platform Engineering
1 6 (85.71%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (71.43%) Service Management
3 4 (57.14%) Containerisation
3 4 (57.14%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (57.14%) Knowledge Management
4 3 (42.86%) Acceptance Criteria
4 3 (42.86%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 3 (42.86%) Identity Access Management
4 3 (42.86%) Product Requirements
4 3 (42.86%) User Stories
5 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
5 2 (28.57%) Digital Engineering
5 2 (28.57%) Mobile Device Management
5 2 (28.57%) Performance Monitoring
5 2 (28.57%) Regulatory Compliance
5 2 (28.57%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) Bash
1 7 (100.00%) PowerShell
2 5 (71.43%) Perl
2 5 (71.43%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) SC Cleared
1 6 (85.71%) Security Cleared
2 4 (57.14%) CCDP
2 4 (57.14%) CCNA
2 4 (57.14%) CCNP
2 4 (57.14%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (28.57%) Degree
System Software
1 5 (71.43%) Active Directory
2 3 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (28.57%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 2 (28.57%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Red Hat
2 5 (71.43%) Citrix
2 5 (71.43%) VMware
3 3 (42.86%) Cisco
3 3 (42.86%) Microsoft