Product Owner Contracts in Reading

Product Owner
Berkshire > Reading

The median Product Owner daily rate in Reading is £682 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 96 69 92
Rank change year-on-year -27 +23 -27
Contract jobs requiring a Product Owner 5 19 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.43% 1.87% 0.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% 1.95% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 9 4
10th Percentile £595 - £477
25th Percentile £625 £450 £499
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £682 £500 £514
Median % change year-on-year +36.40% -2.75% +8.24%
75th Percentile £715 £588 £572
90th Percentile £715 £690 £671
Berkshire median daily rate £650 £450 £517
% change year-on-year +44.44% -12.96% +13.01%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 1,088 973 1,284
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.83% 95.96% 95.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 622 656 872
10th Percentile £213 £363 £176
25th Percentile £413 £460 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £495
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +11.11% +4.21%
75th Percentile £624 £655 £595
90th Percentile £688 £721 £650
Berkshire median daily rate £513 £525 £488
% change year-on-year -2.38% +7.69% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 23 7
10th Percentile £35.70 £45.50 £12.30
25th Percentile £52.90 £53.00 £17.63
Median hourly rate £61.60 £65.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.23% +150.00% -26.76%
75th Percentile £73.50 £74.40 £32.50
90th Percentile £87.46 £79.19 £33.50
Berkshire median hourly rate £59.15 £56.89 £19.25
% change year-on-year +3.98% +195.51% -8.55%

Product Owner
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings that featured Product Owner in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for Product Owner in Reading

Product Owner
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Product Owner in Reading.

Daily rate trend for Product Owner in Reading

Product Owner Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 8 May 2024, Product Owner contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Reading region featuring Product Owner in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) Billing
1 5 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 4 (80.00%) Product Roadmap
2 4 (80.00%) Business Strategy
2 4 (80.00%) Roadmaps
2 4 (80.00%) Product Management
2 4 (80.00%) Contingency Planning
2 4 (80.00%) Matrix Organization
2 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 4 (80.00%) Scrum
2 4 (80.00%) Backlog Management
2 4 (80.00%) Product Backlog
3 3 (60.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 3 (60.00%) Epics
3 3 (60.00%) User Stories
3 3 (60.00%) Technology Roadmap
4 1 (20.00%) Contract Management
4 1 (20.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) Social Skills

Product Owner Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

General
1 5 (100.00%) Billing
2 4 (80.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
2 4 (80.00%) Backlog Management
2 4 (80.00%) Business Strategy
2 4 (80.00%) Contingency Planning
2 4 (80.00%) Matrix Organization
2 4 (80.00%) Product Backlog
2 4 (80.00%) Product Management
2 4 (80.00%) Product Roadmap
2 4 (80.00%) Roadmaps
2 4 (80.00%) Scrum
3 3 (60.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 3 (60.00%) Epics
3 3 (60.00%) Technology Roadmap
3 3 (60.00%) User Stories
4 1 (20.00%) Contract Management
4 1 (20.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management