Product Ownership Contracts in Reading

Product Ownership
Berkshire > Reading

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Product Ownership in contract job vacancies in Reading. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Product Ownership over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 50 40
Rank change year-on-year +16 -10 +8
Contract jobs citing Product Ownership 26 41 50
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 4.36% 3.44% 4.80%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 15.76% 13.02% 15.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 23 34
10th Percentile £477 £430 £454
25th Percentile £494 £545 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £650 £550
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +18.18% +18.92%
75th Percentile £638 £688 £600
90th Percentile £650 £696 £700
Berkshire median daily rate £504 £613 £525
% change year-on-year -17.80% +16.67% +5.00%

All Generic Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 165 315 326
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 27.64% 26.43% 31.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 190 223
10th Percentile £300 £205 £347
25th Percentile £419 £213 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.40% -9.09% +7.32%
75th Percentile £629 £608 £654
90th Percentile £650 £650 £721
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 9
10th Percentile - £42.31 £45.70
25th Percentile - £52.90 £63.14
Median hourly rate £29.00 £60.89 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.38% -13.01% +169.23%
75th Percentile - £63.29 £79.19
90th Percentile - £69.62 -
Berkshire median hourly rate £61.50 £42.50 £64.68
% change year-on-year +44.69% -34.29% +187.64%

Product Ownership
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings citing Product Ownership as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for Product Ownership in Reading

Product Ownership
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Product Ownership in Reading

Product Ownership
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Ownership in Reading over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Product Ownership in Reading

Product Ownership
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (7.69%) Appian
2 1 (3.85%) CMS
Business Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 9 (34.62%) Azure
2 6 (23.08%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 6 (23.08%) Azure Data Factory
2 6 (23.08%) Azure Functions
2 6 (23.08%) Azure Monitor
2 6 (23.08%) Serverless
3 4 (15.38%) Entra ID
4 3 (11.54%) AWS
4 3 (11.54%) Oracle CX
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.54%) Broadband
2 2 (7.69%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (19.23%) NoSQL
2 1 (3.85%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 5 (19.23%) Git
2 3 (11.54%) JIRA
2 3 (11.54%) Selenium
3 1 (3.85%) Oracle Forms
General
1 11 (42.31%) Telecoms
2 8 (30.77%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (23.08%) Social Skills
4 2 (7.69%) Finance
4 2 (7.69%) Legal
Job Titles
1 7 (26.92%) Product Owner
2 6 (23.08%) Azure Developer
2 6 (23.08%) Developer
2 6 (23.08%) Python Developer
3 5 (19.23%) Full-Stack Developer
3 5 (19.23%) Full-Stack Python Developer
3 5 (19.23%) React Developer
3 5 (19.23%) Scrum Master
4 3 (11.54%) Analyst
4 3 (11.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) Agile Product Owner
5 2 (7.69%) Agile Scrum Master
5 2 (7.69%) Business Analyst
5 2 (7.69%) Lead
6 1 (3.85%) Agile Delivery Lead
6 1 (3.85%) IT Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Product Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (23.08%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.69%) Cloud Native
1 2 (7.69%) Cyberattack
1 2 (7.69%) Management Information System
1 2 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.54%) Linux
1 3 (11.54%) Windows
2 1 (3.85%) AIX
2 1 (3.85%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (65.38%) Agile
2 13 (50.00%) Roadmaps
3 11 (42.31%) Product Backlog
4 10 (38.46%) Scrum
5 9 (34.62%) Product Roadmap
6 7 (26.92%) Backlog Prioritisation
6 7 (26.92%) CI/CD
7 6 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (23.08%) DevOps
7 6 (23.08%) Microservices
7 6 (23.08%) Sprint Planning
8 5 (19.23%) Full-Stack Development
8 5 (19.23%) SDLC
8 5 (19.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 4 (15.38%) B2B
9 4 (15.38%) Coaching
9 4 (15.38%) CRM
9 4 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (15.38%) Use Case
9 4 (15.38%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 8 (30.77%) Python
2 3 (11.54%) Java
3 2 (7.69%) Bash
3 2 (7.69%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (7.69%) Degree
2 1 (3.85%) IIBA
2 1 (3.85%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.85%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.85%) NIST
System Software
1 6 (23.08%) Active Directory
2 2 (7.69%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (3.85%) Docker
3 1 (3.85%) Hyper-V
3 1 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (11.54%) Ansible
1 3 (11.54%) Progress Chef
1 3 (11.54%) Puppet
2 2 (7.69%) Terraform
3 1 (3.85%) Kubernetes
3 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (3.85%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (26.92%) Microsoft
2 4 (15.38%) Oracle
3 2 (7.69%) Blue Prism
3 2 (7.69%) Cisco
3 2 (7.69%) Nokia
3 2 (7.69%) Rakuten
3 2 (7.69%) Salesforce
3 2 (7.69%) VMware