Product Owner Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Product Owner
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Product Owner daily rate in Sheffield is £488, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Product Owner 12 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 1.72% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.89% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 0
10th Percentile £460 - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £488 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Sheffield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Sheffield. 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 Sheffield with a recognized job title 634 311 322
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.70% 87.11% 90.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 434 177 208
10th Percentile £316 £230 £371
25th Percentile £400 £425 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £479 £533 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.18% -3.09% -
75th Percentile £538 £600 £650
90th Percentile £611 £660 £720
South Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -9.52% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 6
10th Percentile £14.98 £13.14 £15.39
25th Percentile £16.68 £15.22 £18.88
Median hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £21.25
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -5.88% +11.84%
75th Percentile £22.33 £21.50 £23.75
90th Percentile £24.02 - £27.50
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -2.50% -11.11% +18.42%

Product Owner
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

Product Owner job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Product Owner
Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Product Owner job vacancies in Sheffield.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Product Owner job vacancies in Sheffield

Product Owner Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield

For the 6 months to 4 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 Sheffield region featuring Product Owner in the job title.

1 10 (83.33%) Roadmaps
2 9 (75.00%) KYC
2 9 (75.00%) Product Backlog
3 8 (66.67%) Agile
3 8 (66.67%) Product Vision
4 6 (50.00%) Backlog Management
4 6 (50.00%) Objectives and Key Results
5 5 (41.67%) Data Strategy
5 5 (41.67%) Decision-Making
5 5 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (41.67%) Product Strategy
5 5 (41.67%) Technology Strategy
6 4 (33.33%) Client Onboarding
6 4 (33.33%) IT Strategy
6 4 (33.33%) Minimum Viable Product
6 4 (33.33%) Project Management
6 4 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
6 4 (33.33%) Scrum
7 3 (25.00%) Business Analysis
7 3 (25.00%) Data Governance
7 3 (25.00%) Data Quality
7 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
7 3 (25.00%) Product Roadmap
7 3 (25.00%) SDLC
8 2 (16.67%) Acceptance Criteria
8 2 (16.67%) AWS
8 2 (16.67%) Azure
8 2 (16.67%) Business Case
8 2 (16.67%) CI/CD
8 2 (16.67%) Compliance Management

Product Owner Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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 2 (16.67%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) AWS
1 2 (16.67%) Azure
1 2 (16.67%) GCP
1 2 (16.67%) OpenShift
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 6 (50.00%) Finance
2 5 (41.67%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (25.00%) Banking
4 2 (16.67%) Legal
4 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 12 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 9 (75.00%) Onboarding
3 2 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (16.67%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (83.33%) Roadmaps
2 9 (75.00%) KYC
2 9 (75.00%) Product Backlog
3 8 (66.67%) Agile
3 8 (66.67%) Product Vision
4 6 (50.00%) Backlog Management
4 6 (50.00%) Objectives and Key Results
5 5 (41.67%) Data Strategy
5 5 (41.67%) Decision-Making
5 5 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (41.67%) Product Strategy
5 5 (41.67%) Technology Strategy
6 4 (33.33%) Client Onboarding
6 4 (33.33%) IT Strategy
6 4 (33.33%) Minimum Viable Product
6 4 (33.33%) Project Management
6 4 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
6 4 (33.33%) Scrum
7 3 (25.00%) Business Analysis
7 3 (25.00%) Data Governance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft