CSPO Contract Job Trends in the South East

Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for CSPO qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 21 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 171 180 -
Rank change year-on-year +9 - -
Contract jobs citing CSPO 4 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.11% 0.024% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.27% 0.058% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £376 - -
25th Percentile £393 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £433 £475 -
Median % change year-on-year -8.95% - -
75th Percentile £468 - -
90th Percentile £483 - -
England median daily rate £390 £500 £531
% change year-on-year -22.00% -5.88% -11.46%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

CSPO falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the South East.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,456 1,716 2,227
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 39.99% 40.48% 40.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 950 1,097 1,365
10th Percentile £218 £300 £250
25th Percentile £405 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% +1.90%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £638
90th Percentile £650 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £528 £550
% change year-on-year -0.52% -4.05% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 105 138
10th Percentile - £22.44 £26.39
25th Percentile £18.87 £35.00 £50.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £60.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -58.08% - +33.33%
75th Percentile £41.00 £71.90 £72.33
90th Percentile £81.00 £92.22 £78.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £52.50 £53.50
% change year-on-year -52.10% -1.87% +18.89%

CSPO
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CSPO relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

CSPO job vacancy trend in the South East

CSPO
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing CSPO.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing CSPO

CSPO
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CSPO within the South East region over the 6 months to 21 October 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
Hampshire +11 3 £380 -20.00%
East Sussex - 1 £485 -
CSPO
England

CSPO
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) Confluence
1 1 (25.00%) WebSphere
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 4 (100.00%) Product Backlog
1 4 (100.00%) Scrum
1 4 (100.00%) User Stories
2 3 (75.00%) Backlog Management
2 3 (75.00%) SDLC
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Experience
3 1 (25.00%) Kanban
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Product Vision
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Story Mapping
3 1 (25.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) OCP
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA