Product Owner Contracts in the South East

Product Owner
England > South East

The median Product Owner daily rate in the South East is £504, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 134 165 177
Rank change year-on-year +31 +12 +36
Contract jobs requiring a Product Owner 16 22 44
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.53% 0.40% 0.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.58% 0.44% 0.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 15 28
10th Percentile £344 £403 £339
25th Percentile £450 £456 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.45% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £550 £687 £625
90th Percentile £588 £715 £670
England median daily rate £525 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £88.50 - £101.75
Median hourly rate £92.00 - £103.50
75th Percentile £95.50 - £105.25
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £92.54 - £103.50

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 2,740 5,034 5,296
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.39% 92.30% 94.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,829 3,026 3,697
10th Percentile £230 £214 £220
25th Percentile £375 £400 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.01%
75th Percentile £600 £619 £603
90th Percentile £661 £688 £700
England median daily rate £523 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.38% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 161 484 231
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.79 £16.25
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.20 £21.97
Median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.40
Median % change year-on-year -31.58% -1.86% +142.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.35 £75.00
England median hourly rate £30.00 £36.92 £44.77
% change year-on-year -18.73% -17.54% +94.63%

Product Owner
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Product Owner in the South East

Product Owner
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Product Owner in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Product Owner in the South East

Product Owner
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Owner in the South East over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Product Owner in the South East

Product Owner
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Product Owner in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Product Owner in the South East

Product Owner
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 Product Owner within the South East region over the 6 months to 19 May 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
Thames Valley +37 9 £527 -15.72% 10
Berkshire +30 7 £504 -22.54% 6
West Sussex +16 3 £444 +10.94%
Hampshire +28 2 £454 +0.83% 2
Buckinghamshire +15 2 £575 +4.55% 3
Surrey +10 1 - - 4
East Sussex - 1 £500 -
Product Owner
England

Product Owner Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 19 May 2025, 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 South East region featuring Product Owner in the job title.

1 16 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 11 (68.75%) Agile
3 10 (62.50%) Roadmaps
4 7 (43.75%) Social Skills
4 7 (43.75%) User Stories
5 6 (37.50%) Scrum
6 5 (31.25%) Product Management
6 5 (31.25%) Telecoms
7 4 (25.00%) Acceptance Criteria
7 4 (25.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
8 3 (18.75%) Product Strategy
8 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (18.75%) Epics
8 3 (18.75%) Sprint Planning
8 3 (18.75%) Product Roadmap
8 3 (18.75%) Strategic Roadmap
8 3 (18.75%) Public Sector
8 3 (18.75%) User Experience
8 3 (18.75%) Security Operations
8 3 (18.75%) Wireframes
8 3 (18.75%) B2B
8 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
8 3 (18.75%) JIRA
9 2 (12.50%) PLM
9 2 (12.50%) QA
9 2 (12.50%) Kanban
9 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
9 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 2 (12.50%) Project Management
9 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills

Product Owner Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (12.50%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 3 (18.75%) JIRA
2 1 (6.25%) Balsamiq
General
1 7 (43.75%) Social Skills
2 5 (31.25%) Telecoms
3 3 (18.75%) Public Sector
4 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (6.25%) Automotive
5 1 (6.25%) Finance
5 1 (6.25%) Marketing
5 1 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 16 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (6.25%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (68.75%) Agile
2 10 (62.50%) Roadmaps
3 7 (43.75%) User Stories
4 6 (37.50%) Scrum
5 5 (31.25%) Product Management
6 4 (25.00%) Acceptance Criteria
6 4 (25.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
7 3 (18.75%) B2B
7 3 (18.75%) Epics
7 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (18.75%) Product Roadmap
7 3 (18.75%) Product Strategy
7 3 (18.75%) Security Operations
7 3 (18.75%) Sprint Planning
7 3 (18.75%) Strategic Roadmap
7 3 (18.75%) User Experience
7 3 (18.75%) Wireframes
8 2 (12.50%) Kanban
8 2 (12.50%) PLM
8 2 (12.50%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) Degree
2 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft