Product Ownership Contracts in the South East

Product Ownership
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Product Ownership in contract job vacancies advertised in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Product Ownership over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 85 49 63
Rank change year-on-year -36 +14 +7
Contract jobs citing Product Ownership 123 262 291
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 2.23% 4.49% 3.75%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.82% 13.23% 10.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 193 180
10th Percentile £450 £370 £400
25th Percentile £523 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% +4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £738 £650 £625
90th Percentile - £700 £675
England median daily rate £571 £570 £550
% change year-on-year +0.22% +3.64% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 3
10th Percentile - £65.53 £58.13
25th Percentile - £71.56 £59.64
Median hourly rate - £83.25 £62.15
Median % change year-on-year - +33.95% +143.73%
75th Percentile - £95.06 -
90th Percentile - £101.18 -
England median hourly rate £57.44 £85.00 £62.15
% change year-on-year -32.42% +36.77% +15.09%

All Generic Skills
South East

Product Ownership is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,573 1,980 2,653
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 28.47% 33.97% 34.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 919 1,340 1,705
10th Percentile £205 £213 £213
25th Percentile £359 £386 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £514 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.68% +2.75% +11.11%
75th Percentile £608 £650 £600
90th Percentile £688 £725 £675
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 152 89 121
10th Percentile £11.72 £18.25 £16.11
25th Percentile £18.35 £20.50 £17.50
Median hourly rate £47.19 £52.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.12% +144.19% -33.85%
75th Percentile £61.30 £67.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £63.25
England median hourly rate £30.00 £22.50 £26.98
% change year-on-year +33.33% -16.60% +1.24%

Product Ownership
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Product Ownership as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Product Ownership in the South East

Product Ownership
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Product Ownership in the South East

Product Ownership
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Ownership in the South East over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Product Ownership in the South East

Product Ownership
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Product Ownership in the South East

Product Ownership
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 Ownership within the South East region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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 -44 65 £565 +2.73% 29
Berkshire -31 52 £625 +19.22% 18
Hampshire +2 36 £725 +38.10% 25
Surrey -9 12 £613 -5.77% 10
Buckinghamshire -18 11 £550 -8.33% 7
West Sussex +2 7 £400 -31.03%
Oxfordshire +3 2 £488 -2.50% 4
East Sussex +1 2 £775 +24.00% 4
Kent - 1 £825 - 3
Product Ownership
England

Product Ownership
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (2.44%) Confluence
2 2 (1.63%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 2 (1.63%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.81%) Apache Solr
3 1 (0.81%) CICS
3 1 (0.81%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (1.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.81%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.63%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (1.63%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 28 (22.76%) Azure
2 19 (15.45%) Azure Data Factory
3 15 (12.20%) Azure Monitor
4 14 (11.38%) Azure Functions
4 14 (11.38%) Serverless
5 13 (10.57%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 12 (9.76%) Entra ID
7 7 (5.69%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (4.88%) Figma
9 5 (4.07%) PaaS
10 4 (3.25%) Azure Service Bus
10 4 (3.25%) Power Platform
11 3 (2.44%) AWS
11 3 (2.44%) SaaS
12 2 (1.63%) Azure AKS
12 2 (1.63%) Azure API Management
12 2 (1.63%) Azure Logic Apps
12 2 (1.63%) Dynamics 365
13 1 (0.81%) GitHub Actions
13 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.81%) 3G
1 1 (0.81%) 4G
1 1 (0.81%) 5G
1 1 (0.81%) ATM
1 1 (0.81%) Broadband
1 1 (0.81%) DSL
1 1 (0.81%) LAN
1 1 (0.81%) Network Security
1 1 (0.81%) SMS
1 1 (0.81%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (12.20%) NoSQL
2 6 (4.88%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (3.25%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (3.25%) Power BI
4 2 (1.63%) Redis
4 2 (1.63%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.81%) Couchbase
5 1 (0.81%) DB2
5 1 (0.81%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.81%) MySQL
5 1 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.81%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.81%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 15 (12.20%) Git
2 11 (8.94%) JIRA
3 2 (1.63%) Postman
4 1 (0.81%) CircleCI
4 1 (0.81%) Gradle
4 1 (0.81%) JUnit
4 1 (0.81%) Selenium
General
1 50 (40.65%) Social Skills
2 45 (36.59%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (17.89%) Finance
4 12 (9.76%) Marketing
5 9 (7.32%) Billing
6 8 (6.50%) Telecoms
7 6 (4.88%) Pharmaceutical
7 6 (4.88%) Retail
8 4 (3.25%) Legal
8 4 (3.25%) Manufacturing
8 4 (3.25%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (3.25%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.63%) Automotive
9 2 (1.63%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.63%) Publishing
10 1 (0.81%) Banking
10 1 (0.81%) Electronics
10 1 (0.81%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.81%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 30 (24.39%) Architect
2 28 (22.76%) Solutions Architect
3 25 (20.33%) Product Owner
4 23 (18.70%) Java Architect
4 23 (18.70%) Java Solutions Architect
5 17 (13.82%) Developer
6 15 (12.20%) Azure Developer
7 13 (10.57%) Full Stack Developer
8 10 (8.13%) Analyst
9 7 (5.69%) Business Analyst
10 6 (4.88%) Designer
10 6 (4.88%) Product Designer
10 6 (4.88%) Scrum Master
11 5 (4.07%) Data Engineer
11 5 (4.07%) Full Stack Python Developer
11 5 (4.07%) Lead
11 5 (4.07%) Python Developer
11 5 (4.07%) Senior
11 5 (4.07%) Technical Leader
12 4 (3.25%) Applications Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (10.57%) React
2 4 (3.25%) HTML
2 4 (3.25%) XML
3 2 (1.63%) .NET
3 2 (1.63%) OpenAPI
3 2 (1.63%) REST
3 2 (1.63%) RESTful
3 2 (1.63%) Swagger
4 1 (0.81%) Android Jetpack
4 1 (0.81%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (0.81%) Dagger
4 1 (0.81%) Entity Framework
4 1 (0.81%) HTML5
4 1 (0.81%) Jetpack Compose
4 1 (0.81%) Ktor
4 1 (0.81%) OkHttp
4 1 (0.81%) OpenID
4 1 (0.81%) Retrofit
4 1 (0.81%) Smarty
4 1 (0.81%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.25%) Data Protection Act
1 4 (3.25%) IoT
1 4 (3.25%) Management Information System
1 4 (3.25%) Smart Meter
2 3 (2.44%) Cyberattack
2 3 (2.44%) Virtual Team
3 2 (1.63%) Mobile App
4 1 (0.81%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.81%) EPoS
4 1 (0.81%) FMCG
4 1 (0.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (0.81%) Graphic Design
4 1 (0.81%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (0.81%) iPad
4 1 (0.81%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (0.81%) Legacy Code
4 1 (0.81%) Public Cloud
4 1 (0.81%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 8 (6.50%) Linux
2 6 (4.88%) Windows
3 4 (3.25%) Unix
4 2 (1.63%) Android
5 1 (0.81%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.81%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (51.22%) Agile
2 40 (32.52%) Scrum
3 37 (30.08%) Problem-Solving
4 32 (26.02%) Product Backlog
5 29 (23.58%) DevOps
6 27 (21.95%) Translating Business Requirements
7 24 (19.51%) GAP Analysis
8 22 (17.89%) Roadmaps
9 20 (16.26%) User Stories
10 17 (13.82%) CI/CD
10 17 (13.82%) SDLC
11 16 (13.01%) Microservices
12 15 (12.20%) Product Roadmap
13 14 (11.38%) Backlog Management
13 14 (11.38%) Full Stack Development
14 13 (10.57%) Continuous Improvement
15 12 (9.76%) Business Strategy
15 12 (9.76%) Project Management
15 12 (9.76%) User Experience
16 11 (8.94%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 28 (22.76%) Java
2 14 (11.38%) Python
2 14 (11.38%) SQL
3 5 (4.07%) C#
3 5 (4.07%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.63%) C
4 2 (1.63%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.81%) COBOL
5 1 (0.81%) JCL
5 1 (0.81%) Kotlin
5 1 (0.81%) PHP
Qualifications
1 28 (22.76%) Security Cleared
2 22 (17.89%) DV Cleared
3 10 (8.13%) Degree
4 3 (2.44%) CSPO
4 3 (2.44%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.81%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.81%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (0.81%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (12.20%) QA
2 8 (6.50%) GDPR
3 2 (1.63%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.63%) PMO
4 1 (0.81%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 14 (11.38%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.81%) AppManager
1 1 (0.81%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 11 (8.94%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.25%) Ab Initio
3 3 (2.44%) Adobe
4 2 (1.63%) Citrix
4 2 (1.63%) Salesforce
4 2 (1.63%) SAP
5 1 (0.81%) Ariba
5 1 (0.81%) Atlassian
5 1 (0.81%) BT
5 1 (0.81%) Concur
5 1 (0.81%) Google
5 1 (0.81%) HP
5 1 (0.81%) Juniper