Product Owner Contracts in the South West

Product Owner
England > South West

The median Product Owner daily rate in the South West is £456, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 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
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 152 148
Rank change year-on-year +46 -4 0
Contract jobs requiring a Product Owner 6 4 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.36% 0.13% 0.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 0.14% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 17
10th Percentile £416 £550 £545
25th Percentile £422 £569 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £600 £650
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% -7.69% +18.18%
75th Percentile £481 £644 -
90th Percentile £493 £663 £682
England median daily rate £538 £586 £600
% change year-on-year -8.32% -2.29% +9.09%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 1,534 2,937 3,249
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.75% 93.09% 92.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 977 1,862 2,432
10th Percentile £217 £210 £275
25th Percentile £380 £397 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% +5.00%
75th Percentile £613 £613 £638
90th Percentile £688 £700 £718
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.10% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 149 410 258
10th Percentile £18.51 £14.00 £17.92
25th Percentile £25.75 £27.50 £49.17
Median hourly rate £62.50 £55.00 £64.15
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -14.26% +35.04%
75th Percentile £68.00 £71.25 £72.53
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.55 £83.40
England median hourly rate £30.20 £37.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -18.77% -17.38% +95.65%

Product Owner
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Product Owner in the South West

Product Owner
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Product Owner in the South West

Product Owner
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 15 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
Bristol +19 4 £456 -22.38% 3
Somerset - 2 - - 4
Product Owner
England

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

For the 6 months to 15 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 West region featuring Product Owner in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Agile
1 6 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 5 (83.33%) Product Backlog
3 4 (66.67%) Roadmaps
3 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 4 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (66.67%) Product Management
3 4 (66.67%) Project Management
3 4 (66.67%) Product Roadmap
4 3 (50.00%) Market Research
4 3 (50.00%) Project Delivery
4 3 (50.00%) Agile Project Management
4 3 (50.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
5 2 (33.33%) Human-Centred Design
5 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
5 2 (33.33%) Knowledge Discovery
5 2 (33.33%) Finance
5 2 (33.33%) Wealth Management
5 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
5 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
6 1 (16.67%) UX Design
6 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (16.67%) PLM
6 1 (16.67%) Azure
6 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (16.67%) Straight-Through Processing
6 1 (16.67%) QA
6 1 (16.67%) Coaching
6 1 (16.67%) User Experience
6 1 (16.67%) Software Delivery

Product Owner Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (16.67%) Pendo
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Agile
2 5 (83.33%) Product Backlog
3 4 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (66.67%) Product Management
3 4 (66.67%) Product Roadmap
3 4 (66.67%) Project Management
3 4 (66.67%) Roadmaps
4 3 (50.00%) Agile Project Management
4 3 (50.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 3 (50.00%) Market Research
4 3 (50.00%) Project Delivery
5 2 (33.33%) Human-Centred Design
5 2 (33.33%) Knowledge Discovery
5 2 (33.33%) Wealth Management
6 1 (16.67%) Coaching
6 1 (16.67%) Software Delivery
6 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (16.67%) Straight-Through Processing
6 1 (16.67%) User Experience
6 1 (16.67%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) QA