Product Owner Contract Job Trends in the South West

Product Owner
England > South West

The median Product Owner daily rate in the South West is £640, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 October 2025.

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

6 months to
4 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 137 141
Rank change year-on-year +23 +4 +13
Contract jobs requiring a Product Owner 10 3 15
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.51% 0.12% 0.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.57% 0.13% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 14
10th Percentile £504 £534 £413
25th Percentile £505 £547 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £640 £588 £650
Median % change year-on-year +8.94% -9.62% +18.18%
75th Percentile £660 £622 £675
90th Percentile - £631 £688
England median daily rate £500 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -16.67% - +6.67%

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 1,758 2,367 3,073
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.19% 92.71% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 988 1,397 2,086
10th Percentile £221 £225 £294
25th Percentile £363 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £508 £538
Median % change year-on-year +0.99% -5.58% +2.38%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £700 £718
England median daily rate £513 £525 £548
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.11% -0.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 238 246 296
10th Percentile £13.85 £14.95 £18.44
25th Percentile £18.29 £37.00 £45.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -62.74% +12.50% +4.64%
75th Percentile £64.31 £72.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £74.22 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.90 £45.88
% change year-on-year -42.71% -4.32% +74.00%

Product Owner
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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 the South West.

Product Owner job vacancy trend in the South West

Product Owner
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Product Owner job vacancies in the South West.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Product Owner job vacancies 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 4 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
Gloucestershire - 7 £640 - 1
Bristol +8 3 £505 -14.04% 4
Product Owner
England

Product Owner Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 4 October 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 South West region featuring Product Owner in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 8 (80.00%) Finance
3 6 (60.00%) Oracle
3 6 (60.00%) ERP
3 6 (60.00%) Oracle SCM
3 6 (60.00%) Oracle ERP
3 6 (60.00%) OCI
4 5 (50.00%) Aerospace
5 4 (40.00%) Product Roadmap
5 4 (40.00%) Roadmaps
5 4 (40.00%) Product Backlog
6 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
6 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (20.00%) Analytics
7 1 (10.00%) User Stories
7 1 (10.00%) Coaching
7 1 (10.00%) User Experience
7 1 (10.00%) Strategic Thinking
7 1 (10.00%) Commercial Awareness
7 1 (10.00%) Decision-Making
7 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (10.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 1 (10.00%) Project Management
7 1 (10.00%) Scrum
7 1 (10.00%) Agile
7 1 (10.00%) QA
7 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
7 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
7 1 (10.00%) UX Design
7 1 (10.00%) Product Management

Product Owner Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Business Applications
1 6 (60.00%) Oracle ERP
1 6 (60.00%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 6 (60.00%) OCI
General
1 8 (80.00%) Finance
2 5 (50.00%) Aerospace
3 1 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 10 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) ERP
2 4 (40.00%) Product Backlog
2 4 (40.00%) Product Roadmap
2 4 (40.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (20.00%) Analytics
3 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (10.00%) Agile
4 1 (10.00%) Backlog Management
4 1 (10.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 1 (10.00%) Backlog Refinement
4 1 (10.00%) Coaching
4 1 (10.00%) Commercial Awareness
4 1 (10.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (10.00%) Project Management
4 1 (10.00%) Scrum
4 1 (10.00%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (10.00%) User Experience
4 1 (10.00%) User Stories
4 1 (10.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) Oracle