Product Owner Contract Job Trends in Southampton

Product Owner
Hampshire > Southampton

The median Product Owner daily rate in Southampton is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 March 2026.

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

 6 months to
20 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Product Owner 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 1.54% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.79% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
Hampshire median daily rate £850 £295 £600
% change year-on-year +188.14% -50.83% +4.35%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Southampton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Southampton. 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 Southampton with a recognized job title 168 101 154
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 86.15% 100.00% 86.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 57 105
10th Percentile £216 £175 £200
25th Percentile £306 £313 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £420 £517
Median % change year-on-year +13.10% -18.76% +3.40%
75th Percentile £555 £538 £650
90th Percentile £655 £613 £708
Hampshire median daily rate £548 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.45% -4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 0 8
10th Percentile £24.25 - £14.74
25th Percentile £25.15 - £16.03
Median hourly rate £35.50 - £46.25
Median % change year-on-year - - +94.41%
75th Percentile £55.19 - £75.63
90th Percentile £88.00 - £77.50
Hampshire median hourly rate £25.15 £54.94 £48.00
% change year-on-year -54.22% +14.45% -2.03%

Product Owner
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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 Southampton.

Product Owner job vacancy trend in Southampton

Product Owner
Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Product Owner job vacancies in Southampton.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Product Owner job vacancies in Southampton

Product Owner Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton

For the 6 months to 20 March 2026, 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 Southampton region featuring Product Owner in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) JIRA
2 2 (66.67%) AWS
2 2 (66.67%) Confluence
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (66.67%) Terraform
3 1 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Backlog Management
3 1 (33.33%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 1 (33.33%) Business Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Market Research
3 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Product Backlog
3 1 (33.33%) Product Requirements
3 1 (33.33%) Product Roadmap
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
3 1 (33.33%) Sprint Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) User Stories

Product Owner Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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 2 (66.67%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Backlog Management
2 1 (33.33%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 1 (33.33%) Business Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Market Research
2 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Product Backlog
2 1 (33.33%) Product Requirements
2 1 (33.33%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) Sprint Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) User Stories
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Terraform
Product Owner jobs