Product Owner Contract Job Trends in Stevenage

Product Owner
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The median Product Owner daily rate in Stevenage is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 March 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Product Owner 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Stevenage 0.57% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.58% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £418 - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £475 - -
90th Percentile £483 - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £450 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Stevenage

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Stevenage. 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 Stevenage with a recognized job title 346 124 308
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 98.02% 97.64% 89.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 20 40
10th Percentile £219 £312 £80
25th Percentile £413 £450 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £533 £400
Median % change year-on-year -6.85% +33.13% +3.23%
75th Percentile £625 £616 £525
90th Percentile £758 £625 £650
Hertfordshire median daily rate £525 £525 £430
% change year-on-year - +22.09% -14.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 206 75 203
10th Percentile £28.37 £45.00 £39.55
25th Percentile £50.00 £60.00 £50.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £67.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £81.73 £70.00
90th Percentile - £85.00 £84.00
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £50.00 £66.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -24.24% +5.60% -3.85%

Product Owner
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

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 Stevenage.

Product Owner job vacancy trend in Stevenage

Product Owner Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stevenage

For the 6 months to 13 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 Stevenage region featuring Product Owner in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 2 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 2 (100.00%) GxP
1 2 (100.00%) Kanban
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Product Backlog
1 2 (100.00%) Product Requirements
1 2 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 2 (100.00%) Product Vision
1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Software Assurance
1 2 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Debt
1 2 (100.00%) User Stories
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Backlog Refinement
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Sprint Review

Product Owner Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stevenage 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Life Science
1 2 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 2 (100.00%) Kanban
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Product Backlog
1 2 (100.00%) Product Requirements
1 2 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 2 (100.00%) Product Vision
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Software Assurance
1 2 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Debt
1 2 (100.00%) User Stories
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Backlog Refinement
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Sprint Review
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 2 (100.00%) GxP
1 2 (100.00%) QA