Product Ownership Contract Job Trends in Stevenage

Product Ownership
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Product Ownership in contract job vacancies in Stevenage. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Product Ownership over the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 32 -
Rank change year-on-year -11 - -
Contract jobs citing Product Ownership 3 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Stevenage 0.79% 0.73% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.09% 1.41% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £418 - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 -
75th Percentile £475 - -
90th Percentile £483 - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £425 £456 £451
% change year-on-year -6.85% +1.11% -19.78%

All Generic Skills
Stevenage

Product Ownership falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Stevenage.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 97 71 119
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 25.46% 51.82% 25.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 14 18
10th Percentile £193 £450 £280
25th Percentile £400 £463 £293
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £540 £388
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +39.35% +10.71%
75th Percentile £506 £625 £638
90th Percentile £681 - £650
Hertfordshire median daily rate £475 £550 £451
% change year-on-year -13.64% +21.88% -9.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 38 56
10th Percentile £50.25 £57.30 £60.00
25th Percentile £55.00 £67.50 £61.25
Median hourly rate £70.00 £80.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +23.08% -1.52%
75th Percentile £83.75 £85.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £87.50 £85.00
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £65.00 £72.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -10.34% +11.54% -0.38%

Product Ownership
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Product Ownership relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage.

Product Ownership job vacancy trend in Stevenage

Product Ownership
Daily Rate Trend in Stevenage

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing Product Ownership.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing Product Ownership

Product Ownership
Hourly Rate Trend in Stevenage

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing Product Ownership.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing Product Ownership

Product Ownership
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
1 2 (66.67%) Pharmaceutical
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Product Owner
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Life Science
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Acceptance Criteria
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 2 (66.67%) Kanban
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Product Backlog
1 2 (66.67%) Product Requirements
1 2 (66.67%) Product Roadmap
1 2 (66.67%) Product Vision
1 2 (66.67%) Roadmaps
1 2 (66.67%) Scrum
1 2 (66.67%) Software Assurance
1 2 (66.67%) Sprint Planning
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Debt
1 2 (66.67%) User Stories
1 2 (66.67%) Validation
2 1 (33.33%) Backlog Refinement
2 1 (33.33%) Containerisation
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Sprint Review
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 2 (66.67%) GxP
1 2 (66.67%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft