Product Ownership Contracts in the Thames Valley

Product Ownership
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Product Ownership in contract job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Product Ownership over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 80 37
Rank change year-on-year +22 -43 +33
Contract jobs citing Product Ownership 44 66 161
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.91% 2.46% 5.49%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 8.07% 8.24% 17.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 45 116
10th Percentile £477 £435 £356
25th Percentile £500 £500 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £555 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.35% +0.91% +15.79%
75th Percentile £616 £675 £650
90th Percentile £639 £688 £688
South East median daily rate £540 £650 £550
% change year-on-year -16.92% +18.18% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £88.50 - £61.50
Median hourly rate £92.00 - £63.00
75th Percentile £95.50 - £64.50
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £56.75 - £83.25
% change year-on-year - - +33.95%

All Generic Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 545 801 934
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 36.07% 29.82% 31.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 322 473 613
10th Percentile £303 £205 £280
25th Percentile £423 £295 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -1.96% +2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £620
90th Percentile £650 £675 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 62 24
10th Percentile £14.16 £11.79 £18.08
25th Percentile £24.08 £22.50 £19.63
Median hourly rate £52.50 £30.00 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year +75.00% -38.46% +143.75%
75th Percentile £66.12 £59.97 £70.90
90th Percentile £88.60 £65.00 £77.93
South East median hourly rate £47.81 £47.19 £51.25
% change year-on-year +1.31% -7.93% +138.37%

Product Ownership
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Product Ownership as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Product Ownership in the Thames Valley

Product Ownership
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Product Ownership in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Product Ownership in the Thames Valley

Product Ownership
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Ownership in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Product Ownership in the Thames Valley

Product Ownership
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Product Ownership in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Product Ownership in the Thames Valley

Product Ownership
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Product Ownership within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 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
Berkshire +13 35 £504 -17.80% 49
Buckinghamshire +13 8 £550 - 33
Oxfordshire +4 1 £625 +28.21% 21
Product Ownership
South East

Product Ownership
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (4.55%) Appian
2 1 (2.27%) CMS
Business Applications
1 1 (2.27%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 15 (34.09%) Azure
2 10 (22.73%) Azure Data Factory
3 6 (13.64%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 6 (13.64%) Azure Functions
3 6 (13.64%) Azure Monitor
3 6 (13.64%) Serverless
4 4 (9.09%) Entra ID
5 3 (6.82%) AWS
5 3 (6.82%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (6.82%) Oracle CX
5 3 (6.82%) Power Platform
5 3 (6.82%) PowerApps
6 2 (4.55%) Power Automate
6 2 (4.55%) SaaS
7 1 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (2.27%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.82%) Broadband
2 2 (4.55%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (11.36%) NoSQL
2 4 (9.09%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (9.09%) Big Data
2 4 (9.09%) Data Lake
2 4 (9.09%) SQL Server
3 2 (4.55%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 2 (4.55%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (4.55%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 7 (15.91%) JIRA
2 5 (11.36%) Git
3 3 (6.82%) Selenium
4 1 (2.27%) Axure RP
4 1 (2.27%) Oracle Forms
General
1 11 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 10 (22.73%) Social Skills
3 9 (20.45%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (9.09%) Finance
5 2 (4.55%) Legal
6 1 (2.27%) Banking
6 1 (2.27%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.27%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (25.00%) Product Owner
2 9 (20.45%) Developer
3 7 (15.91%) Azure Developer
4 6 (13.64%) Python Developer
5 5 (11.36%) Full-Stack Developer
5 5 (11.36%) Full-Stack Python Developer
5 5 (11.36%) React Developer
5 5 (11.36%) Scrum Master
6 4 (9.09%) Analyst
6 4 (9.09%) Tester
7 3 (6.82%) Business Analyst
7 3 (6.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (6.82%) Senior
8 2 (4.55%) Agile Product Owner
8 2 (4.55%) Agile Scrum Master
8 2 (4.55%) Azure Specialist
8 2 (4.55%) Lead
8 2 (4.55%) Power Platform Developer
9 1 (2.27%) Azure Engineer
9 1 (2.27%) Senior Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (13.64%) React
2 4 (9.09%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.09%) SCADA
2 2 (4.55%) Cloud Native
2 2 (4.55%) Cyberattack
2 2 (4.55%) Low-Code
2 2 (4.55%) Management Information System
2 2 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.27%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 7 (15.91%) Linux
1 7 (15.91%) Windows
2 1 (2.27%) AIX
2 1 (2.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (54.55%) Agile
2 17 (38.64%) Roadmaps
3 13 (29.55%) Scrum
4 12 (27.27%) Product Backlog
5 10 (22.73%) Product Roadmap
6 8 (18.18%) Backlog Prioritisation
6 8 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
6 8 (18.18%) DevOps
6 8 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (18.18%) Sprint Planning
6 8 (18.18%) User Stories
7 7 (15.91%) CI/CD
7 7 (15.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 6 (13.64%) Microservices
8 6 (13.64%) Validation
9 5 (11.36%) Backlog Management
9 5 (11.36%) Coaching
9 5 (11.36%) Full-Stack Development
9 5 (11.36%) Kanban
9 5 (11.36%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 12 (27.27%) Python
2 9 (20.45%) SQL
3 4 (9.09%) Perl
3 4 (9.09%) PL/SQL
4 3 (6.82%) Java
5 2 (4.55%) Bash
5 2 (4.55%) JavaScript
5 2 (4.55%) PowerShell
5 2 (4.55%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (9.09%) SC Cleared
1 4 (9.09%) Security Cleared
2 2 (4.55%) Degree
3 1 (2.27%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.82%) QA
2 1 (2.27%) NIST
2 1 (2.27%) PMO
System Software
1 6 (13.64%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.55%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (2.27%) Docker
3 1 (2.27%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.27%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (2.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (6.82%) Ansible
1 3 (6.82%) Progress Chef
1 3 (6.82%) Puppet
2 2 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (4.55%) Terraform
3 1 (2.27%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.27%) SCCM
Vendors
1 13 (29.55%) Microsoft
2 5 (11.36%) Oracle
3 4 (9.09%) Databricks
4 2 (4.55%) Blue Prism
4 2 (4.55%) Cisco
4 2 (4.55%) Nokia
4 2 (4.55%) Rakuten
4 2 (4.55%) Salesforce
4 2 (4.55%) VMware
5 1 (2.27%) Genesys