Lead Product Owner Contracts in the UK excluding London

Lead Product Owner
UK > UK excluding London

As of 6 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Lead Product Owner daily rate in the UK excluding London.

6 months to
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 333 384 447
Rank change year-on-year +51 +63 +63
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Product Owner 3 4 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.023% 0.019% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.025% 0.021% 0.013%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 2
10th Percentile - - £558
25th Percentile - £556 £561
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £563 £581
Median % change year-on-year - -3.23% +16.25%
75th Percentile - £569 £611
90th Percentile - - £619
UK median daily rate £500 £630 £613
% change year-on-year -20.63% +2.86% +2.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £101.75
Median hourly rate - - £103.50
75th Percentile - - £105.25
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £103.50

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 11,791 19,029 22,516
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.17% 92.56% 94.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,555 11,618 15,791
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £598 £600
90th Percentile £651 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £514 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.10% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 845 2,244 1,158
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.79 £15.75 £17.92
Median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% -4.76% +115.16%
75th Percentile £64.50 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.55% -18.89% +90.68%

Lead Product Owner
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Lead Product Owner in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Lead Product Owner in the UK excluding London

Lead Product Owner
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Lead Product Owner in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Lead Product Owner in the UK excluding London

Lead Product Owner
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Product Owner within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 6 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
Yorkshire - 2 - -
North of England - 2 - -
Midlands +17 1 - - 1
West Midlands +13 1 - - 1
Lead Product Owner
UK

Lead Product Owner Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 6 May 2025, Lead Product Owner contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Lead Product Owner in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 3 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (66.67%) Objectives and Key Results
2 2 (66.67%) Product Roadmap
2 2 (66.67%) Product Backlog
2 2 (66.67%) Product Vision
2 2 (66.67%) Contingency Planning
2 2 (66.67%) Confluence
2 2 (66.67%) User Stories
2 2 (66.67%) JIRA
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Legal
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
3 1 (33.33%) PLM
3 1 (33.33%) Release Management
3 1 (33.33%) Product Management
3 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Management
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Agile Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (33.33%) SDLC
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Product Operations

Lead Product Owner Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (66.67%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
2 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (66.67%) Contingency Planning
2 2 (66.67%) Objectives and Key Results
2 2 (66.67%) Product Backlog
2 2 (66.67%) Product Roadmap
2 2 (66.67%) Product Vision
2 2 (66.67%) User Stories
3 1 (33.33%) Agile Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Management
3 1 (33.33%) PLM
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Product Management
3 1 (33.33%) Product Operations
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Release Management
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
3 1 (33.33%) SDLC
3 1 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking