Product Owner Contracts in the UK excluding London

Product Owner
UK > UK excluding London

The median Product Owner daily rate in the UK excluding London is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 336 317 296
Rank change year-on-year -19 -21 +35
Contract jobs requiring a Product Owner 62 139 236
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.30% 0.57% 0.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.61% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 93 183
10th Percentile £385 £406 £413
25th Percentile £419 £456 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% +2.38% +10.53%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £575
90th Percentile £694 £658 £630
UK median daily rate £575 £575 £550
% change year-on-year - +4.55% +4.27%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 19,245 22,798 29,861
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.68% 94.05% 95.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,847 15,968 20,881
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £393 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £598 £594 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,208 1,203 1,503
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.43 £12.06
25th Percentile £15.63 £18.13 £14.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.63%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -21.11% +95.65% +0.94%

Product Owner
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Product Owner in the UK excluding London

Product Owner
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Product Owner in the UK excluding London

Product Owner
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Owner in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Product Owner in the UK excluding London

Product Owner
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Product Owner in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Product Owner in the UK excluding London

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 Product Owner within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 April 2024. 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
South East -4 26 £625 +19.05% 21
Midlands +36 13 £550 +4.76% 16
North of England +8 10 £525 -2.33% 10
North West +13 9 £525 -2.33% 8
West Midlands +38 8 £550 -1.12% 11
East of England +18 7 £410 -15.90% 6
East Midlands +17 4 £569 +26.39% 5
Scotland +15 4 £435 -17.14% 1
South West +9 3 £600 -7.69% 11
Yorkshire +2 1 - - 2
Product Owner
UK

Product Owner Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, 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 Product Owner in the job title.

1 62 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 33 (53.23%) Roadmaps
3 32 (51.61%) Agile
4 20 (32.26%) Product Backlog
5 18 (29.03%) Social Skills
6 17 (27.42%) Product Roadmap
6 17 (27.42%) Backlog Management
7 15 (24.19%) User Stories
8 14 (22.58%) Scrum
9 13 (20.97%) Stakeholder Management
9 13 (20.97%) Finance
9 13 (20.97%) Backlog Prioritisation
10 11 (17.74%) Product Vision
10 11 (17.74%) Product Management
11 9 (14.52%) Business Strategy
12 8 (12.90%) Epics
12 8 (12.90%) Acceptance Criteria
12 8 (12.90%) Analytics
13 7 (11.29%) JIRA
13 7 (11.29%) Manufacturing
13 7 (11.29%) Matrix Organization
14 6 (9.68%) Problem-Solving
14 6 (9.68%) Requirements Gathering
14 6 (9.68%) Product Requirements
14 6 (9.68%) Workflow
14 6 (9.68%) Pharmaceutical
14 6 (9.68%) Marketing
14 6 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
14 6 (9.68%) Confluence
14 6 (9.68%) Data Governance

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 6 (9.68%) Confluence
2 2 (3.23%) WordPress
3 1 (1.61%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (3.23%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 5 (8.06%) Power Platform
2 4 (6.45%) Collibra
3 2 (3.23%) AWS
3 2 (3.23%) Azure
3 2 (3.23%) Google Analytics
3 2 (3.23%) SaaS
3 2 (3.23%) SuccessFactors
4 1 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.61%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.61%) Google Workspace
4 1 (1.61%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.61%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.23%) 4G
1 2 (3.23%) 5G
2 1 (1.61%) 3G
2 1 (1.61%) 3GPP
2 1 (1.61%) Bluetooth
2 1 (1.61%) Broadband
2 1 (1.61%) DSL
2 1 (1.61%) GSM
2 1 (1.61%) LAN
2 1 (1.61%) LTE
2 1 (1.61%) SMS
2 1 (1.61%) TETRA
2 1 (1.61%) UMTS
2 1 (1.61%) WAN
2 1 (1.61%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.61%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.06%) Power BI
2 4 (6.45%) Metadata
3 1 (1.61%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (11.29%) JIRA
2 4 (6.45%) Eclipse
2 4 (6.45%) PyCharm
General
1 18 (29.03%) Social Skills
2 13 (20.97%) Finance
3 7 (11.29%) Manufacturing
4 6 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (9.68%) Marketing
4 6 (9.68%) Pharmaceutical
5 5 (8.06%) Billing
6 3 (4.84%) Banking
6 3 (4.84%) Public Sector
6 3 (4.84%) Telecoms
7 2 (3.23%) Retail
8 1 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.61%) Legal
8 1 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.61%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.61%) OAuth
1 1 (1.61%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 62 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 4 (6.45%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (3.23%) IoT
3 2 (3.23%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.61%) Cyberattack
4 1 (1.61%) EPoS
4 1 (1.61%) FMCG
4 1 (1.61%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.61%) iPad
4 1 (1.61%) Life Science
4 1 (1.61%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.61%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.61%) Android
1 1 (1.61%) Apple iOS
1 1 (1.61%) Linux
1 1 (1.61%) Windows
1 1 (1.61%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (53.23%) Roadmaps
2 32 (51.61%) Agile
3 20 (32.26%) Product Backlog
4 17 (27.42%) Backlog Management
4 17 (27.42%) Product Roadmap
5 15 (24.19%) User Stories
6 14 (22.58%) Scrum
7 13 (20.97%) Backlog Prioritisation
7 13 (20.97%) Stakeholder Management
8 11 (17.74%) Product Management
8 11 (17.74%) Product Vision
9 9 (14.52%) Business Strategy
10 8 (12.90%) Acceptance Criteria
10 8 (12.90%) Analytics
10 8 (12.90%) Epics
11 7 (11.29%) Matrix Organization
12 6 (9.68%) Data Governance
12 6 (9.68%) Problem-Solving
12 6 (9.68%) Product Requirements
12 6 (9.68%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.06%) Java
1 5 (8.06%) JavaScript
1 5 (8.06%) Python
2 4 (6.45%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 4 (6.45%) Degree
1 4 (6.45%) DV Cleared
1 4 (6.45%) Security Cleared
2 3 (4.84%) CSPO
3 2 (3.23%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.45%) GDPR
1 4 (6.45%) Good Clinical Practice
1 4 (6.45%) GxP
2 2 (3.23%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.61%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (4.84%) Google
1 3 (4.84%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.23%) Citrix
2 2 (3.23%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.61%) Atlassian
3 1 (1.61%) Juniper
3 1 (1.61%) SAP
3 1 (1.61%) ServiceNow