Product Ownership Contracts in the UK excluding London

Product Ownership
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Product Ownership in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Product Ownership over the 6 months leading up to 2 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 99 111 75
Rank change year-on-year +12 -36 -12
Contract jobs citing Product Ownership 328 399 717
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.53% 1.92% 3.15%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.50% 6.67% 9.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 231 280 527
10th Percentile £350 £400 £400
25th Percentile £400 £450 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - +6.80%
75th Percentile £550 £638 £625
90th Percentile £650 £738 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £570
% change year-on-year -9.09% -3.51% +3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 13 13
10th Percentile £44.51 £56.79 £36.56
25th Percentile £47.58 £57.33 £47.73
Median hourly rate £56.75 £60.60 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.35% -13.43% +22.27%
75th Percentile £66.75 £85.00 £85.00
90th Percentile £78.47 - £89.00
UK median hourly rate £59.63 £60.60 £63.00
% change year-on-year -1.61% -3.81% +28.57%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,372 5,983 7,335
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.66% 28.73% 32.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,657 3,572 4,911
10th Percentile £210 £208 £218
25th Percentile £363 £375 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +2.56%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £606
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.42% -2.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 310 745 414
10th Percentile £15.32 £12.15 £9.80
25th Percentile £18.87 £14.17 £10.63
Median hourly rate £31.76 £34.21 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.16% +55.50% +3.04%
75th Percentile £64.51 £61.30 £63.00
90th Percentile £82.28 £70.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £32.81 £35.00 £22.13
% change year-on-year -6.26% +58.19% -17.99%

Product Ownership
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Product Ownership as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Product Ownership in the UK excluding London

Product Ownership
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Product Ownership in the UK excluding London

Product Ownership
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Ownership in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Product Ownership in the UK excluding London

Product Ownership
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Product Ownership in the UK excluding London

Product Ownership
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Product Ownership in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 June 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Product Ownership in the UK excluding London

Product Ownership
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 Ownership within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
North of England +17 92 £447 -18.73% 1,672
South East +2 70 £500 -20.00% 1,838
North West +13 54 £402 -27.73% 772
Midlands +24 53 £455 -19.20% 1,415
Scotland -11 50 £450 - 319
South West +36 42 £570 +3.64% 856
West Midlands +18 31 £501 -11.02% 775
Yorkshire +10 26 £488 -7.14% 700
East Midlands +23 21 £410 +3.14% 544
North East +3 12 £500 +10.19% 201
Northern Ireland - 11 £325 - 104
East of England +23 9 £463 +8.50% 1,056
Wales -10 7 £509 +0.05% 193
Product Ownership
UK

Product Ownership
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 35 (10.67%) Confluence
2 8 (2.44%) JBoss
2 8 (2.44%) Tomcat
2 8 (2.44%) WebLogic
2 8 (2.44%) WebSphere
3 2 (0.61%) ArcGIS
3 2 (0.61%) Oracle Spatial
3 2 (0.61%) Smallworld
4 1 (0.30%) Apache
4 1 (0.30%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.30%) Camunda
4 1 (0.30%) CMS
4 1 (0.30%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.30%) Tuxedo
4 1 (0.30%) Umbraco
Applications
1 6 (1.83%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.91%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.91%) Sketch
4 2 (0.61%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.30%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.30%) InVision
5 1 (0.30%) Trello
5 1 (0.30%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 6 (1.83%) Payment Gateway
2 4 (1.22%) SAP IBP
2 4 (1.22%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.91%) Oracle EBS R12
3 3 (0.91%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (0.91%) Oracle iProcurement
4 2 (0.61%) Oracle Assets
4 2 (0.61%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.61%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (0.61%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.61%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.61%) Primavera
5 1 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.30%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.30%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 55 (16.77%) Azure
2 48 (14.63%) AWS
3 28 (8.54%) Azure DevOps
4 14 (4.27%) Serverless
5 12 (3.66%) SaaS
6 9 (2.74%) AWS Lambda
7 8 (2.44%) Amazon S3
7 8 (2.44%) GCP
7 8 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (2.44%) Power Platform
8 7 (2.13%) IaaS
9 6 (1.83%) Cloud Computing
9 6 (1.83%) Figma
10 5 (1.52%) Amazon EMR
10 5 (1.52%) Amazon Kinesis
10 5 (1.52%) OpenShift
11 4 (1.22%) Azure Data Factory
11 4 (1.22%) GitHub
12 3 (0.91%) Azure Functions
12 3 (0.91%) Oracle CX
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.13%) Firewall
2 6 (1.83%) DHCP
2 6 (1.83%) DNS
3 4 (1.22%) Network Security
4 3 (0.91%) Broadband
5 2 (0.61%) BGP
5 2 (0.61%) EIGRP
5 2 (0.61%) HTTP
5 2 (0.61%) IPsec
5 2 (0.61%) OSPF
5 2 (0.61%) Software-Defined Networking
5 2 (0.61%) SSL
5 2 (0.61%) TACACS
5 2 (0.61%) VLAN
5 2 (0.61%) VPN
5 2 (0.61%) Wireless
6 1 (0.30%) Converged Networks
6 1 (0.30%) Modbus
6 1 (0.30%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (5.18%) NoSQL
2 10 (3.05%) MongoDB
3 9 (2.74%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (2.44%) DB2
5 6 (1.83%) Relational Database
5 6 (1.83%) SQL Server
6 5 (1.52%) Amazon Redshift
7 4 (1.22%) CockroachDB
7 4 (1.22%) Data Lake
7 4 (1.22%) MySQL
7 4 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (1.22%) Power BI
8 3 (0.91%) GIS
9 2 (0.61%) Amazon Athena
9 2 (0.61%) Amazon Aurora
9 2 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.61%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.61%) Spatial Data
9 2 (0.61%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 65 (19.82%) JIRA
2 30 (9.15%) Git
3 14 (4.27%) Jenkins
4 8 (2.44%) Bitbucket
5 5 (1.52%) Postman
6 4 (1.22%) Ant
6 4 (1.22%) Maven
6 4 (1.22%) Oracle Forms
6 4 (1.22%) Subversion
6 4 (1.22%) Visual Studio
6 4 (1.22%) Visual Studio Code
7 3 (0.91%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.91%) GitLab
7 3 (0.91%) JUnit
7 3 (0.91%) Selenium
8 2 (0.61%) Axure RP
8 2 (0.61%) Moq
8 2 (0.61%) Ranorex
8 2 (0.61%) Rational Rhapsody
8 2 (0.61%) SonarQube
General
1 106 (32.32%) Finance
2 105 (32.01%) Social Skills
3 50 (15.24%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (14.63%) Public Sector
5 33 (10.06%) Banking
6 16 (4.88%) Telecoms
7 15 (4.57%) Marketing
7 15 (4.57%) Presentation Skills
8 13 (3.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 11 (3.35%) Legal
10 9 (2.74%) Front Office
11 8 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (2.13%) Electronics
12 7 (2.13%) Manufacturing
12 7 (2.13%) Retail
13 6 (1.83%) Investment Banking
14 4 (1.22%) Financial Institution
14 4 (1.22%) Law
14 4 (1.22%) Wholesale Banking
15 3 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 54 (16.46%) Product Owner
2 45 (13.72%) Developer
3 42 (12.80%) Senior
4 41 (12.50%) Analyst
5 30 (9.15%) Lead
6 29 (8.84%) Scrum Master
7 27 (8.23%) Business Analyst
8 25 (7.62%) Product Manager
9 20 (6.10%) Senior Developer
10 19 (5.79%) Architect
11 16 (4.88%) .NET Developer
12 13 (3.96%) Project Manager
12 13 (3.96%) Software Engineer
13 12 (3.66%) Tester
14 11 (3.35%) C# Developer
15 9 (2.74%) C# .NET Developer
15 9 (2.74%) Delivery Manager
16 8 (2.44%) Designer
16 8 (2.44%) Developer/Software Engineer
16 8 (2.44%) Senior .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (8.84%) .NET
2 28 (8.54%) React
3 19 (5.79%) REST
4 18 (5.49%) RESTful
5 16 (4.88%) Web Services
6 15 (4.57%) AngularJS
7 12 (3.66%) SOAP
8 11 (3.35%) JSON
8 11 (3.35%) Kafka
8 11 (3.35%) Spring Boot
8 11 (3.35%) XML
9 10 (3.05%) Middleware
10 9 (2.74%) HTML
10 9 (2.74%) Node.js
10 9 (2.74%) RAML
11 8 (2.44%) .NET Core
11 8 (2.44%) CSS
11 8 (2.44%) WSDL
12 6 (1.83%) ASP.NET
13 5 (1.52%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 12 (3.66%) Cloud Native
2 10 (3.05%) Derivative
2 10 (3.05%) Equities
2 10 (3.05%) SCADA
3 9 (2.74%) Mainframe
3 9 (2.74%) Private Cloud
4 8 (2.44%) Equity Derivative
4 8 (2.44%) Legacy Applications
5 7 (2.13%) Onboarding
5 7 (2.13%) Virtual Team
6 6 (1.83%) Wiki
7 5 (1.52%) Data Structures
7 5 (1.52%) Management Information System
7 5 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.22%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (0.91%) Mobile App
10 2 (0.61%) Fixed Income
10 2 (0.61%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.61%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 27 (8.23%) Linux
2 22 (6.71%) Windows
3 5 (1.52%) Android
3 5 (1.52%) Apple iOS
3 5 (1.52%) Unix
4 4 (1.22%) Amazon Linux
4 4 (1.22%) Windows 10
4 4 (1.22%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.91%) Windows 7
5 3 (0.91%) Windows XP
6 1 (0.30%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.30%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.30%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 226 (68.90%) Agile
2 110 (33.54%) Scrum
3 83 (25.30%) Continuous Improvement
4 78 (23.78%) Roadmaps
5 76 (23.17%) Problem-Solving
6 72 (21.95%) DevOps
7 63 (19.21%) User Stories
8 51 (15.55%) Stakeholder Management
9 48 (14.63%) Backlog Management
10 47 (14.33%) Backlog Prioritisation
11 44 (13.41%) Product Backlog
11 44 (13.41%) User Experience
12 43 (13.11%) CI/CD
13 39 (11.89%) Product Roadmap
14 37 (11.28%) SDLC
15 35 (10.67%) Project Management
16 33 (10.06%) Kanban
17 32 (9.76%) Product Management
17 32 (9.76%) Sprint Planning
18 29 (8.84%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 62 (18.90%) SQL
2 29 (8.84%) Java
3 24 (7.32%) Python
4 22 (6.71%) JavaScript
5 21 (6.40%) C#
6 14 (4.27%) PL/SQL
7 12 (3.66%) TypeScript
8 10 (3.05%) PowerShell
9 5 (1.52%) Rust
9 5 (1.52%) Scala
10 4 (1.22%) Perl
11 3 (0.91%) COBOL
11 3 (0.91%) Go
12 2 (0.61%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.61%) Bash
12 2 (0.61%) Magik
13 1 (0.30%) Korn
13 1 (0.30%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.30%) REXX
13 1 (0.30%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 40 (12.20%) Security Cleared
2 30 (9.15%) Degree
3 28 (8.54%) SC Cleared
4 7 (2.13%) DV Cleared
5 6 (1.83%) AWS Certification
5 6 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 5 (1.52%) CSPO
7 4 (1.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.61%) CISSP
8 2 (0.61%) IIBA
9 1 (0.30%) CBAP
9 1 (0.30%) ISEB
9 1 (0.30%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.30%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.30%) Oracle Certification
9 1 (0.30%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.30%) PMP
9 1 (0.30%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.18%) QA
2 10 (3.05%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.44%) Accessibility
4 5 (1.52%) GDPR
5 4 (1.22%) PMO
6 3 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.61%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.61%) GRC
7 2 (0.61%) NIST
7 2 (0.61%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.61%) SLA
8 1 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.30%) Automotive SPICE
8 1 (0.30%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.30%) GxP
8 1 (0.30%) ISO 26262
8 1 (0.30%) PSD2
8 1 (0.30%) SEPA
8 1 (0.30%) WCAG
System Software
1 12 (3.66%) Docker
2 11 (3.35%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (1.83%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.52%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (0.91%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 14 (4.27%) Kubernetes
2 12 (3.66%) Terraform
3 7 (2.13%) HP ALM
4 5 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.91%) Ansible
5 3 (0.91%) Progress Chef
5 3 (0.91%) SCCM
5 3 (0.91%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.61%) Nagios
6 2 (0.61%) NetBackup
6 2 (0.61%) Puppet
7 1 (0.30%) Control-M
7 1 (0.30%) HP Data Protector
Vendors
1 49 (14.94%) Microsoft
2 35 (10.67%) Oracle
3 12 (3.66%) SAP
4 10 (3.05%) IBM
4 10 (3.05%) Salesforce
4 10 (3.05%) VMware
5 9 (2.74%) Atlassian
5 9 (2.74%) HP
5 9 (2.74%) MuleSoft
6 7 (2.13%) Google
7 5 (1.52%) Cisco
8 4 (1.22%) Adobe
8 4 (1.22%) Red Hat
9 3 (0.91%) Perforce
10 2 (0.61%) Apple
10 2 (0.61%) Arista
10 2 (0.61%) OpenAI
10 2 (0.61%) Palantir
10 2 (0.61%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.61%) Virgin Media