Digital Product Owner Contracts

Digital Product Owner
UK

The median Digital Product Owner daily rate in the UK is £515, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 508 554 680
Rank change year-on-year +46 +126 +125
Contract jobs requiring a Digital Product Owner 12 28 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.041% 0.064% 0.064%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.044% 0.069% 0.067%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 12 29
10th Percentile £356 £556 £545
25th Percentile £358 £570 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £645 £600
Median % change year-on-year -20.16% +7.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £675 £706 £650
90th Percentile £715 £725 £678
UK excluding London median daily rate £357 £675 £600
% change year-on-year -47.11% +12.50% +11.63%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Digital Product Owner
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Digital Product Owner in the UK

Digital Product Owner
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Digital Product Owner.

Daily rate trend for Digital Product Owner in the UK

Digital Product Owner
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Digital Product Owner over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Digital Product Owner in the UK

Digital Product Owner
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Product Owner within the UK 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
England +40 11 £515 -20.16% 12
London +24 7 £650 +8.33% 6
UK excluding London +61 4 £357 -47.11% 9
Work from Home +36 3 £356 -47.26% 7
East Midlands - 3 £356 -
Midlands - 3 £356 -
North of England +17 1 £425 - 6
North West +16 1 £425 - 3

Digital Product Owner Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Digital 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 featuring Digital Product Owner in the job title.

1 12 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 10 (83.33%) Agile
3 5 (41.67%) User Stories
3 5 (41.67%) Roadmaps
3 5 (41.67%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 5 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (41.67%) Decision-Making
4 4 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
4 4 (33.33%) Business Strategy
4 4 (33.33%) User Experience
4 4 (33.33%) UX Design
4 4 (33.33%) Product Management
4 4 (33.33%) SaaS
4 4 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (33.33%) Analytics
4 4 (33.33%) Business Analysis
4 4 (33.33%) Scrum
5 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (25.00%) Finance
5 3 (25.00%) Degree
5 3 (25.00%) Retail
5 3 (25.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 3 (25.00%) Business Process Modelling
6 2 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (16.67%) Backlog Management
6 2 (16.67%) Product Backlog
6 2 (16.67%) Product Vision
6 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
6 2 (16.67%) Banking
6 2 (16.67%) ADO

Digital Product Owner Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 4 (33.33%) SaaS
2 2 (16.67%) Azure
2 2 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (8.33%) Apple Pay
3 1 (8.33%) Google Pay
General
1 3 (25.00%) Finance
1 3 (25.00%) Retail
2 2 (16.67%) Banking
2 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 12 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (16.67%) Mobile App
3 1 (8.33%) Digital Wallet
3 1 (8.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (83.33%) Agile
2 5 (41.67%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 5 (41.67%) Decision-Making
2 5 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (41.67%) Roadmaps
2 5 (41.67%) User Stories
3 4 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
3 4 (33.33%) Analytics
3 4 (33.33%) Business Analysis
3 4 (33.33%) Business Strategy
3 4 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (33.33%) Product Management
3 4 (33.33%) Scrum
3 4 (33.33%) User Experience
3 4 (33.33%) UX Design
4 3 (25.00%) Business Process Modelling
4 3 (25.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (16.67%) Backlog Management
5 2 (16.67%) Product Backlog
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (8.33%) Klarna