Digital Product Owner Contracts

Digital Product Owner
UK

The median Digital Product Owner daily rate in the UK is £356, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 July 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
24 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 540 569 635
Rank change year-on-year +29 +66 +198
Contract jobs requiring a Digital Product Owner 12 16 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.037% 0.039% 0.066%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.040% 0.042% 0.069%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 9 30
10th Percentile £318 £342 £525
25th Percentile £350 £350 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £356 £563 £600
Median % change year-on-year -36.71% -6.25% +9.09%
75th Percentile £385 £625 -
90th Percentile £638 £735 £654
UK excluding London median daily rate £353 £350 £600
% change year-on-year +0.86% -41.67% +3.45%

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 29,979 38,003 51,963
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.57% 93.06% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,060 24,608 35,955
10th Percentile £284 £298 £306
25th Percentile £400 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £536
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.02% -0.31%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £727 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,438 2,371 1,561
10th Percentile £13.75 £13.60 £14.65
25th Percentile £17.30 £18.17 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.94 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year -38.57% -6.42% +70.37%
75th Percentile £55.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £42.91 £40.00
% change year-on-year -41.39% +7.28% +90.48%

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 24 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Digital Product Owner in the UK

Digital Product Owner
Top 6 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 24 July 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 +31 12 £356 -36.71% 10
London +26 6 £625 +4.17% 9
UK excluding London +25 6 £353 +0.86% 4
East Midlands - 6 £353 - 1
Midlands - 6 £353 - 1
Work from Home +26 3 £356 - 5

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

For the 6 months to 24 July 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%) Agile
1 12 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 11 (91.67%) User Stories
3 10 (83.33%) Acceptance Criteria
4 9 (75.00%) User Experience
5 8 (66.67%) Analytics
6 7 (58.33%) SaaS
6 7 (58.33%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (58.33%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (58.33%) Roadmaps
7 6 (50.00%) Business Strategy
7 6 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 6 (50.00%) Decision-Making
7 6 (50.00%) Scrum
7 6 (50.00%) Degree
7 6 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (41.67%) UX Design
8 5 (41.67%) Product Management
8 5 (41.67%) Product Backlog
8 5 (41.67%) Backlog Prioritisation
9 4 (33.33%) Backlog Management
9 4 (33.33%) Business Analysis
9 4 (33.33%) Business Process Modelling
10 3 (25.00%) Confluence
10 3 (25.00%) JIRA
10 3 (25.00%) Banking
10 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
10 3 (25.00%) Finance
10 3 (25.00%) Product Roadmap
10 3 (25.00%) Strategic Roadmap

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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (25.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 7 (58.33%) SaaS
2 1 (8.33%) Figma
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 3 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (25.00%) Banking
1 3 (25.00%) Finance
2 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Retail
2 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 12 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (8.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Agile
2 11 (91.67%) User Stories
3 10 (83.33%) Acceptance Criteria
4 9 (75.00%) User Experience
5 8 (66.67%) Analytics
6 7 (58.33%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (58.33%) Roadmaps
6 7 (58.33%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (50.00%) Business Strategy
7 6 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (50.00%) Decision-Making
7 6 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 6 (50.00%) Scrum
8 5 (41.67%) Backlog Prioritisation
8 5 (41.67%) Product Backlog
8 5 (41.67%) Product Management
8 5 (41.67%) UX Design
9 4 (33.33%) Backlog Management
9 4 (33.33%) Business Analysis
9 4 (33.33%) Business Process Modelling
Qualifications
1 6 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) CA Agile Central