Product Owner
UK
The median Product Owner daily rate in the UK is £510, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 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 6 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 386 | 353 | 392 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -33 | +39 | -8 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Product Owner | 162 | 241 | 319 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.51% | 0.56% | 0.56% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.55% | 0.60% | 0.59% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 104 | 176 | 238 |
| 10th Percentile | £356 | £400 | £450 |
| 25th Percentile | £407 | £450 | £513 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £510 | £575 | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.30% | -4.17% | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £626 | £675 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £769 | £713 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £450 | £550 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -18.18% | - | +4.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £88.62 | - | £32.68 |
| 25th Percentile | £88.79 | - | £44.19 |
| Median hourly rate | £92.54 | - | £64.25 |
| 75th Percentile | £96.24 | - | £85.19 |
| 90th Percentile | £96.39 | - | £97.23 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £92.00 | - | £103.50 |
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 | 29,294 | 40,276 | 53,656 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 91.97% | 93.01% | 94.48% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 18,671 | 25,908 | 37,253 |
| 10th Percentile | £287 | £285 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £409 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £525 | £538 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -2.33% | +1.13% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £493 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.65% | -1.40% | +4.17% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,326 | 2,804 | 1,565 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.75 | £12.86 | £14.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.36 | £16.65 | £19.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £26.45 | £37.50 | £43.63 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -29.47% | -14.05% | +74.52% |
| 75th Percentile | £55.25 | £62.96 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £73.25 | £74.00 | £77.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £25.15 | £40.00 | £40.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -37.13% | - | +100.00% |
Product Owner
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Product Owner in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Product Owner
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Product Owner.
Product Owner
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Owner over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.
Product Owner
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Product Owner.
Product Owner
Top 16 Contract Locations
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 over the 6 months to 6 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 |
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| England | -19 | 140 | £510 | -12.82% | 424 |
| London | -31 | 78 | £525 | -13.04% | 186 |
| UK excluding London | +42 | 69 | £450 | -18.18% | 273 |
| Work from Home | -27 | 39 | £520 | -7.56% | 195 |
| Midlands | +15 | 21 | £358 | -34.91% | 22 |
| South East | +30 | 15 | £450 | -10.00% | 93 |
| East Midlands | +10 | 14 | £358 | -10.50% | 10 |
| North of England | +5 | 12 | £558 | -0.89% | 60 |
| South West | +44 | 10 | £505 | -14.04% | 49 |
| Scotland | +5 | 10 | £550 | +2.33% | 21 |
| North West | +10 | 9 | £625 | +23.46% | 33 |
| West Midlands | +2 | 7 | £515 | -7.42% | 12 |
| Yorkshire | +4 | 2 | £500 | -14.89% | 23 |
| East of England | +25 | 1 | - | - | 17 |
| North East | - | 1 | £475 | - | 4 |
| Wales | - | 1 | - | - | 8 |
Product Owner Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 6 July 2025, 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 Product Owner in the job title.
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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:
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