Product Owner
UK
The median Product Owner daily rate in the UK is £575 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 May 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 6 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 344 | 393 | 354 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +49 | -39 | +20 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Product Owner | 243 | 357 | 666 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.56% | 0.60% | 0.75% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.60% | 0.64% | 0.79% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 175 | 263 | 497 |
| 10th Percentile | £405 | £432 | £425 |
| 25th Percentile | £481 | £503 | £475 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £575 | £575 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +4.55% | +4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £675 | £648 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £688 | £700 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £550 | £538 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.33% | +2.38% | +10.53% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £64.25 | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | £103.50 | - |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 | 40,246 | 55,892 | 84,695 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.74% | 94.62% | 95.45% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 26,216 | 39,044 | 59,517 |
| 10th Percentile | £279 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £409 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.78% | +2.86% | +10.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,676 | 1,569 | 2,074 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.25 | £15.72 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.50 | £45.00 | £23.91 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.89% | +88.21% | +6.27% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.30 | £65.75 | £49.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £76.00 | £64.60 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £42.16 | £19.52 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.11% | +115.96% | +2.74% |
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 May 2024.
Product Owner
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Product Owner.
Product Owner
Top 14 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 May 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 |
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| England | +35 | 223 | £575 | -3.16% | 113 |
| London | +95 | 160 | £600 | - | 56 |
| Work from Home | +43 | 80 | £563 | +0.45% | 55 |
| UK excluding London | -15 | 63 | £550 | +2.33% | 59 |
| South East | -3 | 22 | £550 | +10.00% | 24 |
| Midlands | +29 | 16 | £556 | +1.14% | 11 |
| West Midlands | +18 | 10 | £550 | -8.33% | 7 |
| North of England | +6 | 10 | £525 | -2.33% | 7 |
| North West | +20 | 9 | £525 | -2.33% | 4 |
| Scotland | +24 | 6 | £435 | -17.14% | 6 |
| East of England | +9 | 6 | £410 | -14.81% | 1 |
| East Midlands | +17 | 4 | £569 | +26.39% | 4 |
| South West | +9 | 4 | £600 | -7.69% | 9 |
| Yorkshire | +6 | 1 | - | - | 3 |
Product Owner Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 6 May 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 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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