Product Owner
UK
The median Product Owner daily rate in the UK is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 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 5 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 383 | 363 | 393 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -20 | +30 | -31 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Product Owner | 149 | 241 | 357 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.51% | 0.56% | 0.60% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.55% | 0.60% | 0.64% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 90 | 173 | 263 |
| 10th Percentile | £400 | £405 | £432 |
| 25th Percentile | £475 | £481 | £503 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £575 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.35% | - | +4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £673 | £650 | £648 |
| 90th Percentile | £713 | £750 | £688 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £550 | £538 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.09% | +2.33% | +2.38% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £39.70 | - | £32.68 |
| 25th Percentile | £58.00 | - | £44.19 |
| Median hourly rate | £92.00 | - | £64.25 |
| 75th Percentile | £95.99 | - | £85.19 |
| 90th Percentile | £96.29 | - | £97.23 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £60.00 | - | £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 | 26,887 | 40,034 | 55,895 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.47% | 92.76% | 94.62% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17,565 | 26,064 | 39,048 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £280 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £406 | £409 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £515 | £525 | £540 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.97% | -2.78% | +2.86% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £740 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £490 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.06% | -2.00% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,046 | 2,665 | 1,566 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.08 | £12.86 | £14.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.50 | £16.30 | £19.11 |
| Median hourly rate | £28.88 | £36.50 | £45.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.89% | -18.89% | +90.68% |
| 75th Percentile | £62.50 | £61.30 | £65.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £72.50 | £76.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £28.00 | £40.00 | £42.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -30.00% | -4.76% | +115.16% |
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 5 May 2025.
Product Owner
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Product Owner.
Product Owner
Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Product Owner over the 6 months to 5 May 2025.
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 5 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 |
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| England | -25 | 127 | £550 | -4.35% | 169 |
| London | -21 | 85 | £620 | +3.33% | 78 |
| Work from Home | +24 | 56 | £600 | +6.67% | 107 |
| UK excluding London | +34 | 46 | £500 | -9.09% | 120 |
| South East | +38 | 17 | £504 | -8.45% | 33 |
| Midlands | +11 | 8 | £395 | -28.94% | 20 |
| North of England | +20 | 7 | £600 | +14.29% | 37 |
| Scotland | +13 | 7 | £500 | +14.94% | 9 |
| South West | +37 | 6 | £456 | -24.00% | 15 |
| East Midlands | +14 | 4 | £357 | -37.23% | 2 |
| West Midlands | +12 | 4 | £520 | -5.45% | 18 |
| North West | +9 | 4 | £613 | +16.67% | 26 |
| Yorkshire | +18 | 3 | £600 | - | 8 |
| East of England | +26 | 1 | - | - | 5 |
Product Owner Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 5 May 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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