Product Owner Contract Job Trends in West London

Product Owner
London > West London

The median Product Owner daily rate in West London is £250, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 September 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
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 - 53
Rank change year-on-year - - +3
Contract jobs requiring a Product Owner 2 0 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West London 0.74% - 2.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.83% - 2.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 11
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £225 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - +14.29%
75th Percentile £275 - -
90th Percentile - - £650
London median daily rate £525 £650 £625
% change year-on-year -19.23% +4.00% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £43.00 - -
London median hourly rate £43.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in West London. 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 West London with a recognized job title 241 284 589
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.60% 94.98% 96.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 151 206 480
10th Percentile £204 £250 £225
25th Percentile £338 £363 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £480 £550
Median % change year-on-year -11.46% -12.73% +10.00%
75th Percentile £500 £588 £638
90th Percentile £538 £644 £700
London median daily rate £540 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 21 28
10th Percentile £20.24 £18.13 £35.48
25th Percentile £22.50 £20.75 £59.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £30.59 £72.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.78% -57.51% +323.53%
75th Percentile £40.75 £65.00 £90.00
90th Percentile £47.50 £68.00 -
London median hourly rate £30.50 £35.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -12.86% -6.67% +15.21%

Product Owner
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

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

Job vacancy trend for Product Owner in West London

Product Owner
Daily Rate Trend in West London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Product Owner job vacancies in West London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Product Owner job vacancies in West London

Product Owner
Contract Job Locations in West London

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 West London region over the 6 months to 14 September 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
Hounslow - 2 £250 -
Product Owner
London

Product Owner Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West London

For the 6 months to 14 September 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 across the West London region featuring Product Owner in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
1 2 (100.00%) Confluence
1 2 (100.00%) User Stories
1 2 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 2 (100.00%) Sprint Retrospective
1 2 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Backlog Refinement
1 2 (100.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 2 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (50.00%) Product Backlog
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Product Management
2 1 (50.00%) Content Management
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (50.00%) CMS

Product Owner Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West London 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 2 (100.00%) Confluence
2 1 (50.00%) CMS
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 2 (100.00%) Backlog Refinement
1 2 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Sprint Retrospective
1 2 (100.00%) User Stories
2 1 (50.00%) Content Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Product Backlog
2 1 (50.00%) Product Management