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 27 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 - 38
Rank change year-on-year - - +16
Contract jobs requiring a Product Owner 2 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in West London 0.66% - 0.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.78% - 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £225 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 - £70
Median % change year-on-year - - -83.53%
75th Percentile £275 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £563 £640 £600
% change year-on-year -12.11% +6.67% +3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £43.00 - -
London median hourly rate £43.00 £93.08 -
% change year-on-year -53.80% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 257 203 368
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.38% 93.55% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 146 150 261
10th Percentile £290 £206 £193
25th Percentile £418 £266 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £400 £475
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -15.79% -5.00%
75th Percentile £638 £484 £588
90th Percentile £716 £594 £648
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -5.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 12 31
10th Percentile £19.14 £19.33 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.50 £20.45 £19.58
Median hourly rate £25.15 £22.27 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.93% -31.48% -48.00%
75th Percentile £29.73 £24.22 £53.75
90th Percentile £32.80 £29.15 £67.00
London median hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £28.50
% change year-on-year - +22.81% -18.57%

Product Owner
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Product Owner' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West London.

Product Owner job vacancy trend 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 27 February 2026. 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 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West London

For the 6 months to 27 February 2026, Product Owner contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of 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%) Acceptance Criteria
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 2 (100.00%) Backlog Refinement
1 2 (100.00%) Confluence
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
1 2 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Sprint Retrospective
1 2 (100.00%) User Stories
2 1 (50.00%) CMS
2 1 (50.00%) Content Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Product Backlog
2 1 (50.00%) Product Management

Product Owner Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

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