Product Ownership Job Trends in the East Midlands

Product Ownership
England > East Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Product Ownership in permanent job vacancies in the East Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Product Ownership over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 79 140
Rank change year-on-year -28 +61 -67
Permanent jobs citing Product Ownership 51 59 56
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 1.12% 3.24% 1.33%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.17% 7.27% 4.16%
Number of salaries quoted 33 22 33
10th Percentile £36,830 £29,450 £33,817
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,063 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +20.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £64,750 £68,438 £70,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £75,875 £77,750
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +12.00% -4.32%

All Generic Skills
East Midlands

Product Ownership falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 987 811 1,347
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 21.77% 44.58% 31.88%
Number of salaries quoted 543 369 924
10th Percentile £26,750 £26,700 £24,807
25th Percentile £34,000 £30,375 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +11.76% -15.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £79,800 £69,000 £69,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%

Product Ownership
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Product Ownership relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Product Ownership job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Product Ownership
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Product Ownership.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Product Ownership

Product Ownership
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Ownership in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 9 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Product Ownership in the East Midlands

Product Ownership
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Ownership within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Lincolnshire -2 22 £43,750 - 5
Northamptonshire -11 12 £53,125 -18.27% 3
Leicestershire -34 10 £63,500 +111.67% 2
Derbyshire -18 2 - -
Nottinghamshire -23 2 £58,832 -1.95% 5
Product Ownership
England

Product Ownership
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 9 (17.65%) Confluence
2 2 (3.92%) CMS
3 1 (1.96%) Drupal
Business Applications
1 2 (3.92%) Adobe Campaign
Cloud Services
1 9 (17.65%) Azure
2 5 (9.80%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (5.88%) Microsoft Copilot
3 3 (5.88%) Power Automate
3 3 (5.88%) Power Platform
3 3 (5.88%) PowerApps
4 1 (1.96%) AWS
4 1 (1.96%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.92%) Broadband
2 1 (1.96%) LTE
Development Applications
1 12 (23.53%) JIRA
2 3 (5.88%) XCUITest
General
1 12 (23.53%) Social Skills
2 9 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (15.69%) Law
4 6 (11.76%) Marketing
5 4 (7.84%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.96%) Finance
6 1 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (31.37%) Product Owner
2 7 (13.73%) Analyst
3 6 (11.76%) Service Desk Manager
3 6 (11.76%) Service Manager
4 5 (9.80%) Agile Product Owner
4 5 (9.80%) Product Manager
5 4 (7.84%) Business Analyst
5 4 (7.84%) Consultant
5 4 (7.84%) Senior
5 4 (7.84%) Software Engineer
6 3 (5.88%) Agile Coach
6 3 (5.88%) Data Analyst
6 3 (5.88%) Developer
6 3 (5.88%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
6 3 (5.88%) Functional Consultant
6 3 (5.88%) iOS Developer
6 3 (5.88%) Junior
6 3 (5.88%) Junior Product Owner
6 3 (5.88%) Senior Developer
6 3 (5.88%) Senior iOS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.88%) RESTful
1 3 (5.88%) SwiftUI
2 1 (1.96%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.80%) Mobile App
2 3 (5.88%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (5.88%) Data Structures
3 2 (3.92%) Marketing Technology
3 2 (3.92%) Over-the-Top Content
3 2 (3.92%) Social Media
4 1 (1.96%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.96%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.88%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (56.86%) Agile
2 13 (25.49%) Continuous Improvement
2 13 (25.49%) User Stories
3 12 (23.53%) Product Backlog
3 12 (23.53%) Sprint Planning
3 12 (23.53%) User Experience
4 11 (21.57%) Backlog Refinement
5 10 (19.61%) Acceptance Criteria
5 10 (19.61%) Scrum
5 10 (19.61%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (15.69%) Roadmaps
7 7 (13.73%) Coaching
7 7 (13.73%) ERP
8 6 (11.76%) Customer Experience
8 6 (11.76%) Decision-Making
8 6 (11.76%) Product Requirements
8 6 (11.76%) Requirements Gathering
8 6 (11.76%) Workflow
9 5 (9.80%) Software Engineering
9 5 (9.80%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (9.80%) C#
2 4 (7.84%) C++
3 3 (5.88%) SQL
3 3 (5.88%) Swift
Qualifications
1 1 (1.96%) DBS Check
1 1 (1.96%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (21.57%) QA
2 4 (7.84%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.96%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.96%) PMO
Vendors
1 6 (11.76%) ServiceNow
2 5 (9.80%) Microsoft
3 3 (5.88%) Apple
4 2 (3.92%) Adobe
5 1 (1.96%) Salesforce