Product Owner Job Trends in Kent

Product Owner
South East > Kent

The median Product Owner salary in Kent is £92,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 February 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Product Owner 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Kent 0.17% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £91,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £92,500 - -
75th Percentile £93,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £67,500 £64,250 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.06% +22.38% -12.50%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Kent

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Kent. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Kent with a recognized job title 1,077 492 918
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.35% 78.72% 90.62%
Number of salaries quoted 601 218 747
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,350 £23,500
25th Percentile £29,750 £34,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £52,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.27% +22.35% -15.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £67,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £67,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,790 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.38% +11.58% -9.09%

Product Owner
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Product Owner job vacancy trend in Kent

Product Owner
Salary Trend in Kent

Salary distribution trend for Product Owner job vacancies in Kent.

Salary distribution trend for Product Owner job vacancies in Kent

Product Owner
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Owner within the Kent 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Chatham - 2 £92,500 - 1
Product Owner
South East

Product Owner Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent

For the 6 months to 27 February 2026, Product Owner 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 permanent job ads across the Kent region featuring Product Owner in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Ideation Sessions
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (50.00%) Backlog Management
2 1 (50.00%) Business Case
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Data Transformation
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Epics
2 1 (50.00%) Financial Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (50.00%) Master Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) NoSQL
2 1 (50.00%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) Product Vision
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking

Product Owner Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) NoSQL
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Ideation Sessions
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (50.00%) Backlog Management
2 1 (50.00%) Business Case
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Epics
2 1 (50.00%) Financial Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (50.00%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) Product Vision
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL