Product Ownership Job Trends in the Midlands

Product Ownership
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Product Ownership in permanent job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Product Ownership over the 6 months leading up to 21 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 150 118
Rank change year-on-year +17 -32 -40
Permanent jobs citing Product Ownership 126 72 230
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.03% 1.48% 2.04%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.89% 3.90% 6.05%
Number of salaries quoted 86 59 182
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,000 £46,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £67,500 £69,875 £65,000
90th Percentile £72,000 £78,000 £73,950
England median annual salary £70,000 £71,991 £62,500
% change year-on-year -2.77% +15.19% -6.81%

All Generic Skills
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 Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,239 1,845 3,800
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 26.38% 37.93% 33.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1,407 1,080 2,658
10th Percentile £26,750 £27,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £33,750 £36,925 £33,094
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £48,669
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +2.74% -9.87%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £72,875
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 Midlands

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

Product Ownership job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Product Ownership
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Product Ownership

Product Ownership
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Ownership in the Midlands over the 6 months to 21 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Product Ownership in the Midlands

Product Ownership
Job Locations in the 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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 21 April 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
West Midlands +3 78 £60,000 -2.04% 32
East Midlands -33 47 £55,000 -8.33% 13
Product Ownership
England

Product Ownership
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the 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 16 (12.70%) Confluence
2 7 (5.56%) CMS
3 5 (3.97%) nginx
4 2 (1.59%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.59%) SAS
5 1 (0.79%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.79%) Drupal
Applications
1 5 (3.97%) Adobe Illustrator
1 5 (3.97%) Photoshop
2 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.79%) Sketch
2 1 (0.79%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (4.76%) Workday HCM
2 5 (3.97%) Shopify
3 2 (1.59%) Adobe Campaign
3 2 (1.59%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 25 (19.84%) Azure
2 16 (12.70%) AWS
3 14 (11.11%) SaaS
4 13 (10.32%) GitHub
5 9 (7.14%) Figma
6 8 (6.35%) GitHub Copilot
7 7 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (4.76%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (3.17%) GCP
10 3 (2.38%) Microsoft Copilot
10 3 (2.38%) Power Automate
10 3 (2.38%) Power Platform
10 3 (2.38%) PowerApps
11 2 (1.59%) Anthropic Claude
11 2 (1.59%) Microsoft 365
11 2 (1.59%) Salesforce Einstein
12 1 (0.79%) Asana
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.59%) Broadband
1 2 (1.59%) Firewall
1 2 (1.59%) SD-WAN
1 2 (1.59%) SMS
1 2 (1.59%) VLAN
1 2 (1.59%) VPN
1 2 (1.59%) WAN
2 1 (0.79%) Bluetooth
2 1 (0.79%) LTE
2 1 (0.79%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.97%) MySQL
2 3 (2.38%) NoSQL
3 2 (1.59%) Redis
3 2 (1.59%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.79%) SAS Visual Analytics
4 1 (0.79%) ZAP BI
Development Applications
1 26 (20.63%) JIRA
2 8 (6.35%) Visual Studio
3 5 (3.97%) Git
3 5 (3.97%) Postman
3 5 (3.97%) Vite
4 3 (2.38%) Selenium
4 3 (2.38%) XCUITest
5 2 (1.59%) Cucumber
5 2 (1.59%) Cypress.io
5 2 (1.59%) GitLab
5 2 (1.59%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.59%) JMeter
5 2 (1.59%) LoadRunner
5 2 (1.59%) REST Assured
5 2 (1.59%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.79%) Balsamiq
6 1 (0.79%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.79%) Gatling
6 1 (0.79%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.79%) SpecFlow
General
1 37 (29.37%) Social Skills
2 23 (18.25%) Finance
3 20 (15.87%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 12 (9.52%) Marketing
6 8 (6.35%) Law
7 5 (3.97%) Banking
7 5 (3.97%) Manufacturing
7 5 (3.97%) Retail
8 4 (3.17%) Legal
9 2 (1.59%) Games
9 2 (1.59%) iGaming
9 2 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.59%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 41 (32.54%) Product Owner
2 15 (11.90%) Analyst
3 14 (11.11%) Senior
4 13 (10.32%) Business Analyst
4 13 (10.32%) Lead
5 10 (7.94%) Developer
5 10 (7.94%) Product Manager
6 6 (4.76%) Designer
6 6 (4.76%) UX Designer
7 5 (3.97%) Agile Product Owner
7 5 (3.97%) Consultant
7 5 (3.97%) QA Engineer
7 5 (3.97%) Senior Analyst
8 4 (3.17%) Data Business Analyst
8 4 (3.17%) Senior Business Analyst
8 4 (3.17%) Service Desk Manager
8 4 (3.17%) Service Manager
8 4 (3.17%) Software Engineer
9 3 (2.38%) Functional Consultant
9 3 (2.38%) QA Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (10.32%) .NET
2 8 (6.35%) Blazor
2 8 (6.35%) Material Design
2 8 (6.35%) WebAssembly
3 7 (5.56%) HTML
4 6 (4.76%) Vue
5 5 (3.97%) CSS
5 5 (3.97%) Laravel
5 5 (3.97%) LEMP Stack
5 5 (3.97%) RESTful
5 5 (3.97%) Tailwind CSS
5 5 (3.97%) YAML
6 3 (2.38%) React
6 3 (2.38%) SwiftUI
7 2 (1.59%) EDI
7 2 (1.59%) React Native
7 2 (1.59%) SQLAlchemy
7 2 (1.59%) WinForms
7 2 (1.59%) WPF
7 2 (1.59%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (3.97%) Analytical Mindset
1 5 (3.97%) Virtual Team
2 4 (3.17%) Marketing Technology
3 3 (2.38%) Cloud Native
3 3 (2.38%) Mobile App
4 2 (1.59%) Data Centre
4 2 (1.59%) Data Structures
4 2 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.59%) Over-the-Top Content
4 2 (1.59%) PMI
4 2 (1.59%) Public Cloud
4 2 (1.59%) Social Media
5 1 (0.79%) Augmented Reality
5 1 (0.79%) Blockchain
5 1 (0.79%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (0.79%) N-Tier
5 1 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.79%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.76%) Linux
2 4 (3.17%) Apple iOS
3 2 (1.59%) Windows
4 1 (0.79%) Android
4 1 (0.79%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (59.52%) Agile
2 42 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 35 (27.78%) User Stories
4 30 (23.81%) User Experience
5 29 (23.02%) Continuous Improvement
6 26 (20.63%) Decision-Making
6 26 (20.63%) Stakeholder Management
7 24 (19.05%) Product Backlog
8 22 (17.46%) Acceptance Criteria
8 22 (17.46%) Scrum
9 19 (15.08%) Backlog Prioritisation
9 19 (15.08%) Product Vision
10 17 (13.49%) Backlog Management
10 17 (13.49%) Backlog Refinement
10 17 (13.49%) Sprint Planning
11 15 (11.90%) Requirements Gathering
12 14 (11.11%) AI
13 13 (10.32%) Product Roadmap
14 12 (9.52%) CI/CD
14 12 (9.52%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 18 (14.29%) C#
2 13 (10.32%) SQL
3 12 (9.52%) JavaScript
4 8 (6.35%) Python
5 5 (3.97%) Bash
5 5 (3.97%) Go
5 5 (3.97%) Java
5 5 (3.97%) PHP
6 4 (3.17%) C++
7 3 (2.38%) Swift
8 2 (1.59%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.79%) JCL
Qualifications
1 7 (5.56%) Degree
2 3 (2.38%) SC Cleared
2 3 (2.38%) Security Cleared
3 2 (1.59%) CAPM
3 2 (1.59%) IBM Certification
3 2 (1.59%) ISTQB
3 2 (1.59%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 2 (1.59%) PMI Certification
3 2 (1.59%) PMP
4 1 (0.79%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (21.43%) QA
2 13 (10.32%) Accessibility
3 8 (6.35%) WCAG
4 5 (3.97%) PMO
5 2 (1.59%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.59%) GDPR
System Software
1 9 (7.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (3.17%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.38%) Terraform
3 2 (1.59%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.79%) Grafana
4 1 (0.79%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 8 (6.35%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.76%) Workday
3 5 (3.97%) ServiceNow
4 4 (3.17%) Google
5 3 (2.38%) Apple
6 2 (1.59%) Adobe
6 2 (1.59%) IBM
6 2 (1.59%) OpenAI
6 2 (1.59%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.59%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 1 (0.79%) AppDynamics
7 1 (0.79%) Splunk
7 1 (0.79%) Veracode