Product Owner Job Trends in the North East

Product Owner
England > North East

The median Product Owner salary in the North East is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 January 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 - 68
Rank change year-on-year - - +17
Permanent jobs requiring a Product Owner 7 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 0.67% - 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.72% - 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £39,331 - £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +15.00%
75th Percentile £66,875 - £61,250
90th Percentile £75,000 - -
England median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £76,383
% change year-on-year +3.85% -14.90% +17.51%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
North East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North East. 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 the North East with a recognized job title 972 920 648
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.10% 95.73% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 668 409 560
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,200 £30,000
25th Percentile £30,500 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +2.04% -1.10%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £78,790 £85,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year -8.33% +0.80% -3.21%

Product Owner
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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 the North East.

Product Owner job vacancy trend in the North East

Product Owner
Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for Product Owner job vacancies in the North East.

Salary distribution trend for Product Owner job vacancies in the North East

Product Owner
Salary Histogram in the North East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Owner in the North East over the 6 months to 8 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Product Owner in the North East

Product Owner
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Owner within the North East region over the 6 months to 8 January 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
Tyne and Wear - 5 £40,662 -
Durham - 2 £75,000 -
Product Owner
England

Product Owner Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East

For the 6 months to 8 January 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 North East region featuring Product Owner in the job title.

1 4 (57.14%) Backlog Management
1 4 (57.14%) Product Backlog
1 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 4 (57.14%) User Stories
2 3 (42.86%) Atlassian
2 3 (42.86%) ITSM
2 3 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (42.86%) Product Roadmap
2 3 (42.86%) Project Delivery
2 3 (42.86%) Roadmaps
2 3 (42.86%) Service Management
3 2 (28.57%) Acceptance Criteria
3 2 (28.57%) Agile
3 2 (28.57%) Azure
3 2 (28.57%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 2 (28.57%) Product Vision
3 2 (28.57%) ServiceNow
3 2 (28.57%) Sprint Planning
3 2 (28.57%) Sprint Retrospective
4 1 (14.29%) Azure Certification
4 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (14.29%) Change Management
4 1 (14.29%) CISSP
4 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (14.29%) CSPO
4 1 (14.29%) Degree
4 1 (14.29%) DevOps

Product Owner Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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 3 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (28.57%) Azure
3 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Power BI
General
1 4 (57.14%) Public Sector
2 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Advertising
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 7 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Backlog Management
1 4 (57.14%) Product Backlog
1 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 4 (57.14%) User Stories
2 3 (42.86%) ITSM
2 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (42.86%) Product Roadmap
2 3 (42.86%) Project Delivery
2 3 (42.86%) Roadmaps
2 3 (42.86%) Service Management
3 2 (28.57%) Acceptance Criteria
3 2 (28.57%) Agile
3 2 (28.57%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 2 (28.57%) Product Vision
3 2 (28.57%) Sprint Planning
3 2 (28.57%) Sprint Retrospective
4 1 (14.29%) DevOps
4 1 (14.29%) MoSCoW
4 1 (14.29%) Sprint Review
4 1 (14.29%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Azure Certification
1 1 (14.29%) CISSP
1 1 (14.29%) CSPO
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Atlassian
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) ServiceNow