Product Ownership Job Trends in the North East

Product Ownership
England > North East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Product Ownership in permanent job vacancies in the North East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Product Ownership over the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 80 59
Rank change year-on-year +11 -21 +5
Permanent jobs citing Product Ownership 13 6 13
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 1.28% 0.64% 1.73%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.39% 2.05% 5.46%
Number of salaries quoted 13 6 12
10th Percentile £39,331 £46,250 £42,175
25th Percentile £42,500 £50,686 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £59,430 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.87% +25.12% -20.83%
75th Percentile £62,500 £66,216 £59,375
90th Percentile £72,500 £78,750 £62,375
England median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -3.57% +3.70% -

All Generic Skills
North East

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 North East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 296 292 238
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 29.05% 31.36% 31.61%
Number of salaries quoted 168 98 206
10th Percentile £28,350 £33,000 £29,875
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,241 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,404 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.80% +6.11% -5.00%
75th Percentile £69,063 £69,498 £64,688
90th Percentile £77,875 £91,875 £79,375
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

Product Ownership
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Product Ownership job vacancy trend in the North East

Product Ownership
Salary Trend in the North East

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

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

Product Ownership
Salary Histogram in the North East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Ownership in the North East over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Product Ownership in the North East

Product Ownership
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 Ownership within the North East region over the 6 months to 13 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 +17 11 £50,000 -23.08% 5
Durham +9 2 £75,000 +26.20%
Product Ownership
England

Product Ownership
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:

Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (23.08%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 6 (46.15%) Azure
2 5 (38.46%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (15.38%) Power Platform
5 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (7.69%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Power BI
General
1 6 (46.15%) Public Sector
2 4 (30.77%) Advertising
3 3 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Product Owner
2 3 (23.08%) Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Business Systems Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Systems Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) Product Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) ServiceNow Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 1 (7.69%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Agile
2 5 (38.46%) DevOps
2 5 (38.46%) Roadmaps
3 4 (30.77%) Backlog Management
3 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (30.77%) Product Backlog
3 4 (30.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (30.77%) User Stories
4 3 (23.08%) Business Analysis
4 3 (23.08%) Customer Requirements
4 3 (23.08%) Data Modelling
4 3 (23.08%) ITSM
4 3 (23.08%) Microservices
4 3 (23.08%) Product Roadmap
4 3 (23.08%) Project Delivery
4 3 (23.08%) Scenario Testing
4 3 (23.08%) SDLC
4 3 (23.08%) Service Management
4 3 (23.08%) Translating Business Requirements
5 2 (15.38%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) C#
1 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) Azure Certification
1 1 (7.69%) CISSP
1 1 (7.69%) CSPO
1 1 (7.69%) Degree
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 3 (23.08%) Atlassian
3 2 (15.38%) ServiceNow