Product Owner Jobs in the North of England

Product Owner
England > North of England

The median Product Owner salary in the North of England is £59,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 322 355 324
Rank change year-on-year +33 -31 -11
Permanent jobs requiring a Product Owner 25 44 107
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.21% 0.24% 0.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.25% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 15 36 77
10th Percentile £39,750 £47,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £52,188 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £62,783 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.02% +14.15% -
75th Percentile £84,375 £67,968 £67,500
90th Percentile £102,250 £71,915 £86,000
England median annual salary £68,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.62% +4.00% +4.17%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 of England with a recognized job title 10,635 17,462 14,791
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.17% 95.12% 89.46%
Number of salaries quoted 5,521 13,436 8,012
10th Percentile £25,087 £27,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £80,614
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

Product Owner
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured Product Owner in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Product Owner in the North of England

Product Owner
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Product Owner in the North of England.

Salary trend for Product Owner in the North of England

Product Owner
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Owner in the North of England over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Product Owner in the North of England

Product Owner
Job Locations in the North of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 30 May 2025. 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
North West -2 17 £70,750 +12.94% 75
Yorkshire +53 5 £50,000 -23.08% 64
North East +46 3 £56,250 -10.40% 23
Product Owner
England

Product Owner Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, Product Owner job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North of England region featuring Product Owner in the job title.

1 25 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 21 (84.00%) Agile
3 18 (72.00%) Roadmaps
4 16 (64.00%) Product Roadmap
5 13 (52.00%) Social Skills
6 12 (48.00%) Finance
7 10 (40.00%) Backlog Management
7 10 (40.00%) Product Backlog
8 8 (32.00%) Financial Institution
8 8 (32.00%) User Experience
9 7 (28.00%) User Stories
9 7 (28.00%) Scrum
9 7 (28.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
9 7 (28.00%) Product Requirements
10 6 (24.00%) Product Vision
10 6 (24.00%) Stakeholder Management
11 5 (20.00%) Acceptance Criteria
11 5 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
11 5 (20.00%) Degree
11 5 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
11 5 (20.00%) Customer Experience
11 5 (20.00%) Product Strategy
11 5 (20.00%) Sprint Review
12 4 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
12 4 (16.00%) Figma
12 4 (16.00%) Miro
12 4 (16.00%) Story Mapping
12 4 (16.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (16.00%) Microsoft
12 4 (16.00%) MS Visio

Product Owner Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (16.00%) CMS
2 2 (8.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (8.00%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 5 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (16.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (16.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (16.00%) Figma
1 4 (16.00%) Google Workspace
1 4 (16.00%) Miro
1 4 (16.00%) Slack
2 3 (12.00%) Azure
3 1 (4.00%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (4.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.00%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.00%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 4 (16.00%) Balsamiq
1 4 (16.00%) JIRA
General
1 13 (52.00%) Social Skills
2 12 (48.00%) Finance
3 8 (32.00%) Financial Institution
4 5 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (16.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (12.00%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (8.00%) Manufacturing
7 2 (8.00%) Publishing
8 1 (4.00%) Digital Health
8 1 (4.00%) Law
8 1 (4.00%) Legal
8 1 (4.00%) Marketing
8 1 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (4.00%) Retail
8 1 (4.00%) Tech for Good
Miscellaneous
1 25 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (8.00%) Client/Server
3 1 (4.00%) Driving Licence
3 1 (4.00%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (4.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (84.00%) Agile
2 18 (72.00%) Roadmaps
3 16 (64.00%) Product Roadmap
4 10 (40.00%) Backlog Management
4 10 (40.00%) Product Backlog
5 8 (32.00%) User Experience
6 7 (28.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
6 7 (28.00%) Product Requirements
6 7 (28.00%) Scrum
6 7 (28.00%) User Stories
7 6 (24.00%) Product Vision
7 6 (24.00%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (20.00%) Acceptance Criteria
8 5 (20.00%) Customer Experience
8 5 (20.00%) Product Strategy
8 5 (20.00%) Sprint Review
9 4 (16.00%) Customer Requirements
9 4 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (16.00%) SDLC
9 4 (16.00%) Story Mapping
Qualifications
1 5 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.00%) PSD2
Vendors
1 4 (16.00%) Google
1 4 (16.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.00%) Sitecore
3 1 (4.00%) Salesforce