Product Ownership Jobs in the North West

Product Ownership
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Product Ownership in permanent job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Product Ownership over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 89 123 105
Rank change year-on-year +34 -18 -36
Permanent jobs citing Product Ownership 304 186 256
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 3.79% 1.88% 3.30%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 11.89% 5.98% 7.97%
Number of salaries quoted 151 148 159
10th Percentile £51,250 £42,500 £46,000
25th Percentile £56,176 £47,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,560 £57,965 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.70% -10.82% +17.82%
75th Percentile £77,500 £67,968 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,822 £78,250 £100,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £65,410
% change year-on-year +12.00% -4.45% +4.66%

All Generic Skills
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,556 3,110 3,214
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 31.91% 31.46% 41.46%
Number of salaries quoted 941 2,278 1,483
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £71,250 £66,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,721 £83,995
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Product Ownership
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Product Ownership as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Product Ownership in the North West

Product Ownership
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Product Ownership in the North West.

Salary trend for Product Ownership in the North West

Product Ownership
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Ownership in the North West over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Product Ownership in the North West

Product Ownership
Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 16 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
Manchester +36 124 £73,685 +31.00% 94
Lancashire -6 106 £57,560 -0.70% 40
Cheshire +39 58 £57,500 -3.36% 22
Merseyside +35 15 £88,750 +77.50% 5
Cumbria -68 1 £72,500 +16.94% 1
Product Ownership
England

Product Ownership
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 46 (15.13%) Confluence
2 6 (1.97%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.99%) CMS
4 2 (0.66%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.33%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 11 (3.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.64%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 65 (21.38%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
1 65 (21.38%) Teamcenter
2 2 (0.66%) Siebel CRM
3 1 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 137 (45.07%) Azure
2 134 (44.08%) AWS
3 50 (16.45%) GCP
4 10 (3.29%) Cloud Computing
5 7 (2.30%) Cloud Composer
6 6 (1.97%) Figma
6 6 (1.97%) SaaS
7 4 (1.32%) Google Workspace
7 4 (1.32%) Miro
7 4 (1.32%) Serverless
7 4 (1.32%) Slack
8 3 (0.99%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (0.66%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (0.66%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.66%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (0.66%) Entra ID
9 2 (0.66%) Google Analytics
9 2 (0.66%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.33%) Google Ads
10 1 (0.33%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.32%) HTTP
2 2 (0.66%) Firewall
3 1 (0.33%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 113 (37.17%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.29%) NoSQL
3 7 (2.30%) BigQuery
4 6 (1.97%) MongoDB
5 5 (1.64%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (1.32%) Power Query
6 4 (1.32%) PowerPivot
7 3 (0.99%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.66%) Power BI
9 1 (0.33%) Big Data
9 1 (0.33%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 125 (41.12%) JIRA
2 112 (36.84%) GitLab
3 110 (36.18%) Selenium
4 109 (35.86%) Bitbucket
4 109 (35.86%) Cucumber
4 109 (35.86%) Maven
4 109 (35.86%) SonarQube
4 109 (35.86%) Sonatype Nexus
5 65 (21.38%) Rational DOORS
6 6 (1.97%) Git
7 4 (1.32%) Balsamiq
7 4 (1.32%) JUnit
8 3 (0.99%) Postman
8 3 (0.99%) TestRail
9 1 (0.33%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.33%) ESLint
9 1 (0.33%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.33%) Storybook
9 1 (0.33%) webpack
General
1 153 (50.33%) Finance
2 131 (43.09%) Banking
3 114 (37.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 75 (24.67%) Retail
5 70 (23.03%) Corporate Banking
5 70 (23.03%) Investment Banking
6 53 (17.43%) Social Skills
7 15 (4.93%) Analytical Skills
8 10 (3.29%) Financial Institution
9 7 (2.30%) Games
9 7 (2.30%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.32%) Billing
11 4 (1.32%) Law
11 4 (1.32%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.66%) Legal
12 2 (0.66%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.66%) Tech for Good
13 1 (0.33%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 124 (40.79%) Software Engineer
2 65 (21.38%) Platform Engineer
2 65 (21.38%) Systems Engineer
3 27 (8.88%) Lead
4 22 (7.24%) Senior
5 20 (6.58%) Analyst
5 20 (6.58%) Product Owner
6 12 (3.95%) Product Manager
7 11 (3.62%) Cloud Engineer
8 10 (3.29%) Cloud Security Engineer
8 10 (3.29%) Security Engineer
9 9 (2.96%) Business Analyst
10 7 (2.30%) Developer
10 7 (2.30%) Lead Software Engineer
11 6 (1.97%) Architect
11 6 (1.97%) Business Development Analyst
11 6 (1.97%) Development Analyst
11 6 (1.97%) Project Analyst
11 6 (1.97%) Software Analyst
11 6 (1.97%) Software Development Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 128 (42.11%) React
2 119 (39.14%) Kafka
3 115 (37.83%) Spring
3 115 (37.83%) Spring Boot
4 114 (37.50%) CSS
5 113 (37.17%) HTML
6 109 (35.86%) JPA
6 109 (35.86%) Redux
7 79 (25.99%) REST
8 76 (25.00%) RESTful
9 71 (23.36%) Jest
10 70 (23.03%) CSS3
10 70 (23.03%) HTML5
10 70 (23.03%) Sass
11 41 (13.49%) Hibernate
12 11 (3.62%) AngularJS
13 6 (1.97%) Node.js
14 5 (1.64%) .NET
14 5 (1.64%) Web Services
15 4 (1.32%) Spring Batch
Miscellaneous
1 109 (35.86%) Enterprise Software
2 11 (3.62%) Cloud Native
3 10 (3.29%) Distributed Systems
4 8 (2.63%) Public Cloud
5 7 (2.30%) Security Posture
6 6 (1.97%) Mobile App
7 5 (1.64%) Mainframe
7 5 (1.64%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.32%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 3 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.66%) Client/Server
10 2 (0.66%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.66%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.66%) PropTech
10 2 (0.66%) Sports Betting
11 1 (0.33%) Hybrid Cloud
11 1 (0.33%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.30%) Linux
1 7 (2.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (0.66%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 254 (83.55%) Agile
2 138 (45.39%) DevOps
3 134 (44.08%) CI/CD
4 131 (43.09%) Software Engineering
5 128 (42.11%) Microservices
6 121 (39.80%) SDLC
7 118 (38.82%) Containerisation
8 117 (38.49%) Full-Stack Development
9 113 (37.17%) Performance Optimisation
9 113 (37.17%) Test Automation
10 111 (36.51%) Front End Development
11 88 (28.95%) User Experience
12 87 (28.62%) Mentoring
13 80 (26.32%) Migration
14 73 (24.01%) Strategic Thinking
15 70 (23.03%) Responsive Web Design
16 66 (21.71%) ArchiMate
16 66 (21.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 66 (21.71%) TOGAF
17 65 (21.38%) MODAF
Programming Languages
1 122 (40.13%) JavaScript
2 121 (39.80%) Java
3 119 (39.14%) SQL
4 91 (29.93%) TypeScript
5 13 (4.28%) Python
6 5 (1.64%) C#
7 4 (1.32%) Go
7 4 (1.32%) VB
8 2 (0.66%) Bash
8 2 (0.66%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 93 (30.59%) Degree
2 80 (26.32%) BPSS Clearance
3 65 (21.38%) TOGAF Certification
4 2 (0.66%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.33%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 120 (39.47%) QA
2 70 (23.03%) Accessibility
3 3 (0.99%) ISO 20022
4 1 (0.33%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.33%) GxP
System Software
1 120 (39.47%) Docker
2 7 (2.30%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 124 (40.79%) Kubernetes
2 14 (4.61%) Terraform
3 1 (0.33%) Grafana
3 1 (0.33%) Istio
Vendors
1 109 (35.86%) Solace
2 65 (21.38%) Sparx
3 15 (4.93%) Google
4 8 (2.63%) Bloomberg
4 8 (2.63%) Microsoft
5 6 (1.97%) Salesforce
6 5 (1.64%) Atlassian
6 5 (1.64%) ServiceNow
7 3 (0.99%) Ping Identity
8 2 (0.66%) Oracle
8 2 (0.66%) SAP
8 2 (0.66%) Siebel
8 2 (0.66%) Sitecore
9 1 (0.33%) Databricks
9 1 (0.33%) Facebook
9 1 (0.33%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.33%) Planview
9 1 (0.33%) Sage
9 1 (0.33%) Workday