Product Owner Jobs in Scotland

Product Owner
UK > Scotland

The median Product Owner salary in Scotland is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 152 270 185
Rank change year-on-year +118 -85 +21
Permanent jobs requiring a Product Owner 14 18 27
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.46% 0.26% 0.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.53% 0.27% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 3 17 24
10th Percentile £57,881 £37,000 £58,250
25th Percentile £59,144 £43,564 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -10.20% +21.29%
75th Percentile £66,875 £61,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £66,200 £108,133
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +3.85% +4.00% +4.17%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 2,619 6,624 3,947
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.35% 97.04% 89.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1,246 2,756 2,139
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,750 £31,150
25th Percentile £45,063 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.19%
75th Percentile £63,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,625 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Product Owner
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Product Owner in Scotland

Product Owner
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Product Owner in Scotland.

Salary trend for Product Owner in Scotland

Product Owner
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Owner within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 31 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
Edinburgh +29 13 £65,197 +16.45% 1
Fife - 1 £62,500 -
Product Owner
UK

Product Owner Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 31 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 Scotland region featuring Product Owner in the job title.

1 14 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 13 (92.86%) Roadmaps
3 8 (57.14%) Social Skills
3 8 (57.14%) Backlog Management
3 8 (57.14%) Agile
4 7 (50.00%) Product Roadmap
4 7 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
4 7 (50.00%) Product Vision
5 6 (42.86%) Backlog Refinement
5 6 (42.86%) Influencing Skills
5 6 (42.86%) Creative Thinking
6 5 (35.71%) Backlog Prioritisation
7 4 (28.57%) Finance
7 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (21.43%) B2B
8 3 (21.43%) JIRA
8 3 (21.43%) Product Management
8 3 (21.43%) SaaS
8 3 (21.43%) Data Science
8 3 (21.43%) Analytics
8 3 (21.43%) User Stories
8 3 (21.43%) Mentoring
8 3 (21.43%) Coaching
8 3 (21.43%) Storytelling
8 3 (21.43%) Data Lake
8 3 (21.43%) Epics
8 3 (21.43%) User Research
9 2 (14.29%) Customer Experience
9 2 (14.29%) Customer Service
9 2 (14.29%) Private Cloud

Product Owner Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (21.43%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 3 (21.43%) JIRA
General
1 8 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 6 (42.86%) Influencing Skills
3 4 (28.57%) Finance
4 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 14 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (14.29%) Private Cloud
3 1 (7.14%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (92.86%) Roadmaps
2 8 (57.14%) Agile
2 8 (57.14%) Backlog Management
3 7 (50.00%) Product Roadmap
3 7 (50.00%) Product Vision
3 7 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
4 6 (42.86%) Backlog Refinement
4 6 (42.86%) Creative Thinking
5 5 (35.71%) Backlog Prioritisation
6 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (21.43%) Analytics
7 3 (21.43%) B2B
7 3 (21.43%) Coaching
7 3 (21.43%) Data Science
7 3 (21.43%) Epics
7 3 (21.43%) Mentoring
7 3 (21.43%) Product Management
7 3 (21.43%) Storytelling
7 3 (21.43%) User Research
7 3 (21.43%) User Stories
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (7.14%) Citrix