CSPO Job Trends in the South East

Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East citing CSPO qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 24 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 24 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	342	-	311
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-25
Permanent jobs citing CSPO	11	0	1
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East	0.055%	-	0.009%
As % of the Qualifications category	0.28%	-	0.026%
Number of salaries quoted	3	0	0
10^th Percentile	£53,000	-	-
25^th Percentile	£61,250	-	-
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£80,000	-	-
75^th Percentile	£85,000	-	-
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
England median annual salary	£80,000	£72,500	£80,000
% change year-on-year	+10.34%	-9.38%	+14.29%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

CSPO falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies citing academic qualifications or professional certifications in the South East.

	6 months to 24 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing academic qualifications or professional certifications	3,944	3,470	3,802
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East	19.64%	38.53%	33.22%
Number of salaries quoted	2,336	1,586	1,841
10^th Percentile	£30,750	£29,000	£33,750
25^th Percentile	£42,500	£36,000	£42,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£60,000	£50,000	£57,500
Median % change year-on-year	+20.00%	-13.04%	+9.42%
75^th Percentile	£75,000	£67,500	£75,000
90^th Percentile	£90,000	£83,750	£85,000
England median annual salary	£60,000	£55,000	£57,542
% change year-on-year	+9.09%	-4.42%	+0.07%

CSPO Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CSPO relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

CSPO Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing CSPO.

CSPO Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing CSPO in the South East over the 6 months to 24 October 2026.

Salary histogram for CSPO in the South East

CSPO Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CSPO within the South East region over the 6 months to 24 October 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Surrey	-	8	-	-
Thames Valley	-	2	£80,000	-	2
Buckinghamshire	-	2	£80,000	-	2
Hampshire	-	1	£50,000	-
CSPO England

CSPO Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 24 October 2026, job vacancies citing CSPO also mentioned 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 South East region citing CSPO.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Agile	100.0%	11
1	Stakeholder Management	100.0%	11
3	Data Protection	90.9%	10
3	Roadmaps	90.9%	10
5	Scrum	81.8%	9
6	Backlog Refinement	72.7%	8
6	Event-Driven	72.7%	8
6	Information Security	72.7%	8
6	Problem-Solving	72.7%	8
6	REST	72.7%	8
6	Scaled Agile Framework	72.7%	8
6	SOAP	72.7%	8
13	API Integration	63.6%	7
13	Architecture Governance	63.6%	7
13	Enterprise Architecture	63.6%	7
13	Event-Driven Architecture	63.6%	7
13	GDPR	63.6%	7
13	Integration Patterns	63.6%	7
13	ISO/IEC 27001	63.6%	7
20	Backlog Prioritisation	27.3%	3
20	Continuous Improvement	27.3%	3
20	Product Vision	27.3%	3
23	AI	18.2%	2
23	Business Strategy	18.2%	2
23	CRM	18.2%	2
23	Customer Experience	18.2%	2
23	Product Management	18.2%	2
23	Product Roadmap	18.2%	2
23	Product Strategy	18.2%	2
23	Programme Delivery	18.2%	2

CSPO Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Qualifications

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Degree	9.1%	1