Product Owner Jobs in the South East

Product Owner
England > South East

The median Product Owner salary in the South East is £35,000 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 298 355 295
Rank change year-on-year +57 -60 -22
Permanent jobs requiring a Product Owner 17 38 105
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.18% 0.22% 0.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.23% 0.84%
Number of salaries quoted 5 27 75
10th Percentile £31,400 £43,350 £45,000
25th Percentile - £48,125 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -46.15% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £66,250 £73,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £71,500 £85,000 £82,500
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
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 8,425 16,577 12,528
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.99% 94.08% 90.09%
Number of salaries quoted 4,513 11,781 7,967
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,567
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.32% +0.95%

Product Owner
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Product Owner in the South East

Product Owner
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Product Owner in the South East.

Salary trend for Product Owner in the South East

Product Owner
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Owner in the South East over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Product Owner in the South East

Product Owner
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 Product Owner within the South East 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
Thames Valley +54 10 £70,250 +33.81% 9
Buckinghamshire +37 9 £75,000 +3.45% 3
Hampshire +74 4 - - 1
East Sussex +28 3 £35,000 -22.22%
Oxfordshire +26 1 £65,500 +24.76% 2
Product Owner
England

Product Owner Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

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 South East region featuring Product Owner in the job title.

1 17 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 15 (88.24%) Roadmaps
3 13 (76.47%) User Stories
4 11 (64.71%) Agile
4 11 (64.71%) Acceptance Criteria
5 10 (58.82%) Business Analysis
5 10 (58.82%) Marketing
6 8 (47.06%) CRM
7 6 (35.29%) HTML
7 6 (35.29%) CSS
7 6 (35.29%) SEO
7 6 (35.29%) Publishing
7 6 (35.29%) CMS
7 6 (35.29%) Degree
7 6 (35.29%) Google Analytics
7 6 (35.29%) Digital Marketing
7 6 (35.29%) User Experience
7 6 (35.29%) SDLC
7 6 (35.29%) Customer Engagement
7 6 (35.29%) Strategic Planning
7 6 (35.29%) Google
7 6 (35.29%) Analytics
7 6 (35.29%) Marketing Technology
7 6 (35.29%) Strategic Roadmap
7 6 (35.29%) Customer Experience
8 5 (29.41%) Backlog Refinement
8 5 (29.41%) Social Skills
8 5 (29.41%) Product Roadmap
8 5 (29.41%) Backlog Prioritisation
9 4 (23.53%) Requirements Gathering

Product Owner Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 6 (35.29%) CMS
2 4 (23.53%) Confluence
3 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (5.88%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (35.29%) Google Analytics
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.88%) Power Automate
2 1 (5.88%) Power Platform
2 1 (5.88%) PowerApps
Development Applications
1 4 (23.53%) JIRA
General
1 10 (58.82%) Marketing
2 6 (35.29%) Publishing
3 5 (29.41%) Social Skills
4 2 (11.76%) Back Office
4 2 (11.76%) Retail
5 1 (5.88%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (35.29%) CSS
1 6 (35.29%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 6 (35.29%) Marketing Technology
3 2 (11.76%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (88.24%) Roadmaps
2 13 (76.47%) User Stories
3 11 (64.71%) Acceptance Criteria
3 11 (64.71%) Agile
4 10 (58.82%) Business Analysis
5 8 (47.06%) CRM
6 6 (35.29%) Analytics
6 6 (35.29%) Customer Engagement
6 6 (35.29%) Customer Experience
6 6 (35.29%) Digital Marketing
6 6 (35.29%) SDLC
6 6 (35.29%) SEO
6 6 (35.29%) Strategic Planning
6 6 (35.29%) Strategic Roadmap
6 6 (35.29%) User Experience
7 5 (29.41%) Backlog Prioritisation
7 5 (29.41%) Backlog Refinement
7 5 (29.41%) Product Roadmap
8 4 (23.53%) Decision-Making
8 4 (23.53%) Scaled Agile Framework
Qualifications
1 6 (35.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (35.29%) Google
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft