Product Ownership Job Trends in the South East

Product Ownership
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Product Ownership in permanent job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Product Ownership over the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 124 155
Rank change year-on-year -10 +31 -70
Permanent jobs citing Product Ownership 179 180 286
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.23% 2.29% 1.74%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.28% 5.77% 5.00%
Number of salaries quoted 117 76 169
10th Percentile £46,250 £50,625 £42,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £61,438 £49,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £64,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +1.56% +2.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £84,375 £83,750
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +12.00% -3.85%

All Generic Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,391 3,118 5,723
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 23.39% 39.60% 34.74%
Number of salaries quoted 2,148 1,462 3,752
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,750 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +2.04% -13.54%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%

Product Ownership
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Product Ownership job vacancy trend in the South East

Product Ownership
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Product Ownership.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Product Ownership

Product Ownership
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Ownership in the South East over the 6 months to 20 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Product Ownership in the South East

Product Ownership
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 Ownership within the South East region over the 6 months to 20 May 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
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley -15 74 £55,000 -18.82% 31
Buckinghamshire +26 46 £55,000 -10.20% 9
Hampshire -23 35 £76,250 +17.31% 15
Surrey -10 20 £63,857 -8.78% 5
West Sussex -11 17 £66,250 -19.70% 1
Kent -23 16 £82,500 - 3
Berkshire -41 15 £70,000 +7.69% 19
Oxfordshire -4 13 £62,500 -10.71% 6
East Sussex -6 13 £80,000 +60.00% 4
Middlesex +41 1 - - 2
Product Ownership
England

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

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 10 (5.59%) CMS
2 7 (3.91%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.68%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 3 (1.68%) Sitecore CMS
4 2 (1.12%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.56%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (1.12%) Adobe XD
1 2 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.12%) Infor SunSystems
2 1 (0.56%) Adobe Campaign
2 1 (0.56%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.56%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.56%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.56%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.56%) SAP HR
2 1 (0.56%) SAP IS-U
2 1 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 51 (28.49%) Azure
2 32 (17.88%) AWS
3 17 (9.50%) GCP
4 14 (7.82%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (5.59%) GitHub
6 8 (4.47%) Figma
7 6 (3.35%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (3.35%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (3.35%) Power Automate
7 6 (3.35%) Power Platform
7 6 (3.35%) SaaS
8 5 (2.79%) PowerApps
9 3 (1.68%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 3 (1.68%) Benchling
9 3 (1.68%) Serverless
10 1 (0.56%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.56%) dbt
10 1 (0.56%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.56%) Miro
10 1 (0.56%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.91%) MQTT
2 5 (2.79%) Broadband
3 2 (1.12%) DNS
4 1 (0.56%) GSM
4 1 (0.56%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.35%) MongoDB
1 6 (3.35%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (2.79%) NoSQL
3 3 (1.68%) Metadata
4 2 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.56%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.56%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.56%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.56%) IBM InfoSphere
5 1 (0.56%) Power BI
5 1 (0.56%) PowerPivot
5 1 (0.56%) SAS Visual Analytics
5 1 (0.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 28 (15.64%) Git
2 11 (6.15%) JIRA
3 10 (5.59%) GitLab
4 9 (5.03%) Visual Studio Code
5 7 (3.91%) Selenium
6 5 (2.79%) Postman
6 5 (2.79%) Zephyr
7 4 (2.23%) Cucumber
7 4 (2.23%) Cypress.io
8 3 (1.68%) JUnit
8 3 (1.68%) Mockito
8 3 (1.68%) Robot Framework
8 3 (1.68%) Snyk
9 2 (1.12%) Appium
9 2 (1.12%) Axure RP
9 2 (1.12%) Balsamiq
9 2 (1.12%) Jenkins
9 2 (1.12%) JMeter
9 2 (1.12%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.56%) SonarQube
General
1 57 (31.84%) Social Skills
2 45 (25.14%) Finance
3 34 (18.99%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (6.15%) Law
4 11 (6.15%) Public Sector
5 10 (5.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (4.47%) Legal
7 7 (3.91%) Retail
8 5 (2.79%) Games
8 5 (2.79%) Marketing
9 4 (2.23%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.68%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.68%) Electronics
10 3 (1.68%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.68%) Social Science
10 3 (1.68%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.12%) Aerospace
11 2 (1.12%) Automotive
11 2 (1.12%) Publishing
12 1 (0.56%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 41 (22.91%) Senior
2 22 (12.29%) Product Owner
3 20 (11.17%) Lead
3 20 (11.17%) Product Manager
4 19 (10.61%) Analyst
5 18 (10.06%) Software Engineer
6 15 (8.38%) Designer
7 14 (7.82%) Architect
8 13 (7.26%) Business Analyst
8 13 (7.26%) Product Designer
8 13 (7.26%) Senior Designer
8 13 (7.26%) Senior Product Designer
9 11 (6.15%) Senior Manager
10 9 (5.03%) Developer
11 8 (4.47%) Solutions Architect
12 7 (3.91%) Senior Analyst
13 6 (3.35%) DevSecOps Engineer
13 6 (3.35%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 6 (3.35%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
14 5 (2.79%) Legal Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (8.94%) .NET
1 16 (8.94%) REST
2 12 (6.70%) RESTful
3 11 (6.15%) Kafka
3 11 (6.15%) React
4 8 (4.47%) Web Services
5 7 (3.91%) Gherkin
5 7 (3.91%) Playwright
6 6 (3.35%) SOAP
7 5 (2.79%) Django
7 5 (2.79%) JSON
7 5 (2.79%) Twisted
7 5 (2.79%) WebSockets
8 4 (2.23%) .NET Framework
8 4 (2.23%) ASP.NET
8 4 (2.23%) Middleware
8 4 (2.23%) OAuth
8 4 (2.23%) OAuth2
8 4 (2.23%) RabbitMQ
8 4 (2.23%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (7.26%) Mobile App
2 12 (6.70%) Algorithms
3 11 (6.15%) Cloud Native
4 6 (3.35%) Onboarding
4 6 (3.35%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (2.79%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (2.79%) Embedded Systems
5 5 (2.79%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (2.79%) Video Conferencing
6 4 (2.23%) Video\Live Streaming
6 4 (2.23%) Virtual Team
7 3 (1.68%) Biopharmaceutical
7 3 (1.68%) Cloud Security Posture
7 3 (1.68%) Life Science
7 3 (1.68%) LIMS
7 3 (1.68%) Low-Code
7 3 (1.68%) Robotics
7 3 (1.68%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.12%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.12%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 18 (10.06%) Linux
2 2 (1.12%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (69.27%) Agile
2 64 (35.75%) Scrum
3 46 (25.70%) Roadmaps
4 44 (24.58%) CI/CD
5 42 (23.46%) DevOps
6 41 (22.91%) Continuous Improvement
7 39 (21.79%) Problem-Solving
8 33 (18.44%) Test Automation
9 28 (15.64%) Software Engineering
10 27 (15.08%) User Stories
11 26 (14.53%) Mentoring
11 26 (14.53%) Stakeholder Management
12 24 (13.41%) Analytics
13 23 (12.85%) Product Roadmap
14 22 (12.29%) Decision-Making
14 22 (12.29%) User Research
15 21 (11.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 21 (11.73%) User Experience
16 20 (11.17%) AI
17 19 (10.61%) Product Backlog
Programming Languages
1 24 (13.41%) Python
2 23 (12.85%) C#
3 18 (10.06%) JavaScript
4 14 (7.82%) TypeScript
5 13 (7.26%) Java
6 11 (6.15%) SQL
7 8 (4.47%) C++
8 7 (3.91%) Rust
9 3 (1.68%) C
9 3 (1.68%) Go
9 3 (1.68%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.56%) ABAP
10 1 (0.56%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.56%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.56%) SOQL
10 1 (0.56%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 42 (23.46%) Degree
2 34 (18.99%) Security Cleared
3 23 (12.85%) SC Cleared
4 11 (6.15%) ICAEW
5 9 (5.03%) DV Cleared
6 7 (3.91%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (3.91%) ISTQB
7 3 (1.68%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.12%) CISA
8 2 (1.12%) CISM
8 2 (1.12%) CISSP
8 2 (1.12%) CRISC
8 2 (1.12%) CSQA
8 2 (1.12%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.12%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (19.55%) QA
2 9 (5.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (4.47%) Accessibility
4 6 (3.35%) WCAG
5 3 (1.68%) NCSC
5 3 (1.68%) PMO
6 2 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.12%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.12%) GRC
6 2 (1.12%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.56%) SLA
System Software
1 28 (15.64%) Docker
2 5 (2.79%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.56%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 15 (8.38%) Kubernetes
2 10 (5.59%) Ansible
2 10 (5.59%) Terraform
3 4 (2.23%) Grafana
3 4 (2.23%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.56%) Podman
4 1 (0.56%) Puppet
Vendors
1 19 (10.61%) Microsoft
2 11 (6.15%) Salesforce
3 8 (4.47%) ServiceNow
4 6 (3.35%) Adobe
5 3 (1.68%) Black Duck
5 3 (1.68%) Coverity
5 3 (1.68%) LabVantage
5 3 (1.68%) Sitecore
6 2 (1.12%) Infor
6 2 (1.12%) OneTrust
6 2 (1.12%) Oracle
6 2 (1.12%) SAP
7 1 (0.56%) Databricks
7 1 (0.56%) Google
7 1 (0.56%) IBM
7 1 (0.56%) Informatica
7 1 (0.56%) NVIDIA
7 1 (0.56%) Splunk
7 1 (0.56%) Workday