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 29 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 153 139 153
Rank change year-on-year -14 +14 -42
Permanent jobs citing Product Ownership 192 175 231
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.18% 2.02% 1.59%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.85% 4.76% 4.74%
Number of salaries quoted 132 63 144
10th Percentile £43,125 £35,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £50,625 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,428 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.88% +4.00% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,875 £78,750
90th Percentile £93,725 £87,500 £87,050
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -

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 3,960 3,678 4,878
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 24.36% 42.50% 33.49%
Number of salaries quoted 2,737 1,740 2,954
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,488 £26,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £34,988 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £48,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.42% -4.00% -11.54%
75th Percentile £69,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £59,500 £57,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.39% -0.87% -11.54%

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 29 July 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 29 July 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 -3 84 £60,000 -7.34% 32
Buckinghamshire +26 48 £55,000 +2.33% 9
Hampshire -30 39 £65,000 - 9
Surrey -2 31 £63,857 -1.76% 20
Oxfordshire -2 21 £62,500 +4.17% 8
Kent -11 19 £55,000 +46.67% 11
Berkshire -36 15 £70,000 +7.69% 15
West Sussex -25 12 £75,000 -11.76% 2
East Sussex -17 3 £80,000 +60.00% 1
Middlesex +31 1 - - 1
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 (5.21%) SharePoint
2 6 (3.13%) CMS
3 3 (1.56%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 3 (1.56%) Sitecore CMS
4 2 (1.04%) Confluence
5 1 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.52%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.52%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (1.56%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (4.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.56%) Infor SunSystems
2 3 (1.56%) SAP HR
3 2 (1.04%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.52%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.52%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.52%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.52%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.52%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.52%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.52%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 70 (36.46%) Azure
2 39 (20.31%) AWS
3 24 (12.50%) GCP
4 19 (9.90%) Azure DevOps
5 16 (8.33%) GitHub
6 15 (7.81%) SaaS
7 9 (4.69%) Microsoft 365
7 9 (4.69%) Power Automate
7 9 (4.69%) Power Platform
8 8 (4.17%) PowerApps
8 8 (4.17%) Serverless
9 7 (3.65%) Figma
10 6 (3.13%) Anthropic Claude
11 5 (2.60%) Dynamics 365
12 3 (1.56%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 3 (1.56%) GitHub Actions
13 2 (1.04%) Amazon S3
13 2 (1.04%) GitHub Copilot
13 2 (1.04%) PaaS
13 2 (1.04%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.69%) MQTT
2 5 (2.60%) Broadband
3 1 (0.52%) HTTP
3 1 (0.52%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.52%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.17%) Metadata
1 8 (4.17%) MongoDB
1 8 (4.17%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (2.60%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (2.60%) NoSQL
3 4 (2.08%) Relational Database
4 3 (1.56%) SQL Server
5 2 (1.04%) SAP BW
6 1 (0.52%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.52%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.52%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.52%) GIS
6 1 (0.52%) IBM InfoSphere
6 1 (0.52%) MySQL
6 1 (0.52%) Power BI
6 1 (0.52%) PowerPivot
6 1 (0.52%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 41 (21.35%) Git
2 16 (8.33%) JIRA
3 14 (7.29%) GitLab
4 12 (6.25%) Visual Studio Code
5 8 (4.17%) Selenium
6 6 (3.13%) Postman
6 6 (3.13%) Zephyr
7 5 (2.60%) Cucumber
7 5 (2.60%) Cypress.io
7 5 (2.60%) Eclipse
7 5 (2.60%) Eclipse RCP
8 4 (2.08%) Jenkins
9 3 (1.56%) JUnit
9 3 (1.56%) Mockito
10 2 (1.04%) Appium
10 2 (1.04%) Claude Code
10 2 (1.04%) JMeter
10 2 (1.04%) REST Assured
11 1 (0.52%) JetBrains Rider
11 1 (0.52%) SonarQube
General
1 56 (29.17%) Social Skills
2 47 (24.48%) Finance
3 27 (14.06%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (7.81%) Aerospace
5 9 (4.69%) Manufacturing
5 9 (4.69%) Public Sector
6 8 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
6 8 (4.17%) Retail
7 7 (3.65%) Italian Language
7 7 (3.65%) Japanese Language
7 7 (3.65%) Marketing
8 6 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (3.13%) Telecoms
9 5 (2.60%) Games
10 4 (2.08%) Law
11 3 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.56%) Social Science
12 2 (1.04%) Legal Technology
12 2 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 37 (19.27%) Senior
2 25 (13.02%) Product Owner
2 25 (13.02%) Software Engineer
3 24 (12.50%) Architect
4 23 (11.98%) Analyst
5 18 (9.38%) Lead
6 17 (8.85%) Developer
7 15 (7.81%) Solutions Architect
8 13 (6.77%) Business Analyst
9 8 (4.17%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 8 (4.17%) Product Manager
9 8 (4.17%) Senior Analyst
9 8 (4.17%) Senior Manager
10 7 (3.65%) Designer
10 7 (3.65%) Product Designer
10 7 (3.65%) Senior Designer
10 7 (3.65%) Senior Product Designer
10 7 (3.65%) Senior Software Engineer
11 6 (3.13%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
11 6 (3.13%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (15.63%) .NET
2 28 (14.58%) REST
3 15 (7.81%) React
4 14 (7.29%) Kafka
5 12 (6.25%) RESTful
6 10 (5.21%) Web Services
7 9 (4.69%) Gherkin
7 9 (4.69%) Playwright
7 9 (4.69%) SOAP
8 8 (4.17%) HTML
8 8 (4.17%) OAuth
9 7 (3.65%) ASP.NET
9 7 (3.65%) JSON
10 6 (3.13%) AngularJS
10 6 (3.13%) ASP.NET Core
10 6 (3.13%) CSS
11 5 (2.60%) Blazor
11 5 (2.60%) JWT
11 5 (2.60%) SPFx
11 5 (2.60%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 16 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
2 13 (6.77%) Algorithms
3 12 (6.25%) Enterprise Software
4 10 (5.21%) Cloud Native
5 8 (4.17%) Onboarding
6 7 (3.65%) Embedded Systems
6 7 (3.65%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (3.65%) Mobile App
7 5 (2.60%) IoT
7 5 (2.60%) Life Science
7 5 (2.60%) Low-Code
7 5 (2.60%) Private Cloud
7 5 (2.60%) Renewable Energy
7 5 (2.60%) Robotics
7 5 (2.60%) Video Conferencing
7 5 (2.60%) Virtual Team
8 4 (2.08%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (2.08%) Taxonomies
8 4 (2.08%) Video\Live Streaming
9 3 (1.56%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 22 (11.46%) Linux
2 1 (0.52%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (59.38%) Agile
2 60 (31.25%) Scrum
3 56 (29.17%) DevOps
4 55 (28.65%) CI/CD
5 43 (22.40%) Continuous Improvement
5 43 (22.40%) Test Automation
6 41 (21.35%) Software Engineering
7 39 (20.31%) Problem-Solving
8 33 (17.19%) Stakeholder Management
9 32 (16.67%) Roadmaps
10 31 (16.15%) AI
10 31 (16.15%) Decision-Making
11 28 (14.58%) User Stories
12 27 (14.06%) User Experience
13 26 (13.54%) Microservices
14 25 (13.02%) Computer Science
15 24 (12.50%) Analytics
15 24 (12.50%) Containerisation
15 24 (12.50%) SDLC
15 24 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 35 (18.23%) C#
2 30 (15.63%) Python
3 26 (13.54%) JavaScript
4 19 (9.90%) TypeScript
5 18 (9.38%) Java
6 14 (7.29%) C++
7 12 (6.25%) SQL
8 9 (4.69%) Rust
9 7 (3.65%) C
10 6 (3.13%) PowerShell
11 3 (1.56%) Go
12 1 (0.52%) ABAP
12 1 (0.52%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.52%) Bash
12 1 (0.52%) PHP
12 1 (0.52%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.52%) SOQL
12 1 (0.52%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 48 (25.00%) Degree
2 30 (15.63%) Security Cleared
3 27 (14.06%) SC Cleared
4 12 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (5.73%) ICAEW
6 10 (5.21%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (4.17%) ISTQB
8 3 (1.56%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.04%) CISA
9 2 (1.04%) CISM
9 2 (1.04%) CISSP
9 2 (1.04%) CRISC
9 2 (1.04%) CSQA
9 2 (1.04%) PMI Certification
9 2 (1.04%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (22.92%) QA
2 6 (3.13%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.60%) Data Quality
3 5 (2.60%) WCAG
4 4 (2.08%) SLA
5 2 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.04%) GRC
5 2 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.04%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.52%) GDPR
System Software
1 42 (21.88%) Docker
2 5 (2.60%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.04%) Firmware
4 1 (0.52%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 26 (13.54%) Kubernetes
2 17 (8.85%) Terraform
3 10 (5.21%) Ansible
4 5 (2.60%) Grafana
4 5 (2.60%) Prometheus
5 4 (2.08%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.52%) Podman
6 1 (0.52%) Puppet
Vendors
1 26 (13.54%) Microsoft
2 11 (5.73%) ServiceNow
3 10 (5.21%) SAP
4 8 (4.17%) Google
4 8 (4.17%) Salesforce
5 4 (2.08%) Adobe
6 3 (1.56%) Databricks
6 3 (1.56%) Infor
6 3 (1.56%) Oracle
6 3 (1.56%) Sitecore
7 2 (1.04%) OneTrust
8 1 (0.52%) Cisco
8 1 (0.52%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.52%) IBM
8 1 (0.52%) iManage
8 1 (0.52%) Informatica
8 1 (0.52%) NVIDIA
8 1 (0.52%) Splunk
8 1 (0.52%) Veracode
8 1 (0.52%) Workday