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 17 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 157 160 119
Rank change year-on-year +3 -41 -51
Permanent jobs citing Product Ownership 138 200 235
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.54% 1.55% 2.64%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.74% 4.74% 7.15%
Number of salaries quoted 63 119 177
10th Percentile £33,750 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £49,375 £48,125 £46,570
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £69,375 £83,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,500 £83,750
England median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% +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 3,694 4,217 3,289
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 41.19% 32.69% 36.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1,779 2,101 2,250
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £34,988 £39,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £56,525
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -7.12% +2.51%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £64,811
% change year-on-year -8.33% -7.42% +3.70%

Product Ownership
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Product Ownership as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Product Ownership 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 17 September 2025.

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 17 September 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 -33 56 £64,750 -4.43% 65
Berkshire -9 39 £65,000 +4.00% 49
Hampshire +54 37 £65,000 +4.00% 9
West Sussex +20 19 £80,000 -3.03% 3
Buckinghamshire -21 11 £55,000 -21.43% 7
Kent +11 9 £37,500 -53.13% 1
Middlesex - 8 £37,500 - 4
East Sussex +15 6 £50,000 - 2
Oxfordshire +3 6 £60,000 +1.69% 9
Surrey -11 5 £60,000 - 4
Product Ownership
England

Product Ownership
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 15 (10.87%) Confluence
2 1 (0.72%) CMS
2 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.72%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.72%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 10 (7.25%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.72%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 36 (26.09%) Azure
2 21 (15.22%) AWS
3 18 (13.04%) Azure DevOps
4 11 (7.97%) GCP
5 8 (5.80%) Amazon S3
6 7 (5.07%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 7 (5.07%) Amazon EC2
6 7 (5.07%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 5 (3.62%) Azure Data Factory
8 4 (2.90%) Power Platform
9 3 (2.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (1.45%) Azure Service Bus
10 2 (1.45%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (1.45%) GitHub
10 2 (1.45%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (1.45%) Google Ads
10 2 (1.45%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (1.45%) Power Automate
10 2 (1.45%) PowerApps
10 2 (1.45%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.72%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.25%) SQL Server
2 7 (5.07%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.45%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (1.45%) Data Lake
3 2 (1.45%) MongoDB
3 2 (1.45%) NoSQL
3 2 (1.45%) Power BI
4 1 (0.72%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.72%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.72%) Redis
4 1 (0.72%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.72%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 17 (12.32%) JIRA
2 8 (5.80%) Bitbucket
2 8 (5.80%) Cucumber
2 8 (5.80%) GitLab
2 8 (5.80%) Maven
2 8 (5.80%) Selenium
2 8 (5.80%) SonarQube
2 8 (5.80%) Sonatype Nexus
3 2 (1.45%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.72%) Git
General
1 45 (32.61%) Social Skills
2 30 (21.74%) Law
3 24 (17.39%) Finance
4 14 (10.14%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (9.42%) Marketing
5 13 (9.42%) Retail
6 9 (6.52%) Banking
6 9 (6.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.90%) Legal
8 3 (2.17%) Military
9 2 (1.45%) Advertising
9 2 (1.45%) Back Office
10 1 (0.72%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.72%) Games
10 1 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.72%) Local Government
10 1 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.72%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 27 (19.57%) Developer
2 26 (18.84%) Lead
3 24 (17.39%) Software Developer
4 21 (15.22%) Product Owner
5 15 (10.87%) Analyst
6 13 (9.42%) Senior
7 11 (7.97%) Software Engineer
8 10 (7.25%) Test Analyst
9 8 (5.80%) Product Manager
10 7 (5.07%) Development Manager
10 7 (5.07%) Java Development Manager
10 7 (5.07%) Programme Manager
11 4 (2.90%) Security Manager
11 4 (2.90%) Software Manager
12 3 (2.17%) Business Analyst
12 3 (2.17%) IT Director
12 3 (2.17%) Scrum Master
12 3 (2.17%) Senior Tester
12 3 (2.17%) Services Director
12 3 (2.17%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (13.04%) React
2 10 (7.25%) Kafka
3 9 (6.52%) CSS
3 9 (6.52%) HTML
3 9 (6.52%) Spring
3 9 (6.52%) Spring Boot
4 8 (5.80%) Hibernate
4 8 (5.80%) JPA
4 8 (5.80%) Redux
5 4 (2.90%) .NET
6 2 (1.45%) ADO
6 2 (1.45%) JSON
6 2 (1.45%) Node.js
7 1 (0.72%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.72%) OAuth
7 1 (0.72%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.72%) OpenID
7 1 (0.72%) REST
7 1 (0.72%) SOAP
7 1 (0.72%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.80%) Enterprise Software
1 8 (5.80%) FMCG
2 6 (4.35%) PMI
3 4 (2.90%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.17%) CMDB
5 2 (1.45%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.45%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.45%) Industrial Internet of Things
5 2 (1.45%) IoT
5 2 (1.45%) Operational Technology
5 2 (1.45%) SCADA
5 2 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.72%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.72%) Client/Server
6 1 (0.72%) Clustering
6 1 (0.72%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.72%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (0.72%) NHS
6 1 (0.72%) Sports Betting
6 1 (0.72%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 10 (7.25%) Windows
2 1 (0.72%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (84.06%) Agile
2 49 (35.51%) Scrum
3 48 (34.78%) DevOps
4 47 (34.06%) User Stories
5 38 (27.54%) Acceptance Criteria
6 36 (26.09%) Continuous Improvement
7 34 (24.64%) Sprint Planning
8 33 (23.91%) Roadmaps
8 33 (23.91%) TDD
9 32 (23.19%) Analytics
10 29 (21.01%) Sprint Retrospective
11 26 (18.84%) CI/CD
11 26 (18.84%) Decision-Making
12 24 (17.39%) Mentoring
12 24 (17.39%) Product Management
12 24 (17.39%) Stakeholder Management
13 21 (15.22%) Coaching
13 21 (15.22%) Software Engineering
14 20 (14.49%) Problem-Solving
15 17 (12.32%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 25 (18.12%) SQL
2 18 (13.04%) JavaScript
3 17 (12.32%) Java
4 4 (2.90%) C#
5 2 (1.45%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.72%) Korn
6 1 (0.72%) Python
6 1 (0.72%) Scala
Qualifications
1 21 (15.22%) Degree
2 14 (10.14%) PMI Certification
3 13 (9.42%) ISEB
3 13 (9.42%) ISTQB
4 11 (7.97%) Computer Science Degree
4 11 (7.97%) Master's Degree
5 8 (5.80%) PMP
6 6 (4.35%) SC Cleared
6 6 (4.35%) Security Cleared
7 3 (2.17%) Six Sigma Black Belt
7 3 (2.17%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 3 (2.17%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
8 2 (1.45%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.72%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.72%) CISSP
9 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (21.74%) QA
2 10 (7.25%) Software Quality Assurance
3 3 (2.17%) GDPR
4 1 (0.72%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.72%) PMO
System Software
1 12 (8.70%) Docker
2 1 (0.72%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (8.70%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.72%) Terraform
Vendors
1 36 (26.09%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.52%) SAP
3 8 (5.80%) Google
3 8 (5.80%) Solace
4 7 (5.07%) Cisco
5 5 (3.62%) Databricks
6 3 (2.17%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.72%) OneLogin
7 1 (0.72%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.72%) VMware