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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 143 144 160
Rank change year-on-year +1 +16 -48
Permanent jobs citing Product Ownership 192 173 240
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.20% 2.02% 1.55%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.92% 4.76% 4.65%
Number of salaries quoted 129 64 149
10th Percentile £43,125 £35,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £50,938 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £64,000
Median % change year-on-year - +1.56% +2.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £74,688 £73,750
90th Percentile £93,750 £87,500 £86,000
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 3,899 3,634 5,162
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 24.38% 42.39% 33.36%
Number of salaries quoted 2,702 1,723 3,199
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,800 £26,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £34,988 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -13.04%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £59,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.48% +4.55% -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 23 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 23 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 +9 90 £60,000 -7.34% 25
Buckinghamshire +29 54 £55,000 +4.76% 11
Hampshire -34 37 £62,500 -3.85% 9
Surrey -9 27 £63,857 -1.76% 25
Oxfordshire -3 21 £62,500 +4.17% 5
Kent -13 17 £55,000 +46.67% 8
Berkshire -34 15 £70,000 +7.69% 9
West Sussex -23 13 £73,750 -13.24% 2
East Sussex -18 4 £80,000 +60.00% 3
Middlesex +36 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%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.52%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.52%) SAS
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 66 (34.38%) Azure
2 37 (19.27%) AWS
3 24 (12.50%) GCP
4 17 (8.85%) Azure DevOps
5 16 (8.33%) GitHub
6 12 (6.25%) 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 5 (2.60%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (2.08%) Anthropic Claude
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%) NoSQL
3 4 (2.08%) Relational Database
4 3 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
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%) Power BI
6 1 (0.52%) PowerPivot
6 1 (0.52%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.52%) SAS Visual Analytics
6 1 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 38 (19.79%) Git
2 14 (7.29%) GitLab
2 14 (7.29%) JIRA
3 12 (6.25%) Visual Studio Code
4 6 (3.13%) Postman
4 6 (3.13%) Selenium
4 6 (3.13%) Zephyr
5 5 (2.60%) Cucumber
5 5 (2.60%) Cypress.io
5 5 (2.60%) Eclipse
5 5 (2.60%) Eclipse RCP
6 4 (2.08%) Jenkins
7 3 (1.56%) JUnit
7 3 (1.56%) Mockito
8 2 (1.04%) Appium
8 2 (1.04%) Claude Code
8 2 (1.04%) JMeter
8 2 (1.04%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.52%) JetBrains Rider
9 1 (0.52%) SonarQube
General
1 57 (29.69%) Social Skills
2 45 (23.44%) Finance
3 27 (14.06%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (6.77%) Aerospace
5 9 (4.69%) Manufacturing
5 9 (4.69%) Public Sector
6 8 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
6 8 (4.17%) Retail
7 6 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (3.13%) Marketing
7 6 (3.13%) Telecoms
8 5 (2.60%) Games
8 5 (2.60%) Italian Language
8 5 (2.60%) Japanese Language
9 3 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.56%) Law
9 3 (1.56%) Social Science
10 2 (1.04%) Legal Technology
10 2 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 42 (21.88%) Senior
2 25 (13.02%) Software Engineer
3 24 (12.50%) Architect
3 24 (12.50%) Product Owner
4 22 (11.46%) Analyst
5 18 (9.38%) Lead
6 15 (7.81%) Developer
6 15 (7.81%) Solutions Architect
7 13 (6.77%) Designer
7 13 (6.77%) Product Designer
7 13 (6.77%) Senior Designer
7 13 (6.77%) Senior Product Designer
8 12 (6.25%) Business Analyst
9 9 (4.69%) Product Manager
10 8 (4.17%) Senior Analyst
10 8 (4.17%) Senior Manager
11 7 (3.65%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 7 (3.65%) Senior Software Engineer
12 6 (3.13%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
12 6 (3.13%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (14.58%) .NET
2 24 (12.50%) REST
3 15 (7.81%) React
4 14 (7.29%) Kafka
5 11 (5.73%) RESTful
6 9 (4.69%) Gherkin
6 9 (4.69%) Playwright
6 9 (4.69%) SOAP
7 8 (4.17%) OAuth
7 8 (4.17%) Web Services
8 7 (3.65%) ASP.NET
8 7 (3.65%) HTML
9 6 (3.13%) AngularJS
9 6 (3.13%) ASP.NET Core
10 5 (2.60%) JWT
10 5 (2.60%) OAuth2
10 5 (2.60%) SPFx
10 5 (2.60%) Swagger
10 5 (2.60%) Twisted
10 5 (2.60%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 16 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
2 13 (6.77%) Algorithms
2 13 (6.77%) Mobile App
3 10 (5.21%) Cloud Native
3 10 (5.21%) Enterprise Software
4 7 (3.65%) Embedded Systems
4 7 (3.65%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (3.65%) Onboarding
5 5 (2.60%) Life Science
5 5 (2.60%) Renewable Energy
5 5 (2.60%) Robotics
5 5 (2.60%) Video Conferencing
5 5 (2.60%) Virtual Team
6 4 (2.08%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (2.08%) Taxonomies
6 4 (2.08%) Video\Live Streaming
7 3 (1.56%) IoT
7 3 (1.56%) Low-Code
7 3 (1.56%) Private Cloud
7 3 (1.56%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 21 (10.94%) Linux
2 1 (0.52%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (60.94%) Agile
2 58 (30.21%) Scrum
3 55 (28.65%) CI/CD
4 51 (26.56%) DevOps
5 43 (22.40%) Continuous Improvement
6 42 (21.88%) Test Automation
7 41 (21.35%) Software Engineering
8 40 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
9 32 (16.67%) Roadmaps
9 32 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
10 29 (15.10%) AI
10 29 (15.10%) Analytics
10 29 (15.10%) Decision-Making
11 26 (13.54%) User Stories
12 25 (13.02%) Mentoring
12 25 (13.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 25 (13.02%) User Experience
13 24 (12.50%) Computer Science
13 24 (12.50%) Containerisation
13 24 (12.50%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 33 (17.19%) C#
2 30 (15.63%) Python
3 25 (13.02%) 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%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.52%) SOQL
12 1 (0.52%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 47 (24.48%) Degree
2 30 (15.63%) Security Cleared
3 27 (14.06%) SC Cleared
4 11 (5.73%) Computer Science Degree
4 11 (5.73%) ICAEW
5 8 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (4.17%) ISTQB
6 3 (1.56%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.04%) CISA
7 2 (1.04%) CISM
7 2 (1.04%) CISSP
7 2 (1.04%) CRISC
7 2 (1.04%) CSQA
7 2 (1.04%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.04%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (21.35%) 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 39 (20.31%) Docker
2 5 (2.60%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.04%) Firmware
4 1 (0.52%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 24 (12.50%) Kubernetes
2 15 (7.81%) 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 24 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 11 (5.73%) ServiceNow
3 10 (5.21%) SAP
4 8 (4.17%) Salesforce
5 6 (3.13%) Google
6 4 (2.08%) Adobe
7 3 (1.56%) Databricks
7 3 (1.56%) Infor
7 3 (1.56%) Oracle
7 3 (1.56%) Sitecore
8 2 (1.04%) OneTrust
9 1 (0.52%) Cisco
9 1 (0.52%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.52%) IBM
9 1 (0.52%) iManage
9 1 (0.52%) Informatica
9 1 (0.52%) NVIDIA
9 1 (0.52%) Splunk
9 1 (0.52%) Veracode
9 1 (0.52%) Workday