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 1 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 145 138 146
Rank change year-on-year -7 +8 -29
Permanent jobs citing Product Ownership 193 175 228
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.17% 2.02% 1.59%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.75% 4.71% 4.75%
Number of salaries quoted 133 63 142
10th Percentile £43,750 £35,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,625 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,857 £65,000 £61,903
Median % change year-on-year -1.76% +5.00% -0.96%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,875 £81,250
90th Percentile £93,500 £87,500 £87,350
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 4,064 3,714 4,797
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 24.60% 42.87% 33.45%
Number of salaries quoted 2,803 1,760 2,897
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,488 £26,625
25th Percentile £38,750 £34,988 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -10.71%
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £59,000 £57,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +3.51% -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 1 August 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 1 August 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 -2 82 £61,250 -5.41% 47
Buckinghamshire +23 45 £57,500 +6.98% 14
Hampshire -31 41 £62,500 -3.85% 11
Surrey -2 32 £63,857 -1.76% 25
Oxfordshire -5 22 £62,500 +4.17% 9
Kent -9 19 £55,000 +46.67% 9
Berkshire -36 15 £75,000 +15.38% 24
West Sussex -23 12 £75,000 -11.76% 7
East Sussex -17 3 £80,000 +60.00% 2
Middlesex +32 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 (5.18%) SharePoint
2 6 (3.11%) CMS
3 3 (1.55%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 3 (1.55%) Confluence
3 3 (1.55%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.52%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.52%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (1.55%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (4.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.55%) Infor SunSystems
3 2 (1.04%) SAP BPC
3 2 (1.04%) SAP HR
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
Cloud Services
1 71 (36.79%) Azure
2 39 (20.21%) AWS
3 24 (12.44%) GCP
4 19 (9.84%) Azure DevOps
5 17 (8.81%) GitHub
6 15 (7.77%) SaaS
7 9 (4.66%) Microsoft 365
7 9 (4.66%) Power Automate
7 9 (4.66%) Power Platform
7 9 (4.66%) Serverless
8 8 (4.15%) PowerApps
9 7 (3.63%) Anthropic Claude
9 7 (3.63%) Figma
10 5 (2.59%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (1.55%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 3 (1.55%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (1.55%) GitHub Copilot
12 2 (1.04%) Amazon S3
12 2 (1.04%) PaaS
12 2 (1.04%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.15%) MQTT
2 5 (2.59%) Broadband
3 1 (0.52%) HTTP
3 1 (0.52%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.52%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.66%) MongoDB
2 8 (4.15%) Metadata
2 8 (4.15%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (2.59%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (2.59%) NoSQL
3 5 (2.59%) Relational Database
4 3 (1.55%) SQL Server
5 2 (1.04%) MySQL
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%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 41 (21.24%) Git
2 16 (8.29%) JIRA
3 14 (7.25%) GitLab
4 12 (6.22%) Visual Studio Code
5 8 (4.15%) Selenium
6 6 (3.11%) Eclipse
6 6 (3.11%) Eclipse RCP
6 6 (3.11%) Postman
7 5 (2.59%) Cucumber
7 5 (2.59%) Cypress.io
7 5 (2.59%) Zephyr
8 4 (2.07%) Jenkins
9 3 (1.55%) Claude Code
9 3 (1.55%) JUnit
9 3 (1.55%) Mockito
10 2 (1.04%) Appium
10 2 (1.04%) JMeter
10 2 (1.04%) REST Assured
11 1 (0.52%) SonarQube
11 1 (0.52%) Visual Studio
General
1 57 (29.53%) Social Skills
2 49 (25.39%) Finance
3 28 (14.51%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (8.29%) Aerospace
5 10 (5.18%) Manufacturing
6 9 (4.66%) Public Sector
7 8 (4.15%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (4.15%) Italian Language
7 8 (4.15%) Japanese Language
8 7 (3.63%) Marketing
8 7 (3.63%) Retail
9 6 (3.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (3.11%) Telecoms
10 5 (2.59%) Games
11 4 (2.07%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (2.07%) Law
12 3 (1.55%) Social Science
13 2 (1.04%) Legal Technology
13 2 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 37 (19.17%) Senior
2 27 (13.99%) Product Owner
3 25 (12.95%) Software Engineer
4 24 (12.44%) Analyst
4 24 (12.44%) Architect
5 19 (9.84%) Developer
6 18 (9.33%) Lead
7 15 (7.77%) Solutions Architect
8 14 (7.25%) Business Analyst
9 8 (4.15%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 8 (4.15%) Product Manager
9 8 (4.15%) Senior Analyst
9 8 (4.15%) Senior Manager
10 7 (3.63%) Full-Stack Developer
10 7 (3.63%) Senior Software Engineer
11 6 (3.11%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
11 6 (3.11%) Senior Business Analyst
12 5 (2.59%) Designer
12 5 (2.59%) Product Designer
12 5 (2.59%) Senior Product Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (15.54%) .NET
2 29 (15.03%) REST
3 16 (8.29%) React
4 13 (6.74%) Kafka
4 13 (6.74%) RESTful
5 10 (5.18%) Web Services
6 9 (4.66%) Gherkin
6 9 (4.66%) HTML
6 9 (4.66%) Playwright
6 9 (4.66%) SOAP
7 8 (4.15%) OAuth
8 7 (3.63%) ASP.NET
8 7 (3.63%) CSS
8 7 (3.63%) JSON
9 6 (3.11%) AngularJS
9 6 (3.11%) ASP.NET Core
10 5 (2.59%) Jest
10 5 (2.59%) OAuth2
10 5 (2.59%) Swagger
10 5 (2.59%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 17 (8.81%) Self-Motivation
2 13 (6.74%) Algorithms
3 12 (6.22%) Enterprise Software
4 10 (5.18%) Cloud Native
5 8 (4.15%) Onboarding
6 7 (3.63%) Embedded Systems
6 7 (3.63%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (3.11%) Life Science
7 6 (3.11%) Renewable Energy
7 6 (3.11%) Virtual Team
8 5 (2.59%) IoT
8 5 (2.59%) Low-Code
8 5 (2.59%) Mobile App
8 5 (2.59%) Private Cloud
8 5 (2.59%) Robotics
8 5 (2.59%) Video Conferencing
9 4 (2.07%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (2.07%) Taxonomies
9 4 (2.07%) Video\Live Streaming
10 3 (1.55%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 23 (11.92%) Linux
2 1 (0.52%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (58.55%) Agile
2 61 (31.61%) Scrum
3 57 (29.53%) DevOps
4 56 (29.02%) CI/CD
5 44 (22.80%) Continuous Improvement
5 44 (22.80%) Test Automation
6 43 (22.28%) Software Engineering
7 41 (21.24%) Problem-Solving
8 34 (17.62%) Stakeholder Management
9 33 (17.10%) AI
9 33 (17.10%) Decision-Making
9 33 (17.10%) Roadmaps
10 28 (14.51%) User Stories
11 27 (13.99%) Microservices
11 27 (13.99%) User Experience
12 26 (13.47%) Computer Science
13 24 (12.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 23 (11.92%) Containerisation
14 23 (11.92%) Mentoring
14 23 (11.92%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 35 (18.13%) C#
2 30 (15.54%) Python
3 28 (14.51%) JavaScript
4 20 (10.36%) TypeScript
5 19 (9.84%) Java
6 15 (7.77%) C++
7 13 (6.74%) SQL
8 8 (4.15%) Rust
9 7 (3.63%) C
10 6 (3.11%) PowerShell
11 3 (1.55%) Go
12 2 (1.04%) PHP
13 1 (0.52%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.52%) Bash
13 1 (0.52%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.52%) SOQL
13 1 (0.52%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 48 (24.87%) Degree
2 29 (15.03%) Security Cleared
3 26 (13.47%) SC Cleared
4 13 (6.74%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (5.70%) BPSS Clearance
5 11 (5.70%) ICAEW
6 7 (3.63%) ISTQB
7 3 (1.55%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.04%) CISA
8 2 (1.04%) CISM
8 2 (1.04%) CISSP
8 2 (1.04%) CRISC
8 2 (1.04%) CSQA
8 2 (1.04%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.04%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (22.80%) QA
2 6 (3.11%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.59%) Data Quality
3 5 (2.59%) WCAG
4 4 (2.07%) 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 43 (22.28%) Docker
2 5 (2.59%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.04%) Firmware
4 1 (0.52%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 26 (13.47%) Kubernetes
2 17 (8.81%) Terraform
3 9 (4.66%) Ansible
4 4 (2.07%) Grafana
4 4 (2.07%) Prometheus
4 4 (2.07%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.52%) Podman
5 1 (0.52%) Puppet
Vendors
1 27 (13.99%) Microsoft
2 10 (5.18%) SAP
2 10 (5.18%) ServiceNow
3 9 (4.66%) Google
4 8 (4.15%) Salesforce
5 4 (2.07%) Adobe
6 3 (1.55%) Databricks
6 3 (1.55%) Infor
6 3 (1.55%) Oracle
6 3 (1.55%) 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