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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 138 165
Rank change year-on-year -3 +27 -59
Permanent jobs citing Product Ownership 189 172 257
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.20% 2.00% 1.56%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.91% 4.77% 4.72%
Number of salaries quoted 126 63 160
10th Percentile £43,125 £37,250 £40,788
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,875 £52,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,428 £65,000 £64,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.88% +1.56% +2.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,875 £74,688
90th Percentile £93,625 £87,500 £86,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £64,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% +9.38% -1.54%

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 3,848 3,607 5,446
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 24.43% 42.04% 33.10%
Number of salaries quoted 2,666 1,707 3,462
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £34,988 £35,000
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 £59,300 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.13% +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 17 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 17 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 +18 87 £60,000 -7.34% 21
Buckinghamshire +31 52 £55,000 +4.76% 11
Hampshire -28 39 £62,500 -3.85% 13
Surrey -3 26 £63,857 -1.76% 18
Oxfordshire +3 21 £62,500 +4.17% 3
Kent -11 15 £67,500 +80.00% 7
Berkshire -42 14 £70,000 +7.69% 7
West Sussex -20 13 £73,750 -13.24% 1
East Sussex -18 5 £80,000 +60.00% 1
Middlesex +35 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 (5.29%) SharePoint
2 6 (3.17%) CMS
3 3 (1.59%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 3 (1.59%) Sitecore CMS
4 2 (1.06%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.53%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.53%) SAS
5 1 (0.53%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (1.59%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (2.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.59%) Infor SunSystems
3 2 (1.06%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.53%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.53%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.53%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.53%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.53%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 64 (33.86%) Azure
2 35 (18.52%) AWS
3 24 (12.70%) GCP
4 17 (8.99%) Azure DevOps
5 16 (8.47%) GitHub
6 10 (5.29%) SaaS
7 9 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
7 9 (4.76%) Power Automate
7 9 (4.76%) Power Platform
8 8 (4.23%) PowerApps
8 8 (4.23%) Serverless
9 7 (3.70%) Figma
10 5 (2.65%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (1.59%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 3 (1.59%) GitHub Actions
12 2 (1.06%) Amazon S3
12 2 (1.06%) Anthropic Claude
12 2 (1.06%) GitHub Copilot
12 2 (1.06%) PaaS
13 1 (0.53%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.76%) MQTT
2 5 (2.65%) Broadband
3 1 (0.53%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.23%) Metadata
1 8 (4.23%) MongoDB
1 8 (4.23%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (2.65%) NoSQL
3 4 (2.12%) Relational Database
4 3 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.59%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.53%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.53%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.53%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.53%) GIS
5 1 (0.53%) IBM InfoSphere
5 1 (0.53%) Power BI
5 1 (0.53%) PowerPivot
5 1 (0.53%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.53%) SAP BW
5 1 (0.53%) SAS Visual Analytics
5 1 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 36 (19.05%) Git
2 15 (7.94%) JIRA
3 14 (7.41%) GitLab
4 12 (6.35%) Visual Studio Code
5 6 (3.17%) Postman
5 6 (3.17%) Zephyr
6 5 (2.65%) Cucumber
6 5 (2.65%) Cypress.io
6 5 (2.65%) Eclipse
6 5 (2.65%) Eclipse RCP
7 4 (2.12%) Jenkins
7 4 (2.12%) Selenium
8 3 (1.59%) JUnit
8 3 (1.59%) Mockito
9 2 (1.06%) Appium
9 2 (1.06%) Claude Code
9 2 (1.06%) JMeter
9 2 (1.06%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.53%) JetBrains Rider
10 1 (0.53%) SonarQube
General
1 57 (30.16%) Social Skills
2 42 (22.22%) Finance
3 27 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (6.35%) Aerospace
5 9 (4.76%) Manufacturing
5 9 (4.76%) Public Sector
6 8 (4.23%) Retail
7 7 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (3.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (3.17%) Marketing
9 5 (2.65%) Games
9 5 (2.65%) Telecoms
10 4 (2.12%) Italian Language
10 4 (2.12%) Japanese Language
11 3 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.59%) Law
11 3 (1.59%) Social Science
12 2 (1.06%) Legal
12 2 (1.06%) Legal Technology
12 2 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 44 (23.28%) Senior
2 25 (13.23%) Software Engineer
3 23 (12.17%) Product Owner
4 22 (11.64%) Analyst
4 22 (11.64%) Architect
5 18 (9.52%) Lead
6 14 (7.41%) Developer
6 14 (7.41%) Solutions Architect
7 13 (6.88%) Designer
7 13 (6.88%) Product Designer
7 13 (6.88%) Senior Designer
7 13 (6.88%) Senior Product Designer
8 12 (6.35%) Business Analyst
9 10 (5.29%) Product Manager
9 10 (5.29%) Senior Manager
10 8 (4.23%) Senior Analyst
11 7 (3.70%) Senior Software Engineer
12 6 (3.17%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 6 (3.17%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
12 6 (3.17%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (13.76%) .NET
2 21 (11.11%) REST
3 15 (7.94%) React
4 14 (7.41%) Kafka
5 11 (5.82%) RESTful
6 9 (4.76%) Gherkin
6 9 (4.76%) Playwright
7 8 (4.23%) SOAP
7 8 (4.23%) Web Services
8 7 (3.70%) ASP.NET
8 7 (3.70%) OAuth
9 6 (3.17%) ASP.NET Core
9 6 (3.17%) HTML
10 5 (2.65%) AngularJS
10 5 (2.65%) Middleware
10 5 (2.65%) OAuth2
10 5 (2.65%) RabbitMQ
10 5 (2.65%) Swagger
10 5 (2.65%) Twisted
10 5 (2.65%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 15 (7.94%) Self-Motivation
2 13 (6.88%) Algorithms
2 13 (6.88%) Mobile App
3 10 (5.29%) Cloud Native
4 7 (3.70%) Embedded Systems
4 7 (3.70%) Enterprise Software
4 7 (3.70%) Onboarding
5 6 (3.17%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (2.65%) Life Science
6 5 (2.65%) Renewable Energy
6 5 (2.65%) Robotics
6 5 (2.65%) Video Conferencing
6 5 (2.65%) Virtual Team
7 4 (2.12%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (2.12%) Taxonomies
7 4 (2.12%) Video\Live Streaming
8 3 (1.59%) Low-Code
9 2 (1.06%) AI Agents
9 2 (1.06%) CMDB
9 2 (1.06%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 21 (11.11%) Linux
2 1 (0.53%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (61.38%) Agile
2 58 (30.69%) Scrum
3 54 (28.57%) CI/CD
4 48 (25.40%) DevOps
5 42 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
6 41 (21.69%) Software Engineering
6 41 (21.69%) Test Automation
7 40 (21.16%) Problem-Solving
8 32 (16.93%) Roadmaps
9 30 (15.87%) Stakeholder Management
10 27 (14.29%) AI
10 27 (14.29%) Analytics
11 26 (13.76%) Decision-Making
12 25 (13.23%) Mentoring
13 24 (12.70%) Computer Science
13 24 (12.70%) Containerisation
13 24 (12.70%) SDLC
13 24 (12.70%) User Stories
14 23 (12.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 23 (12.17%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 31 (16.40%) C#
2 30 (15.87%) Python
3 24 (12.70%) JavaScript
4 19 (10.05%) TypeScript
5 18 (9.52%) Java
6 14 (7.41%) C++
7 11 (5.82%) SQL
8 9 (4.76%) Rust
9 7 (3.70%) C
10 6 (3.17%) PowerShell
11 3 (1.59%) Go
12 1 (0.53%) ABAP
12 1 (0.53%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.53%) Bash
12 1 (0.53%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.53%) SOQL
12 1 (0.53%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 47 (24.87%) Degree
2 31 (16.40%) Security Cleared
3 28 (14.81%) SC Cleared
4 11 (5.82%) Computer Science Degree
4 11 (5.82%) ICAEW
5 8 (4.23%) ISTQB
6 7 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (2.12%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.06%) CISA
8 2 (1.06%) CISM
8 2 (1.06%) CISSP
8 2 (1.06%) CRISC
8 2 (1.06%) CSQA
8 2 (1.06%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.06%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (20.63%) QA
2 6 (3.17%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.65%) Data Quality
3 5 (2.65%) WCAG
4 3 (1.59%) SLA
5 2 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.06%) GRC
5 2 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.06%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.53%) GDPR
System Software
1 37 (19.58%) Docker
2 5 (2.65%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.06%) Firmware
4 1 (0.53%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 22 (11.64%) Kubernetes
2 13 (6.88%) Terraform
3 10 (5.29%) Ansible
4 5 (2.65%) Grafana
4 5 (2.65%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.53%) Podman
6 1 (0.53%) Puppet
Vendors
1 24 (12.70%) Microsoft
2 10 (5.29%) Salesforce
2 10 (5.29%) ServiceNow
3 7 (3.70%) SAP
4 6 (3.17%) Google
5 4 (2.12%) Adobe
6 3 (1.59%) Infor
6 3 (1.59%) Oracle
6 3 (1.59%) Sitecore
7 2 (1.06%) Databricks
7 2 (1.06%) OneTrust
8 1 (0.53%) IBM
8 1 (0.53%) iManage
8 1 (0.53%) Informatica
8 1 (0.53%) NVIDIA
8 1 (0.53%) Splunk
8 1 (0.53%) Veracode
8 1 (0.53%) Workday