Product Owner Jobs in the UK excluding London

Product Owner
UK > UK excluding London

The median Product Owner salary in the UK excluding London is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 496 593 402
Rank change year-on-year +97 -191 -14
Permanent jobs requiring a Product Owner 83 170 407
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.21% 0.23% 0.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.24% 0.80%
Number of salaries quoted 47 130 265
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,425 £42,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,968 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,250 £77,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +3.85% +4.00% +4.17%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 35,806 71,101 51,023
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.22% 94.94% 89.01%
Number of salaries quoted 18,138 50,103 29,550
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £36,750 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.49%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Product Owner
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Product Owner in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Product Owner in the UK excluding London

Product Owner
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Product Owner in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Product Owner in the UK excluding London

Product Owner
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Owner in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Product Owner in the UK excluding London

Product Owner
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Owner within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
North of England +19 25 £59,000 -6.02% 51
South East +57 17 £35,000 -46.15% 15
North West -9 17 £70,750 +12.94% 25
Scotland +118 14 £62,500 +13.64% 7
Midlands +41 14 £48,000 -24.71% 32
West Midlands +45 12 £48,000 -23.20% 23
South West +97 8 £55,000 - 13
Yorkshire +49 5 £50,000 -23.08% 20
East of England +47 4 £72,500 +48.72% 8
North East +49 3 £56,250 -10.40% 6
East Midlands +30 2 £60,000 -14.29% 9
Wales +40 1 £45,000 +5.88% 4
Product Owner
UK

Product Owner Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, Product Owner job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Product Owner in the job title.

1 83 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 67 (80.72%) Roadmaps
3 66 (79.52%) Agile
4 44 (53.01%) Backlog Management
5 40 (48.19%) Social Skills
6 38 (45.78%) Product Roadmap
7 34 (40.96%) Backlog Prioritisation
8 30 (36.14%) Product Backlog
9 28 (33.73%) User Stories
10 24 (28.92%) Finance
11 23 (27.71%) Scrum
11 23 (27.71%) JIRA
12 21 (25.30%) Acceptance Criteria
12 21 (25.30%) Strategic Roadmap
13 20 (24.10%) Stakeholder Management
13 20 (24.10%) CRM
14 19 (22.89%) Problem-Solving
14 19 (22.89%) Product Vision
15 17 (20.48%) Backlog Refinement
15 17 (20.48%) Kanban
16 16 (19.28%) User Experience
16 16 (19.28%) Analytics
17 15 (18.07%) Scaled Agile Framework
17 15 (18.07%) Product Management
18 14 (16.87%) Microsoft
18 14 (16.87%) Marketing
19 13 (15.66%) Coaching
19 13 (15.66%) Epics
19 13 (15.66%) Creative Thinking
19 13 (15.66%) Customer Experience

Product Owner Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 10 (12.05%) CMS
2 6 (7.23%) Confluence
3 3 (3.61%) SharePoint
4 2 (2.41%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (9.64%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (6.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (4.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (4.82%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (9.64%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 12 (14.46%) Miro
2 6 (7.23%) Google Analytics
3 5 (6.02%) SaaS
4 4 (4.82%) Azure
4 4 (4.82%) Figma
4 4 (4.82%) Google Workspace
4 4 (4.82%) Slack
5 2 (2.41%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (2.41%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.20%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.20%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.20%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.20%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (10.84%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 23 (27.71%) JIRA
2 4 (4.82%) Balsamiq
General
1 40 (48.19%) Social Skills
2 24 (28.92%) Finance
3 14 (16.87%) Marketing
4 12 (14.46%) Influencing Skills
5 10 (12.05%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (9.64%) Financial Institution
6 8 (9.64%) Publishing
7 5 (6.02%) Retail
8 4 (4.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (3.61%) Automotive
9 3 (3.61%) Banking
9 3 (3.61%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (2.41%) Back Office
10 2 (2.41%) Investment Banking
10 2 (2.41%) Manufacturing
10 2 (2.41%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (1.20%) Digital Health
11 1 (1.20%) Law
11 1 (1.20%) Local Government
11 1 (1.20%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.23%) CSS
1 6 (7.23%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 83 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 6 (7.23%) Marketing Technology
3 2 (2.41%) Client/Server
3 2 (2.41%) FMCG
3 2 (2.41%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.41%) Private Cloud
4 1 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.20%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.20%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.20%) NHS
4 1 (1.20%) Reinsurance
4 1 (1.20%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (80.72%) Roadmaps
2 66 (79.52%) Agile
3 44 (53.01%) Backlog Management
4 38 (45.78%) Product Roadmap
5 34 (40.96%) Backlog Prioritisation
6 30 (36.14%) Product Backlog
7 28 (33.73%) User Stories
8 23 (27.71%) Scrum
9 21 (25.30%) Acceptance Criteria
9 21 (25.30%) Strategic Roadmap
10 20 (24.10%) CRM
10 20 (24.10%) Stakeholder Management
11 19 (22.89%) Problem-Solving
11 19 (22.89%) Product Vision
12 17 (20.48%) Backlog Refinement
12 17 (20.48%) Kanban
13 16 (19.28%) Analytics
13 16 (19.28%) User Experience
14 15 (18.07%) Product Management
14 15 (18.07%) Scaled Agile Framework
Qualifications
1 12 (14.46%) Degree
2 1 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (1.20%) SC Cleared
2 1 (1.20%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.20%) Data Quality
1 1 (1.20%) PSD2
1 1 (1.20%) QA
Vendors
1 14 (16.87%) Microsoft
2 10 (12.05%) Google
2 10 (12.05%) Salesforce
3 3 (3.61%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.41%) Sitecore
5 1 (1.20%) Citrix