Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CSPO qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 676 862 931
Rank change year-on-year +186 +69 +211
Permanent jobs citing CSPO 16 34 58
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.031% 0.035% 0.056%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.063% 0.12% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 10 30 20
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £46,839 £48,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,929 £58,100 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.15% -3.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £60,000 £74,688 £65,313
90th Percentile £64,750 £80,000 £74,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £59,857 £52,738 £60,000
% change year-on-year +13.50% -12.10% +20.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CSPO falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 25,404 27,420 33,991
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 48.81% 27.84% 32.71%
Number of salaries quoted 11,182 17,336 15,221
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £44,000 £38,500 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -6.90% +5.45%
75th Percentile £68,568 £71,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% -0.99% +1.00%

CSPO
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CSPO as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CSPO in the UK

CSPO
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CSPO.

Salary trend for CSPO in the UK

CSPO
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CSPO over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for CSPO in the UK

CSPO
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CSPO within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England +156 11 £60,000 +2.21% 10
Work from Home +187 10 £60,000 +13.77% 6
UK excluding London +198 9 £59,857 +13.50% 6
London +105 7 £67,500 -6.90% 4
Wales +48 5 £45,000 -14.67%
South West +105 3 £60,000 +2.21% 1
Midlands +80 1 - -
West Midlands +48 1 - -

CSPO
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (6.25%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (31.25%) Trello
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (6.25%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 6 (37.50%) Power Platform
2 3 (18.75%) Azure
2 3 (18.75%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (6.25%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (6.25%) Miro
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (37.50%) Power BI
2 5 (31.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (56.25%) JIRA
General
1 12 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (56.25%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (31.25%) Marketing
3 5 (31.25%) Publishing
4 2 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (6.25%) Finance
5 1 (6.25%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (43.75%) Product Owner
2 5 (31.25%) Product Manager
3 3 (18.75%) Delivery Manager
3 3 (18.75%) Senior
4 2 (12.50%) Senior Manager
4 2 (12.50%) Senior Product Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Business Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Digital Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Digital Business Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Digital Transformation
5 1 (6.25%) Digital Transformation Business Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Lead
5 1 (6.25%) Lead Business Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Senior Business Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Senior Digital Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Senior Transformation Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Transformation Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 16 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 4 (25.00%) PMI
3 1 (6.25%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) Agile
1 16 (100.00%) Scrum
2 12 (75.00%) Roadmaps
3 11 (68.75%) Product Backlog
3 11 (68.75%) Product Management
4 10 (62.50%) User Stories
5 8 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 8 (50.00%) Product Roadmap
5 8 (50.00%) Product Strategy
5 8 (50.00%) Product Vision
5 8 (50.00%) Project Management
5 8 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 7 (43.75%) Acceptance Criteria
7 6 (37.50%) Analytics
7 6 (37.50%) Backlog Management
7 6 (37.50%) Business Intelligence
7 6 (37.50%) Change Management
7 6 (37.50%) Data Analytics
7 6 (37.50%) User Experience
7 6 (37.50%) Visualisation
Qualifications
1 6 (37.50%) Degree
2 4 (25.00%) PMI Certification
2 4 (25.00%) SAFe Agilist
3 3 (18.75%) PMP
3 3 (18.75%) SC Cleared
3 3 (18.75%) Security Cleared
4 1 (6.25%) CBAP
4 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (6.25%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (31.25%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft