Product Owner Jobs

Product Owner
UK

The median Product Owner salary in the UK is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 542 558 444
Rank change year-on-year +16 -114 -43
Permanent jobs requiring a Product Owner 170 376 680
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.31% 0.36% 0.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.38% 0.77%
Number of salaries quoted 100 292 505
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,125 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £102,625 £97,500 £97,290
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 50,066 97,923 88,829
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.36% 94.81% 91.43%
Number of salaries quoted 26,124 69,761 56,179
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,750 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.63%

Product Owner
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Product Owner in the UK

Product Owner
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Product Owner.

Salary trend for Product Owner in the UK

Product Owner
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Owner over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Product Owner in the UK

Product Owner
Top 16 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 30 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 -17 144 £68,000 +4.62% 738
UK excluding London +107 82 £55,000 -8.33% 747
London +13 75 £75,000 -9.09% 85
Work from Home +32 58 £67,750 +7.91% 249
North of England +33 25 £59,000 -6.02% 162
North West -2 17 £70,750 +12.94% 75
South East +66 16 £35,000 -46.15% 218
Scotland +115 14 £62,500 +13.64% 32
Midlands +62 14 £48,000 -24.71% 149
West Midlands +47 12 £48,000 -23.20% 82
South West +90 8 £55,000 - 80
Yorkshire +53 5 £50,000 -23.08% 64
East of England +44 4 £72,500 +48.72% 107
North East +46 3 £56,250 -10.40% 23
East Midlands +33 2 £60,000 -14.29% 59
Wales +46 1 £45,000 +5.88% 17

Product Owner Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 30 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 featuring Product Owner in the job title.

1 170 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 119 (70.00%) Agile
3 114 (67.06%) Roadmaps
4 66 (38.82%) Backlog Management
5 65 (38.24%) Social Skills
6 61 (35.88%) Product Roadmap
7 57 (33.53%) Finance
8 55 (32.35%) Backlog Prioritisation
9 52 (30.59%) Product Backlog
10 48 (28.24%) User Stories
11 45 (26.47%) Product Vision
12 43 (25.29%) Scrum
13 39 (22.94%) Stakeholder Management
14 37 (21.76%) Product Management
14 37 (21.76%) Analytics
15 36 (21.18%) JIRA
16 33 (19.41%) User Experience
16 33 (19.41%) Acceptance Criteria
17 30 (17.65%) Strategic Roadmap
18 29 (17.06%) Problem-Solving
19 27 (15.88%) Degree
20 26 (15.29%) Marketing
20 26 (15.29%) CRM
20 26 (15.29%) Product Strategy
21 24 (14.12%) Analytical Skills
22 22 (12.94%) Scaled Agile Framework
22 22 (12.94%) Customer Experience
23 21 (12.35%) Creative Thinking
23 21 (12.35%) Backlog Refinement
24 20 (11.76%) Microsoft

Product Owner Skill Set
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 12 (7.06%) CMS
2 9 (5.29%) Confluence
3 5 (2.94%) SharePoint
4 4 (2.35%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (4.71%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (3.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (2.94%) Trello
4 4 (2.35%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (4.71%) Salesforce CRM
2 4 (2.35%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 2 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.18%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 16 (9.41%) Power Platform
2 13 (7.65%) Miro
2 13 (7.65%) SaaS
3 10 (5.88%) Azure
4 6 (3.53%) Figma
4 6 (3.53%) Google Analytics
5 5 (2.94%) Google Workspace
5 5 (2.94%) Slack
6 3 (1.76%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (1.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 3 (1.76%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (1.76%) GCP
6 3 (1.76%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (1.76%) Snowflake
7 2 (1.18%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.59%) Anthropic Claude
8 1 (0.59%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.59%) ChatGPT
8 1 (0.59%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.59%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.76%) Intranet
2 1 (0.59%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.59%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (7.65%) Data Lake
2 12 (7.06%) Power BI
3 8 (4.71%) Tableau
4 5 (2.94%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (1.76%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 36 (21.18%) JIRA
2 4 (2.35%) Balsamiq
3 2 (1.18%) Axure RP
General
1 65 (38.24%) Social Skills
2 57 (33.53%) Finance
3 26 (15.29%) Marketing
4 24 (14.12%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (9.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 16 (9.41%) Influencing Skills
6 13 (7.65%) Financial Institution
6 13 (7.65%) Publishing
7 8 (4.71%) Retail
8 7 (4.12%) Manufacturing
9 5 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (2.35%) Banking
11 3 (1.76%) Automotive
11 3 (1.76%) Back Office
11 3 (1.76%) Law
11 3 (1.76%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (1.18%) Investment Banking
12 2 (1.18%) Legal
12 2 (1.18%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.59%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.53%) CSS
1 6 (3.53%) HTML
2 4 (2.35%) EDI
3 1 (0.59%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 170 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 6 (3.53%) FMCG
2 6 (3.53%) Marketing Technology
3 3 (1.76%) Onboarding
3 3 (1.76%) Reinsurance
3 3 (1.76%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (1.18%) Client/Server
4 2 (1.18%) Private Cloud
5 1 (0.59%) Derivative
5 1 (0.59%) Driving Licence
5 1 (0.59%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.59%) Equities
5 1 (0.59%) Fixed Income
5 1 (0.59%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (0.59%) Hedge funds
5 1 (0.59%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.59%) NHS
5 1 (0.59%) Robotics
5 1 (0.59%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (70.00%) Agile
2 114 (67.06%) Roadmaps
3 66 (38.82%) Backlog Management
4 61 (35.88%) Product Roadmap
5 55 (32.35%) Backlog Prioritisation
6 52 (30.59%) Product Backlog
7 48 (28.24%) User Stories
8 45 (26.47%) Product Vision
9 43 (25.29%) Scrum
10 39 (22.94%) Stakeholder Management
11 37 (21.76%) Analytics
11 37 (21.76%) Product Management
12 33 (19.41%) Acceptance Criteria
12 33 (19.41%) User Experience
13 30 (17.65%) Strategic Roadmap
14 29 (17.06%) Problem-Solving
15 26 (15.29%) CRM
15 26 (15.29%) Product Strategy
16 22 (12.94%) Customer Experience
16 22 (12.94%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.53%) SQL
2 3 (1.76%) Python
2 3 (1.76%) R
Qualifications
1 27 (15.88%) Degree
2 7 (4.12%) CSPO
3 3 (1.76%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (1.76%) SC Cleared
3 3 (1.76%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.59%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.47%) QA
2 3 (1.76%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.18%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.59%) ISO 20022
4 1 (0.59%) ISO 8583
4 1 (0.59%) MiFID
4 1 (0.59%) PSD2
4 1 (0.59%) SEPA
Systems Management
1 1 (0.59%) CASB
Vendors
1 20 (11.76%) Microsoft
2 18 (10.59%) Salesforce
3 13 (7.65%) Google
4 4 (2.35%) IBM
4 4 (2.35%) Sitecore
5 3 (1.76%) Databricks
5 3 (1.76%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.18%) Pardot
7 1 (0.59%) CA Agile Central
7 1 (0.59%) Citrix
7 1 (0.59%) OneTrust
7 1 (0.59%) SAP
7 1 (0.59%) Sun