Product Ownership
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Product Ownership in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Product Ownership over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 134 73 62
Rank change year-on-year -61 -11 +30
Permanent jobs citing Product Ownership 2,090 4,498 8,125
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.13% 4.30% 5.27%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.01% 10.03% 11.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1,393 2,660 4,039
10th Percentile £42,000 £45,465 £42,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £84,056 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,965 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.39% +9.09% +4.76%

All Generic Skills
UK

Product Ownership is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 34,768 44,861 72,647
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.46% 42.86% 47.13%
Number of salaries quoted 22,918 24,128 34,106
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,107 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,607
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £107,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Product Ownership
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Product Ownership in the UK

Product Ownership
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Product Ownership in the UK

Product Ownership
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Ownership over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Product Ownership in the UK

Product Ownership
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Ownership within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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 -67 1,734 £62,500 -4.32% 510
UK excluding London -67 1,358 £57,965 -3.39% 324
Work from Home -49 896 £60,000 -7.34% 271
London -54 628 £75,000 +7.14% 208
North of England -54 321 £57,965 -10.82% 80
South East -68 294 £65,000 +4.00% 79
Scotland -52 234 £59,526 -8.42% 19
Midlands -51 229 £55,000 -4.35% 53
South West -16 187 £57,500 -4.56% 54
North West -21 187 £57,965 -5.26% 49
West Midlands -32 168 £57,500 - 42
Yorkshire -51 103 £59,526 -8.42% 19
East Midlands -48 61 £50,500 -8.18% 11
East of England -96 59 £49,500 -12.00% 29
North East +1 31 £57,965 -10.82% 12
Wales +2 28 £52,500 -6.67% 17
Northern Ireland +14 6 - -

Product Ownership
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
1 108 (5.17%) Confluence
2 34 (1.63%) Apache
3 28 (1.34%) Apache Spark
3 28 (1.34%) SharePoint
4 11 (0.53%) WordPress
5 10 (0.48%) IIS
5 10 (0.48%) nginx
6 9 (0.43%) CMS
7 8 (0.38%) Apache Pig
7 8 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
8 7 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
9 6 (0.29%) SAS
10 5 (0.24%) Cloud Foundry
11 4 (0.19%) EPiServer
12 3 (0.14%) Jupyter
12 3 (0.14%) Umbraco
13 2 (0.096%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 1 (0.048%) Documentum
14 1 (0.048%) Sitecore CMS
14 1 (0.048%) WildFly
Applications
1 40 (1.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (1.44%) Adobe XD
3 28 (1.34%) Microsoft Office
4 22 (1.05%) MS Visio
5 16 (0.77%) Sketch
6 14 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 8 (0.38%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 8 (0.38%) Trello
8 7 (0.33%) InVision
9 4 (0.19%) Adobe After Effects
9 4 (0.19%) Blender
9 4 (0.19%) Maya
9 4 (0.19%) MotionBuilder
9 4 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
10 3 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
11 2 (0.096%) FrameMaker
11 2 (0.096%) Photoshop
11 2 (0.096%) RoboHelp
12 1 (0.048%) AutoCAD
12 1 (0.048%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 27 (1.29%) Endur
2 23 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (0.62%) Aladdin
4 11 (0.53%) Salesforce CRM
5 9 (0.43%) SAP ERP
6 8 (0.38%) SAP HR
7 7 (0.33%) NetSuite
7 7 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
8 6 (0.29%) SAP Payroll
9 5 (0.24%) Distributed Ledger
10 4 (0.19%) SAP CX
11 3 (0.14%) Fidessa
11 3 (0.14%) SAP HCM
12 2 (0.096%) Magento
12 2 (0.096%) NEC Housing
12 2 (0.096%) Oracle EBS
12 2 (0.096%) Oracle ERP
12 2 (0.096%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
13 1 (0.048%) Elite 3E
13 1 (0.048%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 435 (20.81%) Azure
2 373 (17.85%) AWS
3 198 (9.47%) Azure DevOps
4 159 (7.61%) GCP
5 124 (5.93%) SaaS
6 117 (5.60%) Power Platform
7 63 (3.01%) Microsoft 365
8 53 (2.54%) GitHub
9 39 (1.87%) Serverless
10 38 (1.82%) PaaS
11 35 (1.67%) Power Automate
12 28 (1.34%) Dynamics 365
13 26 (1.24%) Cloud Computing
14 25 (1.20%) PowerApps
15 19 (0.91%) Azure Data Factory
16 16 (0.77%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 14 (0.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 14 (0.67%) Figma
17 14 (0.67%) IaaS
18 12 (0.57%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 18 (0.86%) DSL
1 18 (0.86%) Intranet
2 16 (0.77%) VPN
3 14 (0.67%) Firewall
4 11 (0.53%) Network Security
5 10 (0.48%) LAN
5 10 (0.48%) WAN
6 9 (0.43%) Internet
7 7 (0.33%) WLAN
8 6 (0.29%) AMQP
9 5 (0.24%) WebEx
10 4 (0.19%) Ethernet
11 3 (0.14%) DMZ
11 3 (0.14%) Modbus
11 3 (0.14%) TCP/IP
11 3 (0.14%) VLAN
12 2 (0.096%) Broadband
12 2 (0.096%) HTTP
12 2 (0.096%) SD-WAN
13 1 (0.048%) DECT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (5.02%) Data Warehouse
2 102 (4.88%) Looker
3 81 (3.88%) BigQuery
4 80 (3.83%) Power BI
5 76 (3.64%) SQL Server
6 58 (2.78%) Tableau
7 56 (2.68%) Big Data
8 52 (2.49%) NoSQL
9 46 (2.20%) Relational Database
10 41 (1.96%) Data Lake
11 38 (1.82%) PostgreSQL
12 37 (1.77%) MongoDB
13 29 (1.39%) MySQL
14 25 (1.20%) Metadata
15 18 (0.86%) DB2
16 14 (0.67%) Redis
17 9 (0.43%) Apache Hive
17 9 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
17 9 (0.43%) Hadoop
18 8 (0.38%) HDInsight
Development Applications
1 224 (10.72%) JIRA
2 101 (4.83%) Git
3 85 (4.07%) Jenkins
4 28 (1.34%) Cucumber
5 26 (1.24%) Visual Studio
6 22 (1.05%) Selenium
7 19 (0.91%) GitLab
7 19 (0.91%) Team Foundation Server
8 16 (0.77%) Cypress.io
8 16 (0.77%) Postman
8 16 (0.77%) SonarQube
9 15 (0.72%) Axure RP
10 14 (0.67%) JUnit
10 14 (0.67%) Octopus Deploy
11 13 (0.62%) Balsamiq
12 8 (0.38%) Checkstyle
12 8 (0.38%) Maven
12 8 (0.38%) Mocha
12 8 (0.38%) MSBuild
13 7 (0.33%) Appium
General
1 613 (29.33%) Finance
2 598 (28.61%) Social Skills
3 412 (19.71%) Analytical Skills
4 346 (16.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 266 (12.73%) Marketing
6 192 (9.19%) Law
7 161 (7.70%) Banking
8 126 (6.03%) Retail
9 123 (5.89%) Public Sector
10 89 (4.26%) Presentation Skills
11 79 (3.78%) Legal
12 74 (3.54%) Billing
13 58 (2.78%) Investment Banking
14 51 (2.44%) Front Office
15 47 (2.25%) Influencing Skills
16 30 (1.44%) Telecoms
17 26 (1.24%) Games
18 25 (1.20%) Financial Institution
19 20 (0.96%) Manufacturing
20 19 (0.91%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 375 (17.94%) Product Owner
2 372 (17.80%) Senior
3 278 (13.30%) Developer
4 274 (13.11%) Analyst
5 235 (11.24%) Lead
6 182 (8.71%) Business Analyst
7 155 (7.42%) Product Manager
8 142 (6.79%) Architect
9 94 (4.50%) Data Manager
10 82 (3.92%) Software Engineer
11 81 (3.88%) Engineering Manager
12 79 (3.78%) Senior Developer
13 56 (2.68%) Designer
14 55 (2.63%) Data Engineer
15 50 (2.39%) Product Analyst
16 47 (2.25%) Senior Analyst
17 45 (2.15%) Senior Manager
18 44 (2.11%) Delivery Manager
18 44 (2.11%) Software Engineering Director
18 44 (2.11%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 163 (7.80%) .NET
2 122 (5.84%) HTML
3 119 (5.69%) React
4 108 (5.17%) CSS
5 82 (3.92%) AngularJS
6 60 (2.87%) REST
7 47 (2.25%) .NET Framework
8 45 (2.15%) JSON
9 41 (1.96%) Node.js
10 40 (1.91%) XML
11 39 (1.87%) Spring
12 37 (1.77%) Kafka
12 37 (1.77%) RESTful
13 36 (1.72%) .NET Core
13 36 (1.72%) ASP.NET
14 29 (1.39%) Web Services
15 27 (1.29%) Spring Boot
16 23 (1.10%) Entity Framework
16 23 (1.10%) Twitter Bootstrap
17 22 (1.05%) Apache NiFi
Miscellaneous
1 121 (5.79%) Cloud Native
2 74 (3.54%) Public Cloud
3 65 (3.11%) Self-Motivation
4 62 (2.97%) Mobile App
5 59 (2.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 59 (2.82%) Management Information System
6 55 (2.63%) Derivative
7 50 (2.39%) Fixed Income
8 47 (2.25%) Equities
8 47 (2.25%) Hedge funds
9 35 (1.67%) Onboarding
10 32 (1.53%) Algorithms
10 32 (1.53%) Credit Risk
11 30 (1.44%) Data Structures
11 30 (1.44%) Greenfield Project
12 26 (1.24%) Client/Server
13 22 (1.05%) PMI
13 22 (1.05%) Taxonomies
14 20 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
14 20 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 45 (2.15%) Linux
2 41 (1.96%) Windows
3 39 (1.87%) Apple iOS
4 31 (1.48%) Android
5 10 (0.48%) Windows Server
6 9 (0.43%) Unix
7 4 (0.19%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.19%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.096%) Debian
8 2 (0.096%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.048%) CentOS
9 1 (0.048%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.048%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.048%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,464 (70.05%) Agile
2 642 (30.72%) Scrum
3 540 (25.84%) Roadmaps
4 488 (23.35%) Problem-Solving
5 443 (21.20%) DevOps
6 358 (17.13%) Mentoring
7 344 (16.46%) User Stories
8 333 (15.93%) CI/CD
9 288 (13.78%) Project Management
10 287 (13.73%) Coaching
10 287 (13.73%) Product Backlog
11 285 (13.64%) Software Engineering
12 279 (13.35%) User Experience
13 232 (11.10%) Stakeholder Management
14 222 (10.62%) Analytics
15 218 (10.43%) SDLC
16 213 (10.19%) Product Management
16 213 (10.19%) Product Roadmap
17 210 (10.05%) Decision-Making
18 209 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 324 (15.50%) SQL
2 247 (11.82%) JavaScript
3 245 (11.72%) Python
4 217 (10.38%) C#
5 168 (8.04%) Java
6 101 (4.83%) TypeScript
7 32 (1.53%) C
8 30 (1.44%) PHP
9 25 (1.20%) Groovy
10 23 (1.10%) Kotlin
11 22 (1.05%) PowerShell
12 21 (1.00%) PL/SQL
13 20 (0.96%) T-SQL
14 19 (0.91%) Scala
15 15 (0.72%) C++
16 14 (0.67%) Go
17 11 (0.53%) Bash
17 11 (0.53%) Ruby
18 10 (0.48%) Swift
19 8 (0.38%) R
Qualifications
1 355 (16.99%) Degree
2 169 (8.09%) Security Cleared
3 115 (5.50%) SC Cleared
4 66 (3.16%) Computer Science Degree
5 51 (2.44%) Master's Degree
6 48 (2.30%) DV Cleared
7 32 (1.53%) CSPO
8 27 (1.29%) PMI Certification
9 22 (1.05%) CISSP
10 18 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
11 15 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
12 14 (0.67%) AWS Certification
12 14 (0.67%) Azure Certification
12 14 (0.67%) PhD
13 13 (0.62%) Numerate Degree
14 11 (0.53%) ISTQB
14 11 (0.53%) ITIL Certification
15 7 (0.33%) ISEB
16 6 (0.29%) OCP
16 6 (0.29%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 278 (13.30%) QA
2 77 (3.68%) Accessibility
3 38 (1.82%) Data Quality
4 37 (1.77%) SLA
5 30 (1.44%) PMO
6 22 (1.05%) NIST
7 14 (0.67%) WCAG
8 11 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
9 10 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 9 (0.43%) GDPR
10 9 (0.43%) NCSC
11 7 (0.33%) ISO 13485
12 6 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
13 5 (0.24%) SEPA
13 5 (0.24%) TARGET2
14 4 (0.19%) Def Stans
14 4 (0.19%) IEC 61508
14 4 (0.19%) MISRA
14 4 (0.19%) MISRA C
14 4 (0.19%) Solvency II
System Software
1 124 (5.93%) Docker
2 17 (0.81%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.38%) HDFS
3 8 (0.38%) Hyper-V
4 7 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.19%) Firmware
6 3 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.096%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.048%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.048%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.048%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 124 (5.93%) Kubernetes
2 78 (3.73%) Terraform
3 14 (0.67%) Ansible
3 14 (0.67%) Grafana
4 13 (0.62%) Progress Chef
4 13 (0.62%) Prometheus
5 8 (0.38%) Puppet
6 7 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.24%) Graphite
8 4 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (0.14%) SCCM
10 2 (0.096%) Kibana
11 1 (0.048%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.048%) Kustomize
11 1 (0.048%) Packer
11 1 (0.048%) SCOM
11 1 (0.048%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 245 (11.72%) Microsoft
2 171 (8.18%) Google
3 65 (3.11%) Databricks
4 53 (2.54%) ServiceNow
5 50 (2.39%) SAP
6 49 (2.34%) Adobe
7 42 (2.01%) Salesforce
8 40 (1.91%) Oracle
9 30 (1.44%) Atlassian
10 26 (1.24%) Alteryx
11 18 (0.86%) Bloomberg
11 18 (0.86%) Cognos
11 18 (0.86%) Sybase
12 14 (0.67%) VMware
13 13 (0.62%) BISAM
14 11 (0.53%) Pega
14 11 (0.53%) Splunk
15 10 (0.48%) IBM
16 9 (0.43%) New Relic
16 9 (0.43%) Xero