Product Ownership Jobs in the West Midlands

Product Ownership
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Product Ownership in permanent job vacancies in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Product Ownership over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 121 107 86
Rank change year-on-year -14 -21 -41
Permanent jobs citing Product Ownership 77 166 226
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.84% 2.10% 3.80%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.80% 6.45% 8.29%
Number of salaries quoted 37 136 87
10th Percentile £39,000 £37,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £48,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - +5.50%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,225 £71,750
England median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +12.00% -3.85% +4.00%

All Generic Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,328 2,573 2,727
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 31.76% 32.60% 45.84%
Number of salaries quoted 668 1,689 966
10th Percentile £26,750 £26,250 £33,000
25th Percentile £36,925 £35,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -4.55% +15.79%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £69,688
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Product Ownership
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Product Ownership as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Product Ownership in the West Midlands

Product Ownership
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Product Ownership in the West Midlands

Product Ownership
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Ownership in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Product Ownership in the West Midlands

Product Ownership
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Ownership within the West Midlands 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
Birmingham -12 29 £56,250 +2.27% 15
Staffordshire +26 23 £40,000 -34.43% 27
Warwickshire -8 11 £62,500 -10.71% 17
Solihull +4 3 £55,000 +10.00% 3
Herefordshire - 3 - - 7
Coventry -13 2 £75,000 +8.33% 12
Shropshire - 2 - - 5
Worcestershire +23 1 £69,000 +45.26% 1
Product Ownership
England

Product Ownership
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 15 (19.48%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (11.69%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (2.60%) Photoshop
3 1 (1.30%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (10.39%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (2.60%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 30 (38.96%) Azure
2 25 (32.47%) AWS
3 13 (16.88%) GCP
4 12 (15.58%) SaaS
5 9 (11.69%) Miro
6 3 (3.90%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (3.90%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (2.60%) Canva
7 2 (2.60%) Firebase
7 2 (2.60%) Google Analytics
7 2 (2.60%) Google Tag Manager
7 2 (2.60%) MailChimp
8 1 (1.30%) Asana
8 1 (1.30%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.30%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.60%) Broadband
1 2 (2.60%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (31.17%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 40 (51.95%) JIRA
2 24 (31.17%) Bitbucket
2 24 (31.17%) Cucumber
2 24 (31.17%) GitLab
2 24 (31.17%) Maven
2 24 (31.17%) Selenium
2 24 (31.17%) SonarQube
2 24 (31.17%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 38 (49.35%) Finance
2 26 (33.77%) Banking
3 25 (32.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 18 (23.38%) Social Skills
5 17 (22.08%) Retail
6 11 (14.29%) Automotive
6 11 (14.29%) Corporate Banking
6 11 (14.29%) Investment Banking
7 9 (11.69%) Influencing Skills
8 7 (9.09%) Marketing
9 6 (7.79%) Analytical Skills
10 5 (6.49%) Electronics
11 2 (2.60%) Financial Institution
12 1 (1.30%) Games
12 1 (1.30%) Law
12 1 (1.30%) Legal
12 1 (1.30%) Manufacturing
12 1 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 26 (33.77%) Software Engineer
2 12 (15.58%) Product Owner
3 8 (10.39%) Agile Product Owner
3 8 (10.39%) Lead
4 7 (9.09%) Analyst
5 5 (6.49%) Product Manager
6 3 (3.90%) Engineering Manager
6 3 (3.90%) Head of Engineering
6 3 (3.90%) Senior
7 2 (2.60%) Applications Manager
7 2 (2.60%) Commercial Manager
7 2 (2.60%) Developer
7 2 (2.60%) Digital Analyst
7 2 (2.60%) Implementation Analyst
7 2 (2.60%) IT Manager
7 2 (2.60%) Marketing Executive
7 2 (2.60%) Product Analyst
7 2 (2.60%) Scrum Master
7 2 (2.60%) Senior Developer
8 1 (1.30%) Senior Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (35.06%) React
2 26 (33.77%) CSS
2 26 (33.77%) HTML
3 24 (31.17%) JPA
3 24 (31.17%) Kafka
3 24 (31.17%) Redux
3 24 (31.17%) Spring
3 24 (31.17%) Spring Boot
4 13 (16.88%) Hibernate
5 11 (14.29%) CSS3
5 11 (14.29%) HTML5
5 11 (14.29%) Jest
5 11 (14.29%) REST
5 11 (14.29%) RESTful
5 11 (14.29%) Sass
6 3 (3.90%) Node.js
7 2 (2.60%) Ruby on Rails
8 1 (1.30%) .NET
8 1 (1.30%) Middleware
8 1 (1.30%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 24 (31.17%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (3.90%) Cloud Native
2 3 (3.90%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (3.90%) Mobile App
3 2 (2.60%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.60%) Private Cloud
3 2 (2.60%) Video\Live Streaming
4 1 (1.30%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (1.30%) e-Learning
4 1 (1.30%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.30%) Over-the-Top Content
4 1 (1.30%) SCADA
4 1 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.30%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.60%) Windows
2 1 (1.30%) Unix
2 1 (1.30%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (72.73%) Agile
2 30 (38.96%) Software Engineering
3 29 (37.66%) SDLC
4 28 (36.36%) DevOps
4 28 (36.36%) Test Automation
5 27 (35.06%) CI/CD
6 26 (33.77%) Roadmaps
6 26 (33.77%) Stakeholder Management
7 25 (32.47%) Mentoring
8 24 (31.17%) Containerisation
8 24 (31.17%) Front End Development
8 24 (31.17%) Full-Stack Development
8 24 (31.17%) Microservices
8 24 (31.17%) Performance Optimisation
9 21 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
10 20 (25.97%) Scrum
11 19 (24.68%) Problem-Solving
12 16 (20.78%) Backlog Prioritisation
12 16 (20.78%) Scaled Agile Framework
12 16 (20.78%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 30 (38.96%) JavaScript
2 26 (33.77%) SQL
3 25 (32.47%) Java
4 11 (14.29%) TypeScript
5 2 (2.60%) C#
5 2 (2.60%) Ruby
6 1 (1.30%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (7.79%) Degree
2 1 (1.30%) A+ Certification
2 1 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (1.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (1.30%) Network+ Certification
2 1 (1.30%) SC Cleared
2 1 (1.30%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (31.17%) QA
2 11 (14.29%) Accessibility
3 5 (6.49%) Automotive SPICE
3 5 (6.49%) ISO 26262
4 3 (3.90%) PMBOK
5 1 (1.30%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.30%) PMO
System Software
1 24 (31.17%) Docker
2 2 (2.60%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.60%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 24 (31.17%) Kubernetes
2 5 (6.49%) Functional Safety
3 1 (1.30%) HP ALM
3 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.30%) SCCM
Vendors
1 24 (31.17%) Solace
2 12 (15.58%) Salesforce
3 10 (12.99%) Microsoft
4 2 (2.60%) Google
4 2 (2.60%) Optimizely
4 2 (2.60%) Oracle
4 2 (2.60%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.60%) Zoho
5 1 (1.30%) CyberArk
5 1 (1.30%) HP
5 1 (1.30%) MuleSoft
5 1 (1.30%) SAP