Hybrid/Remote Product Ownership Job Trends

Product Ownership
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Product Ownership in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Product Ownership over the 6 months leading up to 19 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 88 111
Rank change year-on-year +22 +23 -48
Permanent jobs citing Product Ownership 803 661 791
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.73% 4.01% 2.60%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 9.86% 9.37% 7.49%
Number of salaries quoted 420 303 629
10th Percentile £44,972 £45,000 £41,650
25th Percentile £51,250 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +16.67% -5.14%
75th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £130,000 £105,300 £92,650
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% -3.85%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 8,148 7,053 10,557
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.80% 42.76% 34.65%
Number of salaries quoted 5,034 3,646 7,938
10th Percentile £34,506 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £86,438 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £58,446 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.65% +4.55% -14.66%

Product Ownership
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Product Ownership and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Product Ownership job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Product Ownership
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Product Ownership.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Product Ownership

Product Ownership
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Product Ownership over the 6 months to 19 July 2026.

Product Ownership salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Product Ownership
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 20 (2.49%) SharePoint
2 19 (2.37%) Confluence
3 14 (1.74%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 6 (0.75%) Apache Spark
4 6 (0.75%) SAS
5 5 (0.62%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.50%) CMS
7 1 (0.12%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.12%) IIS
7 1 (0.12%) NServiceBus
7 1 (0.12%) Umbraco
Applications
1 53 (6.60%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 5 (0.62%) Adobe XD
2 5 (0.62%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.37%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.12%) Notion
5 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 39 (4.86%) Workfront
2 34 (4.23%) Adobe Campaign
3 33 (4.11%) Oracle Financials
4 12 (1.49%) Dynamics CRM
5 10 (1.25%) Oracle ERP
6 5 (0.62%) Oracle General Ledger
7 4 (0.50%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (0.50%) Oracle EBS R12
7 4 (0.50%) SAP S/4HANA
8 3 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
9 2 (0.25%) Infor SunSystems
9 2 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
10 1 (0.12%) NetSuite
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 197 (24.53%) AWS
2 143 (17.81%) Azure
3 90 (11.21%) SaaS
4 84 (10.46%) GCP
5 55 (6.85%) iPaaS
6 47 (5.85%) Power Platform
7 34 (4.23%) Figma
8 27 (3.36%) Amazon EKS
9 26 (3.24%) Azure DevOps
10 24 (2.99%) Microsoft 365
10 24 (2.99%) Microsoft Purview
11 22 (2.74%) PowerApps
12 16 (1.99%) Dynamics 365
13 13 (1.62%) GitHub
13 13 (1.62%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 12 (1.49%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 11 (1.37%) Power Automate
16 9 (1.12%) Serverless
17 8 (1.00%) Snowflake
18 7 (0.87%) Asana
Communications & Networking
1 142 (17.68%) Broadband
2 23 (2.86%) HTTP
3 4 (0.50%) MQTT
4 3 (0.37%) Network Security
5 1 (0.12%) Firewall
5 1 (0.12%) LAN
5 1 (0.12%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.12%) SMS
5 1 (0.12%) SSL
5 1 (0.12%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.12%) WAN
5 1 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (8.59%) Metadata
2 25 (3.11%) Power BI
3 17 (2.12%) MongoDB
3 17 (2.12%) Tableau
4 16 (1.99%) PostgreSQL
5 15 (1.87%) Data Lake
6 13 (1.62%) Relational Database
7 11 (1.37%) Data Warehouse
8 9 (1.12%) MySQL
9 8 (1.00%) SQL Server
10 7 (0.87%) Amazon Redshift
11 6 (0.75%) BigQuery
11 6 (0.75%) Redis
12 5 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (0.50%) Elasticsearch
13 4 (0.50%) NoSQL
14 3 (0.37%) Big Data
14 3 (0.37%) Looker
14 3 (0.37%) Oracle Reports
14 3 (0.37%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 48 (5.98%) JIRA
2 47 (5.85%) GitLab
3 36 (4.48%) Jenkins
4 34 (4.23%) Git
4 34 (4.23%) SonarQube
5 24 (2.99%) TeamCity
6 8 (1.00%) Postman
7 5 (0.62%) Axure RP
7 5 (0.62%) Balsamiq
7 5 (0.62%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.50%) Selenium
9 3 (0.37%) MLflow
9 3 (0.37%) Oracle Forms
10 2 (0.25%) Appium
10 2 (0.25%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.25%) JMeter
10 2 (0.25%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.25%) Visual Studio Code
11 1 (0.12%) Maven
11 1 (0.12%) NUnit
General
1 252 (31.38%) Finance
2 209 (26.03%) Social Skills
3 167 (20.80%) Banking
4 155 (19.30%) Marketing
5 141 (17.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 110 (13.70%) Law
7 89 (11.08%) Analytical Skills
8 59 (7.35%) Retail
9 58 (7.22%) Public Sector
10 50 (6.23%) Legal
11 47 (5.85%) Games
12 46 (5.73%) Financial Institution
13 43 (5.35%) Back Office
14 12 (1.49%) Legal Technology
15 11 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
16 10 (1.25%) Advertising
17 9 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
18 8 (1.00%) Investment Banking
18 8 (1.00%) Polish Language
19 6 (0.75%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 161 (20.05%) Product Owner
2 105 (13.08%) Product Manager
3 104 (12.95%) Analyst
4 103 (12.83%) Senior
4 103 (12.83%) Software Engineer
5 98 (12.20%) Lead
6 75 (9.34%) Business Analyst
7 59 (7.35%) Architect
8 58 (7.22%) Developer
9 45 (5.60%) Lead Software Engineer
10 37 (4.61%) Software Manager
11 36 (4.48%) Engineering Manager
12 35 (4.36%) Salesforce Architect
12 35 (4.36%) Senior Analyst
13 34 (4.23%) Campaign Manager
14 31 (3.86%) Senior Business Analyst
14 31 (3.86%) Senior Manager
15 28 (3.49%) Software Engineering Manager
16 25 (3.11%) Team Leader
17 24 (2.99%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (10.71%) REST
2 42 (5.23%) React
3 41 (5.11%) .NET
4 40 (4.98%) SOAP
5 37 (4.61%) Lightning Web Components
6 35 (4.36%) Visualforce
7 30 (3.74%) Spring
8 24 (2.99%) RESTful
9 14 (1.74%) Web Services
10 13 (1.62%) AngularJS
10 13 (1.62%) HTML
10 13 (1.62%) Node.js
10 13 (1.62%) PyTorch
10 13 (1.62%) Swagger
10 13 (1.62%) TensorFlow
11 12 (1.49%) OpenAPI
12 11 (1.37%) CSS
13 10 (1.25%) ASP.NET
13 10 (1.25%) scikit-learn
14 9 (1.12%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 91 (11.33%) Marketing Technology
1 91 (11.33%) Social Media
2 89 (11.08%) Over-the-Top Content
3 88 (10.96%) Cloud Native
4 55 (6.85%) Public Cloud
5 29 (3.61%) Enterprise Software
6 24 (2.99%) Distributed Architecture
7 17 (2.12%) Self-Motivation
8 13 (1.62%) Onboarding
9 11 (1.37%) Algorithms
9 11 (1.37%) Distributed Systems
10 9 (1.12%) e-Learning
10 9 (1.12%) Legacy Applications
10 9 (1.12%) Mobile App
11 8 (1.00%) AI Agents
11 8 (1.00%) Virtual Team
12 7 (0.87%) Low-Code
12 7 (0.87%) Podcast
12 7 (0.87%) Security Posture
12 7 (0.87%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.25%) Linux
2 1 (0.12%) Android
2 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.12%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 404 (50.31%) Agile
2 350 (43.59%) Roadmaps
3 216 (26.90%) Continuous Improvement
4 195 (24.28%) Software Engineering
4 195 (24.28%) User Stories
5 186 (23.16%) CI/CD
6 172 (21.42%) Scrum
7 147 (18.31%) Product Backlog
8 143 (17.81%) Product Vision
9 142 (17.68%) Decision-Making
10 135 (16.81%) AI
11 134 (16.69%) Technical Leadership
12 131 (16.31%) DevOps
13 125 (15.57%) Mentoring
14 118 (14.69%) Sprint Planning
15 117 (14.57%) Customer Experience
16 116 (14.45%) Coaching
16 116 (14.45%) Problem-Solving
17 113 (14.07%) Test Automation
18 112 (13.95%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 127 (15.82%) Java
2 56 (6.97%) Python
3 45 (5.60%) JavaScript
4 44 (5.48%) SQL
5 38 (4.73%) Apex Code
6 36 (4.48%) C#
6 36 (4.48%) SOQL
6 36 (4.48%) SOSL
7 34 (4.23%) TypeScript
8 11 (1.37%) Go
9 9 (1.12%) Bicep
10 6 (0.75%) Rust
11 5 (0.62%) Bash
11 5 (0.62%) PL/SQL
11 5 (0.62%) PowerShell
11 5 (0.62%) Scala
12 2 (0.25%) C
12 2 (0.25%) C++
12 2 (0.25%) PHP
12 2 (0.25%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 99 (12.33%) Degree
2 59 (7.35%) Security Cleared
3 49 (6.10%) SC Cleared
4 24 (2.99%) Computer Science Degree
4 24 (2.99%) DBS Check
5 7 (0.87%) DV Cleared
6 6 (0.75%) ICAEW
7 5 (0.62%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (0.62%) CIPD
8 4 (0.50%) AWS Certified Developer
8 4 (0.50%) ISTQB
8 4 (0.50%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.37%) CSPO
10 2 (0.25%) ACCA
10 2 (0.25%) CIMA
10 2 (0.25%) CSQA
10 2 (0.25%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.25%) PMP
11 1 (0.12%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (11.08%) QA
2 37 (4.61%) Data Quality
2 37 (4.61%) GDPR
3 31 (3.86%) Accessibility
4 14 (1.74%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 10 (1.25%) WCAG
6 8 (1.00%) PMO
7 2 (0.25%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.25%) NCSC
8 1 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.12%) PERC
8 1 (0.12%) SLA
System Software
1 33 (4.11%) Docker
2 5 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.12%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 46 (5.73%) Kubernetes
2 44 (5.48%) Terraform
3 29 (3.61%) Grafana
4 6 (0.75%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.62%) Ansible
6 1 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.12%) Kibana
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.12%) SCCM
Vendors
1 94 (11.71%) Adobe
2 64 (7.97%) Microsoft
3 63 (7.85%) Salesforce
4 51 (6.35%) Oracle
5 35 (4.36%) Splunk
6 16 (1.99%) ServiceNow
7 13 (1.62%) Databricks
8 9 (1.12%) Google
9 7 (0.87%) SAP
10 5 (0.62%) OpenAI
11 3 (0.37%) Charles River
11 3 (0.37%) Informatica
11 3 (0.37%) Palantir
12 2 (0.25%) Facebook
12 2 (0.25%) Infor
12 2 (0.25%) MuleSoft
13 1 (0.12%) DevExpress
13 1 (0.12%) MarketAxess
13 1 (0.12%) SimCorp
13 1 (0.12%) Tradeweb