Product Owner Jobs in the South East

Product Owner
England > South East

The median Product Owner salary in the South East is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 364 285 277
Rank change year-on-year -79 -8 -15
Permanent jobs requiring a Product Owner 37 114 219
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.22% 0.79% 1.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.88% 1.14%
Number of salaries quoted 27 81 163
10th Percentile £43,350 £45,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,125 £47,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £71,250 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £69,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% +9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 15,863 12,953 19,286
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.01% 90.32% 96.45%
Number of salaries quoted 11,342 8,193 12,383
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%

Product Owner
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Product Owner in the South East

Product Owner
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Product Owner in the South East

Product Owner
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Owner in the South East over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Product Owner in the South East

Product Owner
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Owner within the South East region over the 6 months to 19 May 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
Thames Valley -13 22 £52,500 -4.55% 9
Oxfordshire +15 14 £52,500 +5.00% 2
Surrey -25 6 £65,000 +8.33% 2
Kent +1 5 £80,000 -30.43% 2
Buckinghamshire -16 5 £72,500 - 3
Berkshire -16 3 - - 4
Hampshire -42 3 £65,000 +4.00% 3
East Sussex +13 1 £45,000 -22.75% 1
Product Owner
England

Product Owner Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 19 May 2024, 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 across the South East region featuring Product Owner in the job title.

1 37 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 26 (70.27%) Agile
3 23 (62.16%) Roadmaps
4 20 (54.05%) Scrum
5 19 (51.35%) Product Vision
6 16 (43.24%) Product Roadmap
6 16 (43.24%) Product Backlog
7 15 (40.54%) User Stories
8 12 (32.43%) Problem-Solving
9 11 (29.73%) Analytical Skills
9 11 (29.73%) Stakeholder Management
9 11 (29.73%) Social Skills
10 10 (27.03%) Product Requirements
10 10 (27.03%) Mentoring
11 9 (24.32%) Continuous Improvement
11 9 (24.32%) Azure
11 9 (24.32%) Finance
11 9 (24.32%) Requirements Gathering
12 8 (21.62%) Marketing
12 8 (21.62%) Coaching
12 8 (21.62%) Epics
12 8 (21.62%) Sprint Planning
12 8 (21.62%) Project Delivery
12 8 (21.62%) CSPO
13 7 (18.92%) Scaled Agile Framework
13 7 (18.92%) DevOps
13 7 (18.92%) Decision-Making
14 6 (16.22%) Customer Service
14 6 (16.22%) User Experience
14 6 (16.22%) SDLC

Product Owner Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 4 (10.81%) Confluence
2 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (5.41%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.70%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 9 (24.32%) Azure
2 6 (16.22%) SaaS
3 3 (8.11%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (8.11%) Power Automate
3 3 (8.11%) Power Platform
3 3 (8.11%) PowerApps
4 1 (2.70%) AWS
4 1 (2.70%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.70%) Internet
Development Applications
1 6 (16.22%) JIRA
General
1 11 (29.73%) Analytical Skills
1 11 (29.73%) Social Skills
2 9 (24.32%) Finance
3 8 (21.62%) Marketing
4 4 (10.81%) Retail
5 3 (8.11%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (5.41%) Games
6 2 (5.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (5.41%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (5.41%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.70%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.41%) .NET
1 2 (5.41%) .NET Framework
1 2 (5.41%) ASP.NET
1 2 (5.41%) ASP.NET MVC
1 2 (5.41%) Entity Framework
1 2 (5.41%) HTML
1 2 (5.41%) HTML5
1 2 (5.41%) XML
2 1 (2.70%) RESTful
2 1 (2.70%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 37 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 3 (8.11%) FMCG
3 2 (5.41%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (5.41%) Driving Licence
3 2 (5.41%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.70%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.70%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.70%) Tandem
4 1 (2.70%) Video on Demand
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.41%) Linux
1 2 (5.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (70.27%) Agile
2 23 (62.16%) Roadmaps
3 20 (54.05%) Scrum
4 19 (51.35%) Product Vision
5 16 (43.24%) Product Backlog
5 16 (43.24%) Product Roadmap
6 15 (40.54%) User Stories
7 12 (32.43%) Problem-Solving
8 11 (29.73%) Stakeholder Management
9 10 (27.03%) Mentoring
9 10 (27.03%) Product Requirements
10 9 (24.32%) Continuous Improvement
10 9 (24.32%) Requirements Gathering
11 8 (21.62%) Coaching
11 8 (21.62%) Epics
11 8 (21.62%) Project Delivery
11 8 (21.62%) Sprint Planning
12 7 (18.92%) Decision-Making
12 7 (18.92%) DevOps
12 7 (18.92%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.81%) Python
2 2 (5.41%) C
2 2 (5.41%) C#
2 2 (5.41%) C++
2 2 (5.41%) JavaScript
2 2 (5.41%) PowerShell
2 2 (5.41%) R
2 2 (5.41%) SQL
2 2 (5.41%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 8 (21.62%) CSPO
2 5 (13.51%) Degree
3 2 (5.41%) SC Cleared
3 2 (5.41%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.41%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (10.81%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.11%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.70%) Adobe