Digital Product Owner
UK

The median Digital Product Owner salary in the UK is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 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
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 891 913 1118
Rank change year-on-year +22 +205 -246
Permanent jobs requiring a Digital Product Owner 23 39 119
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.022% 0.040% 0.071%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.024% 0.044% 0.074%
Number of salaries quoted 15 31 90
10th Percentile £41,225 £43,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,125 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -15.38% +30.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £69,875 £76,875
90th Percentile £91,000 £77,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 97,260 88,990 160,374
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.78% 91.41% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 69,382 56,369 85,188
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,663
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,173
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.63% +5.63%

Digital Product Owner
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Digital Product Owner in the UK

Digital Product Owner
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Digital Product Owner in the UK

Digital Product Owner
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Digital Product Owner over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Digital Product Owner in the UK

Digital Product Owner
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Product Owner within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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
England +57 23 £55,000 - 3
Work from Home +69 15 £55,000 -8.33% 1
UK excluding London -29 12 £47,500 -5.00% 2
London +138 11 £70,000 +9.38% 1
South East -3 6 £41,750 -16.50%
South West -24 3 £55,000 +37.50%
North of England +48 2 £46,750 -21.10%
North West +7 2 £46,750 -31.75%
East of England -5 1 £45,000 -18.18%

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 2024, Digital 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 Digital Product Owner in the job title.

1 23 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 18 (78.26%) Agile
3 11 (47.83%) User Stories
3 11 (47.83%) Roadmaps
4 10 (43.48%) Social Skills
4 10 (43.48%) Acceptance Criteria
5 8 (34.78%) User Experience
6 7 (30.43%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (30.43%) Product Roadmap
6 7 (30.43%) Product Backlog
7 6 (26.09%) DevOps
7 6 (26.09%) Confluence
7 6 (26.09%) Scrum
8 5 (21.74%) UX Design
8 5 (21.74%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (21.74%) Product Management
8 5 (21.74%) Backlog Management
8 5 (21.74%) Product Requirements
8 5 (21.74%) Product Vision
8 5 (21.74%) Objectives and Key Results
9 4 (17.39%) Customer Service
9 4 (17.39%) User Research
9 4 (17.39%) Backlog Refinement
9 4 (17.39%) Backlog Prioritisation
9 4 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (17.39%) Epics
9 4 (17.39%) Wireframes
9 4 (17.39%) JIRA
9 4 (17.39%) E-Commerce
9 4 (17.39%) Project Management

Digital 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 6 (26.09%) Confluence
2 1 (4.35%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.70%) Azure
1 2 (8.70%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (8.70%) Bloomreach
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.35%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 4 (17.39%) JIRA
General
1 10 (43.48%) Social Skills
2 4 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (17.39%) Finance
3 3 (13.04%) Banking
3 3 (13.04%) Marketing
4 2 (8.70%) Automotive
4 2 (8.70%) Games
5 1 (4.35%) Digital Health
5 1 (4.35%) Digital Healthcare
5 1 (4.35%) Health Technology
5 1 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (4.35%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 23 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (8.70%) Low-Code
2 2 (8.70%) W3C
3 1 (4.35%) Mobile App
3 1 (4.35%) Mobile Banking
3 1 (4.35%) Online Banking
3 1 (4.35%) Video on Demand
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (78.26%) Agile
2 11 (47.83%) Roadmaps
2 11 (47.83%) User Stories
3 10 (43.48%) Acceptance Criteria
4 8 (34.78%) User Experience
5 7 (30.43%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (30.43%) Product Backlog
5 7 (30.43%) Product Roadmap
6 6 (26.09%) DevOps
6 6 (26.09%) Scrum
7 5 (21.74%) Backlog Management
7 5 (21.74%) Objectives and Key Results
7 5 (21.74%) Product Management
7 5 (21.74%) Product Requirements
7 5 (21.74%) Product Vision
7 5 (21.74%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (21.74%) UX Design
8 4 (17.39%) Backlog Refinement
8 4 (17.39%) Customer Service
8 4 (17.39%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (8.70%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.70%) GDPR
Vendors
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.35%) Adobe
2 1 (4.35%) Salesforce