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 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 132 73 61
Rank change year-on-year -59 -12 +31
Permanent jobs citing Product Ownership 2,098 4,432 8,268
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.13% 4.26% 5.31%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.01% 9.97% 11.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1,398 2,613 4,048
10th Percentile £42,000 £45,000 £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 34,901 44,470 73,656
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.49% 42.76% 47.27%
Number of salaries quoted 23,023 23,971 34,149
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,250 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,350 £45,750
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 £84,056
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 29 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 29 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 -66 1,741 £62,500 -4.45% 543
UK excluding London -65 1,363 £57,965 -3.39% 340
Work from Home -48 895 £60,000 -7.69% 287
London -49 629 £75,000 +7.14% 227
North of England -61 320 £57,965 -10.82% 85
South East -75 295 £65,000 +4.00% 82
Scotland -50 235 £59,526 -8.42% 20
Midlands -48 229 £55,000 -4.35% 58
South West -20 189 £57,500 -4.56% 56
North West -26 186 £57,965 -7.26% 52
West Midlands -27 168 £57,500 - 48
Yorkshire -52 103 £59,526 -9.86% 19
East Midlands -50 61 £50,500 -8.18% 10
East of England -90 61 £49,500 -10.00% 28
North East -1 31 £57,965 -10.82% 14
Wales +1 28 £52,500 -4.55% 16
Northern Ireland +13 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
1 110 (5.24%) Confluence
2 34 (1.62%) Apache
3 28 (1.33%) Apache Spark
3 28 (1.33%) SharePoint
4 11 (0.52%) 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
8 7 (0.33%) SAS
9 5 (0.24%) Cloud Foundry
10 4 (0.19%) EPiServer
11 3 (0.14%) Jupyter
11 3 (0.14%) Umbraco
12 2 (0.095%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 1 (0.048%) Sitecore CMS
13 1 (0.048%) WebSphere
13 1 (0.048%) WildFly
Applications
1 40 (1.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (1.43%) Adobe XD
3 28 (1.33%) Microsoft Office
4 22 (1.05%) MS Visio
5 16 (0.76%) 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 (0.095%) FrameMaker
11 2 (0.095%) Photoshop
11 2 (0.095%) RoboHelp
12 1 (0.048%) AutoCAD
12 1 (0.048%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 27 (1.29%) Endur
2 23 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (0.62%) Aladdin
4 11 (0.52%) 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 (0.095%) Magento
12 2 (0.095%) NEC Housing
12 2 (0.095%) Oracle EBS
12 2 (0.095%) Oracle ERP
12 2 (0.095%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
13 1 (0.048%) Oracle Receivables
13 1 (0.048%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 437 (20.83%) Azure
2 373 (17.78%) AWS
3 198 (9.44%) Azure DevOps
4 159 (7.58%) GCP
5 124 (5.91%) SaaS
6 118 (5.62%) Power Platform
7 63 (3.00%) Microsoft 365
8 54 (2.57%) GitHub
9 40 (1.91%) Serverless
10 38 (1.81%) PaaS
11 36 (1.72%) Power Automate
12 28 (1.33%) Dynamics 365
13 25 (1.19%) Cloud Computing
13 25 (1.19%) PowerApps
14 19 (0.91%) Azure Data Factory
15 16 (0.76%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 14 (0.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 14 (0.67%) Figma
16 14 (0.67%) IaaS
17 12 (0.57%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 18 (0.86%) DSL
1 18 (0.86%) Intranet
2 16 (0.76%) VPN
3 15 (0.71%) Firewall
4 11 (0.52%) Network Security
4 11 (0.52%) WAN
5 10 (0.48%) Internet
5 10 (0.48%) LAN
6 7 (0.33%) WLAN
7 6 (0.29%) AMQP
8 5 (0.24%) WebEx
9 4 (0.19%) Ethernet
9 4 (0.19%) VLAN
10 3 (0.14%) DMZ
10 3 (0.14%) Modbus
10 3 (0.14%) TCP/IP
11 2 (0.095%) Broadband
11 2 (0.095%) HTTP
11 2 (0.095%) SD-WAN
11 2 (0.095%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (5.00%) Data Warehouse
2 102 (4.86%) Looker
3 81 (3.86%) BigQuery
4 80 (3.81%) Power BI
5 77 (3.67%) SQL Server
6 58 (2.76%) Tableau
7 55 (2.62%) Big Data
8 51 (2.43%) NoSQL
9 46 (2.19%) Relational Database
10 41 (1.95%) Data Lake
11 38 (1.81%) PostgreSQL
12 37 (1.76%) MongoDB
13 29 (1.38%) MySQL
14 26 (1.24%) 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
1 226 (10.77%) JIRA
2 102 (4.86%) Git
3 86 (4.10%) Jenkins
4 28 (1.33%) 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 (0.76%) Cypress.io
8 16 (0.76%) Postman
8 16 (0.76%) SonarQube
9 15 (0.71%) 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%) Mocha
12 8 (0.38%) MSBuild
13 7 (0.33%) Appium
13 7 (0.33%) CircleCI
General
1 614 (29.27%) Finance
2 601 (28.65%) Social Skills
3 415 (19.78%) Analytical Skills
4 348 (16.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 267 (12.73%) Marketing
6 194 (9.25%) Law
7 160 (7.63%) Banking
8 127 (6.05%) Retail
9 123 (5.86%) Public Sector
10 89 (4.24%) Presentation Skills
11 80 (3.81%) Legal
12 74 (3.53%) Billing
13 59 (2.81%) Investment Banking
14 51 (2.43%) Front Office
15 48 (2.29%) Influencing Skills
16 30 (1.43%) Telecoms
17 26 (1.24%) Games
18 25 (1.19%) Financial Institution
19 20 (0.95%) Manufacturing
20 19 (0.91%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 377 (17.97%) Product Owner
2 375 (17.87%) Senior
3 279 (13.30%) Developer
4 275 (13.11%) Analyst
5 237 (11.30%) Lead
6 182 (8.67%) Business Analyst
7 156 (7.44%) Product Manager
8 142 (6.77%) Architect
9 94 (4.48%) Data Manager
10 82 (3.91%) Software Engineer
11 81 (3.86%) Engineering Manager
12 80 (3.81%) Senior Developer
13 56 (2.67%) Designer
14 55 (2.62%) Data Engineer
15 51 (2.43%) Product Analyst
16 47 (2.24%) Senior Analyst
17 45 (2.14%) Senior Manager
18 44 (2.10%) Delivery Manager
18 44 (2.10%) Software Engineering Director
18 44 (2.10%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 164 (7.82%) .NET
2 124 (5.91%) HTML
3 121 (5.77%) React
4 110 (5.24%) CSS
5 82 (3.91%) AngularJS
6 60 (2.86%) REST
7 47 (2.24%) .NET Framework
8 45 (2.14%) JSON
9 42 (2.00%) Node.js
10 40 (1.91%) Spring
10 40 (1.91%) XML
11 37 (1.76%) RESTful
12 36 (1.72%) .NET Core
12 36 (1.72%) ASP.NET
13 35 (1.67%) Kafka
14 29 (1.38%) Web Services
15 28 (1.33%) Spring Boot
16 23 (1.10%) Entity Framework
16 23 (1.10%) Twitter Bootstrap
17 22 (1.05%) Apache NiFi
Miscellaneous
1 123 (5.86%) Cloud Native
2 73 (3.48%) Public Cloud
3 65 (3.10%) Self-Motivation
4 63 (3.00%) Mobile App
5 59 (2.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 59 (2.81%) Management Information System
6 55 (2.62%) Derivative
7 50 (2.38%) Fixed Income
8 47 (2.24%) Equities
8 47 (2.24%) Hedge funds
9 35 (1.67%) Onboarding
10 32 (1.53%) Algorithms
10 32 (1.53%) Credit Risk
11 30 (1.43%) Data Structures
11 30 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
12 26 (1.24%) Client/Server
13 22 (1.05%) PMI
13 22 (1.05%) Taxonomies
14 21 (1.00%) Analytical Mindset
15 20 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 45 (2.14%) Linux
2 41 (1.95%) Windows
3 38 (1.81%) Apple iOS
4 30 (1.43%) Android
5 10 (0.48%) Windows Server
6 9 (0.43%) Unix
7 4 (0.19%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.19%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.14%) Debian
9 2 (0.095%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.048%) CentOS
10 1 (0.048%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.048%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.048%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,469 (70.02%) Agile
2 645 (30.74%) Scrum
3 542 (25.83%) Roadmaps
4 491 (23.40%) Problem-Solving
5 444 (21.16%) DevOps
6 359 (17.11%) Mentoring
7 345 (16.44%) User Stories
8 335 (15.97%) CI/CD
9 288 (13.73%) Coaching
9 288 (13.73%) Product Backlog
9 288 (13.73%) Project Management
10 284 (13.54%) Software Engineering
11 280 (13.35%) User Experience
12 234 (11.15%) Stakeholder Management
13 225 (10.72%) Analytics
14 219 (10.44%) SDLC
15 215 (10.25%) Product Management
15 215 (10.25%) Product Roadmap
16 212 (10.10%) Continuous Improvement
17 210 (10.01%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 324 (15.44%) SQL
2 250 (11.92%) JavaScript
3 247 (11.77%) Python
4 219 (10.44%) C#
5 168 (8.01%) Java
6 103 (4.91%) TypeScript
7 32 (1.53%) C
8 30 (1.43%) PHP
9 25 (1.19%) Groovy
10 23 (1.10%) PowerShell
11 22 (1.05%) Kotlin
12 21 (1.00%) PL/SQL
13 20 (0.95%) T-SQL
14 19 (0.91%) Scala
15 15 (0.71%) C++
16 13 (0.62%) Go
17 12 (0.57%) Bash
18 11 (0.52%) Ruby
19 10 (0.48%) Swift
20 8 (0.38%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 357 (17.02%) Degree
2 169 (8.06%) Security Cleared
3 115 (5.48%) SC Cleared
4 66 (3.15%) Computer Science Degree
5 51 (2.43%) Master's Degree
6 48 (2.29%) 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 (0.71%) 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 (0.52%) ISTQB
14 11 (0.52%) ITIL Certification
15 7 (0.33%) ISEB
16 6 (0.29%) OCP
16 6 (0.29%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 278 (13.25%) QA
2 78 (3.72%) Accessibility
3 40 (1.91%) Data Quality
4 37 (1.76%) SLA
5 30 (1.43%) PMO
6 22 (1.05%) NIST
7 14 (0.67%) WCAG
8 11 (0.52%) 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%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 4 (0.19%) Def Stans
14 4 (0.19%) IEC 61508
14 4 (0.19%) MISRA
14 4 (0.19%) MISRA C
System Software
1 125 (5.96%) Docker
2 18 (0.86%) 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 (0.095%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.095%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.048%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.048%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 123 (5.86%) Kubernetes
2 79 (3.77%) 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 (0.095%) 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
1 247 (11.77%) Microsoft
2 173 (8.25%) Google
3 65 (3.10%) Databricks
4 53 (2.53%) ServiceNow
5 50 (2.38%) SAP
6 49 (2.34%) Adobe
7 42 (2.00%) Salesforce
8 40 (1.91%) Oracle
9 30 (1.43%) 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 (0.52%) Pega
14 11 (0.52%) Splunk
15 9 (0.43%) IBM
15 9 (0.43%) New Relic
15 9 (0.43%) Xero