Product Owner Jobs

Product Owner
UK

The median Product Owner salary in the UK is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 June 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 573 444 395
Rank change year-on-year -129 -49 +33
Permanent jobs requiring a Product Owner 374 665 1,635
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.34% 0.71% 0.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.78% 0.99%
Number of salaries quoted 285 505 1,050
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £51,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £76,438
90th Percentile £96,500 £96,374 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,750 £59,763 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.70% +8.66% +10.00%

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 102,753 84,908 164,946
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.75% 91.21% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 72,538 55,143 85,388
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,524 £45,000 £42,750
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 £50,296
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.37% +5.89%

Product Owner
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Product Owner in the UK

Product Owner
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Product Owner in the UK

Product Owner
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Owner over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Product Owner in the UK

Product Owner
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Owner within the UK over the 6 months to 9 June 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 -127 331 £65,000 +4.00% 65
London +16 175 £80,000 +10.76% 28
UK excluding London -239 169 £58,750 -1.70% 38
Work from Home -93 148 £62,783 +0.45% 47
North of England -56 42 £62,783 +14.15% 6
South East -65 39 £65,000 +6.12% 10
Midlands -75 36 £62,500 +30.89% 14
North West -30 27 £62,500 +13.64% 3
West Midlands -47 23 £62,500 +38.89% 11
South West -56 23 £55,000 -10.58% 6
Scotland -69 20 £55,987 -6.69% 2
East Midlands -40 13 £45,000 -18.18% 3
Yorkshire +4 11 £65,000 +8.33% 3
East of England -30 7 £48,750 -11.36%
North East -14 4 £62,783 -3.41%
Wales +5 2 £42,500 -39.29%

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

For the 6 months to 9 June 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 featuring Product Owner in the job title.

1 374 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 270 (72.19%) Agile
3 185 (49.47%) Roadmaps
4 129 (34.49%) Social Skills
5 127 (33.96%) Scrum
6 121 (32.35%) User Stories
7 113 (30.21%) Finance
8 107 (28.61%) Product Backlog
9 106 (28.34%) Product Roadmap
10 96 (25.67%) Analytical Skills
10 96 (25.67%) Product Management
11 87 (23.26%) Product Vision
12 85 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
13 80 (21.39%) Stakeholder Management
14 73 (19.52%) SQL
15 72 (19.25%) Analytics
16 66 (17.65%) User Experience
16 66 (17.65%) Acceptance Criteria
17 61 (16.31%) Backlog Prioritisation
18 60 (16.04%) Backlog Management
19 53 (14.17%) Machine Learning
20 51 (13.64%) Artificial Intelligence
21 50 (13.37%) JIRA
21 50 (13.37%) Sprint Planning
22 43 (11.50%) AWS
23 42 (11.23%) Python
23 42 (11.23%) Product Requirements
24 39 (10.43%) Requirements Gathering
25 38 (10.16%) Decision-Making
26 37 (9.89%) Project Management

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 28 (7.49%) Confluence
2 4 (1.07%) CMS
2 4 (1.07%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.53%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.27%) Documentum
Applications
1 8 (2.14%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.07%) Trello
3 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (1.34%) Distributed Ledger
2 4 (1.07%) SAP ERP
2 4 (1.07%) SAP HR
2 4 (1.07%) SAP Payroll
2 4 (1.07%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.80%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.53%) Magento
4 2 (0.53%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 43 (11.50%) AWS
2 31 (8.29%) Azure
3 26 (6.95%) SaaS
4 14 (3.74%) Power Platform
5 8 (2.14%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (2.14%) GCP
6 5 (1.34%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 4 (1.07%) Collibra
7 4 (1.07%) dbt
7 4 (1.07%) Power Automate
7 4 (1.07%) PowerApps
7 4 (1.07%) Snowflake
8 3 (0.80%) Azure AI
8 3 (0.80%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (0.80%) PaaS
9 2 (0.53%) Bloomreach
9 2 (0.53%) Miro
9 2 (0.53%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 2 (0.53%) SAP Commerce Cloud
10 1 (0.27%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.41%) Network Security
2 4 (1.07%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.94%) Tableau
2 10 (2.67%) Power BI
3 7 (1.87%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (1.34%) Data Lake
5 4 (1.07%) Big Data
6 3 (0.80%) Metadata
6 3 (0.80%) SQL Server
6 3 (0.80%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 3 (0.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.27%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (0.27%) MS Access
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 50 (13.37%) JIRA
2 2 (0.53%) DBeaver
General
1 129 (34.49%) Social Skills
2 113 (30.21%) Finance
3 96 (25.67%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (9.36%) Retail
5 34 (9.09%) Front Office
5 34 (9.09%) Marketing
6 23 (6.15%) Banking
7 15 (4.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (3.74%) Law
9 13 (3.48%) Legal
9 13 (3.48%) Public Sector
10 9 (2.41%) Automotive
10 9 (2.41%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (2.14%) Tech for Good
12 7 (1.87%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (1.60%) Advertising
13 6 (1.60%) Local Government
14 5 (1.34%) Aerospace
14 5 (1.34%) Back Office
14 5 (1.34%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.34%) .NET
1 5 (1.34%) Smart Contracts
2 3 (0.80%) .NET Framework
3 2 (0.53%) ASP.NET
3 2 (0.53%) ASP.NET MVC
3 2 (0.53%) Entity Framework
3 2 (0.53%) HTML
3 2 (0.53%) HTML5
3 2 (0.53%) Middleware
3 2 (0.53%) XML
4 1 (0.27%) EDI
4 1 (0.27%) Laravel
4 1 (0.27%) Next.js
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.27%) React
4 1 (0.27%) React Native
4 1 (0.27%) REST
4 1 (0.27%) RESTful
4 1 (0.27%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 374 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 34 (9.09%) Derivative
2 34 (9.09%) Equities
2 34 (9.09%) Fixed Income
2 34 (9.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 34 (9.09%) Hedge funds
3 8 (2.14%) Renewable Energy
4 6 (1.60%) Mobile App
5 5 (1.34%) Algorithms
5 5 (1.34%) Blockchain
5 5 (1.34%) Greenfield Project
5 5 (1.34%) NHS
5 5 (1.34%) Reinsurance
6 4 (1.07%) FMCG
6 4 (1.07%) Life Science
6 4 (1.07%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.07%) PMI
7 3 (0.80%) Marketing Technology
7 3 (0.80%) Online Banking
7 3 (0.80%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.80%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.53%) Linux
2 2 (0.53%) Windows
3 1 (0.27%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 270 (72.19%) Agile
2 185 (49.47%) Roadmaps
3 127 (33.96%) Scrum
4 121 (32.35%) User Stories
5 107 (28.61%) Product Backlog
6 106 (28.34%) Product Roadmap
7 96 (25.67%) Product Management
8 87 (23.26%) Product Vision
9 85 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
10 80 (21.39%) Stakeholder Management
11 72 (19.25%) Analytics
12 66 (17.65%) Acceptance Criteria
12 66 (17.65%) User Experience
13 61 (16.31%) Backlog Prioritisation
14 60 (16.04%) Backlog Management
15 53 (14.17%) Machine Learning
16 51 (13.64%) Artificial Intelligence
17 50 (13.37%) Sprint Planning
18 42 (11.23%) Product Requirements
19 39 (10.43%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 73 (19.52%) SQL
2 42 (11.23%) Python
3 7 (1.87%) C#
4 3 (0.80%) PowerShell
5 2 (0.53%) C
5 2 (0.53%) C++
5 2 (0.53%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.53%) R
5 2 (0.53%) Tcl
6 1 (0.27%) PHP
6 1 (0.27%) VBA
Qualifications
1 32 (8.56%) Degree
2 20 (5.35%) CSPO
3 18 (4.81%) Security Cleared
4 12 (3.21%) SC Cleared
5 7 (1.87%) Master's Degree
6 4 (1.07%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.07%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.53%) MBA
8 1 (0.27%) CIPD
8 1 (0.27%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.27%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.81%) QA
2 9 (2.41%) NCSC
2 9 (2.41%) NIST
3 8 (2.14%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.80%) Accessibility
4 3 (0.80%) PSD2
5 2 (0.53%) GDPR
5 2 (0.53%) Government Security Classifications
6 1 (0.27%) WCAG
Vendors
1 20 (5.35%) Microsoft
2 12 (3.21%) ServiceNow
3 10 (2.67%) SAP
4 9 (2.41%) Salesforce
4 9 (2.41%) Splunk
5 7 (1.87%) Genesys
5 7 (1.87%) Google
6 5 (1.34%) YouTube
7 3 (0.80%) Adobe
7 3 (0.80%) Freshdesk
7 3 (0.80%) Sitecore
8 2 (0.53%) Databricks
8 2 (0.53%) Epicor
8 2 (0.53%) Oracle
9 1 (0.27%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.27%) ForgeRock
9 1 (0.27%) Okta
9 1 (0.27%) OpenText
9 1 (0.27%) Pega
9 1 (0.27%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud