Product Ownership Contracts with Work from Home Options

Product Ownership
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Product Ownership in contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Product Ownership over the 6 months to 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 91 69 58
Rank change year-on-year -22 -11 +13
Contract jobs citing Product Ownership 349 779 1,819
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.38% 3.21% 4.12%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 8.24% 10.15% 13.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 238 568 1,256
10th Percentile £411 £431 £413
25th Percentile £463 £500 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £570 £540
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% +5.56% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £753 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £550 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 16
10th Percentile £54.99 £32.00 £25.00
25th Percentile £60.60 £54.88 £38.75
Median hourly rate £80.00 £66.50 £53.63
Median % change year-on-year +20.30% +24.01% -11.36%
75th Percentile £85.00 £73.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £85.00 £85.38
UK median hourly rate £59.45 £65.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -8.54% +32.65% -16.60%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

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 contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,235 7,675 13,937
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 28.93% 31.65% 31.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,895 5,435 10,011
10th Percentile £325 £369 £363
25th Percentile £441 £456 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £684 £650
90th Percentile £825 £800 £750
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.14% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 185 144 225
10th Percentile £15.80 £19.00 £15.00
25th Percentile £25.50 £24.54 £20.75
Median hourly rate £51.00 £52.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +17.98% +28.91%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £61.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £67.95
UK median hourly rate £34.21 £22.00 £26.98
% change year-on-year +55.50% -18.46% +4.78%

Product Ownership
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Product Ownership as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Product Ownership trend for jobs with a WFH option

Product Ownership
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Product Ownership.

Product Ownership daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Product Ownership
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Product Ownership over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Product Ownership daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Product Ownership
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Product Ownership.

Product Ownership hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Product Ownership
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Product Ownership over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Product Ownership hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Product Ownership
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 18 (5.16%) Confluence
2 4 (1.15%) Apache
2 4 (1.15%) CMS
2 4 (1.15%) Oracle Workflow
3 3 (0.86%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.29%) Apache Solr
4 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 14 (4.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.43%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.43%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.86%) Trello
5 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.57%) Sketch
6 1 (0.29%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.29%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (2.87%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.15%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.86%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.57%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.29%) Distributed Ledger
5 1 (0.29%) Endur
5 1 (0.29%) Magento
5 1 (0.29%) SAP APO
5 1 (0.29%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.29%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.29%) SAP QM
5 1 (0.29%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 91 (26.07%) Azure
2 46 (13.18%) AWS
3 44 (12.61%) Azure DevOps
4 20 (5.73%) Power Platform
5 16 (4.58%) Entra ID
6 15 (4.30%) Azure Service Bus
7 14 (4.01%) SaaS
8 11 (3.15%) Dynamics 365
8 11 (3.15%) GitHub
9 10 (2.87%) PaaS
10 9 (2.58%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 9 (2.58%) Azure Monitor
10 9 (2.58%) Serverless
11 8 (2.29%) Figma
12 7 (2.01%) Azure AKS
12 7 (2.01%) Azure Stack
12 7 (2.01%) Microsoft Purview
13 6 (1.72%) Azure Data Factory
14 5 (1.43%) Azure Functions
14 5 (1.43%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.72%) Firewall
2 1 (0.29%) Broadband
2 1 (0.29%) DMZ
2 1 (0.29%) DNS
2 1 (0.29%) LAN
2 1 (0.29%) Software-Defined Networking
2 1 (0.29%) WAN
2 1 (0.29%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (7.45%) SQL Server
2 19 (5.44%) Power BI
3 12 (3.44%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (3.15%) Data Lake
5 9 (2.58%) NoSQL
5 9 (2.58%) Relational Database
6 6 (1.72%) Big Data
6 6 (1.72%) MySQL
6 6 (1.72%) Snowflake Schema
7 5 (1.43%) Oracle Database
7 5 (1.43%) Tableau
8 4 (1.15%) Apache Arrow
8 4 (1.15%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (1.15%) Dremio
8 4 (1.15%) Siebel EIM
9 3 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.86%) Redis
10 2 (0.57%) DynamoDB
10 2 (0.57%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.57%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 25 (7.16%) JIRA
2 20 (5.73%) Git
3 10 (2.87%) Jenkins
4 9 (2.58%) Bitbucket
5 8 (2.29%) Postman
5 8 (2.29%) TeamCity
6 7 (2.01%) Artifactory
6 7 (2.01%) GitLab
7 6 (1.72%) Cypress.io
8 5 (1.43%) Selenium
9 4 (1.15%) SpecFlow
9 4 (1.15%) WebDriver
10 3 (0.86%) JUnit
10 3 (0.86%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.57%) Axure RP
11 2 (0.57%) Balsamiq
12 1 (0.29%) Gerrit
12 1 (0.29%) NUnit
12 1 (0.29%) Octopus Deploy
12 1 (0.29%) TestNG
General
1 100 (28.65%) Social Skills
2 93 (26.65%) Finance
3 52 (14.90%) Public Sector
4 31 (8.88%) Banking
5 24 (6.88%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (5.73%) Back Office
7 19 (5.44%) Front Office
8 15 (4.30%) Marketing
9 12 (3.44%) Presentation Skills
9 12 (3.44%) Retail
10 11 (3.15%) Investment Banking
11 10 (2.87%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (2.58%) Telecoms
13 7 (2.01%) Manufacturing
13 7 (2.01%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (1.43%) Billing
15 4 (1.15%) Electronics
15 4 (1.15%) Legal
16 3 (0.86%) Financial Institution
16 3 (0.86%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 89 (25.50%) Product Owner
2 69 (19.77%) Analyst
3 63 (18.05%) Developer
4 59 (16.91%) Business Analyst
5 47 (13.47%) Senior
6 37 (10.60%) Architect
7 29 (8.31%) Product Manager
8 23 (6.59%) Lead
9 20 (5.73%) Product Analyst
9 20 (5.73%) Product Business Analyst
10 17 (4.87%) Finance Business Analyst
10 17 (4.87%) Financial Analyst
11 16 (4.58%) Finance Manager
11 16 (4.58%) Senior Product Owner
12 15 (4.30%) Azure Developer
12 15 (4.30%) Full Stack Developer
13 14 (4.01%) .NET Developer
13 14 (4.01%) Business Manager
13 14 (4.01%) Senior Developer
14 13 (3.72%) Scrum Master
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (11.46%) React
2 33 (9.46%) .NET
3 20 (5.73%) XML
4 18 (5.16%) CSS
5 16 (4.58%) HTML
6 12 (3.44%) .NET Core
7 11 (3.15%) Node.js
8 10 (2.87%) .NET Framework
8 10 (2.87%) JSON
8 10 (2.87%) REST
9 9 (2.58%) ASP.NET
10 7 (2.01%) AngularJS
11 6 (1.72%) HTML5
11 6 (1.72%) OpenID
12 5 (1.43%) Kafka
12 5 (1.43%) Laravel
12 5 (1.43%) Next.js
12 5 (1.43%) RESTful
12 5 (1.43%) SAML
12 5 (1.43%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (6.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 20 (5.73%) Derivative
2 20 (5.73%) Fixed Income
3 18 (5.16%) Equities
3 18 (5.16%) Hedge funds
4 12 (3.44%) Mobile App
5 9 (2.58%) Data Structures
6 7 (2.01%) Reference Data
7 6 (1.72%) Educational Technology
7 6 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (1.43%) Cloud Native
8 5 (1.43%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.43%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.43%) Wiki
9 4 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.15%) Legacy Applications
10 3 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (0.86%) Verilog
10 3 (0.86%) VHDL
10 3 (0.86%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 16 (4.58%) Linux
2 12 (3.44%) Android
3 9 (2.58%) Apple iOS
3 9 (2.58%) Unix
3 9 (2.58%) Windows
4 1 (0.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 224 (64.18%) Agile
2 85 (24.36%) DevOps
3 83 (23.78%) Scrum
4 74 (21.20%) User Stories
5 59 (16.91%) Roadmaps
6 52 (14.90%) CI/CD
7 48 (13.75%) Analytics
8 46 (13.18%) Problem-Solving
9 41 (11.75%) Product Backlog
10 40 (11.46%) Product Management
10 40 (11.46%) Test Automation
11 39 (11.17%) Microservices
12 35 (10.03%) Continuous Improvement
12 35 (10.03%) Stakeholder Management
13 34 (9.74%) User Experience
14 32 (9.17%) Acceptance Criteria
15 31 (8.88%) Requirements Gathering
16 30 (8.60%) Sprint Planning
16 30 (8.60%) User Acceptance Testing
17 27 (7.74%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 51 (14.61%) Python
2 50 (14.33%) SQL
3 33 (9.46%) JavaScript
4 29 (8.31%) C#
5 23 (6.59%) TypeScript
6 15 (4.30%) Java
6 15 (4.30%) PowerShell
7 12 (3.44%) Bicep
8 5 (1.43%) PHP
9 3 (0.86%) C
9 3 (0.86%) C++
10 2 (0.57%) ABAP
10 2 (0.57%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.57%) Bash
10 2 (0.57%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.57%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.57%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.29%) Go
11 1 (0.29%) SOQL
11 1 (0.29%) VBA
Qualifications
1 23 (6.59%) Degree
2 20 (5.73%) Security Cleared
3 15 (4.30%) SC Cleared
4 3 (0.86%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (0.86%) CSPO
5 2 (0.57%) APMP
5 2 (0.57%) AWS Certification
5 2 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (0.57%) CISM
5 2 (0.57%) CISSP
5 2 (0.57%) DV Cleared
5 2 (0.57%) Numerate Degree
6 1 (0.29%) CBAP
6 1 (0.29%) CCIP
6 1 (0.29%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.29%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.29%) MBA
6 1 (0.29%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.29%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (11.46%) QA
2 12 (3.44%) Accessibility
3 10 (2.87%) Data Quality
4 8 (2.29%) PCI DSS
5 6 (1.72%) PMO
6 4 (1.15%) WCAG
7 3 (0.86%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (0.57%) GDPR
8 2 (0.57%) NIST
9 1 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.29%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.29%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.29%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (6.88%) Active Directory
2 13 (3.72%) Docker
Systems Management
1 17 (4.87%) Kubernetes
2 12 (3.44%) Ansible
2 12 (3.44%) Terraform
3 6 (1.72%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.29%) AppManager
4 1 (0.29%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (0.29%) Matomo
4 1 (0.29%) Puppet
Vendors
1 54 (15.47%) Microsoft
2 14 (4.01%) SAP
3 12 (3.44%) Oracle
4 11 (3.15%) Salesforce
5 7 (2.01%) Google
6 4 (1.15%) Ariba
6 4 (1.15%) Atlassian
6 4 (1.15%) CA Agile Central
6 4 (1.15%) CrowdStrike
6 4 (1.15%) Okta
6 4 (1.15%) Siebel
6 4 (1.15%) Splunk
6 4 (1.15%) Zscaler
7 3 (0.86%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 2 (0.57%) Adobe
8 2 (0.57%) Cisco
8 2 (0.57%) Databricks
8 2 (0.57%) Dynatrace
8 2 (0.57%) MuleSoft
8 2 (0.57%) ServiceNow