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Product Owner in short
Product Owner is a function within IT, part of the branch IT & Software. Every figure on this page comes from our own market data for this function.
- Domain
- IT
- Branch
- IT & Software
- Open job opportunities
- 0
- Measured skills
- 6 · Measured for this function
- Typical experience
- 2-4 years
- Salary source
- National benchmark, 10.300 observations
Salary & employment conditions
gross per month · National benchmark, 10.300 observations
Employment conditions
Benchmarked in the job opportunities for this function.
- Reiskostenvergoeding
- 70% of job opportunities
- Opleidingsbudget
- 65% of job opportunities
- Thuiswerken/hybride
- 80% of job opportunities
- Vakantiedagen
- 25 days
- Pensioenregeling
- 90% of job opportunities
- Bonus/variabele beloning
- 30% of job opportunities
Day-to-day work
Taken from the descriptions employers published on their own job opportunities.
Employers have not described the tasks for this function yet.
Skills
Benchmark score per skill for this function, on a scale of 0 to 100.
Next functions
The share of professionals that made this step, and how long it took them.
Frequently asked questions about Product Owner
What does a Product Owner earn?
A Product Owner earns between € 4.140 and € 5.605 gross per month in our market data, with € 4.870 as the typical medior salary. Where you land inside that range depends on your years of experience, your region and the size of your employer.
Can you become a Product Owner without experience?
Starting without experience is possible, but it depends on the level. Our data puts the entry salary around € 4.140 gross per month, and a junior is expected to bring Productbacklog management & prioritering, Stakeholdermanagement, Agile / Scrum methodiek at a basic level plus the drive to grow quickly.
Which skills do you need as a Product Owner?
Employers hiring a Product Owner ask most often for Productbacklog management & prioritering, Stakeholdermanagement, Agile / Scrum methodiek. Our benchmark scores those skills highest for this role, so start there. Soft skills such as communication and collaboration decide the rest: they separate two candidates with the same technical profile.
Which education fits a Product Owner?
Employers mention HBO/WO werk- en denkniveau (bv. Bedrijfskunde, Informatica), HBO most often in their Product Owner job opportunities, and 90% of those openings names the first one. A diploma is rarely the only route though: demonstrable projects, a targeted certificate and experience from a neighbouring role count just as heavily.
What is the next step after Product Owner?
Professionals in our data move on from Product Owner to Senior Product Owner, Product Manager. That step usually takes 2-4 years, and the salary room above the median for this role runs to 15%, so growing inside the function itself pays off as well.
Is there much demand for a Product Owner?
There is no open job opportunity for this role at the moment. That says little about the labour market as a whole: vacancies for this function appear irregularly and are often filled quickly. Create a profile and we notify you as soon as one is published.
Product Owner professionals speak
Stories from the teams behind the open job opportunities for this function.
“Ik werk nu al 3 jaar bij TechStart en het blijft elke dag inspirerend.”
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