Product Designer Contracts in Central London

Product Designer
London > Central London

The median Product Designer daily rate in Central London is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 122 126 167
Rank change year-on-year +4 +41 +16
Contract jobs requiring a Product Designer 5 4 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.25% 0.17% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.18% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 6
10th Percentile £477 £535 £388
25th Percentile £504 £550 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -8.70%
75th Percentile £613 £631 £683
90th Percentile £650 £635 £722
London median daily rate £459 £544 £550
% change year-on-year -15.67% -1.09% +6.28%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Central London. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Central London with a recognized job title 1,829 2,283 3,584
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.84% 95.32% 95.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,180 1,618 2,460
10th Percentile £338 £340 £325
25th Percentile £450 £438 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% -8.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £798 £813
London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 30 24
10th Percentile £22.00 £20.19 £15.83
25th Percentile £23.00 £22.13 £19.79
Median hourly rate £28.61 £25.63 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.65% -26.79% -5.41%
75th Percentile £35.00 £27.81 £58.75
90th Percentile £62.25 £40.00 £87.31
London median hourly rate £34.00 £27.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year +25.93% -23.94% +1.43%

Product Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Product Designer in Central London

Product Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Product Designer in Central London.

Daily rate trend for Product Designer in Central London

Product Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Designer in Central London over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Product Designer in Central London

Product Designer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Product Designer in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for Product Designer in Central London

Product Designer
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Product Designer within the Central London region over the 6 months to 15 May 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +4 5 £550 -8.33% 1
Product Designer
London

Product Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 15 May 2025, Product Designer contract 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 contract job ads across the Central London region featuring Product Designer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) User Experience
2 4 (80.00%) UX Design
2 4 (80.00%) User Research
3 3 (60.00%) Finance
3 3 (60.00%) Wireframes
4 2 (40.00%) Fintech
4 2 (40.00%) Apple iOS
4 2 (40.00%) Mobile App
4 2 (40.00%) Banking
4 2 (40.00%) Retail
4 2 (40.00%) Usability Testing
4 2 (40.00%) Android
4 2 (40.00%) Marketing
4 2 (40.00%) Figma
4 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (40.00%) Accessibility
4 2 (40.00%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
4 2 (40.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
5 1 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
5 1 (20.00%) Adobe XD
5 1 (20.00%) Sketch
5 1 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
5 1 (20.00%) Customer-Centricity
5 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (20.00%) Interaction Design
5 1 (20.00%) Digital Banking
5 1 (20.00%) Product Strategy
5 1 (20.00%) Inclusive Design
5 1 (20.00%) UX Research

Product Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Adobe XD
1 1 (20.00%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Figma
2 1 (20.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Mixpanel
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Banking
2 2 (40.00%) Marketing
2 2 (40.00%) Retail
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Corporate Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Games
3 1 (20.00%) Investment Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (20.00%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Android
1 2 (40.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) User Experience
2 4 (80.00%) User Research
2 4 (80.00%) UX Design
3 3 (60.00%) Wireframes
4 2 (40.00%) Fintech
4 2 (40.00%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
4 2 (40.00%) Usability Testing
4 2 (40.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 1 (20.00%) Agile
5 1 (20.00%) B2B
5 1 (20.00%) B2C
5 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
5 1 (20.00%) Customer Insight
5 1 (20.00%) Eye Tracking
5 1 (20.00%) Inclusive Design
5 1 (20.00%) Information Architecture
5 1 (20.00%) Rapid Prototyping
5 1 (20.00%) Remote Testing
5 1 (20.00%) Typography
5 1 (20.00%) Wealth Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Adobe
1 1 (20.00%) Optimizely