Product Designer Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Product Designer
Central London > City of London

The median Product Designer daily rate in the City of London is £488, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 March 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 119 123
Rank change year-on-year -8 +4 +40
Contract jobs requiring a Product Designer 4 2 5
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.19% 0.11% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.12% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 5
10th Percentile £416 £558 £442
25th Percentile £422 £569 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £619 £644 £575
90th Percentile £698 £663 £605
Central London median daily rate £488 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -18.75% +9.09% +10.00%

All Contract IT Job Roles
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 1,961 1,652 2,226
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.10% 93.07% 94.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,347 1,044 1,597
10th Percentile £350 £363 £340
25th Percentile £444 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +2.22% -5.06%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 10 18
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.00 £15.73
25th Percentile £19.05 £26.25 £19.99
Median hourly rate £28.00 £33.58 £23.25
Median % change year-on-year -16.60% +44.41% -33.57%
75th Percentile £49.83 £96.19 £40.00
90th Percentile £59.72 £119.55 £49.20
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £32.50 £27.81
% change year-on-year -19.66% +16.86% -20.54%

Product Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Product Designer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Product Designer job vacancy trend in the City of London

Product Designer
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Product Designer job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Product Designer job vacancies in the City of London

Product Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Designer in the City of London over the 6 months to 19 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Product Designer in the City of London

Product Designer
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Product Designer job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Product Designer job vacancies in the City of London

Product Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 19 March 2026, Product Designer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region featuring Product Designer in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Prototyping
1 3 (75.00%) User Experience
1 3 (75.00%) User Research
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Figma
2 2 (50.00%) Interaction Design
2 2 (50.00%) Journey Map
2 2 (50.00%) Usability Testing
2 2 (50.00%) UX Design
2 2 (50.00%) Wireframes
3 1 (25.00%) Accessibility
3 1 (25.00%) Adobe
3 1 (25.00%) Adobe XD
3 1 (25.00%) AI
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) B2B
3 1 (25.00%) Co-Creation
3 1 (25.00%) Critical Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) Design Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) DesignOps
3 1 (25.00%) Fintech
3 1 (25.00%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
3 1 (25.00%) JIRA
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Responsive Web Design
3 1 (25.00%) SaaS
3 1 (25.00%) Service Design
3 1 (25.00%) Sketch
3 1 (25.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 1 (25.00%) UX Research

Product Designer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Adobe XD
1 1 (25.00%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Figma
2 1 (25.00%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Prototyping
1 3 (75.00%) User Experience
1 3 (75.00%) User Research
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Interaction Design
2 2 (50.00%) Journey Map
2 2 (50.00%) Usability Testing
2 2 (50.00%) UX Design
2 2 (50.00%) Wireframes
3 1 (25.00%) AI
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) B2B
3 1 (25.00%) Co-Creation
3 1 (25.00%) Design Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) DesignOps
3 1 (25.00%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Responsive Web Design
3 1 (25.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 1 (25.00%) Validation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (25.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Adobe