Industrial Design Contract Job Trends in England

Industrial Design
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Industrial Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 575 476 -
Rank change year-on-year -99 - -
Contract jobs citing Industrial Design 1 6 0
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.003% 0.023% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.003% 0.026% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £305 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £310 - -
75th Percentile £315 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £310 - £800
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £33.54 -
UK median hourly rate - £33.54 -

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Industrial Design falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 30,443 23,357 32,953
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.38% 90.01% 87.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,446 14,532 21,897
10th Percentile £313 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,911 750 2,006
10th Percentile £15.22 £15.62 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.32 £21.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £26.61 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.99% - -
75th Percentile £62.29 £64.73 £60.00
90th Percentile £72.00 £75.28 £72.90
UK median hourly rate £25.64 £32.50 £34.77
% change year-on-year -21.12% -6.52% -0.67%

Industrial Design
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Industrial Design relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Industrial Design job vacancy trend in England

Industrial Design
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Industrial Design.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Industrial Design

Industrial Design
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Industrial Design.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Industrial Design

Industrial Design
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Industrial Design within the England region over the 6 months to 20 February 2026. 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
South West - 1 £310 - 2
Industrial Design
UK

Industrial Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 (100.00%) 3ds Max
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (100.00%) InDesign
1 1 (100.00%) Maya
1 1 (100.00%) Photoshop
1 1 (100.00%) SOLIDWORKS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) 3D Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) V-Ray
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) 3D Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) 3D Visualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Creative Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe
1 1 (100.00%) Alias