Product Design Engineer Contract Job Trends in England

Product Design Engineer
UK > England

The median Product Design Engineer daily rate in England is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 February 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 563 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Product Design Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.003% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.003% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
UK median daily rate £650 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 30,551 24,303 35,358
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.64% 93.05% 93.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,452 15,042 23,806
10th Percentile £300 £300 £270
25th Percentile £406 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £640
90th Percentile £725 £750 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,916 729 2,105
10th Percentile £14.96 £15.92 £13.23
25th Percentile £18.82 £21.25 £16.80
Median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - -1.30%
75th Percentile £63.75 £64.50 £61.25
90th Percentile £71.99 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £33.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -9.09% -5.71% -

Product Design Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Product Design Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Product Design Engineer job vacancy trend in England

Product Design Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Product Design Engineer job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Product Design Engineer job vacancies in England

Product Design Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Product Design Engineer job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Product Design Engineer job vacancies in England

Product Design Engineer
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 Product Design Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 4 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
London - 1 £650 - 3
Product Design Engineer
UK

Product Design Engineer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 4 February 2026, Product Design Engineer 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 England region featuring Product Design Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Figma
1 1 (100.00%) Interaction Design
1 1 (100.00%) LLM
1 1 (100.00%) Microinteractions
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
1 1 (100.00%) Typography
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design
1 1 (100.00%) UX Research

Product Design Engineer Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Figma
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) React
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Interaction Design
1 1 (100.00%) LLM
1 1 (100.00%) Microinteractions
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
1 1 (100.00%) Typography
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design
1 1 (100.00%) UX Research
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript