Design Persona Contract Job Trends in London

Design Personas
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Design Persona skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 378 366 401
Rank change year-on-year -12 +35 +155
Contract jobs citing Design Persona 2 3 4
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.014% 0.020% 0.021%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.015% 0.022% 0.024%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 3
10th Percentile - - £383
25th Percentile - £756 £471
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £763 £633
Median % change year-on-year -47.54% +20.55% +9.05%
75th Percentile - £769 £678
90th Percentile - - £695
England median daily rate £376 £763 £375
% change year-on-year -50.75% +103.33% -35.34%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Design Persona 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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,151 13,572 16,916
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.42% 90.07% 89.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,661 8,737 12,135
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -2.65% -4.24%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £760 £800 £794
England median daily rate £505 £525 £544
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.49% -1.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 237 164 237
10th Percentile £18.14 £18.03 £18.50
25th Percentile £24.77 £23.80 £21.25
Median hourly rate £31.49 £36.00 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.53% +5.88% -12.54%
75th Percentile £53.13 £54.06 £60.00
90th Percentile £66.90 £80.75 £74.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.70%

Design Persona
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Design Persona job vacancy trend in London

Design Persona
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Design Persona.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Design Persona

Design Persona
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior User Researcher
1 1 (50.00%) User Researcher
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Data Science
1 2 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 2 (100.00%) Market Research
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Qualitative Research
1 2 (100.00%) Quantitative Research
1 2 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 2 (100.00%) Service Design
1 2 (100.00%) Usability Testing
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) User Research
1 2 (100.00%) UX Design
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Cognitive Psychology
2 1 (50.00%) Focus Group
2 1 (50.00%) Guerrilla Testing
2 1 (50.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft