Product Designer Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Product Designer
England > North of England

The median Product Designer daily rate in the North of England is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2026.

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

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 224 166 188
Rank change year-on-year -58 +22 +24
Contract jobs requiring a Product Designer 3 5 1
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.049% 0.15% 0.021%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.053% 0.16% 0.023%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 -
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -
England median daily rate £426 £459 £539
% change year-on-year -7.14% -14.81% -2.09%

All Contract IT Job Roles
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 5,677 3,079 4,385
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.91% 93.56% 93.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,451 2,029 2,750
10th Percentile £300 £232 £263
25th Percentile £393 £367 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £470 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.06% -1.05% -5.00%
75th Percentile £572 £553 £580
90th Percentile £650 £650 £675
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 405 164 394
10th Percentile £17.13 £12.87 £11.02
25th Percentile £25.49 £16.25 £12.53
Median hourly rate £50.00 £25.94 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +92.73% +29.71% -36.76%
75th Percentile £70.00 £53.19 £45.97
90th Percentile £78.75 £82.56 £60.00
England median hourly rate £47.00 £31.35 £36.50
% change year-on-year +49.94% -14.12% -17.64%

Product Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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 North of England.

Product Designer job vacancy trend in the North of England

Product Designer
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Product Designer job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Product Designer job vacancies in the North of England

Product Designer
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 7 May 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
Yorkshire - 3 £500 - 1
Product Designer
England

Product Designer Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 7 May 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 North of England region featuring Product Designer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 3 (100.00%) Actionable Recommendations
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) AI
1 3 (100.00%) Analytics
1 3 (100.00%) B2B
1 3 (100.00%) B2C
1 3 (100.00%) CRM
1 3 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 3 (100.00%) Figma
1 3 (100.00%) Focus Group
1 3 (100.00%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
1 3 (100.00%) Ideation Sessions
1 3 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 3 (100.00%) Product Vision
1 3 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 3 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 3 (100.00%) Usability Testing
1 3 (100.00%) User Experience
1 3 (100.00%) User Research
1 3 (100.00%) UX Research
1 3 (100.00%) Wireframes

Product Designer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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 3 (100.00%) Figma
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) AI Agents
1 3 (100.00%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) AI
1 3 (100.00%) Analytics
1 3 (100.00%) B2B
1 3 (100.00%) B2C
1 3 (100.00%) CRM
1 3 (100.00%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
1 3 (100.00%) Ideation Sessions
1 3 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 3 (100.00%) Product Vision
1 3 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 3 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 3 (100.00%) Usability Testing
1 3 (100.00%) User Experience
1 3 (100.00%) User Research
1 3 (100.00%) UX Research
1 3 (100.00%) Wireframes
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) Actionable Recommendations