Product Designer Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Product Designer
UK > Scotland

The median Product Designer daily rate in Scotland is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 April 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 - 135
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Product Designer 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.059% - 0.044%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.064% - 0.046%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £500
75th Percentile £575 - £525
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £439 £450 £539
% change year-on-year -2.56% -16.43% -2.09%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 1,558 1,542 2,162
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.59% 93.45% 94.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 836 936 1,321
10th Percentile £258 £250 £200
25th Percentile £375 £363 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% -
75th Percentile £575 £539 £588
90th Percentile £675 £610 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 107 48 113
10th Percentile £12.60 £15.95 £12.65
25th Percentile £13.50 £17.30 £16.50
Median hourly rate £20.50 £22.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% -37.14% +61.51%
75th Percentile £54.38 £24.66 £60.75
90th Percentile £68.75 £36.67 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £41.06 £31.64 £35.00
% change year-on-year +29.76% -9.60% -21.40%

Product Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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 Scotland.

Product Designer job vacancy trend in Scotland

Product Designer
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Product Designer job vacancies in Scotland.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Product Designer job vacancies in Scotland

Product Designer
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 11 April 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
Edinburgh - 1 £550 - 1
Product Designer
UK

Product Designer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 11 April 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 Scotland region featuring Product Designer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Adobe
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Figma
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
1 1 (100.00%) Sketch
1 1 (100.00%) Usability Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) User Research
1 1 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 1 (100.00%) Wireframes

Product Designer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (100.00%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Figma
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
1 1 (100.00%) Usability Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) User Research
1 1 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 1 (100.00%) Wireframes
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe