Design Persona Contract Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Design Personas
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear requiring Design Persona skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Design Persona 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Tyne and Wear 0.70% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.78% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £364 - -
North East median daily rate £364 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 258 189 151
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 90.21% 92.20% 86.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 86 110
10th Percentile £170 £311 £183
25th Percentile £350 £363 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% -13.64%
75th Percentile £538 £587 £575
90th Percentile £600 £685 £711
North East median daily rate £450 £470 £450
% change year-on-year -4.26% +4.44% -16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 20 7
10th Percentile £14.13 £13.75 £16.40
25th Percentile £17.23 £15.44 £17.50
Median hourly rate £19.25 £17.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -10.26% +39.29%
75th Percentile £51.50 £50.00 £26.13
90th Percentile £53.75 £70.00 £32.70
North East median hourly rate £19.25 £29.77 £26.00
% change year-on-year -35.34% +14.50% +48.57%

Design Persona
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

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

Design Persona job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Design Persona
Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Design Persona.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Design Persona

Design Persona
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Design Persona within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 11 November 2025. 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
Newcastle upon Tyne - 2 £364 -
Design Persona
North East

Design Persona
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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:

Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) User Researcher
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Cognitive Psychology
1 2 (100.00%) Ergonomics
1 2 (100.00%) Ethnography
1 2 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 2 (100.00%) Human Factors
1 2 (100.00%) Market Research
1 2 (100.00%) Psychology
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%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 2 (100.00%) UX Design
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Actionable Recommendations