Design Persona Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Design Personas
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Design Persona skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 392 - 410
Rank change year-on-year - - +88
Contract jobs citing Design Persona 3 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.017% - 0.015%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.020% - 0.016%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile - - £330
25th Percentile - - £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £364 - £350
Median % change year-on-year - - -41.67%
75th Percentile - - £544
90th Percentile - - £645
UK median daily rate £364 £763 £400
% change year-on-year -52.26% +90.63% -31.03%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,163 13,918 18,268
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 88.31% 84.07% 88.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,215 7,967 11,951
10th Percentile £220 £250 £250
25th Percentile £369 £382 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £671 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.43% -3.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,702 878 1,288
10th Percentile £14.23 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.14 £18.42 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.53 £33.00 £43.83
Median % change year-on-year -31.73% -24.70% +51.64%
75th Percentile £43.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £72.50 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.17
% change year-on-year -28.14% -18.92% +23.33%

Design Persona
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Design Persona job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Design Persona
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Design Persona
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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
North East - 2 £364 -
South East - 2 £364 - 1
North of England - 2 £364 -
Midlands - 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 - -
Design Persona
UK

Design Persona
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) User Researcher
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Cognitive Psychology
1 3 (100.00%) Ergonomics
1 3 (100.00%) Ethnography
1 3 (100.00%) Human Factors
1 3 (100.00%) Market Research
1 3 (100.00%) Psychology
1 3 (100.00%) Service Design
1 3 (100.00%) Usability Testing
1 3 (100.00%) User Research
1 3 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 2 (66.67%) Front End Development
2 2 (66.67%) Qualitative Research
2 2 (66.67%) Quantitative Research
2 2 (66.67%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (66.67%) User Experience
2 2 (66.67%) UX Design
3 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Actionable Recommendations