Product Designer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Product Designer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Product Designer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £363, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 333 382 428
Rank change year-on-year +49 +46 +67
Contract jobs requiring a Product Designer 10 8 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.078% 0.039% 0.048%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.084% 0.043% 0.051%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 9
10th Percentile £309 - £405
25th Percentile £333 £475 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -27.50% -9.09% +15.79%
75th Percentile £476 £525 -
90th Percentile £531 - -
UK median daily rate £450 £539 £550
% change year-on-year -16.43% -2.09% +8.64%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 11,837 18,742 21,756
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.97% 92.49% 94.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,537 11,429 15,189
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £595 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 842 2,251 1,113
10th Percentile £13.85 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.75 £18.08
Median hourly rate £27.24 £40.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.91% -5.88% +112.50%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.60 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £28.18 £36.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -22.79% -18.89% +87.50%

Product Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Product Designer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Product Designer in the UK excluding London

Product Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Product Designer in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Product Designer in the UK excluding London

Product Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Designer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Product Designer in the UK excluding London

Product Designer
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 Product Designer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 May 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 of England +22 5 £525 - 7
South East +49 4 £341 -31.75% 27
North East - 4 £600 -
North West - 1 £450 - 7
East Midlands - 1 £468 -
Midlands - 1 £468 -
Product Designer
UK

Product Designer Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, Product Designer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Product Designer in the job title.

1 5 (50.00%) Wireframes
1 5 (50.00%) Figma
2 4 (40.00%) Journey Map
2 4 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (40.00%) Design Thinking
2 4 (40.00%) SC Cleared
2 4 (40.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (30.00%) Value Proposition
3 3 (30.00%) User Experience
3 3 (30.00%) Customer Journey Map
3 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (30.00%) Project Delivery
4 2 (20.00%) UX Research
4 2 (20.00%) Accessibility
4 2 (20.00%) Prototyping
4 2 (20.00%) Finance
5 1 (10.00%) Fintech
5 1 (10.00%) Agile
5 1 (10.00%) Android
5 1 (10.00%) Rapid Prototyping
5 1 (10.00%) Information Architecture
5 1 (10.00%) Apple iOS
5 1 (10.00%) User Research
5 1 (10.00%) Storyboarding
5 1 (10.00%) User Journey Map

Product Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 5 (50.00%) Figma
General
1 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Finance
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Android
1 1 (10.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Wireframes
2 4 (40.00%) Design Thinking
2 4 (40.00%) Journey Map
2 4 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (30.00%) Customer Journey Map
3 3 (30.00%) Project Delivery
3 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (30.00%) User Experience
3 3 (30.00%) Value Proposition
4 2 (20.00%) Prototyping
4 2 (20.00%) UX Research
5 1 (10.00%) Agile
5 1 (10.00%) Fintech
5 1 (10.00%) Information Architecture
5 1 (10.00%) Rapid Prototyping
5 1 (10.00%) Storyboarding
5 1 (10.00%) User Journey Map
5 1 (10.00%) User Research
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (40.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) Accessibility