Industrial Designer Contract Job Trends

Industrial Designer
UK

The median Industrial Designer daily rate in the UK is £325, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 August 2026.

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

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 673 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Industrial Designer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.002% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.002% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £312 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 - -
75th Percentile £337 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £325 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 49,691 30,076 35,928
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.46% 91.26% 93.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,638 19,002 22,670
10th Percentile £325 £280 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.69%
75th Percentile £625 £620 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,580 1,568 1,839
10th Percentile £14.96 £13.73 £14.16
25th Percentile £20.51 £17.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.00% -41.51% +1.96%
75th Percentile £67.84 £53.78 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.41 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £44.04
% change year-on-year +68.99% -42.89% +13.95%

Industrial Designer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Industrial Designer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Industrial Designer job vacancy trend in the UK

Industrial Designer
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Industrial Designer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Industrial Designer job vacancies in the UK

Industrial Designer
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Industrial Designer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Industrial Designer job vacancies in the UK

Industrial Designer
Top 3 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Industrial Designer within the UK over the 6 months to 31 August 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
South West - 1 £325 -
England - 1 £325 -
UK excluding London - 1 £325 -

Industrial Designer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 31 August 2026, Industrial 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 featuring Industrial Designer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) 3D Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) 3ds Max
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (100.00%) Alias
1 1 (100.00%) CAD
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Design Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) InDesign
1 1 (100.00%) Industrial Design
1 1 (100.00%) Photoshop
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Siemens NX
1 1 (100.00%) SOLIDWORKS
1 1 (100.00%) V-Ray

Industrial Designer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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%) 3ds Max
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (100.00%) InDesign
1 1 (100.00%) Photoshop
1 1 (100.00%) Siemens NX
1 1 (100.00%) SOLIDWORKS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) V-Ray
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) 3D Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) CAD
1 1 (100.00%) Design Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Industrial Design
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe
1 1 (100.00%) Alias