Hybrid/Remote Design Persona Contract Job Trends

Design Personas
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Design Persona skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 376 302 -
Rank change year-on-year -74 - -
Contract jobs citing Design Persona 5 2 0
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.037% 0.021% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.040% 0.022% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £350 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £325 -
Median % change year-on-year +16.92% - -
75th Percentile £450 - -
90th Percentile £468 - -
UK median daily rate £380 £325 £763
% change year-on-year +16.92% -57.38% +69.44%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,394 8,934 10,941
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 90.71% 91.95% 88.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,784 5,923 6,884
10th Percentile £356 £325 £325
25th Percentile £428 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -1.69%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £732 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 799 286 251
10th Percentile £15.81 £13.63 £19.30
25th Percentile £28.75 £20.50 £27.78
Median hourly rate £47.50 £35.95 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +32.15% -16.41% -18.10%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £81.25 £68.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £37.24 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +48.07% -37.13% -10.11%

Design Persona
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Design Persona and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Design Persona job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Design Persona
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Design Persona.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Design Persona

Design Persona
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 5 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) User Researcher
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Actionable Customer Insight
1 5 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 5 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 5 (100.00%) Customer Insight
1 5 (100.00%) Ergonomics
1 5 (100.00%) Ethnography
1 5 (100.00%) Guerrilla Research
1 5 (100.00%) Human Factors
1 5 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 5 (100.00%) Qualitative Research
1 5 (100.00%) Quantitative Research
1 5 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 5 (100.00%) Service Design
1 5 (100.00%) Usability Testing
1 5 (100.00%) User Research
1 5 (100.00%) User Stories
1 5 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 5 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 3 (60.00%) Cognitive Psychology
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance