Hybrid/Remote Inclusive Design Contract Job Trends

Inclusive Design
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Inclusive Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 295 287 343
Rank change year-on-year -8 +56 +108
Contract jobs citing Inclusive Design 19 27 31
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.19% 0.23% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.26% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 21 31
10th Percentile £465 £425 £413
25th Percentile £520 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £469 £480
Median % change year-on-year +20.47% -2.29% +0.10%
75th Percentile £600 £494 £516
90th Percentile £600 £560 £575
UK median daily rate £500 £471 £472
% change year-on-year +6.16% -0.16% -0.68%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Inclusive Design 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 9,289 10,391 15,174
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 90.88% 89.11% 88.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,123 6,538 10,363
10th Percentile £331 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 330 211 367
10th Percentile £15.30 £18.10 £19.69
25th Percentile £20.50 £22.00 £27.50
Median hourly rate £42.50 £36.00 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.06% -33.33% -2.35%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.30 £70.98
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £86.90
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.33
% change year-on-year -22.62% -24.99% +23.80%

Inclusive Design
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

Inclusive Design job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Inclusive Design
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

Inclusive Design
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Inclusive Design over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Inclusive Design daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Inclusive Design
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.26%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Adobe Premiere
1 1 (5.26%) Adobe XD
1 1 (5.26%) InVision
1 1 (5.26%) Sketch
1 1 (5.26%) UserZoom
Cloud Services
1 6 (31.58%) Figma
2 2 (10.53%) Google Analytics
3 1 (5.26%) AWS
3 1 (5.26%) Miro
3 1 (5.26%) Slack
Development Applications
1 4 (21.05%) JIRA
2 1 (5.26%) Cypress.io
General
1 11 (57.89%) Public Sector
2 5 (26.32%) Social Skills
3 2 (10.53%) Banking
3 2 (10.53%) Finance
4 1 (5.26%) Military
4 1 (5.26%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 16 (84.21%) Designer
2 7 (36.84%) Service Designer
3 3 (15.79%) Product Designer
4 2 (10.53%) Graphic Designer
4 2 (10.53%) Interaction Designer
4 2 (10.53%) Senior
4 2 (10.53%) User Experience Researcher
4 2 (10.53%) User Researcher
4 2 (10.53%) UX Designer
5 1 (5.26%) Consultant
5 1 (5.26%) Senior Designer
5 1 (5.26%) Senior Service Designer
5 1 (5.26%) Senior User Experience Researcher
5 1 (5.26%) UI Designer
5 1 (5.26%) UI/UX Designer
5 1 (5.26%) User Experience Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.79%) CSS
1 3 (15.79%) HTML
2 1 (5.26%) React
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Product Ownership
2 2 (10.53%) Mobile App
3 1 (5.26%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.26%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) Service Design
1 9 (47.37%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 8 (42.11%) Co-Creation
2 8 (42.11%) Journey Map
3 7 (36.84%) Agile
3 7 (36.84%) Roadmaps
3 7 (36.84%) Workshop Facilitation
4 6 (31.58%) Prototyping
4 6 (31.58%) User Experience
5 5 (26.32%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (26.32%) Information Security
5 5 (26.32%) Strategic Roadmap
5 5 (26.32%) User Research
6 4 (21.05%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
6 4 (21.05%) Human-Centred Design
6 4 (21.05%) Storytelling
6 4 (21.05%) Usability Testing
7 3 (15.79%) Analytics
7 3 (15.79%) Product Strategy
7 3 (15.79%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.26%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 12 (63.16%) Security Cleared
2 9 (47.37%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.26%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (5.26%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (78.95%) Accessibility
2 4 (21.05%) WCAG
3 1 (5.26%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (10.53%) Google
1 2 (10.53%) Hotjar
2 1 (5.26%) Adobe
2 1 (5.26%) Oracle
2 1 (5.26%) Salesforce
2 1 (5.26%) SAP
2 1 (5.26%) ServiceNow