Hybrid/Remote Industrial Design Contract Job Trends

Industrial Design
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Industrial Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 322 313 368
Rank change year-on-year -9 +55 -
Contract jobs citing Industrial Design 1 1 1
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.009% 0.009% 0.006%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.010% 0.010% 0.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £305 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £310 - £800
75th Percentile £315 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £310 - £800
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £33.54 -
UK median hourly rate - £33.54 -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Industrial 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 9,718 9,702 14,555
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 89.67% 90.18% 88.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,347 6,237 9,767
10th Percentile £338 £328 £335
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 394 183 498
10th Percentile £16.34 £18.31 £15.23
25th Percentile £25.00 £24.75 £22.15
Median hourly rate £51.21 £38.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +34.76% -20.00% -17.39%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.93 £66.00
90th Percentile £71.99 £75.00 £83.06
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £33.53
% change year-on-year -22.62% -3.06% +3.15%

Industrial Design
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

Industrial Design job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Industrial Design
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

Industrial Design
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Industrial Design.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Industrial Design

Industrial 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) 3ds Max
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (100.00%) InDesign
1 1 (100.00%) Maya
1 1 (100.00%) Photoshop
1 1 (100.00%) SOLIDWORKS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) 3D Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) V-Ray
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) 3D Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) 3D Visualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Creative Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe
1 1 (100.00%) Alias