Product Designer Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Product Designer
UK > Work from Home

The median Product Designer daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £408, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 286 323 429
Rank change year-on-year +37 +106 +101
Contract jobs requiring a Product Designer 18 22 48
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.18% 0.14% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.15% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 16 46
10th Percentile £301 £405 £438
25th Percentile £346 £494 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £408 £544 £550
Median % change year-on-year -25.13% -1.05% +7.32%
75th Percentile £488 £628 £605
90th Percentile £604 £750 £653
UK median daily rate £450 £539 £550
% change year-on-year -16.43% -2.09% +4.76%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Product Designer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Product Designer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Product Designer trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Product Designer
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Product Designer.

Product Designer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Product Designer
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Product Designer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Product Designer daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Product Designer
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Product Designer.

Product Designer hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Product Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Product Designer in the job title.

1 13 (72.22%) Figma
2 11 (61.11%) User Experience
3 9 (50.00%) Social Skills
4 8 (44.44%) Prototyping
4 8 (44.44%) UX Design
5 7 (38.89%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (38.89%) Design Thinking
6 5 (27.78%) Interaction Design
6 5 (27.78%) User Research
6 5 (27.78%) Wireframes
6 5 (27.78%) Product Strategy
6 5 (27.78%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
6 5 (27.78%) Fintech
7 4 (22.22%) Mobile App
7 4 (22.22%) Agile
7 4 (22.22%) SC Cleared
7 4 (22.22%) Security Cleared
7 4 (22.22%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 3 (16.67%) Insurtech
8 3 (16.67%) Miro
8 3 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
8 3 (16.67%) Slack
8 3 (16.67%) Android
8 3 (16.67%) Apple iOS
9 2 (11.11%) Marketing
9 2 (11.11%) Banking
9 2 (11.11%) Adobe
9 2 (11.11%) Strategic Thinking
9 2 (11.11%) Product Thinking
9 2 (11.11%) Content Strategy

Product Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.56%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Adobe XD
1 1 (5.56%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 13 (72.22%) Figma
2 3 (16.67%) Miro
2 3 (16.67%) Slack
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) Mixpanel
General
1 9 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.11%) Banking
2 2 (11.11%) Marketing
3 1 (5.56%) Corporate Banking
3 1 (5.56%) Digital Healthcare
3 1 (5.56%) Finance
3 1 (5.56%) Investment Banking
3 1 (5.56%) Retail
3 1 (5.56%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) Mobile App
2 1 (5.56%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 3 (16.67%) Android
1 3 (16.67%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (61.11%) User Experience
2 8 (44.44%) Prototyping
2 8 (44.44%) UX Design
3 7 (38.89%) Design Thinking
3 7 (38.89%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (27.78%) Fintech
4 5 (27.78%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
4 5 (27.78%) Interaction Design
4 5 (27.78%) Product Strategy
4 5 (27.78%) User Research
4 5 (27.78%) Wireframes
5 4 (22.22%) Agile
5 4 (22.22%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 3 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
6 3 (16.67%) Insurtech
7 2 (11.11%) Content Strategy
7 2 (11.11%) Product Thinking
7 2 (11.11%) Roadmaps
7 2 (11.11%) Strategic Thinking
8 1 (5.56%) Inclusive Design
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) SC Cleared
1 4 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.56%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (11.11%) Adobe
2 1 (5.56%) Facebook
2 1 (5.56%) Optimizely