Product Designer Contracts

Product Designer
UK

The median Product Designer daily rate in the UK is £532 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 539 600 657
Rank change year-on-year +61 +57 -74
Contract jobs requiring a Product Designer 37 84 193
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.087% 0.15% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.094% 0.16% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 67 133
10th Percentile £405 £425 £400
25th Percentile £475 £481 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £532 £550 £513
Median % change year-on-year -3.32% +7.32% +13.89%
75th Percentile £613 £650 £588
90th Percentile £675 £730 £640
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £550 £475
% change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% +13.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 11
10th Percentile - - £42.25
25th Percentile £32.50 £46.25 £52.56
Median hourly rate £35.00 £47.50 £57.25
Median % change year-on-year -26.32% -17.03% +30.11%
75th Percentile £37.50 £48.75 £65.00
90th Percentile - - £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £57.25

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 39,484 53,902 83,447
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.62% 95.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,682 37,660 58,636
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,662 1,503 2,044
10th Percentile £12.82 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.38 £15.76
Median hourly rate £36.58 £45.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.72% +87.50% +6.67%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.44 £76.20 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

Product Designer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Product Designer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Product Designer in the UK

Product Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Product Designer.

Daily rate trend for Product Designer in the UK

Product Designer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Designer over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Product Designer in the UK

Product Designer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Product Designer.

Hourly rate trend for Product Designer in the UK

Product Designer
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Product Designer within the UK over the 6 months to 16 May 2024. 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
England +63 33 £525 -4.55% 29
Work from Home +95 21 £544 -1.05% 14
London +53 21 £535 -2.82% 19
UK excluding London +52 8 £500 -9.09% 12
South East - 6 £500 - 2
North of England +24 1 - - 4
Scotland - 1 £500 - 2
Yorkshire - 1 - -

Product Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 16 May 2024, 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 job ads featuring Product Designer in the job title.

1 25 (67.57%) User Experience
1 25 (67.57%) Figma
2 14 (37.84%) UX Design
3 12 (32.43%) Finance
4 10 (27.03%) Product Ownership
5 7 (18.92%) Mobile App
5 7 (18.92%) Interaction Design
6 6 (16.22%) Social Skills
6 6 (16.22%) Prototyping
6 6 (16.22%) Marketing
7 5 (13.51%) Adobe
7 5 (13.51%) Project Delivery
7 5 (13.51%) User Research
7 5 (13.51%) UX Research
8 4 (10.81%) Product Thinking
8 4 (10.81%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 4 (10.81%) HTML
8 4 (10.81%) CSS
8 4 (10.81%) Agile
8 4 (10.81%) Fintech
8 4 (10.81%) Android
9 3 (8.11%) Visualisation
9 3 (8.11%) Apple iOS
9 3 (8.11%) Data Visualisation
9 3 (8.11%) Wireframes
9 3 (8.11%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (8.11%) Stakeholder Management
9 3 (8.11%) B2B
9 3 (8.11%) B2C
9 3 (8.11%) Degree

Product Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 2 (5.41%) InVision
1 2 (5.41%) Sketch
2 1 (2.70%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (2.70%) Adobe XD
2 1 (2.70%) InDesign
2 1 (2.70%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 25 (67.57%) Figma
2 2 (5.41%) Adobe Creative Cloud
2 2 (5.41%) Miro
3 1 (2.70%) SaaS
3 1 (2.70%) Unqork
Development Applications
1 2 (5.41%) Axure RP
2 1 (2.70%) JIRA
General
1 12 (32.43%) Finance
2 6 (16.22%) Marketing
2 6 (16.22%) Social Skills
3 3 (8.11%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (5.41%) Banking
4 2 (5.41%) Retail
5 1 (2.70%) Advertising
5 1 (2.70%) Financial Institution
5 1 (2.70%) Games
5 1 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.81%) CSS
1 4 (10.81%) HTML
2 1 (2.70%) React Native
2 1 (2.70%) Smarty
Miscellaneous
1 10 (27.03%) Product Ownership
2 7 (18.92%) Mobile App
3 2 (5.41%) Graphic Design
3 2 (5.41%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.70%) Low-Code
4 1 (2.70%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (10.81%) Android
2 3 (8.11%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (67.57%) User Experience
2 14 (37.84%) UX Design
3 7 (18.92%) Interaction Design
4 6 (16.22%) Prototyping
5 5 (13.51%) Project Delivery
5 5 (13.51%) User Research
5 5 (13.51%) UX Research
6 4 (10.81%) Agile
6 4 (10.81%) Fintech
6 4 (10.81%) Product Thinking
6 4 (10.81%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 3 (8.11%) B2B
7 3 (8.11%) B2C
7 3 (8.11%) Data Visualisation
7 3 (8.11%) Decision-Making
7 3 (8.11%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (8.11%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (8.11%) Visualisation
7 3 (8.11%) Wireframes
7 3 (8.11%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.70%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (8.11%) Degree
2 2 (5.41%) DV Cleared
2 2 (5.41%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.11%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 5 (13.51%) Adobe
2 2 (5.41%) Microsoft