Product Designer, skill by skill.

About 3 in 5 employers hiring Product Designers require experience and interaction design, more than any other skill (56%, against 3% across technology jobs). Skills read to 7 November 2026.

26Open ads

26 Product Designer jobs were open on 7 November 2026, about 1 in every 500 open Australian jobs we read.

6Skills per ad

A typical Product Designer ad requires 6 skills, the same as a typical technology ad.

42%Employers asking for AI

About 2 in 5 employers hiring Product Designers ask for an AI skill (42%, much the same as the 40% across technology jobs).

We read job ads on 988 Australian employers' own careers sites. Nobody was surveyed.

The skills employers require

Experience and interaction design: 56% of employers require it, against 3% across technology jobs. Named in 39 ads from 33 employers.
Cross-functional collaboration: 56% of employers require it, against 23% across technology jobs. Named in 41 ads from 33 employers.
Design systems and UI components: 50% of employers require it, against 4% across technology jobs. Named in 41 ads from 32 employers.
Product thinking: 43% of employers require it, against 15% across technology jobs. Named in 32 ads from 23 employers.
User research and discovery: 35% of employers require it, against 2% across technology jobs. Named in 34 ads from 32 employers.
Prototyping: 30% of employers require it, against 2% across technology jobs. Named in 28 ads from 24 employers.
AI-assisted development: 23% of employers require it, against 14% across technology jobs. Named in 19 ads from 16 employers.
Accessibility: 21% of employers require it, against 1% across technology jobs. Named in 17 ads from 15 employers.
Software architecture and system design: 18% of employers require it, against 9% across technology jobs. Named in 14 ads from 13 employers.
Agile delivery and estimation: 17% of employers require it, against 14% across technology jobs. Named in 18 ads from 12 employers.

Skills employers ask for together

Of the ads that ask for experience and interaction design, 72% also ask for user research and discovery (58% across all Product Designer ads).
Of the ads that ask for experience and interaction design, 28% also ask for software architecture and system design (24% across all Product Designer ads).
Of the ads that ask for experience and interaction design, 54% also ask for prototyping (48% across all Product Designer ads).
Of the ads that ask for cross-functional collaboration, 34% also ask for accessibility (29% across all Product Designer ads).
Of the ads that ask for cross-functional collaboration, 63% also ask for user research and discovery (58% across all Product Designer ads).
Of the ads that ask for design systems and UI components, 34% also ask for accessibility (29% across all Product Designer ads).
Of the ads that ask for product thinking, 31% also ask for software architecture and system design (24% across all Product Designer ads).
Of the ads that ask for product thinking, 41% also ask for AI-assisted development (32% across all Product Designer ads).
Of the ads that ask for product thinking, 34% also ask for agile delivery and estimation (31% across all Product Designer ads).
Of the ads that ask for user research and discovery, 82% also ask for experience and interaction design (66% across all Product Designer ads).
Of the ads that ask for user research and discovery, 59% also ask for prototyping (48% across all Product Designer ads).
Of the ads that ask for user research and discovery, 77% also ask for cross-functional collaboration (70% across all Product Designer ads).
Of the ads that ask for prototyping, 71% also ask for user research and discovery (58% across all Product Designer ads).
Of the ads that ask for prototyping, 36% also ask for accessibility (29% across all Product Designer ads).
Of the ads that ask for prototyping, 29% also ask for software architecture and system design (24% across all Product Designer ads).

Key tasks in this job

We read the tasks in 59 Product Designer ads, up to 7 November 2026. Too few of them are senior to compare levels yet, so the tasks are not shown.

Where the jobs are

26 open ads, too few to split by city. We show this once a job has 50.

Which industries are hiring

26 open ads, too few to split by industry. We show this once a job has 50.

Size of the employers hiring

26 open ads, too few to split by employer size. We show this once a job has 50.

Not shown yet: pay, people applying for each job, and change over time. We do not have a reliable source for them yet.

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