The first table below looks at the demand for the User Experience Designer role in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited User Experience Designer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the East of England region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
User Experience (UX) Designer
Rank 104 - 122
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a User Experience Designer 10 0 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.468% - 0.189%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.501% - 0.200%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 4
Average daily rate £331 - £370
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 - £295
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 - £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £333
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +1.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £62.00
All Job Titles
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1998 2770 2506
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 93.41% 93.74% 94.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1031 1297 1100
Average daily rate £340 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £195 £200 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £463 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 244 280 320
Average hourly rate £22.66 £25.00 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.36% +31.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.50 £11.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.25 £41.70 £37.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
User Experience Designer
England

User Experience Designer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing User Experience Designer across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

East of England User Experience Designer Jobs Demand Trend

User Experience Designer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing User Experience Designer across the East of England region.

East of England User Experience Designer Daily Rate Trend

User Experience Designer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing User Experience Designer across the East of England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

East of England User Experience Designer Daily Rate Histogram

User Experience Designer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing User Experience Designer across the East of England region.

East of England User Experience Designer Hourly Rate Trend

User Experience Designer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing User Experience Designer within the East of England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Hertfordshire - 9 £288 -
Cambridgeshire - 1 £375 -
User Experience Designer
England

User Experience Designer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region that cited User Experience Designer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with User Experience Designer in their job title.

1 12 (63.16%) Adobe Illustrator
2 11 (57.89%) Photoshop
3 8 (42.11%) Axure RP
4 6 (31.58%) Fireworks
4 6 (31.58%) HTML
5 5 (26.32%) User Stories
5 5 (26.32%) Rapid Prototyping
5 5 (26.32%) Marketing
6 4 (21.05%) .NET
6 4 (21.05%) Retail
7 3 (15.79%) Industrial Design
7 3 (15.79%) Adobe
7 3 (15.79%) Scrum
7 3 (15.79%) Workflow
7 3 (15.79%) CSS
7 3 (15.79%) E-Commerce
7 3 (15.79%) Graphic Design
7 3 (15.79%) Psychology
7 3 (15.79%) User Experience Design
8 2 (10.53%) Human Factors
8 2 (10.53%) .NET Framework
8 2 (10.53%) Degree
8 2 (10.53%) HTML5
8 2 (10.53%) Waterfall
8 2 (10.53%) CSS3
8 2 (10.53%) Project Management
8 2 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
9 1 (5.263%) MS Visio
9 1 (5.263%) Microsoft
9 1 (5.263%) Mobile App

User Experience Designer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region that cited User Experience Designer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with User Experience Designer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (31.58%) HTML
2 4 (21.05%) .NET
3 3 (15.79%) CSS
4 2 (10.53%) .NET Framework
4 2 (10.53%) HTML5
4 2 (10.53%) CSS3
Applications
1 12 (63.16%) Adobe Illustrator
2 11 (57.89%) Photoshop
3 6 (31.58%) Fireworks
4 1 (5.263%) MS Visio
4 1 (5.263%) OmniGraffle
Development Applications
1 8 (42.11%) Axure RP
General
1 5 (26.32%) Marketing
2 4 (21.05%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Graphic Design
1 3 (15.79%) Psychology
2 2 (10.53%) Human Factors
3 1 (5.263%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (26.32%) User Stories
1 5 (26.32%) Rapid Prototyping
2 3 (15.79%) Industrial Design
2 3 (15.79%) Scrum
2 3 (15.79%) Workflow
2 3 (15.79%) E-Commerce
2 3 (15.79%) User Experience Design
3 2 (10.53%) Waterfall
3 2 (10.53%) Project Management
3 2 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (5.263%) Information Architecture
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (15.79%) Adobe
2 1 (5.263%) Microsoft
Watford, Hertfordshire
Our Client is looking for a UX Designer to deliver compelling designs which complement the users experience and ensures consistency adherence in line with the company's corporate...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013