UX Designer Contracts in England

User Experience Designer
UK > England

The median User Experience Designer daily rate in England is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 413 358 314
Rank change year-on-year -55 -44 -43
Contract jobs requiring a UX Designer 132 328 596
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.36% 0.65% 0.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.38% 0.68% 0.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 249 442
10th Percentile £351 £377 £388
25th Percentile £400 £428 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £530 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +0.95% +10.53%
75th Percentile £550 £638 £600
90th Percentile £593 £750 £650
UK median daily rate £475 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £47.45
25th Percentile £71.25 - £49.25
Median hourly rate £72.50 - £55.73
75th Percentile £73.75 - £61.45
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £72.50 £45.00 £55.73
% change year-on-year +61.11% -19.26% +48.62%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 34,467 47,939 67,846
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.73% 94.60% 95.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,885 33,999 48,181
10th Percentile £275 £310 £313
25th Percentile £411 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £640 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,421 1,437 1,912
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.28 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.96 £44.53 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% +97.91% +0.36%
75th Percentile £60.25 £65.75 £48.62
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.35 £62.24
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.09% +95.65% +0.24%

UX Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for UX Designer in England

UX Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for UX Designer in England

UX Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing UX Designer in England over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for UX Designer in England

UX Designer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for UX Designer in England

UX Designer
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UX Designer within the England region over the 6 months to 26 April 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
London -12 97 £525 -12.21% 26
South East +32 13 £400 -3.03% 3
North of England -3 8 £463 +1.65% 9
Midlands +27 5 £418 +52.00% 8
Yorkshire -4 5 £463 -0.54% 1
South West +13 4 £425 -5.56% 2
East Midlands +24 3 £418 +52.00% 1
North West +15 3 - - 7
West Midlands +28 2 £444 +18.33% 7
UX Designer
UK

UX Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, UX 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 across the England region featuring UX Designer in the job title.

1 132 (100.00%) User Experience
2 128 (96.97%) UX Design
3 72 (54.55%) Figma
4 57 (43.18%) Social Skills
5 44 (33.33%) User Research
6 41 (31.06%) Wireframes
7 37 (28.03%) Agile
8 34 (25.76%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
9 32 (24.24%) Sketch
9 32 (24.24%) Adobe
10 26 (19.70%) Usability Testing
11 25 (18.94%) Finance
12 23 (17.42%) Mobile App
13 21 (15.91%) Accessibility
14 20 (15.15%) Adobe XD
15 18 (13.64%) Marketing
16 17 (12.88%) Problem-Solving
17 16 (12.12%) HTML
18 15 (11.36%) UX Research
19 13 (9.85%) Product Ownership
19 13 (9.85%) Interaction Design
19 13 (9.85%) Prototyping
19 13 (9.85%) Axure RP
20 12 (9.09%) Degree
20 12 (9.09%) CSS
20 12 (9.09%) E-Commerce
21 11 (8.33%) B2B
21 11 (8.33%) JavaScript
21 11 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
21 11 (8.33%) Workshop Facilitation

UX Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (0.76%) CMS
1 1 (0.76%) Confluence
Applications
1 32 (24.24%) Sketch
2 20 (15.15%) Adobe XD
3 9 (6.82%) InVision
4 8 (6.06%) Photoshop
5 6 (4.55%) Adobe Illustrator
6 4 (3.03%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 3 (2.27%) InDesign
8 1 (0.76%) Zeplin
Cloud Services
1 72 (54.55%) Figma
2 6 (4.55%) Miro
3 5 (3.79%) Azure
4 4 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (2.27%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.52%) SaaS
7 1 (0.76%) Adobe Analytics
7 1 (0.76%) Pendo
7 1 (0.76%) Unqork
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.27%) Big Data
1 3 (2.27%) Power BI
2 2 (1.52%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (0.76%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 13 (9.85%) Axure RP
2 1 (0.76%) JIRA
General
1 57 (43.18%) Social Skills
2 25 (18.94%) Finance
3 18 (13.64%) Marketing
4 9 (6.82%) Games
5 8 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (6.06%) Banking
5 8 (6.06%) Health Technology
6 5 (3.79%) Advertising
6 5 (3.79%) Pharmaceutical
6 5 (3.79%) Public Sector
6 5 (3.79%) Retail
7 4 (3.03%) Front Office
7 4 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (2.27%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.52%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.76%) Automotive
10 1 (0.76%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (0.76%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (12.12%) HTML
2 12 (9.09%) CSS
3 4 (3.03%) React
4 2 (1.52%) CSS3
5 1 (0.76%) .NET
5 1 (0.76%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.76%) Framer.js
5 1 (0.76%) Material Design
5 1 (0.76%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 23 (17.42%) Mobile App
2 13 (9.85%) Product Ownership
3 8 (6.06%) Graphic Design
3 8 (6.06%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (4.55%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (3.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 4 (3.03%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.27%) Animation
6 3 (2.27%) Derivative
6 3 (2.27%) Digital Media
6 3 (2.27%) Fixed Income
7 2 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.52%) Mobile Games
7 2 (1.52%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.76%) Educational Technology
8 1 (0.76%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.76%) Infotainment
8 1 (0.76%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.76%) Video\Live Streaming
8 1 (0.76%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.52%) Android
1 2 (1.52%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (100.00%) User Experience
2 128 (96.97%) UX Design
3 44 (33.33%) User Research
4 41 (31.06%) Wireframes
5 37 (28.03%) Agile
6 34 (25.76%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 26 (19.70%) Usability Testing
8 17 (12.88%) Problem-Solving
9 15 (11.36%) UX Research
10 13 (9.85%) Interaction Design
10 13 (9.85%) Prototyping
11 12 (9.09%) E-Commerce
12 11 (8.33%) B2B
12 11 (8.33%) Design Thinking
12 11 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
12 11 (8.33%) Workshop Facilitation
13 8 (6.06%) Collaborative Working
13 8 (6.06%) Digital Marketing
13 8 (6.06%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
13 8 (6.06%) Storyboarding
Programming Languages
1 11 (8.33%) JavaScript
2 4 (3.03%) Java
3 3 (2.27%) Python
4 1 (0.76%) C#
4 1 (0.76%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 12 (9.09%) Degree
2 3 (2.27%) Security Cleared
3 1 (0.76%) DV Cleared
3 1 (0.76%) Master's Degree
3 1 (0.76%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (15.91%) Accessibility
2 2 (1.52%) WCAG
Vendors
1 32 (24.24%) Adobe
2 4 (3.03%) Microsoft
3 3 (2.27%) Salesforce
4 2 (1.52%) Apple
4 2 (1.52%) MicroStrategy
5 1 (0.76%) SAP
5 1 (0.76%) Virgin Media