The first table below looks at the demand for the User Experience Designer role in IT contracts advertised for the London 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 London 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 271 356 400
Rank change year-on-year
+85 +44
Contract jobs requiring a User Experience Designer 108 59 42
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.499% 0.219% 0.135%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.542% 0.237% 0.146%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 46 24
Average daily rate £373 £344 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.36% -5.17%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £275 £293
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £525 £443
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £333
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +1.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £31.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £62.00
All Job Titles
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
19942 24907 28750
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 92.08% 92.46% 92.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 13399 16045 18461
Average daily rate £450 £445 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.12% -6.31%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 450 624 677
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £20.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £41.00 £47.50
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 London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

London 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 London region.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

London 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 London region.

London 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 London 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
City of London +39 35 £365 -8.75%
Osterley - 2 £345 -
Hounslow - 1 £320 -
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 London 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 53 (28.34%) Adobe
2 48 (25.67%) Axure RP
3 43 (22.99%) HTML
4 42 (22.46%) Photoshop
4 42 (22.46%) E-Commerce
5 34 (18.18%) CSS
6 32 (17.11%) Finance
7 31 (16.58%) Information Architecture
7 31 (16.58%) OmniGraffle
8 28 (14.97%) Usability Testing
9 27 (14.44%) Adobe Illustrator
10 25 (13.37%) Banking
11 23 (12.30%) JavaScript
12 22 (11.76%) User Experience Design
12 22 (11.76%) Mobile App
13 21 (11.23%) Android
13 21 (11.23%) MS Visio
13 21 (11.23%) Microsoft
14 20 (10.70%) Apple iOS
14 20 (10.70%) Digital Media
15 18 (9.626%) Retail
15 18 (9.626%) Agile Software Development
16 17 (9.091%) XAML
17 16 (8.556%) Stakeholder Management
17 16 (8.556%) Marketing
18 15 (8.021%) Web Design
18 15 (8.021%) Workflow
19 14 (7.487%) CSS3
19 14 (7.487%) HTML5
20 13 (6.952%) Investment Banking

User Experience Designer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 43 (22.99%) HTML
2 34 (18.18%) CSS
3 14 (7.487%) CSS3
3 14 (7.487%) HTML5
4 12 (6.417%) Flash
5 5 (2.674%) Apache Flex
6 4 (2.139%) jQuery
7 3 (1.604%) BlazeDS
7 3 (1.604%) Silverlight
7 3 (1.604%) XHTML
7 3 (1.604%) Ember.js
7 3 (1.604%) AngularJS
7 3 (1.604%) Parsley
8 1 (0.535%) Ajax
8 1 (0.535%) WPF
8 1 (0.535%) .NET
8 1 (0.535%) XML
8 1 (0.535%) XSL
8 1 (0.535%) Spring
8 1 (0.535%) Twitter Bootstrap
Application Platforms
1 1 (0.535%) SharePoint
Applications
1 42 (22.46%) Photoshop
2 31 (16.58%) OmniGraffle
3 27 (14.44%) Adobe Illustrator
4 21 (11.23%) MS Visio
5 12 (6.417%) Fireworks
6 6 (3.209%) InDesign
6 6 (3.209%) MS Excel
7 2 (1.070%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.535%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.674%) Intranet
2 2 (1.070%) Internet
3 1 (0.535%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 48 (25.67%) Axure RP
2 10 (5.348%) Balsamiq Mockups
3 5 (2.674%) Expression Blend
4 3 (1.604%) FlexUnit
4 3 (1.604%) Dreamweaver
General
1 32 (17.11%) Finance
2 25 (13.37%) Banking
3 18 (9.626%) Retail
4 16 (8.556%) Marketing
5 13 (6.952%) Investment Banking
6 8 (4.278%) Games
7 7 (3.743%) Front Office
8 4 (2.139%) Back Office
8 4 (2.139%) Multimedia
8 4 (2.139%) Retail Banking
9 3 (1.604%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.535%) Automotive
10 1 (0.535%) Legal
10 1 (0.535%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 22 (11.76%) Mobile App
2 20 (10.70%) Digital Media
3 11 (5.882%) Fixed Income
4 10 (5.348%) Graphic Design
5 6 (3.209%) Social Media
6 5 (2.674%) Taxonomies
7 4 (2.139%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 4 (2.139%) Psychology
7 4 (2.139%) Video on Demand
8 3 (1.604%) Animation
9 2 (1.070%) W3C
9 2 (1.070%) Smartphone
10 1 (0.535%) iPhone
10 1 (0.535%) iPad
10 1 (0.535%) Social Gaming
10 1 (0.535%) Web 2.0
10 1 (0.535%) Spread Betting
10 1 (0.535%) RIA
10 1 (0.535%) Computer Science
10 1 (0.535%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 21 (11.23%) Android
2 20 (10.70%) Apple iOS
3 2 (1.070%) Windows
4 1 (0.535%) UNIX
4 1 (0.535%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (22.46%) E-Commerce
2 31 (16.58%) Information Architecture
3 28 (14.97%) Usability Testing
4 22 (11.76%) User Experience Design
5 18 (9.626%) Agile Software Development
6 16 (8.556%) Stakeholder Management
7 15 (8.021%) Web Design
7 15 (8.021%) Workflow
8 9 (4.813%) Product Management
9 6 (3.209%) Waterfall
10 5 (2.674%) Responsive Web Design
11 4 (2.139%) Analytics
11 4 (2.139%) Scrum
11 4 (2.139%) Business Analysis
11 4 (2.139%) TDD
11 4 (2.139%) User Acceptance Testing
12 3 (1.604%) Rapid Prototyping
12 3 (1.604%) Web Accessibility
12 3 (1.604%) Web Development
12 3 (1.604%) Web Analytics
Programming Languages
1 23 (12.30%) JavaScript
2 17 (9.091%) XAML
3 4 (2.139%) ActionScript
4 2 (1.070%) Java
4 2 (1.070%) C
5 1 (0.535%) C#
5 1 (0.535%) PHP
Qualifications
1 11 (5.882%) Degree
2 2 (1.070%) SC Cleared
2 2 (1.070%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.417%) QA
Vendors
1 53 (28.34%) Adobe
2 21 (11.23%) Microsoft
3 2 (1.070%) Apple
4 1 (0.535%) Google
4 1 (0.535%) Facebook
4 1 (0.535%) Twitter
City, London
UX Designer required for an exciting mobile application contract role in London. Skills required for the successful User Experience Designer: Designing detailed wireframes and user journeys Undertaking user...
ISL
Rate: £350 - £380 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
City, London
User Researcher required for a contract role in London working with mobile applications... The successful UX Designe/Research will have experience of Native Mobile Applications (this is essential).
ISL
Rate: £350 - £380 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
City, London
User Researcher required for a contract role in London working with mobile applications. The UX Designer will have strong design skills and the ability to lead the user...
ISL
Rate: £350 - £380 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
You will need to work in partnership with product management, business development and engineering teams to deliver the user experience across the appropriate devices and platforms. Skills required: -...
Computer People
Rate: £200.00 - £250.00 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
City, London
Our client a large banking organisation is looking for a number of UX (User Experience) Designers at varying levels to work on a strategic project within Digital banking...
Experis IT
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
Hounslow, South East
You will be an expert in website usability, working with the development teams and other stakeholders to ensure changes to the website embody usability best practice and are...
Hudson IT London
Rate: £300 - £340 per day
Posted: 1 May 2013
London
User Experience/Visual Designer (Lead) - 3-6 month - LondonUser Experience/Visual Designer (Lead) - 3-6 month - London - My client is currently recruiting for a senior/lead UX/visual...
OPUS
Rate: GBP0 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
London
You will be working on software/mobile/web projects for a household name. The role will hybrid of user experience, interaction design and visual design. Ideally the candidate...
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Rate: £0
Posted: 23 May 2013
London
UX, User Experience, Photoshop, Mobile, Illustrator URGENT ROLE, EXCLUSIVE!!... You will focus on User Experience for a next generation iPhone app whilst designing a range of User Interfaces...
Orleston Associates Ltd
Posted: 22 May 2013
London
UX, User Experience, Photoshop, Mobile, Illustrator URGENT ROLE, EXCLUSIVE!!... You will focus on User Experience for a next generation iPhone app whilst designing a range of User Interfaces...
Orleston Associates Ltd
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
One of our large retail banking clients is looking for a UX Designer to join their team working in a multi-channel role on the digital side of...
Reed Professional Services
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
This role offers the successful candidate full ownership of several significant projects within the team and so requires the ability and demonstrable previous experience of working with users,...
Thomson Keene Associates
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
West London
Thorough knowledge of design & delivery for mobile platforms, iOS & some Android experience is key to this role... Advanced knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite... Design & delivery of products for...
Experis IT
Rate: £350 - £405 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013