UX Design Contracts in London

User Experience Design (UXD)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for UX Design skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited UX Design over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 164 140 115
Rank change year-on-year -24 -25 -15
Contract jobs citing UX Design 266 521 963
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.49% 1.92% 2.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.69% 2.10% 2.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 187 367 698
10th Percentile £389 £409 £406
25th Percentile £425 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% +4.55% +15.79%
75th Percentile £650 £649 £621
90th Percentile £700 £750 £700
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 10
10th Percentile £29.14 £34.83 £36.18
25th Percentile £31.71 £41.25 £50.50
Median hourly rate £36.69 £52.50 £57.36
Median % change year-on-year -30.11% -8.47% +74.60%
75th Percentile £41.84 £67.50 £63.17
90th Percentile £57.79 £80.00 £76.31
England median hourly rate £41.68 £52.50 £54.63
% change year-on-year -20.62% -3.89% +49.66%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

UX Design is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,769 24,761 35,836
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.51% 91.14% 92.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,293 17,773 26,130
10th Percentile £338 £375 £388
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 326 287 421
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.63 £17.25
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.83 £23.91
Median hourly rate £28.75 £39.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.28% +8.33% +11.73%
75th Percentile £47.34 £62.59 £50.61
90th Percentile £66.25 £78.20 £67.50
England median hourly rate £35.65 £37.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -4.93% +56.25% -

UX Design
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing UX Design as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for UX Design in London

UX Design
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing UX Design in London.

Daily rate trend for UX Design in London

UX Design
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for UX Design in London

UX Design
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing UX Design in London.

Hourly rate trend for UX Design in London

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Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing UX Design in London over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for UX Design in London

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Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UX Design within the London 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
Central London +25 35 £513 -6.82% 14
West London -26 3 £475 -15.56% 1
North London - 2 £344 -
South London +4 1 £450 -25.00%
East London -8 1 £540 -10.00% 6
UX Design
England

UX Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 14 (5.26%) CMS
2 5 (1.88%) WordPress
3 4 (1.50%) Confluence
4 3 (1.13%) Apache
4 3 (1.13%) Headless CMS
5 2 (0.75%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.38%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.38%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.38%) Drupal
6 1 (0.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 35 (13.16%) Sketch
2 20 (7.52%) Adobe XD
3 12 (4.51%) InVision
4 7 (2.63%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 7 (2.63%) Photoshop
5 5 (1.88%) Adobe Illustrator
6 3 (1.13%) InDesign
6 3 (1.13%) Microsoft Excel
6 3 (1.13%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (1.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (1.13%) UserZoom
7 1 (0.38%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.38%) Final Cut Pro
7 1 (0.38%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.38%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 2 (0.75%) WebTrends
2 1 (0.38%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 75 (28.20%) Figma
2 31 (11.65%) AWS
3 22 (8.27%) Azure
4 13 (4.89%) GitHub
5 10 (3.76%) Miro
6 7 (2.63%) GCP
6 7 (2.63%) Power Platform
7 6 (2.26%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (2.26%) Serverless
8 5 (1.88%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (1.50%) Azure Key Vault
9 4 (1.50%) Azure Service Bus
9 4 (1.50%) SaaS
10 3 (1.13%) npm
10 3 (1.13%) Yarn
11 2 (0.75%) Amazon ECS
11 2 (0.75%) Asana
11 2 (0.75%) IaaS
11 2 (0.75%) Mimecast
11 2 (0.75%) SurveyMonkey
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.75%) HTTP
2 1 (0.38%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.02%) Apache Cassandra
2 9 (3.38%) NoSQL
3 8 (3.01%) MongoDB
4 7 (2.63%) Power BI
5 5 (1.88%) BusinessObjects
6 4 (1.50%) MySQL
6 4 (1.50%) SQL Server
7 2 (0.75%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.75%) Data Mining
7 2 (0.75%) Looker
7 2 (0.75%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.38%) Apache Hive
8 1 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.38%) Big Data
8 1 (0.38%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.38%) HBase
8 1 (0.38%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.38%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 15 (5.64%) Git
2 11 (4.14%) Axure RP
3 8 (3.01%) JIRA
4 6 (2.26%) webpack
5 5 (1.88%) Cypress.io
6 4 (1.50%) Jenkins
6 4 (1.50%) SonarQube
7 3 (1.13%) Babel
8 2 (0.75%) Ant
8 2 (0.75%) Gradle
8 2 (0.75%) Maven
8 2 (0.75%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.75%) Visual Website Optimizer
9 1 (0.38%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.38%) Selenium
9 1 (0.38%) Subversion
9 1 (0.38%) TestNG
General
1 76 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 61 (22.93%) Finance
3 24 (9.02%) Banking
4 21 (7.89%) Marketing
5 20 (7.52%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (4.51%) Games
7 8 (3.01%) Public Sector
7 8 (3.01%) Retail
8 7 (2.63%) Front Office
8 7 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (2.63%) Local Government
9 6 (2.26%) Financial Institution
9 6 (2.26%) Health Technology
9 6 (2.26%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (2.26%) Retail Banking
10 5 (1.88%) Investment Banking
10 5 (1.88%) Legal
10 5 (1.88%) Pharmaceutical
10 5 (1.88%) Publishing
11 4 (1.50%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 126 (47.37%) Designer
2 97 (36.47%) UX Designer
3 74 (27.82%) Senior
4 59 (22.18%) Developer
5 35 (13.16%) Senior Designer
6 33 (12.41%) UI Designer
7 32 (12.03%) Senior UX Designer
8 30 (11.28%) UI/UX Designer
9 23 (8.65%) React Developer
10 22 (8.27%) Software Engineer
11 21 (7.89%) Senior Software Engineer
12 19 (7.14%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
13 18 (6.77%) Lead
14 14 (5.26%) Senior Developer
14 14 (5.26%) UX Developer
15 13 (4.89%) UI Developer
16 12 (4.51%) Full Stack Developer
17 11 (4.14%) UI/UX Developer
18 10 (3.76%) Lead Designer
19 9 (3.38%) UX Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (19.17%) HTML
2 46 (17.29%) CSS
3 45 (16.92%) React
4 17 (6.39%) Kafka
5 16 (6.02%) AngularJS
6 12 (4.51%) CSS3
6 12 (4.51%) RESTful
7 11 (4.14%) HTML5
8 8 (3.01%) .NET
8 8 (3.01%) REST
9 7 (2.63%) Ajax
9 7 (2.63%) Redux
10 6 (2.26%) jQuery
10 6 (2.26%) Vue
11 5 (1.88%) Node.js
11 5 (1.88%) SAML
11 5 (1.88%) Web Services
12 4 (1.50%) SignalR
12 4 (1.50%) Unity (Game Engine)
12 4 (1.50%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 30 (11.28%) Mobile App
2 23 (8.65%) Product Ownership
3 11 (4.14%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (3.76%) Fixed Income
5 8 (3.01%) Graphic Design
6 7 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (2.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 5 (1.88%) Cloud Native
7 5 (1.88%) Distributed Architecture
8 4 (1.50%) Animation
8 4 (1.50%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.13%) Derivative
9 3 (1.13%) Digital Media
9 3 (1.13%) Hedge funds
9 3 (1.13%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.13%) Mobile Banking
9 3 (1.13%) Mobile Games
9 3 (1.13%) Renewable Energy
9 3 (1.13%) Solar Panel
9 3 (1.13%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.88%) Android
1 5 (1.88%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 266 (100.00%) User Experience
2 90 (33.83%) Agile
3 68 (25.56%) User Research
4 47 (17.67%) Wireframes
5 45 (16.92%) Front End Development
6 44 (16.54%) UX Research
7 37 (13.91%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 33 (12.41%) Problem-Solving
9 28 (10.53%) Software Engineering
10 27 (10.15%) Prototyping
11 26 (9.77%) Stakeholder Management
12 24 (9.02%) Usability Testing
13 23 (8.65%) Customer Experience
14 22 (8.27%) E-Commerce
14 22 (8.27%) Fintech
15 20 (7.52%) Interaction Design
16 18 (6.77%) Design Thinking
16 18 (6.77%) Service Design
17 17 (6.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 17 (6.39%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 45 (16.92%) JavaScript
2 16 (6.02%) Go
2 16 (6.02%) SQL
3 14 (5.26%) TypeScript
4 12 (4.51%) Java
5 9 (3.38%) C#
5 9 (3.38%) Python
6 5 (1.88%) PHP
7 1 (0.38%) Dart
7 1 (0.38%) JSX
7 1 (0.38%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.38%) Swift
Qualifications
1 29 (10.90%) Degree
2 6 (2.26%) SC Cleared
2 6 (2.26%) Security Cleared
3 5 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (1.88%) Master's Degree
4 2 (0.75%) MBA
5 1 (0.38%) ISEB
5 1 (0.38%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (13.16%) Accessibility
2 9 (3.38%) QA
3 4 (1.50%) WCAG
4 2 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 1 (0.38%) GRC
System Software
1 18 (6.77%) Docker
2 1 (0.38%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 16 (6.02%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.88%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.38%) Hadoop YARN
3 1 (0.38%) Oozie
Vendors
1 37 (13.91%) Adobe
2 10 (3.76%) Google
3 6 (2.26%) Microsoft
4 5 (1.88%) MicroStrategy
4 5 (1.88%) Salesforce
5 4 (1.50%) Black Duck
6 2 (0.75%) Apple
6 2 (0.75%) Maxymiser
6 2 (0.75%) Optimizely
6 2 (0.75%) Oracle
6 2 (0.75%) Proofpoint
6 2 (0.75%) Virgin Media
7 1 (0.38%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.38%) Databricks
7 1 (0.38%) SAP
7 1 (0.38%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.38%) Sitecore