Head of User Experience Contracts

Head of User Experience (Head of UX)
UK

The median Head of User Experience (Head of UX) daily rate in the UK is £575 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 May 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 583 - 846
Rank change year-on-year - - -156
Contract jobs requiring a Head of User Experience 2 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.005% - 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.005% - 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - £575
Median % change year-on-year - - -25.81%
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £575

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 39,719 54,978 83,963
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 94.64% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,839 38,395 59,001
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,655 1,545 2,052
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.25 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.74 £76.40 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £19.52
% change year-on-year -5.88% +117.73% +2.74%

Head of User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Head of User Experience in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Head of User Experience in the UK

Head of User Experience
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Head of User Experience.

Daily rate trend for Head of User Experience in the UK

Head of User Experience
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Head of User Experience within the UK over the 6 months to 7 May 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
England - 2 £575 - 3
Work from Home - 1 - - 1
UK excluding London - 1 - - 1
London - 1 £575 - 2
South East - 1 - -

Head of User Experience Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, Head of User Experience 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 featuring Head of User Experience in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Adobe
1 2 (100.00%) Usability Testing
1 2 (100.00%) UX Design
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Sketch
1 2 (100.00%) Figma
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Design Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Adobe XD
2 1 (50.00%) B2B
2 1 (50.00%) Product Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) Product Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) User Journey Map
2 1 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (50.00%) User Research
2 1 (50.00%) UX Research
2 1 (50.00%) Journey Map
2 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (50.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (50.00%) Budgeting
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (50.00%) Wireframes
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Creative Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Market Research

Head of User Experience Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Sketch
2 1 (50.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (50.00%) Adobe XD
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Figma
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Graphic Design
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Usability Testing
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) UX Design
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) B2B
2 1 (50.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (50.00%) Budgeting
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (50.00%) Creative Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Design Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Journey Map
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (50.00%) Product Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) Product Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) User Journey Map
2 1 (50.00%) User Research
2 1 (50.00%) UX Research
2 1 (50.00%) Wireframes
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Adobe