User Experience Architect Contracts

UX Architect
UK

The median UX Architect daily rate in the UK is £363 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 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
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 587 712 846
Rank change year-on-year +125 +134 -175
Contract jobs requiring a User Experience Architect 7 4 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.016% 0.007% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.007% 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 6
10th Percentile - £438 £456
25th Percentile £356 £494 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £575 £506
Median % change year-on-year -36.96% +13.58% -9.40%
75th Percentile £369 £606 £531
90th Percentile - £618 £553
UK excluding London median daily rate £363 £550 £513
% change year-on-year -34.09% +7.32% +28.13%

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 40,181 56,479 84,762
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.61% 95.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,164 39,476 59,482
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £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 £731
UK excluding London median daily rate £491 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.87% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,646 1,570 2,098
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.29 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.49 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.03
Median % change year-on-year -20.10% +95.42% +0.12%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.75 £63.16
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.75 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.18% +117.95% +2.55%

User Experience Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for User Experience Architect in the UK

User Experience Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for User Experience Architect in the UK

User Experience Architect
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing User Experience Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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
England +120 7 £363 -36.96% 4
UK excluding London +70 6 £363 -34.09%
Work from Home +130 5 - -
South East - 5 £363 -
London +105 1 - - 4
North West - 1 - -
North of England - 1 - -

User Experience Architect Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, User Experience Architect 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 User Experience Architect in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) User Experience
2 5 (71.43%) UX Design
3 3 (42.86%) B2B
3 3 (42.86%) Figma
4 2 (28.57%) UX Research
4 2 (28.57%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 1 (14.29%) React
5 1 (14.29%) Target Operating Model
5 1 (14.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (14.29%) HTML
5 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
5 1 (14.29%) Advertising
5 1 (14.29%) Marketing
5 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
5 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
5 1 (14.29%) Legacy Systems

User Experience Architect 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Figma
General
1 1 (14.29%) Advertising
1 1 (14.29%) Marketing
1 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) HTML
1 1 (14.29%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 1 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) User Experience
2 5 (71.43%) UX Design
3 3 (42.86%) B2B
4 2 (28.57%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 2 (28.57%) UX Research
5 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
5 1 (14.29%) Target Operating Model
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) JavaScript