The first table below looks at the demand for the User Experience Designer role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. 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 21 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 currently tracked.

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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
User Experience (UX) Designer
Rank 414 504 528
Rank change year-on-year
+90 +24
Contract jobs requiring a User Experience Designer 127 77 52
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.269% 0.132% 0.086%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.292% 0.142% 0.093%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 53 34
Average daily rate £365 £338 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.14% -12.90%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £275 £279
10% offered a daily rate of more than £470 £479 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £331 £308
% change year-on-year
-1.88% +7.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £31.50 £62.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -49.19%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £62.00
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
43539 54119 55808
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.22% 92.58% 92.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 24944 29835 30377
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2174 2589 2882
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £40.00 £41.28
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

User Experience Designer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing User Experience Designer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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 within the UK.

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 within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

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 within the UK.

User Experience Designer Hourly Rate Trend

User Experience Designer
Top 19 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 UK over the 3 months to 21 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
England +92 123 £365 +8.14%
London +64 107 £368 +8.88%
City of London +39 36 £358 -10.62%
East of England - 10 £331 -
Hertfordshire - 9 £288 -
South East +16 4 £293 -4.48%
Scotland -11 3 £350 +7.69%
West Midlands +14 2 £315 +5.00%
Berkshire +8 2 £260 -
Edinburgh - 2 - -
Osterley - 2 £345 -
Worcestershire - 2 £315 -
Surrey +15 1 £325 +18.18%
Staines 0 1 £325 +18.18%
Cambridgeshire - 1 £375 -
Worcester - 1 £325 -
Hounslow - 1 £320 -
Cambridge - 1 £375 -
Borehamwood - 1 £450 -

User Experience Designer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 63 (26.58%) Axure RP
2 60 (25.32%) Adobe
3 59 (24.89%) HTML
4 56 (23.63%) Photoshop
5 50 (21.10%) E-Commerce
6 44 (18.57%) CSS
7 40 (16.88%) Adobe Illustrator
8 39 (16.46%) Information Architecture
9 37 (15.61%) Finance
10 35 (14.77%) OmniGraffle
11 31 (13.08%) Usability Testing
12 30 (12.66%) JavaScript
13 27 (11.39%) MS Visio
14 26 (10.97%) Retail
15 25 (10.55%) User Experience Design
15 25 (10.55%) Mobile App
16 24 (10.13%) Banking
17 23 (9.705%) Marketing
17 23 (9.705%) HTML5
17 23 (9.705%) Digital Media
18 22 (9.283%) Android
19 21 (8.861%) Microsoft
19 21 (8.861%) Apple iOS
20 20 (8.439%) Stakeholder Management
20 20 (8.439%) Agile Software Development
21 19 (8.017%) Fireworks
22 17 (7.173%) Workflow
22 17 (7.173%) Degree
23 16 (6.751%) XAML
23 16 (6.751%) CSS3

User Experience Designer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 59 (24.89%) HTML
2 44 (18.57%) CSS
3 23 (9.705%) HTML5
4 16 (6.751%) CSS3
5 13 (5.485%) Flash
6 9 (3.797%) .NET
7 5 (2.110%) Apache Flex
8 4 (1.688%) jQuery
8 4 (1.688%) Silverlight
8 4 (1.688%) XHTML
9 3 (1.266%) BlazeDS
9 3 (1.266%) Parsley
9 3 (1.266%) Ember.js
9 3 (1.266%) AngularJS
9 3 (1.266%) ASP.NET
9 3 (1.266%) WPF
10 2 (0.844%) .NET Framework
10 2 (0.844%) Ajax
11 1 (0.422%) ASP.NET MVC
11 1 (0.422%) Twitter Bootstrap
Application Platforms
1 1 (0.422%) Confluence
1 1 (0.422%) ColdFusion
1 1 (0.422%) SharePoint
1 1 (0.422%) CMS
Applications
1 56 (23.63%) Photoshop
2 40 (16.88%) Adobe Illustrator
3 35 (14.77%) OmniGraffle
4 27 (11.39%) MS Visio
5 19 (8.017%) Fireworks
6 9 (3.797%) InDesign
7 6 (2.532%) MS Excel
8 2 (0.844%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.844%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.110%) Intranet
2 2 (0.844%) Internet
3 1 (0.422%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.844%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 63 (26.58%) Axure RP
2 10 (4.219%) Balsamiq Mockups
3 5 (2.110%) Expression Blend
4 3 (1.266%) FlexUnit
4 3 (1.266%) Dreamweaver
5 1 (0.422%) Gerrit
5 1 (0.422%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.422%) JIRA
5 1 (0.422%) Git (software)
General
1 37 (15.61%) Finance
2 26 (10.97%) Retail
3 24 (10.13%) Banking
4 23 (9.705%) Marketing
5 13 (5.485%) Investment Banking
6 8 (3.376%) Games
7 7 (2.954%) Front Office
8 4 (1.688%) Multimedia
8 4 (1.688%) Back Office
8 4 (1.688%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.266%) Retail Banking
10 2 (0.844%) Publishing
10 2 (0.844%) Legal
11 1 (0.422%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.422%) Advertising
11 1 (0.422%) Automotive
Miscellaneous
1 25 (10.55%) Mobile App
2 23 (9.705%) Digital Media
3 14 (5.907%) Graphic Design
4 11 (4.641%) Fixed Income
5 8 (3.376%) Social Media
6 7 (2.954%) Taxonomies
6 7 (2.954%) Psychology
7 4 (1.688%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 4 (1.688%) Video on Demand
8 3 (1.266%) Ergonomics
9 2 (0.844%) Smartphone
9 2 (0.844%) Human Factors
9 2 (0.844%) Animation
9 2 (0.844%) W3C
9 2 (0.844%) iPad
10 1 (0.422%) SaaS
10 1 (0.422%) Social Gaming
10 1 (0.422%) Streaming Video
10 1 (0.422%) Blackberry
10 1 (0.422%) Spread Betting
Operating Systems
1 22 (9.283%) Android
2 21 (8.861%) Apple iOS
3 4 (1.688%) Windows
4 1 (0.422%) Windows Phone
4 1 (0.422%) Windows 8
4 1 (0.422%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (21.10%) E-Commerce
2 39 (16.46%) Information Architecture
3 31 (13.08%) Usability Testing
4 25 (10.55%) User Experience Design
5 20 (8.439%) Stakeholder Management
5 20 (8.439%) Agile Software Development
6 17 (7.173%) Workflow
7 14 (5.907%) Web Design
8 9 (3.797%) Waterfall
8 9 (3.797%) Product Management
9 8 (3.376%) Rapid Prototyping
9 8 (3.376%) User Stories
10 7 (2.954%) Scrum
11 6 (2.532%) Analytics
12 5 (2.110%) Responsive Web Design
12 5 (2.110%) SEO
13 4 (1.688%) TDD
13 4 (1.688%) Business Analysis
13 4 (1.688%) Web Analytics
13 4 (1.688%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 30 (12.66%) JavaScript
2 16 (6.751%) XAML
3 4 (1.688%) C#
3 4 (1.688%) ActionScript
4 2 (0.844%) C
4 2 (0.844%) Java
4 2 (0.844%) PHP
5 1 (0.422%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 17 (7.173%) Degree
2 4 (1.688%) SC Cleared
2 4 (1.688%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.641%) QA
2 1 (0.422%) WCAG
Vendors
1 60 (25.32%) Adobe
2 21 (8.861%) Microsoft
3 4 (1.688%) Facebook
4 3 (1.266%) Apple
5 2 (0.844%) Google
6 1 (0.422%) Twitter
Watford, Hertfordshire
Our Client is looking for a UX Designer to deliver compelling designs which complement the users experience and ensures consistency adherence in line with the company's corporate...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
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: 16 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: 16 May 2013
London
UX and CX experience, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Photoshop, W3C Compliance knowledge and a Strong portfolio of Online design work that adheres to best practice in order to inspire...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Rate: £300 per day
Posted: 14 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, Photoshop, Balsamic, Axure, UX, UI... In the role you will architect and design next generation web and mobile apps for their brand new product range, for...
Orleston Associates Ltd
Rate: Competitive Rates
Posted: 17 May 2013
Worcestershire, West Midlands
You will continually work on the optimisation of the main website and mobile app... In addition you must be able to design complex transactional interfaces and you should...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £250.00 - £400.00 per day
Posted: 9 May 2013
Worcestershire, West Midlands
You will continually work on the optimisation of the main website and mobile app... In addition you must be able to design complex transactional interfaces and you should...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £250.00 - £360.00 per day
Posted: 23 April 2013
London
The UX Designer / CSS3 Developer will be coding in CSS language and will be working across multiple platforms such as IOS, PC, Android, MAC etc. You will have...
Nationwide People Ltd
Rate: £350 - 425 Per Day
Posted: 17 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
London
User Experience, Design, wireframes, prototypes... The successful candidate will have broad skills in product & user research, experience strategy, business consulting and a depth of experience in information architecture,...
Aston Carter
Rate: £550 - £650 per day + depending on experience
Posted: 17 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: 15 May 2013
London
I`m looking for a highly conceptual and creative UI/UX Designer with strong visual experience- My client, a software consultancy based in Central London has an urgent...
OPUS
Rate: Competitive
Posted: 23 April 2013