Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 9 Jun 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
User Experience Designer	155	Down -57 places-57	£400	-9.09%	3 0.093%	4
User Experience Design (UXD)	125	Down -32 places-32	£463	+15.62%	33 1.02%	13
Lead User Experience Designer	156	New entry-	£400	-	2 0.062%
User Experience	62	Down -12 places-12	£475	-7.31%	116 3.59%	39
User Interface/User Experience Designer	155	New entry-	£400	-	3 0.093%	1
User Experience Developer	157	New entry-	-	-	1 0.031%
User Experience Manager	157	New entry-	£555	-	1 0.031%
User Experience Engineer	152	New entry-	-	-	6 0.19%	2
User Experience Researcher	143	New entry-	£402	-	15 0.46%	1
User Interface/User Experience Developer	157	New entry-	-	-	1 0.031%
User Experience Consultant	150	New entry-	£475	-	8 0.25%
User Experience Research (UXR)	138	New entry-	£526	-	20 0.62%	4
Senior User Experience Researcher	151	New entry-	-	-	7 0.22%
User Interface Designer	128	New entry-	£400	-	30 0.93%	2
Customer Experience	118	Down -23 places-23	£500	-20.00%	40 1.24%	41
Designer	72	Up 15 places+15	£425	+3.65%	92 2.85%	10
Service Designer	132	Down -33 places-33	£450	-28.00%	26 0.81%	1
Senior User Interface Designer	141	New entry-	-	-	17 0.53%
Lead Service Designer	151	New entry-	-	-	7 0.22%
Customer Experience Manager	155	New entry-	£625	-	3 0.093%	1
Senior Service Designer	156	New entry-	-	-	2 0.062%	1
Web Designer	150	New entry-	-	-	8 0.25%
Experimental Design	154	New entry-	£450	-	4 0.12%