User Experience Consultant Jobs

UX Consultant
UK

The median UX Consultant salary in the UK is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 892 894 1218
Rank change year-on-year +2 +324 -322
Permanent jobs requiring a User Experience Consultant 22 70 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.022% 0.068% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.024% 0.074% 0.011%
Number of salaries quoted 18 5 5
10th Percentile £47,125 - £53,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -12.50% +45.45%
75th Percentile £54,375 £63,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £56,500 - £91,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% -28.00% +50.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 93,221 94,676 150,515
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.51% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 66,838 59,581 85,408
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

User Experience Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for User Experience Consultant in the UK

User Experience Consultant
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing User Experience Consultant.

Salary trend for User Experience Consultant in the UK

User Experience Consultant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Experience Consultant over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for User Experience Consultant in the UK

User Experience Consultant
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Experience Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 5 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +58 22 £50,000 -7.41% 6
Work from Home +83 16 £50,000 -4.76% 2
London +135 13 £50,000 -4.76% 2
UK excluding London -62 9 £50,000 -7.41% 4
North of England +49 5 £50,000 -4.76% 3
North West +17 5 £50,000 -4.76% 2
South East +24 1 - -
South West -27 1 £57,500 +3.60%
East of England -36 1 £50,000 - 1
East Midlands - 1 £47,500 -
Midlands - 1 £47,500 -

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

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, User Experience Consultant 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 permanent job ads featuring User Experience Consultant in the job title.

1 22 (100.00%) User Experience
2 21 (95.45%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 18 (81.82%) Wireframes
4 16 (72.73%) User Research
5 15 (68.18%) Accessibility
5 15 (68.18%) Adobe XD
5 15 (68.18%) Marketing
6 14 (63.64%) Agile
6 14 (63.64%) Usability Testing
6 14 (63.64%) Information Architecture
6 14 (63.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 14 (63.64%) Presentation Skills
7 13 (59.09%) Product Ownership
7 13 (59.09%) Thought Leadership
7 13 (59.09%) Public Sector
7 13 (59.09%) Project Delivery
7 13 (59.09%) AWS
7 13 (59.09%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
7 13 (59.09%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
7 13 (59.09%) Creative Thinking
7 13 (59.09%) Balsamiq
7 13 (59.09%) Axure RP
7 13 (59.09%) Degree
7 13 (59.09%) WCAG
7 13 (59.09%) HTML
7 13 (59.09%) JavaScript
7 13 (59.09%) CSS
7 13 (59.09%) Microsoft
7 13 (59.09%) Adobe
7 13 (59.09%) Microsoft Certification

User Experience Consultant 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 15 (68.18%) Adobe XD
2 1 (4.55%) InVision
2 1 (4.55%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 13 (59.09%) AWS
2 3 (13.64%) Figma
3 1 (4.55%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 13 (59.09%) Axure RP
1 13 (59.09%) Balsamiq
General
1 15 (68.18%) Marketing
2 14 (63.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 14 (63.64%) Presentation Skills
3 13 (59.09%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.55%) Finance
4 1 (4.55%) Law
4 1 (4.55%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (59.09%) CSS
1 13 (59.09%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (59.09%) Product Ownership
2 1 (4.55%) 3D Graphics
2 1 (4.55%) Cyberattack
2 1 (4.55%) Graphic Design
2 1 (4.55%) Photography
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (100.00%) User Experience
2 21 (95.45%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 18 (81.82%) Wireframes
4 16 (72.73%) User Research
5 14 (63.64%) Agile
5 14 (63.64%) Information Architecture
5 14 (63.64%) Usability Testing
6 13 (59.09%) Creative Thinking
6 13 (59.09%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
6 13 (59.09%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
6 13 (59.09%) Project Delivery
6 13 (59.09%) Thought Leadership
7 7 (31.82%) UX Design
8 3 (13.64%) Journey Map
8 3 (13.64%) Prototyping
9 2 (9.09%) Service Design
9 2 (9.09%) Strategic Thinking
10 1 (4.55%) Data Science
10 1 (4.55%) Interaction Design
10 1 (4.55%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 13 (59.09%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 13 (59.09%) Degree
1 13 (59.09%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (22.73%) DV Cleared
2 5 (22.73%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.55%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (68.18%) Accessibility
2 13 (59.09%) WCAG
Vendors
1 13 (59.09%) Adobe
1 13 (59.09%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.55%) Salesforce