User Experience Contract Job Trends in Belfast

UX
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Belfast requiring User Experience skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 23 27
Rank change year-on-year -7 +4 +5
Contract jobs citing User Experience 1 7 1
As % of all contract jobs in Belfast 0.49% 4.67% 0.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.57% 5.47% 0.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 1
10th Percentile - £184 -
25th Percentile £613 £275 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £450 £513
Median % change year-on-year +38.89% -12.20% -
75th Percentile £638 £556 £519
90th Percentile - £581 -
County Antrim median daily rate £625 £450 £513
% change year-on-year +38.89% -12.20% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Belfast

User Experience falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Belfast.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 176 128 113
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast 85.44% 85.33% 88.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 54 73
10th Percentile £302 £148 £210
25th Percentile £343 £194 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £444 £450
Median % change year-on-year +4.23% -1.39% -2.70%
75th Percentile £516 £538 £536
90th Percentile £638 £615 £625
County Antrim median daily rate £463 £444 £450
% change year-on-year +4.23% -1.39% -2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 17 8
10th Percentile £12.31 £22.50 £11.08
25th Percentile £13.58 - £11.96
Median hourly rate £16.00 £24.18 £13.46
Median % change year-on-year -33.83% +79.68% -5.13%
75th Percentile £17.30 £52.31 £14.27
90th Percentile £21.15 £78.47 £16.60
County Antrim median hourly rate £17.30 £29.00 £13.46
% change year-on-year -40.34% +115.45% -5.11%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing User Experience relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast.

User Experience job vacancy trend in Belfast

User Experience
Daily Rate Trend in Belfast

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing User Experience.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing User Experience

User Experience
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Belfast by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Figma
General
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Service Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Service Designer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Culture Change
1 1 (100.00%) Design Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Journey Map
1 1 (100.00%) Minimum Viable Product
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Usability Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Research
1 1 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design
1 1 (100.00%) Wireframes
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation