UX Design Contract Job Trends in Belfast

User Experience Design (UXD)
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Belfast requiring UX Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 26 -
Rank change year-on-year -4 - -
Contract jobs citing UX Design 1 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in Belfast 0.48% 2.67% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.57% 3.13% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 0
10th Percentile - £451 -
25th Percentile £613 £491 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £538 -
Median % change year-on-year +16.28% - -
75th Percentile £638 £579 -
90th Percentile - £586 -
County Antrim median daily rate £625 £538 -
% change year-on-year +16.28% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Belfast

UX Design 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 176 128 112
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast 84.62% 85.33% 88.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 54 72
10th Percentile £301 £148 £210
25th Percentile £334 £194 £299
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £444 £445
Median % change year-on-year +4.23% -0.28% -3.78%
75th Percentile £517 £538 £536
90th Percentile £638 £615 £625
County Antrim median daily rate £463 £444 £445
% change year-on-year +4.23% -0.28% -3.78%
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%

UX Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

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

UX Design job vacancy trend in Belfast

UX Design
Daily Rate Trend in Belfast

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing UX Design.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing UX Design

UX Design
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 Experience
1 1 (100.00%) User Research
1 1 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 1 (100.00%) Wireframes
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation