UX Design Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

User Experience Design (UXD)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring UX Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 51 64
Rank change year-on-year -23 +13 +12
Contract jobs citing UX Design 1 5 3
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 0.12% 0.96% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 1.08% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 3
10th Percentile - - £336
25th Percentile - £200 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £338 £388
Median % change year-on-year +92.59% -12.90% -6.06%
75th Percentile - £513 £431
90th Percentile - £558 £454
West Midlands median daily rate £425 £405 £500
% change year-on-year +4.94% -19.00% -11.89%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 728 465 639
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 84.36% 89.08% 83.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 453 334 422
10th Percentile £308 £190 £250
25th Percentile £405 £388 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £575
90th Percentile £650 £700 £663
West Midlands median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 14 44
10th Percentile £13.25 - £13.20
25th Percentile £16.02 £12.62 £17.75
Median hourly rate £20.25 £18.35 £27.25
Median % change year-on-year +10.35% -32.66% +67.33%
75th Percentile £25.00 £29.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £30.00 £30.68 £67.50
West Midlands median hourly rate £24.29 £18.13 £22.50
% change year-on-year +33.96% -19.42% +26.98%

UX Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

UX Design job vacancy trend in Birmingham

UX Design
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

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

UX Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Service Designer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Interaction Design
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) User Research
1 1 (100.00%) UX Research
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared