UX Design Contract Job Trends in Bristol

User Experience Design (UXD)
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring UX Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 60 67
Rank change year-on-year -1 +7 +14
Contract jobs citing UX Design 9 4 9
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 1.05% 0.63% 0.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.23% 0.70% 1.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 6
10th Percentile - £192 £344
25th Percentile £375 £205 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £250 £458
Median % change year-on-year +80.00% -45.36% -6.15%
75th Percentile £525 £370 £559
90th Percentile - £519 £588
South West median daily rate £450 £275 £475
% change year-on-year +63.64% -42.11% -7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £73.75
Median hourly rate - - £77.50
75th Percentile - - £81.25
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate - - £77.50

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 734 570 807
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 85.65% 89.62% 84.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 376 313 497
10th Percentile £288 £213 £288
25th Percentile £402 £355 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £645
90th Percentile £741 £705 £700
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 188 69 115
10th Percentile £16.32 £34.20 £37.00
25th Percentile £29.94 £58.00 £58.75
Median hourly rate £63.25 £65.00 £67.25
Median % change year-on-year -2.69% -3.35% +8.47%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.75 £78.13
90th Percentile £67.25 £75.00 £84.15
South West median hourly rate £38.94 £65.00 £59.84
% change year-on-year -40.09% +8.62% -2.70%

UX Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

UX Design job vacancy trend in Bristol

UX Design
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

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

UX Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Sketch
2 1 (11.11%) Adobe XD
2 1 (11.11%) InVision
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Figma
2 1 (11.11%) AWS
2 1 (11.11%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (11.11%) Google Analytics
2 1 (11.11%) Power Automate
2 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
2 1 (11.11%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Power BI
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Artifactory
1 1 (11.11%) Git
1 1 (11.11%) GitLab
1 1 (11.11%) Jenkins
1 1 (11.11%) Maven
1 1 (11.11%) SonarQube
General
1 7 (77.78%) Finance
2 6 (66.67%) Financial Institution
2 6 (66.67%) Public Sector
3 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) User Researcher
2 2 (22.22%) Designer
2 2 (22.22%) UX Designer
3 1 (11.11%) Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 1 (11.11%) Interaction Designer
3 1 (11.11%) Power Apps Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Front-End Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Power Apps Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) CSS
1 2 (22.22%) HTML
2 1 (11.11%) AngularJS
2 1 (11.11%) Bootstrap
2 1 (11.11%) CSS3
2 1 (11.11%) HTML5
2 1 (11.11%) HTML5 Canvas
2 1 (11.11%) JAX-RS
2 1 (11.11%) LESS
2 1 (11.11%) REST
2 1 (11.11%) Sass
2 1 (11.11%) Spring
2 1 (11.11%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Product Ownership
2 1 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (11.11%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) User Experience
2 8 (88.89%) Agile
2 8 (88.89%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 7 (77.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 6 (66.67%) Decision-Making
4 6 (66.67%) Fintech
4 6 (66.67%) User Research
4 6 (66.67%) UX Research
4 6 (66.67%) Workshop Facilitation
5 2 (22.22%) Analytics
5 2 (22.22%) Front End Development
5 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (22.22%) Wireframes
6 1 (11.11%) AI
6 1 (11.11%) Data Loss Prevention
6 1 (11.11%) DevOps
6 1 (11.11%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
6 1 (11.11%) Mobile First
6 1 (11.11%) Progressive Enhancement
6 1 (11.11%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) JavaScript
2 1 (11.11%) Java
2 1 (11.11%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
1 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
1 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) Accessibility
1 2 (22.22%) WCAG
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Adobe
2 1 (11.11%) Google
2 1 (11.11%) Hotjar
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft