UX Designer Contract Job Trends in Bristol

User Experience Designer
South West > Bristol

The median User Experience Designer daily rate in Bristol is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 - 75
Rank change year-on-year - - +14
Contract jobs requiring a UX Designer 2 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.25% - 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% - 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £405
25th Percentile - - £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +29.41%
75th Percentile - - £588
90th Percentile - - £595
South West median daily rate £650 £600 £550
% change year-on-year +8.33% +9.09% +18.92%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bristol. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Bristol with a recognized job title 731 759 995
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 95.47% 95.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 368 420 641
10th Percentile £234 £213 £288
25th Percentile £379 £386 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £515
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -7.77% +3.00%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £638
90th Percentile £747 £707 £700
South West median daily rate £522 £515 £535
% change year-on-year +1.26% -3.74% +1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 153 107 126
10th Percentile £12.95 £15.81 £33.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £35.50 £53.13
Median hourly rate £33.50 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -48.46% - -
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £76.25
90th Percentile £67.97 £74.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £26.97 £65.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -58.51% +15.06% -8.15%

UX Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'UX Designer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

UX Designer job vacancy trend in Bristol

UX Designer
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for UX Designer job vacancies in Bristol.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for UX Designer job vacancies in Bristol

UX Designer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 4 November 2025, UX Designer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Bristol region featuring UX Designer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Adobe
1 2 (100.00%) Figma
1 2 (100.00%) Interaction Design
1 2 (100.00%) InVision
1 2 (100.00%) Sketch
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) User Research
1 2 (100.00%) UX Design
2 1 (50.00%) Adobe XD
2 1 (50.00%) Axure RP
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) ERP
2 1 (50.00%) Prototyping
2 1 (50.00%) Psychology
2 1 (50.00%) Qualitative Research
2 1 (50.00%) Quantitative Research
2 1 (50.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 1 (50.00%) Wireframes

UX Designer Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) InVision
1 2 (100.00%) Sketch
2 1 (50.00%) Adobe XD
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Figma
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Axure RP
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Interaction Design
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) User Research
1 2 (100.00%) UX Design
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) ERP
2 1 (50.00%) Prototyping
2 1 (50.00%) Psychology
2 1 (50.00%) Qualitative Research
2 1 (50.00%) Quantitative Research
2 1 (50.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 1 (50.00%) Wireframes
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Adobe