User Experience Contracts in Cardiff

UX
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cardiff requiring User Experience skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited User Experience over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 31 36
Rank change year-on-year +10 +5 +7
Contract jobs citing User Experience 9 4 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cardiff 5.63% 1.89% 2.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.16% 2.48% 3.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 4 5
10th Percentile £303 £408 £392
25th Percentile £305 £411 £512
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £306 £438 £550
Median % change year-on-year -30.06% -20.45% +15.79%
75th Percentile £348 £463 £625
90th Percentile £408 - £655
South Wales median daily rate £306 £412 £600
% change year-on-year -25.73% -31.33% +20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cardiff

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 Cardiff.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 146 161 297
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 91.25% 75.94% 88.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 132 233
10th Percentile £196 £189 £201
25th Percentile £269 £379 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £460
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +8.70% -0.54%
75th Percentile £525 £555 £575
90th Percentile £625 £644 £630
South Wales median daily rate £413 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -17.50% +5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 5
10th Percentile - £13.00 -
25th Percentile £12.21 £14.88 £13.00
Median hourly rate £22.50 £18.00 £16.45
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +9.46% -12.29%
75th Percentile £23.75 £35.88 £23.75
90th Percentile £41.75 £46.60 £24.50
South Wales median hourly rate £20.62 £22.68 £18.14
% change year-on-year -9.09% +25.03% -16.12%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Job postings citing User Experience as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

Job vacancy trend for User Experience in Cardiff

User Experience
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing User Experience in Cardiff.

Daily rate trend for User Experience in Cardiff

User Experience
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
General
1 4 (44.44%) Pharmaceutical
2 3 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (11.11%) Multimedia
3 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Lead
2 6 (66.67%) Designer
2 6 (66.67%) Lead Designer
3 5 (55.56%) Interaction Designer
4 2 (22.22%) Senior
4 2 (22.22%) Senior Software Engineer
4 2 (22.22%) Software Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) Lead Service Designer
5 1 (11.11%) Platform Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) Power Platform Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) Service Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) CSS
1 2 (22.22%) Jest
1 2 (22.22%) Node.js
1 2 (22.22%) Puppeteer
1 2 (22.22%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) NHS
2 1 (11.11%) Data Structures
2 1 (11.11%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Agile
1 6 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 5 (55.56%) Coaching
2 5 (55.56%) Interaction Design
3 4 (44.44%) Business Case
3 4 (44.44%) DevOps
4 3 (33.33%) Decision-Making
5 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (22.22%) Prototyping
5 2 (22.22%) Service Design
5 2 (22.22%) Software Engineering
5 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (22.22%) Strategic Thinking
5 2 (22.22%) TDD
5 2 (22.22%) Test Automation
6 1 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (11.11%) Ergonomics
6 1 (11.11%) Process Improvement
6 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
6 1 (11.11%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) Degree
1 4 (44.44%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft