UI Designer Contract Job Trends in Dorset

User Interface Designer
South West > Dorset

As of 25 July 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median User Interface Designer daily rate in Dorset.

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a UI Designer 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Dorset 1.48% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.56% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South West median daily rate £475 £375 £425
% change year-on-year +26.67% -11.76% +6.25%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Dorset

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Dorset. 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 Dorset with a recognized job title 192 112 155
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.58% 96.55% 95.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 70 106
10th Percentile £358 £185 £175
25th Percentile £409 £273 £253
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year +13.16% -2.56% -3.70%
75th Percentile £675 £550 £630
90th Percentile £713 £575 £700
South West median daily rate £525 £500 £520
% change year-on-year +5.00% -3.85% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 19 25
10th Percentile £25.75 £15.02 -
25th Percentile £28.50 £15.25 £13.69
Median hourly rate £64.07 £15.50 £15.62
Median % change year-on-year +313.34% -0.77% -68.12%
75th Percentile £72.54 £16.97 £47.83
90th Percentile £72.77 £67.50 £60.50
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £26.96 £65.00
% change year-on-year +113.28% -58.52% +1.33%

UI Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

UI Designer job vacancy trend in Dorset

UI Designer
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UI Designer within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 25 July 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Poole - 3 - -
UI Designer
South West

UI Designer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset

For the 6 months to 25 July 2026, UI 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 Dorset region featuring UI Designer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) B2B
1 3 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 3 (100.00%) User Experience
1 3 (100.00%) UX Design
2 2 (66.67%) Accessibility
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) AngularJS
2 2 (66.67%) Customer Engagement
2 2 (66.67%) Digital Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) E-Commerce
2 2 (66.67%) Figma
2 2 (66.67%) Full-Stack Development
2 2 (66.67%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
2 2 (66.67%) Product Marketing
2 2 (66.67%) Prototyping
2 2 (66.67%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (66.67%) Translating Business Requirements
2 2 (66.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 2 (66.67%) Wireframes
2 2 (66.67%) Workshop Facilitation

UI Designer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset 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 2 (66.67%) Figma
General
1 2 (66.67%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) AngularJS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) B2B
1 3 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 3 (100.00%) User Experience
1 3 (100.00%) UX Design
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Customer Engagement
2 2 (66.67%) Digital Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) E-Commerce
2 2 (66.67%) Full-Stack Development
2 2 (66.67%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
2 2 (66.67%) Product Marketing
2 2 (66.67%) Prototyping
2 2 (66.67%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (66.67%) Translating Business Requirements
2 2 (66.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 2 (66.67%) Wireframes
2 2 (66.67%) Workshop Facilitation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Accessibility