UX Designer Contract Job Trends in East London

User Experience Designer
London > East London

The median User Experience Designer daily rate in East London is £495, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 February 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a UX Designer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in East London 1.04% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.15% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 - -
London median daily rate £489 £525 £547
% change year-on-year -6.90% -4.02% -8.68%

All Contract IT Job Roles
East London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in East London. 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 East London with a recognized job title 87 109 247
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.63% 90.83% 93.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 84 212
10th Percentile £187 £268 £340
25th Percentile £339 £400 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £495 £560
Median % change year-on-year - -11.67% +12.08%
75th Percentile £623 £589 £650
90th Percentile £704 £638 £770
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -5.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 16
10th Percentile £22.09 £14.66 £11.95
25th Percentile - £24.66 £12.84
Median hourly rate £24.03 £28.60 £21.13
Median % change year-on-year -15.98% +35.38% -72.37%
75th Percentile £45.20 £37.00 £28.37
90th Percentile £75.86 £38.80 £38.28
London median hourly rate £35.00 £36.75 £28.88
% change year-on-year -4.76% +27.27% -17.50%

UX Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in East London

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 East London.

UX Designer job vacancy trend in East London

UX Designer
Daily Rate Trend in East London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for UX Designer job vacancies in East London

UX Designer
Contract Job Locations in East London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UX Designer within the East London region over the 6 months to 20 February 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
Tower Hamlets - 1 £495 -
UX Designer
London

UX Designer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East London

For the 6 months to 20 February 2026, 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 East London region featuring UX Designer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Axure RP
1 1 (100.00%) Figma
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) Sketch
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) User Research
1 1 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation

UX Designer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East London 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 1 (100.00%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Figma
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Axure RP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) User Research
1 1 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation