Senior UX Designer Contract Job Trends in England

Senior User Experience Designer
UK > England

The median Senior User Experience Designer daily rate in England is £514, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025.

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

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 522 501 540
Rank change year-on-year -21 +39 +92
Contract jobs requiring a Senior UX Designer 23 14 24
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.073% 0.049% 0.065%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.080% 0.052% 0.069%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 11 17
10th Percentile £409 £450 £410
25th Percentile £450 £538 £532
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £725 £550
Median % change year-on-year -29.14% +31.82% -
75th Percentile £550 £825 -
90th Percentile £603 - £605
UK median daily rate £513 £663 £550
% change year-on-year -22.64% +20.45% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - £30.75 £70.19
25th Percentile - £31.21 £70.37
Median hourly rate - £32.21 £71.29
Median % change year-on-year - -54.82% -
75th Percentile - £32.98 £72.83
90th Percentile - £33.32 £73.38
UK median hourly rate - £32.21 £71.29
% change year-on-year - -54.82% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 28,629 26,767 34,583
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.25% 92.94% 93.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,257 16,661 23,770
10th Percentile £291 £300 £285
25th Percentile £405 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,766 841 1,334
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.73 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.22 £21.25 £20.00
Median hourly rate £26.30 £35.00 £45.21
Median % change year-on-year -24.86% -22.58% +39.11%
75th Percentile £60.19 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.50 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £33.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.79% -26.67% +50.00%

Senior UX Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Senior UX Designer job vacancy trend in England

Senior UX Designer
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior UX Designer job vacancies in England

Senior UX Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior UX Designer in England over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior UX Designer in England

Senior UX Designer
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior UX Designer job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior UX Designer job vacancies in England

Senior UX Designer
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior UX Designer within the England region over the 6 months to 21 December 2025. 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
London +1 17 £515 -32.46% 7
North of England -35 4 £456 +65.91% 2
North West -28 2 £400 +45.45% 2
Yorkshire - 2 £531 -
Midlands -35 1 £485 -
East Midlands - 1 £485 -
South West - 1 £700 - 3
Senior UX Designer
UK

Senior UX Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 21 December 2025, Senior 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 England region featuring Senior UX Designer in the job title.

1 23 (100.00%) User Experience
1 23 (100.00%) UX Design
2 12 (52.17%) User Research
3 11 (47.83%) Figma
4 10 (43.48%) Prototyping
5 8 (34.78%) Wireframes
6 7 (30.43%) E-Commerce
7 6 (26.09%) Interaction Design
7 6 (26.09%) Usability Testing
8 5 (21.74%) UX Research
9 4 (17.39%) Accessibility
9 4 (17.39%) CSS
9 4 (17.39%) HTML
9 4 (17.39%) Service Design
10 3 (13.04%) Agile
10 3 (13.04%) Microsoft
10 3 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
10 3 (13.04%) Product Strategy
11 2 (8.70%) A/B Testing
11 2 (8.70%) Adobe
11 2 (8.70%) Adobe XD
11 2 (8.70%) Analytics
11 2 (8.70%) Design Patterns
11 2 (8.70%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
11 2 (8.70%) Human-Centred Design
11 2 (8.70%) Inclusive Design
11 2 (8.70%) Miro
11 2 (8.70%) Responsive Web Design
11 2 (8.70%) SaaS
11 2 (8.70%) Sketch

Senior UX Designer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 (8.70%) Adobe XD
1 2 (8.70%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 11 (47.83%) Figma
2 2 (8.70%) Miro
2 2 (8.70%) SaaS
3 1 (4.35%) Azure
3 1 (4.35%) Power Platform
General
1 7 (30.43%) Banking
2 4 (17.39%) Finance
3 2 (8.70%) Retail
3 2 (8.70%) Social Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Legal
4 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.35%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (17.39%) CSS
1 4 (17.39%) HTML
2 1 (4.35%) HTML5
2 1 (4.35%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 6 (26.09%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (100.00%) User Experience
1 23 (100.00%) UX Design
2 12 (52.17%) User Research
3 10 (43.48%) Prototyping
4 8 (34.78%) Wireframes
5 7 (30.43%) E-Commerce
6 6 (26.09%) Interaction Design
6 6 (26.09%) Usability Testing
7 5 (21.74%) UX Research
8 4 (17.39%) Service Design
9 3 (13.04%) Agile
9 3 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (13.04%) Product Strategy
10 2 (8.70%) Analytics
10 2 (8.70%) Design Patterns
10 2 (8.70%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
10 2 (8.70%) Human-Centred Design
10 2 (8.70%) Inclusive Design
10 2 (8.70%) Responsive Web Design
10 2 (8.70%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.35%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared
1 1 (4.35%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (17.39%) Accessibility
2 2 (8.70%) WCAG
Vendors
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.70%) Adobe