UI Engineer Contract Job Trends in England

User Interface Engineer
UK > England

The median User Interface Engineer daily rate in England is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 November 2025.

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

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 529 472 575
Rank change year-on-year -57 +103 +141
Contract jobs requiring a UI Engineer 8 44 7
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.026% 0.14% 0.018%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.029% 0.15% 0.019%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 44 6
10th Percentile £262 - £513
25th Percentile £350 £588 £572
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £650 £693
Median % change year-on-year -34.62% -6.14% -1.56%
75th Percentile £750 £850 £757
90th Percentile - - £763
UK median daily rate £500 £650 £693
% change year-on-year -23.08% -6.14% -1.07%

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 28,020 28,803 36,436
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.22% 92.97% 93.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,973 17,652 25,097
10th Percentile £282 £300 £290
25th Percentile £403 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -1.87% -2.73%
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 1,685 1,059 1,413
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.22 £15.32
25th Percentile £17.96 £21.22 £20.00
Median hourly rate £25.32 £39.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.08% -13.33% +38.46%
75th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +48.33%

UI Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

UI Engineer job vacancy trend in England

UI Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for UI Engineer job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for UI Engineer job vacancies in England

UI Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing UI Engineer in England over the 6 months to 29 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for UI Engineer in England

UI Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for UI Engineer job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for UI Engineer job vacancies in England

UI Engineer
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 UI Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 29 November 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 -19 6 £700 +7.69% 3
South East - 1 £208 -
South West - 1 £425 -
UI Engineer
UK

UI Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 29 November 2025, UI Engineer 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 UI Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) React
2 4 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 4 (50.00%) Software Engineering
3 3 (37.50%) Computer Science
3 3 (37.50%) CSS
3 3 (37.50%) Full-Stack Development
3 3 (37.50%) HTML
3 3 (37.50%) Python
3 3 (37.50%) User Experience
4 2 (25.00%) Accessibility
4 2 (25.00%) Agile
4 2 (25.00%) AngularJS
4 2 (25.00%) Asset Management
4 2 (25.00%) CI/CD
4 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (25.00%) RESTful
4 2 (25.00%) TypeScript
4 2 (25.00%) UX Design
4 2 (25.00%) WCAG
5 1 (12.50%) .NET
5 1 (12.50%) Ajax
5 1 (12.50%) Android
5 1 (12.50%) Android Studio
5 1 (12.50%) API Integration
5 1 (12.50%) Architectural Patterns
5 1 (12.50%) Azure
5 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (12.50%) Browser DevTools
5 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement

UI Engineer 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (12.50%) Figma
1 1 (12.50%) SaaS
1 1 (12.50%) Sauce Labs
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Internet
1 1 (12.50%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) MySQL
1 1 (12.50%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Android Studio
1 1 (12.50%) Browser DevTools
1 1 (12.50%) Cypress.io
1 1 (12.50%) Eclipse
1 1 (12.50%) Git
1 1 (12.50%) Storybook
1 1 (12.50%) Vite
1 1 (12.50%) webpack
1 1 (12.50%) Xcode
General
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Banking
2 2 (25.00%) Front Office
3 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
3 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (100.00%) React
2 3 (37.50%) CSS
2 3 (37.50%) HTML
3 2 (25.00%) AngularJS
3 2 (25.00%) RESTful
4 1 (12.50%) .NET
4 1 (12.50%) Ajax
4 1 (12.50%) D3.js
4 1 (12.50%) GraphQL
4 1 (12.50%) Jest
4 1 (12.50%) Next.js
4 1 (12.50%) Plotly
4 1 (12.50%) Redux
4 1 (12.50%) REST
4 1 (12.50%) Tailwind CSS
4 1 (12.50%) visx
4 1 (12.50%) Vue
4 1 (12.50%) Zustand
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Fixed Income
1 2 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (12.50%) Mobile App
2 1 (12.50%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Android
1 1 (12.50%) Linux
1 1 (12.50%) Unix
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (37.50%) Computer Science
2 3 (37.50%) Full-Stack Development
2 3 (37.50%) User Experience
3 2 (25.00%) Agile
3 2 (25.00%) Asset Management
3 2 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (25.00%) UX Design
4 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) Data Privacy
4 1 (12.50%) Data Visualisation
4 1 (12.50%) DevOps
4 1 (12.50%) Kanban
4 1 (12.50%) Machine Learning
4 1 (12.50%) Mobile Application Development
4 1 (12.50%) Natural Language Processing
4 1 (12.50%) OO
4 1 (12.50%) Responsive Web Design
4 1 (12.50%) Test Automation
4 1 (12.50%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (37.50%) Python
3 2 (25.00%) TypeScript
4 1 (12.50%) Java
4 1 (12.50%) Perl
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) Accessibility
1 2 (25.00%) WCAG
2 1 (12.50%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle
2 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow
2 1 (12.50%) Splunk