UX Designer Contracts in England

User Experience Designer
UK > England

The median User Experience Designer daily rate in England is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 402 423 355
Rank change year-on-year +21 -68 -40
Contract jobs requiring a UX Designer 77 123 312
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.32% 0.34% 0.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.36% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 78 241
10th Percentile £333 £355 £342
25th Percentile £375 £401 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £511 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.95% -2.76% -
75th Percentile £534 £550 £638
90th Percentile £595 £600 £750
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £535
% change year-on-year -5.26% -11.21% +1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46.25 - -
Median hourly rate £47.50 - -
75th Percentile £48.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £47.50 - £45.00
% change year-on-year - - -28.55%

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 22,424 33,720 45,699
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.39% 92.73% 94.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,926 22,354 32,457
10th Percentile £300 £281 £313
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £524 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.26% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £645 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £760
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 908 2,424 1,347
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.86 £14.54
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £37.18 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.31% -17.38% +95.65%
75th Percentile £63.38 £61.30 £65.30
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £77.20
UK median hourly rate £28.18 £36.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -22.79% -18.89% +87.50%

UX Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured UX Designer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for UX Designer in England

UX Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing UX Designer in England.

Daily rate trend for UX Designer in England

UX Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing UX Designer in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for UX Designer in England

UX Designer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing UX Designer in England.

Hourly rate trend for UX Designer in England

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 UX Designer within the England region over the 6 months to 16 May 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 -12 52 £495 -5.71% 98
North of England +17 7 £400 -11.11% 21
South West +44 6 £425 - 8
Midlands +14 5 £405 -3.11% 5
North West +10 5 £400 - 13
West Midlands +12 3 £475 +7.04% 1
East of England - 3 £475 - 3
South East +41 2 £550 +44.26% 29
Yorkshire +12 2 £383 -21.49% 6
East Midlands +8 2 £318 -24.04% 3
UX Designer
UK

UX Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, UX Designer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring UX Designer in the job title.

1 77 (100.00%) User Experience
2 76 (98.70%) UX Design
3 56 (72.73%) Figma
4 34 (44.16%) User Research
5 32 (41.56%) Prototyping
6 29 (37.66%) Wireframes
7 25 (32.47%) Finance
7 25 (32.47%) Social Skills
8 21 (27.27%) Agile
9 18 (23.38%) Usability Testing
9 18 (23.38%) Adobe
9 18 (23.38%) Sketch
10 17 (22.08%) Accessibility
11 16 (20.78%) Banking
11 16 (20.78%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
12 15 (19.48%) Interaction Design
13 14 (18.18%) Adobe XD
14 13 (16.88%) Mobile App
15 11 (14.29%) HTML
15 11 (14.29%) JavaScript
15 11 (14.29%) CSS
16 10 (12.99%) Axure RP
16 10 (12.99%) Analytics
16 10 (12.99%) Problem-Solving
17 9 (11.69%) UX Research
17 9 (11.69%) Responsive Web Design
18 8 (10.39%) Front End Development
18 8 (10.39%) Product Ownership
19 7 (9.09%) Workshop Facilitation
19 7 (9.09%) Service Design

UX Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.60%) CMS
2 1 (1.30%) Drupal
2 1 (1.30%) Moodle
2 1 (1.30%) nginx
Applications
1 18 (23.38%) Sketch
2 14 (18.18%) Adobe XD
3 4 (5.19%) Chatbot
3 4 (5.19%) InVision
4 2 (2.60%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (2.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (2.60%) OmniGraffle
4 2 (2.60%) UXPin
4 2 (2.60%) Zeplin
5 1 (1.30%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (1.30%) Camtasia
5 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (1.30%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 56 (72.73%) Figma
2 2 (2.60%) AWS
2 2 (2.60%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (2.60%) Miro
2 2 (2.60%) SaaS
3 1 (1.30%) Google Analytics
3 1 (1.30%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.30%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.30%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 10 (12.99%) Axure RP
2 2 (2.60%) Balsamiq
General
1 25 (32.47%) Finance
1 25 (32.47%) Social Skills
2 16 (20.78%) Banking
3 6 (7.79%) Public Sector
3 6 (7.79%) Retail
4 4 (5.19%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (3.90%) Legal
5 3 (3.90%) Marketing
5 3 (3.90%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (2.60%) Corporate Banking
6 2 (2.60%) Investment Banking
6 2 (2.60%) Manufacturing
6 2 (2.60%) Retail Banking
7 1 (1.30%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.30%) Games
7 1 (1.30%) Local Government
7 1 (1.30%) Multimedia
7 1 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.30%) Publishing
7 1 (1.30%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (14.29%) CSS
1 11 (14.29%) HTML
2 4 (5.19%) React
3 2 (2.60%) AngularJS
3 2 (2.60%) CSS3
3 2 (2.60%) Framer.js
3 2 (2.60%) HTML5
3 2 (2.60%) RESTful
3 2 (2.60%) Vue
4 1 (1.30%) React Native
4 1 (1.30%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 13 (16.88%) Mobile App
2 8 (10.39%) Product Ownership
3 6 (7.79%) Onboarding
4 3 (3.90%) Social Media
5 2 (2.60%) Educational Technology
5 2 (2.60%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (2.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (2.60%) IVR
5 2 (2.60%) Learning Management System
6 1 (1.30%) 3D Graphics
6 1 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.30%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.30%) e-Learning
6 1 (1.30%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.30%) Tandem
6 1 (1.30%) Taxonomies
6 1 (1.30%) Virtual Reality
6 1 (1.30%) VLE
6 1 (1.30%) W3C
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (100.00%) User Experience
2 76 (98.70%) UX Design
3 34 (44.16%) User Research
4 32 (41.56%) Prototyping
5 29 (37.66%) Wireframes
6 21 (27.27%) Agile
7 18 (23.38%) Usability Testing
8 16 (20.78%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
9 15 (19.48%) Interaction Design
10 10 (12.99%) Analytics
10 10 (12.99%) Problem-Solving
11 9 (11.69%) Responsive Web Design
11 9 (11.69%) UX Research
12 8 (10.39%) Front End Development
13 7 (9.09%) Information Architecture
13 7 (9.09%) Service Design
13 7 (9.09%) Strategic Thinking
13 7 (9.09%) Workshop Facilitation
14 6 (7.79%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
14 6 (7.79%) Typography
Programming Languages
1 11 (14.29%) JavaScript
2 2 (2.60%) Python
2 2 (2.60%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (3.90%) SC Cleared
1 3 (3.90%) Security Cleared
2 2 (2.60%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (2.60%) Degree
3 1 (1.30%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (22.08%) Accessibility
2 7 (9.09%) WCAG
3 4 (5.19%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.30%) Docker
Vendors
1 18 (23.38%) Adobe
2 3 (3.90%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.30%) Avaya
3 1 (1.30%) CA Agile Central
3 1 (1.30%) Genesys
3 1 (1.30%) Google
3 1 (1.30%) Hotjar
3 1 (1.30%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.30%) Virgin Media