UX Design Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

User Experience Design (UXD)
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring UX Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 88 75 85
Rank change year-on-year -13 +10 +27
Contract jobs citing UX Design 3 2 4
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.23% 0.22% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.26% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £157
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £364 £350 £163
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +114.72% -64.76%
75th Percentile £470 - £170
90th Percentile £533 - -
South East median daily rate £519 £393 £500
% change year-on-year +32.00% -21.40% +2.04%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hampshire

UX Design falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,096 769 1,123
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 83.16% 84.14% 86.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 742 534 618
10th Percentile £313 £356 £313
25th Percentile £450 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +3.77%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £650
90th Percentile £725 £696 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £515 £523
% change year-on-year -2.91% -1.44% +1.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 49 73
10th Percentile £16.17 £20.82 £16.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £27.00 £21.05
Median hourly rate £20.71 £35.00 £51.42
Median % change year-on-year -40.83% -31.93% +18.21%
75th Percentile £25.15 £70.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £49.63 £75.00 £77.50
South East median hourly rate £22.27 £50.00 £53.94
% change year-on-year -55.47% -7.31% +43.85%

UX Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing UX Design relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

UX Design job vacancy trend in Hampshire

UX Design
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing UX Design.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing UX Design

UX Design
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing UX Design in Hampshire over the 6 months to 16 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for UX Design in Hampshire

UX Design
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing UX Design.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing UX Design

UX Design
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UX Design within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 16 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
Portsmouth - 2 £364 - 1
UX Design
South East

UX Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) User Researcher
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Product Owner
2 1 (33.33%) Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 3 (100.00%) User Experience
2 2 (66.67%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (66.67%) Cognitive Psychology
2 2 (66.67%) Design Persona
2 2 (66.67%) Ergonomics
2 2 (66.67%) Ethnography
2 2 (66.67%) Human Factors
2 2 (66.67%) Market Research
2 2 (66.67%) Psychology
2 2 (66.67%) Qualitative Research
2 2 (66.67%) Quantitative Research
2 2 (66.67%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (66.67%) Service Design
2 2 (66.67%) Usability Testing
2 2 (66.67%) User Research
2 2 (66.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (33.33%) QA