Prototyping Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Prototyping
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring Prototyping skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 61 66
Rank change year-on-year -2 +5 -10
Contract jobs citing Prototyping 6 6 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leeds 1.01% 0.83% 1.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.13% 0.98% 1.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 13
10th Percentile £361 £506 £443
25th Percentile £366 £566 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -36.67% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £391 £672 £638
90th Percentile £395 £688 £642
West Yorkshire median daily rate £380 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -36.67% +4.35% +9.52%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Leeds

Prototyping 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 Leeds.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 531 613 997
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 89.24% 85.02% 90.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 346 399 698
10th Percentile £306 £350 £353
25th Percentile £400 £419 £457
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £638
90th Percentile £663 £651 £715
West Yorkshire median daily rate £494 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -1.30% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 21 13
10th Percentile £25.15 - £12.00
25th Percentile £25.38 £12.15 £15.75
Median hourly rate £29.56 £16.50 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +79.12% -13.16% -10.59%
75th Percentile £50.48 £33.75 £21.31
90th Percentile £79.33 £38.75 £23.26
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £29.56 £17.75 £18.00
% change year-on-year +66.51% -1.39% -10.00%

Prototyping
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

Job postings citing Prototyping as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Leeds.

Job vacancy trend for Prototyping in Leeds

Prototyping
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Prototyping.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Prototyping

Prototyping
Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Prototyping.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Prototyping

Prototyping
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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 (33.33%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) InVision
1 2 (33.33%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Figma
2 2 (33.33%) Adobe Creative Cloud
General
1 3 (50.00%) Banking
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (16.67%) Legal
3 1 (16.67%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Designer
2 4 (66.67%) UX Designer
3 1 (16.67%) Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Interaction Designer
3 1 (16.67%) UI Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) UI Designer
3 1 (16.67%) UI/UX Designer
3 1 (16.67%) User Experience Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Client/Server
1 1 (16.67%) Mobile App
1 1 (16.67%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Android
1 1 (16.67%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) User Research
2 5 (83.33%) User Experience
3 4 (66.67%) UX Design
4 3 (50.00%) Customer Experience
4 3 (50.00%) Interaction Design
4 3 (50.00%) Wireframes
5 2 (33.33%) Content Management
5 2 (33.33%) Front End Development
5 2 (33.33%) Information Architecture
5 2 (33.33%) Journey Map
5 2 (33.33%) People Management
5 2 (33.33%) Time Management
5 2 (33.33%) UX Research
6 1 (16.67%) Agile
6 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (16.67%) SEO
6 1 (16.67%) Unit Testing
6 1 (16.67%) User Stories
6 1 (16.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 1 (16.67%) Web Accessibility
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Adobe