Senior UX Designer Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Senior User Experience Designer
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Senior User Experience Designer daily rate in Leeds is £531, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025.

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

 6 months to
18 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 - 71
Rank change year-on-year - - +40
Contract jobs requiring a Senior UX Designer 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 0.27% - 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% - 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £511 - -
25th Percentile £517 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 - -
75th Percentile £542 - -
90th Percentile £547 - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £531 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Leeds

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Leeds. 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 Leeds with a recognized job title 699 567 858
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.75% 93.72% 95.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 477 357 576
10th Percentile £313 £300 £303
25th Percentile £400 £388 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £517
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -8.03% -1.62%
75th Percentile £575 £567 £600
90th Percentile £649 £675 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 27 6
10th Percentile - £16.55 £18.50
25th Percentile £14.25 £19.50 £18.74
Median hourly rate £16.25 £24.18 £21.01
Median % change year-on-year -32.80% +15.10% -2.29%
75th Percentile £25.00 £38.75 £21.80
90th Percentile £26.95 £72.41 £41.98
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £26.00 £24.18 £19.85
% change year-on-year +7.53% +21.80% -7.66%

Senior UX Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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 Leeds.

Senior UX Designer job vacancy trend in Leeds

Senior UX Designer
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

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

Senior UX Designer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds

For the 6 months to 18 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 Leeds region featuring Senior UX Designer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
1 2 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) User Research
1 2 (100.00%) UX Design
2 1 (50.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (50.00%) Adobe
2 1 (50.00%) Adobe XD
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Design Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) Figma
2 1 (50.00%) Inclusive Design
2 1 (50.00%) Interaction Design
2 1 (50.00%) Rainbow Teams
2 1 (50.00%) Service Design
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Usability Testing
2 1 (50.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 1 (50.00%) WCAG
2 1 (50.00%) Wireframes
2 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation

Senior UX Designer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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 1 (50.00%) Adobe XD
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Figma
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
1 2 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) User Research
1 2 (100.00%) UX Design
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Design Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) Inclusive Design
2 1 (50.00%) Interaction Design
2 1 (50.00%) Rainbow Teams
2 1 (50.00%) Service Design
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Usability Testing
2 1 (50.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 1 (50.00%) Wireframes
2 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (50.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe
Senior UX Designer jobs