UX Designer Contracts in Leeds

User Experience Designer
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median User Experience Designer daily rate in Leeds is £383, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 June 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
22 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 69 67
Rank change year-on-year +11 -2 +21
Contract jobs requiring a UX Designer 4 4 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leeds 0.80% 0.49% 1.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.82% 0.53% 1.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 17
10th Percentile £362 £426 £329
25th Percentile £368 £447 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £383 £488 £440
Median % change year-on-year -21.49% +10.80% -20.00%
75th Percentile £394 £522 £538
90th Percentile £398 £539 £560
West Yorkshire median daily rate £383 £488 £440
% change year-on-year -21.49% +10.80% -20.00%

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 488 756 1,173
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.99% 91.97% 98.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 314 486 847
10th Percentile £278 £300 £363
25th Percentile £387 £413 £457
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £540
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -7.41% +8.00%
75th Percentile £538 £579 £625
90th Percentile £600 £650 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £500 £528
% change year-on-year -5.00% -5.21% +5.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 23 12
10th Percentile £31.53 £11.75 £12.00
25th Percentile £31.62 £12.25 £14.81
Median hourly rate £33.11 £18.13 £20.75
Median % change year-on-year +82.63% -12.63% -2.35%
75th Percentile £66.51 £48.75 £31.81
90th Percentile £85.74 - £62.98
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.14 £18.27 £18.86
% change year-on-year +21.18% -3.13% +3.34%

UX Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for UX Designer in Leeds

UX Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Daily rate trend for UX Designer in Leeds

UX Designer Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds

For the 6 months to 22 June 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 Leeds region featuring UX Designer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) User Experience
1 4 (100.00%) UX Design
1 4 (100.00%) Wireframes
2 3 (75.00%) Prototyping
2 3 (75.00%) User Research
2 3 (75.00%) Figma
3 2 (50.00%) Accessibility
3 2 (50.00%) UX Research
3 2 (50.00%) Journey Map
3 2 (50.00%) Customer Experience
3 2 (50.00%) People Management
3 2 (50.00%) Finance
3 2 (50.00%) Banking
3 2 (50.00%) Time Management
4 1 (25.00%) Android
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (25.00%) IVR
4 1 (25.00%) Avaya
4 1 (25.00%) Genesys
4 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (25.00%) React Native
4 1 (25.00%) Apple iOS
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) Mobile App
4 1 (25.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 1 (25.00%) Product Management
4 1 (25.00%) Storytelling

UX Designer Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Figma
General
1 2 (50.00%) Banking
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) IVR
1 1 (25.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Android
1 1 (25.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) User Experience
1 4 (100.00%) UX Design
1 4 (100.00%) Wireframes
2 3 (75.00%) Prototyping
2 3 (75.00%) User Research
3 2 (50.00%) Customer Experience
3 2 (50.00%) Journey Map
3 2 (50.00%) People Management
3 2 (50.00%) Time Management
3 2 (50.00%) UX Research
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) Product Management
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (25.00%) Storytelling
4 1 (25.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Avaya
1 1 (25.00%) Genesys