UI Engineer Contract Job Trends in London

User Interface Engineer
England > London

The median User Interface Engineer daily rate in London is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 November 2025.

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

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 368 349 414
Rank change year-on-year -19 +65 +128
Contract jobs requiring a UI Engineer 6 44 7
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.042% 0.28% 0.035%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.046% 0.30% 0.038%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 44 6
10th Percentile £410 - £513
25th Percentile £500 £588 £572
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £650 £693
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -6.14% -1.56%
75th Percentile £750 £850 £757
90th Percentile - - £763
England median daily rate £425 £650 £693
% change year-on-year -34.62% -6.14% -1.56%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 13,090 14,839 18,513
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.31% 93.65% 93.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,692 9,606 13,396
10th Percentile £333 £339 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -3.18% -2.22% -2.22%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £763 £799 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -3.81% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 232 161 216
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.25 £18.08
25th Percentile £21.35 £23.80 £21.69
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.50 £36.14
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +3.76% +3.26%
75th Percentile £51.48 £58.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £76.42 £81.18 £72.50
England median hourly rate £25.32 £39.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -35.08% -13.33% +38.46%

UI Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'UI Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

UI Engineer job vacancy trend in London

UI Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for UI Engineer job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for UI Engineer job vacancies in London

UI Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing UI Engineer in London over the 6 months to 29 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for UI Engineer in London

UI Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for UI Engineer job vacancies in London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for UI Engineer job vacancies in London

UI Engineer
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UI Engineer within the London region over the 6 months to 29 November 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
Central London - 2 £700 - 2
UI Engineer
England

UI Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 29 November 2025, UI Engineer 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 London region featuring UI Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) React
2 3 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 3 (50.00%) Software Engineering
3 2 (33.33%) Asset Management
3 2 (33.33%) HTML
3 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 2 (33.33%) Python
3 2 (33.33%) TypeScript
4 1 (16.67%) .NET
4 1 (16.67%) Accessibility
4 1 (16.67%) Agile
4 1 (16.67%) API Integration
4 1 (16.67%) Architectural Patterns
4 1 (16.67%) Azure
4 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
4 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) CSS
4 1 (16.67%) Cypress.io
4 1 (16.67%) D3.js
4 1 (16.67%) Data Visualisation
4 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
4 1 (16.67%) Degree
4 1 (16.67%) DevOps
4 1 (16.67%) Internet
4 1 (16.67%) Jest
4 1 (16.67%) LLM
4 1 (16.67%) Machine Learning

UI Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Internet
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Cypress.io
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Banking
2 2 (33.33%) Front Office
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (100.00%) React
2 2 (33.33%) HTML
3 1 (16.67%) .NET
3 1 (16.67%) CSS
3 1 (16.67%) D3.js
3 1 (16.67%) Jest
3 1 (16.67%) Next.js
3 1 (16.67%) Plotly
3 1 (16.67%) RESTful
3 1 (16.67%) Tailwind CSS
3 1 (16.67%) visx
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Fixed Income
1 2 (33.33%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 3 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Asset Management
3 1 (16.67%) Agile
3 1 (16.67%) API Integration
3 1 (16.67%) Architectural Patterns
3 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
3 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) Data Visualisation
3 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
3 1 (16.67%) DevOps
3 1 (16.67%) Machine Learning
3 1 (16.67%) Natural Language Processing
3 1 (16.67%) Responsive Web Design
3 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
3 1 (16.67%) User Experience
3 1 (16.67%) UX Design
3 1 (16.67%) Validation
3 1 (16.67%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
1 2 (33.33%) Python
1 2 (33.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Accessibility
1 1 (16.67%) QA
1 1 (16.67%) WCAG
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft