User Experience Consultant Contract Job Trends in London

UX Consultant
England > London

The median UX Consultant daily rate in London is £563, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 November 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 365 - 425
Rank change year-on-year - - +152
Contract jobs requiring a User Experience Consultant 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.021% - 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.023% - 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £511 - -
25th Percentile £528 - £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -15.38%
75th Percentile £569 - £575
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £563 - £550
% change year-on-year - - +4.76%

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 12,918 14,555 18,859
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.45% 93.87% 93.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,569 9,408 13,666
10th Percentile £333 £338 £340
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% -2.65% -1.74%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £792 £794
England median daily rate £508 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -3.33% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 242 155 224
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.25 £18.21
25th Percentile £21.46 £23.80 £21.75
Median hourly rate £26.68 £37.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.87% - +15.38%
75th Percentile £49.13 £57.38 £60.00
90th Percentile £71.80 £80.75 £73.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.94
% change year-on-year -37.13% -12.93% +53.13%

User Experience Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

User Experience Consultant job vacancy trend in London

User Experience Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for User Experience Consultant job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for User Experience Consultant job vacancies in London

User Experience Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for User Experience Consultant job vacancies in London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for User Experience Consultant job vacancies in London

User Experience Consultant Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 18 November 2025, User Experience Consultant 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 User Experience Consultant in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) ITSM
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (100.00%) Migration
1 3 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 3 (100.00%) User Experience
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows 10
2 2 (66.67%) OneDrive
2 2 (66.67%) Service Management
2 2 (66.67%) Strategic Thinking
2 2 (66.67%) UX Design
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Transformation
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Technology Transformation
3 1 (33.33%) UX Research
3 1 (33.33%) Web Design

User Experience Consultant 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 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (66.67%) OneDrive
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) ITSM
1 3 (100.00%) Migration
1 3 (100.00%) User Experience
2 2 (66.67%) Service Management
2 2 (66.67%) Strategic Thinking
2 2 (66.67%) UX Design
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Transformation
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Technology Transformation
3 1 (33.33%) UX Research
3 1 (33.33%) Web Design
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft