UX Design Contracts in London

User Experience Design (UXD)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for UX Design skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited UX Design over the 6 months to 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 161 134 119
Rank change year-on-year -27 -15 -17
Contract jobs citing UX Design 264 514 948
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.51% 1.98% 2.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.70% 2.17% 2.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 371 679
10th Percentile £392 £413 £405
25th Percentile £433 £488 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.61% +4.55% +15.79%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £625
90th Percentile £700 £750 £700
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 10
10th Percentile £28.11 £34.47 £36.18
25th Percentile £30.42 £38.75 £51.41
Median hourly rate £36.69 £53.75 £57.73
Median % change year-on-year -31.73% -6.90% +66.50%
75th Percentile £41.84 £71.25 £64.69
90th Percentile - £81.25 £76.31
England median hourly rate £41.68 £60.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -30.54% +9.09% +50.68%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

UX Design is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,486 23,649 35,686
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.63% 90.88% 92.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,107 17,073 26,082
10th Percentile £343 £375 £388
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £593 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.17% +3.04% +9.52%
75th Percentile £681 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 307 267 418
10th Percentile £15.77 £18.30 £17.21
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.45 £23.91
Median hourly rate £27.84 £37.34 £36.41
Median % change year-on-year -25.44% +2.55% +12.03%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.88 £51.00
90th Percentile £66.85 £82.50 £67.69
England median hourly rate £36.50 £37.15 £25.00
% change year-on-year -1.75% +48.60% +8.70%

UX Design
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing UX Design as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for UX Design in London

UX Design
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing UX Design in London.

Daily rate trend for UX Design in London

UX Design
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing UX Design in London over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for UX Design in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing UX Design in London.

Hourly rate trend for UX Design in London

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Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing UX Design in London over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for UX Design in London

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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 UX Design within the London region over the 6 months to 19 May 2024. 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 +26 34 £525 -4.55% 12
West London -26 3 £475 -14.61% 6
South London -6 1 £450 -25.00% 4
North London - 1 £225 -
East London - 1 £540 - 15
UX Design
England

UX Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 17 (6.44%) CMS
2 5 (1.89%) WordPress
3 4 (1.52%) Confluence
4 3 (1.14%) Apache
4 3 (1.14%) Headless CMS
5 2 (0.76%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.38%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.38%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.38%) Drupal
6 1 (0.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 30 (11.36%) Sketch
2 18 (6.82%) Adobe XD
3 10 (3.79%) InVision
4 7 (2.65%) Photoshop
5 5 (1.89%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 5 (1.89%) Adobe Illustrator
6 3 (1.14%) InDesign
6 3 (1.14%) Microsoft Excel
6 3 (1.14%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (1.14%) UserZoom
7 1 (0.38%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.38%) Final Cut Pro
7 1 (0.38%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.38%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 2 (0.76%) WebTrends
2 1 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.38%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 67 (25.38%) Figma
2 32 (12.12%) AWS
3 27 (10.23%) Azure
4 15 (5.68%) GitHub
5 11 (4.17%) GCP
6 10 (3.79%) Miro
7 8 (3.03%) Power Platform
8 7 (2.65%) Cloud Computing
9 6 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (2.27%) Serverless
10 4 (1.52%) Azure Key Vault
10 4 (1.52%) Azure Service Bus
11 3 (1.14%) npm
11 3 (1.14%) SaaS
11 3 (1.14%) Yarn
12 2 (0.76%) Amazon ECS
12 2 (0.76%) Asana
12 2 (0.76%) Google Analytics
12 2 (0.76%) Mimecast
12 2 (0.76%) SurveyMonkey
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.76%) HTTP
2 1 (0.38%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.68%) Apache Cassandra
2 8 (3.03%) NoSQL
2 8 (3.03%) Power BI
3 5 (1.89%) BusinessObjects
3 5 (1.89%) MongoDB
3 5 (1.89%) Relational Database
4 4 (1.52%) MySQL
4 4 (1.52%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.76%) Data Mining
5 2 (0.76%) Looker
6 1 (0.38%) Apache Hive
6 1 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.38%) Big Data
6 1 (0.38%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.38%) HBase
6 1 (0.38%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.38%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 23 (8.71%) Git
2 8 (3.03%) Axure RP
2 8 (3.03%) JIRA
3 6 (2.27%) webpack
4 5 (1.89%) Cypress.io
5 4 (1.52%) Jenkins
5 4 (1.52%) SonarQube
6 3 (1.14%) Babel
7 2 (0.76%) Ant
7 2 (0.76%) Gradle
7 2 (0.76%) Maven
7 2 (0.76%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.76%) Visual Website Optimizer
8 1 (0.38%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.38%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.38%) Selenium
8 1 (0.38%) Subversion
8 1 (0.38%) TestNG
General
1 72 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 60 (22.73%) Finance
3 22 (8.33%) Banking
4 19 (7.20%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (6.82%) Marketing
6 12 (4.55%) Games
7 11 (4.17%) Public Sector
8 9 (3.41%) Retail
9 7 (2.65%) Front Office
10 6 (2.27%) Financial Institution
10 6 (2.27%) Health Technology
10 6 (2.27%) Investment Banking
10 6 (2.27%) Local Government
10 6 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (2.27%) Retail Banking
11 5 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.89%) Legal
11 5 (1.89%) Pharmaceutical
11 5 (1.89%) Publishing
12 4 (1.52%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 120 (45.45%) Designer
2 89 (33.71%) UX Designer
3 70 (26.52%) Senior
4 60 (22.73%) Developer
5 33 (12.50%) UI Designer
6 32 (12.12%) Senior Designer
7 30 (11.36%) UI/UX Designer
8 29 (10.98%) Senior UX Designer
9 23 (8.71%) React Developer
10 21 (7.95%) Software Engineer
11 20 (7.58%) Senior Software Engineer
12 18 (6.82%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
13 14 (5.30%) Lead
13 14 (5.30%) Senior Developer
13 14 (5.30%) UX Developer
14 13 (4.92%) UI Developer
15 12 (4.55%) Full Stack Developer
16 11 (4.17%) UI/UX Developer
17 9 (3.41%) Content Designer
17 9 (3.41%) UX Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (21.97%) HTML
2 54 (20.45%) React
3 50 (18.94%) CSS
4 24 (9.09%) AngularJS
5 18 (6.82%) RESTful
6 16 (6.06%) Kafka
7 13 (4.92%) CSS3
8 12 (4.55%) HTML5
8 12 (4.55%) REST
9 9 (3.41%) .NET
10 7 (2.65%) Ajax
10 7 (2.65%) Redux
11 6 (2.27%) jQuery
11 6 (2.27%) Spring
11 6 (2.27%) Vue
12 5 (1.89%) Node.js
12 5 (1.89%) SAML
12 5 (1.89%) Unity (Game Engine)
12 5 (1.89%) Web Services
13 4 (1.52%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 25 (9.47%) Mobile App
2 20 (7.58%) Product Ownership
3 12 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (3.79%) Fixed Income
5 8 (3.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 8 (3.03%) Graphic Design
6 6 (2.27%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (1.89%) Cloud Native
7 5 (1.89%) Distributed Architecture
7 5 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (1.89%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.52%) Animation
8 4 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.52%) Derivative
8 4 (1.52%) Hedge funds
9 3 (1.14%) CMDB
9 3 (1.14%) Mobile Banking
9 3 (1.14%) Mobile Games
9 3 (1.14%) Renewable Energy
9 3 (1.14%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.52%) Android
1 4 (1.52%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 264 (100.00%) User Experience
2 91 (34.47%) Agile
3 59 (22.35%) User Research
4 43 (16.29%) Front End Development
4 43 (16.29%) Wireframes
5 41 (15.53%) UX Research
6 40 (15.15%) Problem-Solving
7 32 (12.12%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 27 (10.23%) Prototyping
8 27 (10.23%) Software Engineering
9 24 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
10 22 (8.33%) Customer Experience
10 22 (8.33%) E-Commerce
10 22 (8.33%) Usability Testing
11 21 (7.95%) CI/CD
12 20 (7.58%) Fintech
13 18 (6.82%) DevOps
13 18 (6.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 17 (6.44%) Service Design
14 17 (6.44%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 49 (18.56%) JavaScript
2 19 (7.20%) SQL
3 17 (6.44%) Go
3 17 (6.44%) Java
4 16 (6.06%) TypeScript
5 11 (4.17%) Python
6 10 (3.79%) C#
7 5 (1.89%) PHP
8 1 (0.38%) Dart
8 1 (0.38%) JSX
8 1 (0.38%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.38%) Swift
Qualifications
1 30 (11.36%) Degree
2 11 (4.17%) Security Cleared
3 10 (3.79%) SC Cleared
4 8 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (1.89%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.76%) MBA
7 1 (0.38%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.38%) ISEB
7 1 (0.38%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (12.88%) Accessibility
2 9 (3.41%) QA
3 6 (2.27%) WCAG
4 2 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 1 (0.38%) GRC
System Software
1 19 (7.20%) Docker
2 1 (0.38%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 17 (6.44%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.89%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.38%) Hadoop YARN
3 1 (0.38%) Oozie
Vendors
1 33 (12.50%) Adobe
2 12 (4.55%) Microsoft
3 10 (3.79%) Google
4 5 (1.89%) MicroStrategy
5 4 (1.52%) Black Duck
6 3 (1.14%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.14%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.76%) Apple
7 2 (0.76%) Maxymiser
7 2 (0.76%) Optimizely
7 2 (0.76%) Oracle
7 2 (0.76%) Proofpoint
7 2 (0.76%) SAP
7 2 (0.76%) Virgin Media
8 1 (0.38%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.38%) Databricks
8 1 (0.38%) Sitecore