UX Design Contract Job Trends in London

User Experience Design (UXD)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring UX Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 192 169 172
Rank change year-on-year -23 +3 -47
Contract jobs citing UX Design 204 236 263
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.42% 1.57% 1.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.55% 1.74% 1.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 147 177
10th Percentile £338 £320 £375
25th Percentile £413 £407 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.62% - -8.70%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £635
90th Percentile £660 £680 £730
England median daily rate £475 £506 £525
% change year-on-year -6.17% -3.57% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 4
10th Percentile £34.48 £33.48 £37.20
25th Percentile £36.92 £36.44 £45.43
Median hourly rate £49.50 £42.75 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -25.65% +5.50%
75th Percentile £62.00 £48.94 £67.19
90th Percentile £67.88 £51.83 £71.13
England median hourly rate £46.00 £33.27 £72.50
% change year-on-year +38.26% -54.11% +33.03%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

UX Design falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,143 13,541 16,856
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.39% 90.10% 89.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,651 8,710 12,087
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £526 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year -4.45% -2.65% -4.24%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £760 £800 £790
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 238 164 235
10th Percentile £18.17 £18.03 £18.50
25th Percentile £24.65 £23.80 £21.38
Median hourly rate £31.00 £36.00 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.90% +5.88% -11.39%
75th Percentile £50.88 £54.06 £60.00
90th Percentile £66.80 £80.75 £74.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +23.61%

UX Design
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing UX Design relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

UX Design job vacancy trend in London

UX Design
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing UX Design.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing UX Design

UX Design
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing UX Design in London over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for UX Design in London

UX Design
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing UX Design.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing UX Design

UX Design
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing UX Design in London over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for UX Design in London

UX Design
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 20 December 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 -4 32 £525 -4.55% 10
East London -1 3 £495 -6.16% 2
UX Design
England

UX Design
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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (4.41%) Confluence
2 7 (3.43%) CMS
3 4 (1.96%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.47%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.98%) Headless CMS
5 2 (0.98%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.49%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.49%) Appian
6 1 (0.49%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.49%) WordPress
Applications
1 17 (8.33%) Sketch
2 10 (4.90%) Adobe XD
3 4 (1.96%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (1.96%) Chatbot
3 4 (1.96%) InVision
4 3 (1.47%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.98%) Adobe After Effects
5 2 (0.98%) OmniGraffle
5 2 (0.98%) Trello
5 2 (0.98%) UXPin
6 1 (0.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.49%) Camtasia
6 1 (0.49%) InDesign
6 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.49%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.49%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 5 (2.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.98%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 59 (28.92%) Figma
2 28 (13.73%) SaaS
3 27 (13.24%) Azure
4 19 (9.31%) AWS
5 12 (5.88%) Power Platform
6 11 (5.39%) GCP
7 8 (3.92%) Miro
8 6 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (2.94%) GitHub
9 5 (2.45%) Firebase
9 5 (2.45%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (2.45%) PaaS
9 5 (2.45%) PowerApps
10 4 (1.96%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (1.96%) Google Gemini
10 4 (1.96%) Google Play
10 4 (1.96%) IaaS
11 3 (1.47%) Azure Pipelines
11 3 (1.47%) Commercetools
11 3 (1.47%) Contentful
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.49%) HTTPS
1 1 (0.49%) Internet
1 1 (0.49%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.43%) Power BI
2 6 (2.94%) Relational Database
3 5 (2.45%) Mixpanel
4 4 (1.96%) MongoDB
4 4 (1.96%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.47%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (1.47%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.98%) MySQL
7 1 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.49%) Big Data
7 1 (0.49%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.49%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.49%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.49%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.49%) Metadata
7 1 (0.49%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.49%) SAP BW
7 1 (0.49%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 15 (7.35%) JIRA
2 12 (5.88%) Git
3 11 (5.39%) Axure RP
4 6 (2.94%) GitLab
5 5 (2.45%) Cypress.io
5 5 (2.45%) Visual Website Optimizer
6 4 (1.96%) Android Studio
7 3 (1.47%) Balsamiq
7 3 (1.47%) Eclipse
7 3 (1.47%) Gradle
7 3 (1.47%) Jenkins
7 3 (1.47%) Lerna
7 3 (1.47%) Xcode
8 2 (0.98%) Selenium
8 2 (0.98%) Snyk
9 1 (0.49%) ESLint
9 1 (0.49%) Postman
9 1 (0.49%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.49%) TestRail
9 1 (0.49%) Vite
General
1 55 (26.96%) Social Skills
2 43 (21.08%) Finance
3 28 (13.73%) Banking
4 24 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (11.76%) Marketing
5 20 (9.80%) Public Sector
6 9 (4.41%) Legal
7 8 (3.92%) Retail
8 5 (2.45%) Local Government
8 5 (2.45%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (1.96%) Investment Banking
9 4 (1.96%) Retail Banking
10 3 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.47%) Publishing
11 2 (0.98%) Automotive
11 2 (0.98%) Corporate Banking
11 2 (0.98%) Front Office
11 2 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.98%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 87 (42.65%) Designer
2 60 (29.41%) UX Designer
3 41 (20.10%) Senior
4 37 (18.14%) Developer
5 22 (10.78%) Senior Designer
6 18 (8.82%) UI Designer
7 17 (8.33%) Product Designer
7 17 (8.33%) Senior UX Designer
7 17 (8.33%) Service Designer
7 17 (8.33%) UI/UX Designer
8 12 (5.88%) Lead
9 8 (3.92%) Business Analyst
9 8 (3.92%) Product Manager
9 8 (3.92%) Senior Developer
9 8 (3.92%) UX Service Designer
10 7 (3.43%) Consultant
10 7 (3.43%) Content Designer
10 7 (3.43%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 6 (2.94%) Senior Service Designer
12 5 (2.45%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (17.65%) CSS
1 36 (17.65%) HTML
2 21 (10.29%) React
3 14 (6.86%) Next.js
3 14 (6.86%) REST
4 13 (6.37%) RESTful
5 12 (5.88%) .NET
5 12 (5.88%) HTML5
6 8 (3.92%) GraphQL
7 7 (3.43%) jQuery
7 7 (3.43%) Node.js
7 7 (3.43%) Playwright
7 7 (3.43%) Spring
8 6 (2.94%) AngularJS
8 6 (2.94%) Tailwind CSS
8 6 (2.94%) Web Services
9 5 (2.45%) Jest
9 5 (2.45%) OAuth
9 5 (2.45%) OAuth2
9 5 (2.45%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 24 (11.76%) Mobile App
2 21 (10.29%) Product Ownership
3 17 (8.33%) Onboarding
4 9 (4.41%) Low-Code
5 5 (2.45%) Blog
5 5 (2.45%) NHS
5 5 (2.45%) Virtual Team
6 4 (1.96%) Life Science
7 3 (1.47%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.47%) Social Media
8 2 (0.98%) AI Agents
8 2 (0.98%) Algorithms
8 2 (0.98%) Blockchain
8 2 (0.98%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.98%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.98%) Marketing Technology
8 2 (0.98%) Security Posture
8 2 (0.98%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.90%) Android
2 9 (4.41%) Apple iOS
3 3 (1.47%) Windows
4 2 (0.98%) Linux
4 2 (0.98%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.49%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 204 (100.00%) User Experience
2 74 (36.27%) Agile
3 45 (22.06%) User Research
4 41 (20.10%) Analytics
5 39 (19.12%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 35 (17.16%) Service Design
7 32 (15.69%) Problem-Solving
7 32 (15.69%) Wireframes
8 31 (15.20%) Usability Testing
9 30 (14.71%) Prototyping
10 29 (14.22%) CI/CD
11 28 (13.73%) UX Research
12 27 (13.24%) AI
13 23 (11.27%) Journey Map
14 22 (10.78%) DevOps
14 22 (10.78%) E-Commerce
15 20 (9.80%) A/B Testing
16 19 (9.31%) Continuous Improvement
17 18 (8.82%) Interaction Design
18 17 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 35 (17.16%) JavaScript
2 20 (9.80%) TypeScript
3 16 (7.84%) Java
3 16 (7.84%) SQL
4 9 (4.41%) C#
5 8 (3.92%) Python
6 7 (3.43%) Kotlin
7 6 (2.94%) Swift
8 3 (1.47%) Objective-C
9 2 (0.98%) Groovy
10 1 (0.49%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.49%) BeanShell
10 1 (0.49%) C++
10 1 (0.49%) COBOL
10 1 (0.49%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.49%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 19 (9.31%) Degree
2 15 (7.35%) Security Cleared
3 8 (3.92%) SC Cleared
4 6 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.47%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (0.98%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.49%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.49%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.49%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.49%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.49%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (22.06%) Accessibility
2 14 (6.86%) WCAG
3 13 (6.37%) QA
4 8 (3.92%) GDPR
5 5 (2.45%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 4 (1.96%) Data Quality
7 3 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 12 (5.88%) Docker
2 2 (0.98%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (3.43%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.45%) Grafana
3 3 (1.47%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 2 (0.98%) Terraform
5 1 (0.49%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.49%) Podman
5 1 (0.49%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 21 (10.29%) Google
2 20 (9.80%) Microsoft
3 16 (7.84%) Adobe
4 13 (6.37%) Salesforce
5 8 (3.92%) Optimizely
6 6 (2.94%) Oracle
7 5 (2.45%) Amplitude
7 5 (2.45%) Hotjar
7 5 (2.45%) OutSystems
7 5 (2.45%) SAP
7 5 (2.45%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.47%) Dataiku
8 3 (1.47%) OneTrust
8 3 (1.47%) OpenAI
9 2 (0.98%) Apple
9 2 (0.98%) HP
9 2 (0.98%) Palantir
9 2 (0.98%) Sitecore
10 1 (0.49%) Splunk
10 1 (0.49%) Xamarin