UX Designer Contract Job Trends in London

User Experience Designer
England > London

The median User Experience Designer daily rate in London is £519, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 August 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 378 322 308
Rank change year-on-year -56 -14 -6
Contract jobs requiring a UX Designer 62 58 74
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.31% 0.43% 0.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.46% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 41 51
10th Percentile £350 £300 £350
25th Percentile £425 £350 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year +15.28% -18.18% -4.35%
75th Percentile £588 £500 £594
90th Percentile £688 £575 £675
England median daily rate £475 £470 £519
% change year-on-year +1.06% -9.40% -3.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £49.75 £52.25 -
Median hourly rate £51.50 £54.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -5.50% - -
75th Percentile £53.25 £56.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £39.25 £42.25 -
% change year-on-year -7.10% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 18,620 12,668 15,338
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.08% 93.00% 94.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,167 8,582 10,875
10th Percentile £363 £326 £348
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% -0.91% -4.35%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 347 202 200
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.98 £17.48
25th Percentile £21.93 £22.93 £22.00
Median hourly rate £39.00 £29.54 £33.07
Median % change year-on-year +32.05% -10.69% -11.81%
75th Percentile £59.36 £50.50 £55.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £63.75 £72.19
England median hourly rate £45.00 £25.32 £45.00
% change year-on-year +77.73% -43.73% +5.88%

UX Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

UX Designer job vacancy trend in London

UX Designer
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for UX Designer job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for UX Designer job vacancies in London

UX Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing UX Designer in London over the 6 months to 4 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for UX Designer in London

UX Designer
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for UX Designer job vacancies in London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for UX Designer job vacancies in London

UX Designer
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 Designer within the London region over the 6 months to 4 August 2026. 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 -7 8 £460 -8.00% 6
UX Designer
England

UX Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 4 August 2026, UX Designer 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 UX Designer in the job title.

1 62 (100.00%) User Experience
2 60 (96.77%) UX Design
3 32 (51.61%) Wireframes
4 26 (41.94%) Figma
5 21 (33.87%) User Research
6 18 (29.03%) Agile
7 17 (27.42%) Usability Testing
8 16 (25.81%) Interaction Design
9 15 (24.19%) Accessibility
10 14 (22.58%) Prototyping
11 13 (20.97%) AI
11 13 (20.97%) Design Thinking
12 10 (16.13%) Journey Map
12 10 (16.13%) Service Design
13 8 (12.90%) Customer Experience
13 8 (12.90%) Fintech
13 8 (12.90%) Information Architecture
13 8 (12.90%) SaaS
13 8 (12.90%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
13 8 (12.90%) Workflow
14 7 (11.29%) E-Commerce
14 7 (11.29%) UX Research
15 6 (9.68%) Design Patterns
15 6 (9.68%) Product Strategy
15 6 (9.68%) Product Thinking
15 6 (9.68%) Qualitative Research
15 6 (9.68%) Quantitative Research
15 6 (9.68%) Requirements Workshops
15 6 (9.68%) Sketch
15 6 (9.68%) Storyboarding

UX Designer 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.23%) CMS
2 1 (1.61%) Confluence
2 1 (1.61%) Drupal
2 1 (1.61%) Kentico
Applications
1 6 (9.68%) Sketch
2 4 (6.45%) Adobe XD
3 1 (1.61%) Photoshop
3 1 (1.61%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 1 (1.61%) Eloqua
Cloud Services
1 26 (41.94%) Figma
2 8 (12.90%) SaaS
3 1 (1.61%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 1 (1.61%) ChatGPT
Development Applications
1 4 (6.45%) Claude Code
2 1 (1.61%) Axure RP
2 1 (1.61%) Git
2 1 (1.61%) JIRA
2 1 (1.61%) Subversion
General
1 20 (32.26%) Social Skills
2 17 (27.42%) Finance
3 13 (20.97%) Banking
4 6 (9.68%) Public Sector
4 6 (9.68%) Retail
5 4 (6.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (6.45%) Marketing
6 2 (3.23%) Retail Banking
7 1 (1.61%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.61%) Corporate Banking
7 1 (1.61%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.61%) Legal
7 1 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.23%) CSS
1 2 (3.23%) HTML
2 1 (1.61%) .NET
2 1 (1.61%) Compass CSS Framework
2 1 (1.61%) CSS3
2 1 (1.61%) HTML5
2 1 (1.61%) jQuery
2 1 (1.61%) Microformats
2 1 (1.61%) OOCSS
2 1 (1.61%) React
2 1 (1.61%) Sass
2 1 (1.61%) Tailwind CSS
2 1 (1.61%) XHTML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.29%) Mobile App
2 4 (6.45%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.23%) Product Ownership
3 2 (3.23%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 1 (1.61%) Clustering
4 1 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.61%) Digital Media
4 1 (1.61%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.61%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.61%) Midjourney
4 1 (1.61%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.61%) Android
1 1 (1.61%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (100.00%) User Experience
2 60 (96.77%) UX Design
3 32 (51.61%) Wireframes
4 21 (33.87%) User Research
5 18 (29.03%) Agile
6 17 (27.42%) Usability Testing
7 16 (25.81%) Interaction Design
8 14 (22.58%) Prototyping
9 13 (20.97%) AI
9 13 (20.97%) Design Thinking
10 10 (16.13%) Journey Map
10 10 (16.13%) Service Design
11 8 (12.90%) Customer Experience
11 8 (12.90%) Fintech
11 8 (12.90%) Information Architecture
11 8 (12.90%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
11 8 (12.90%) Workflow
12 7 (11.29%) E-Commerce
12 7 (11.29%) UX Research
13 6 (9.68%) Storyboarding
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.23%) JavaScript
1 2 (3.23%) Korn
2 1 (1.61%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (6.45%) SC Cleared
1 4 (6.45%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (24.19%) Accessibility
2 2 (3.23%) WCAG
3 1 (1.61%) GDPR
3 1 (1.61%) WAI
3 1 (1.61%) WAI-ARIA
Vendors
1 5 (8.06%) Adobe
2 1 (1.61%) CODA
2 1 (1.61%) Pardot
2 1 (1.61%) Salesforce
2 1 (1.61%) ServiceNow