UX Designer Contract Job Trends in London

User Experience Designer
England > London

The median User Experience Designer daily rate in London is £463, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 399 311 309
Rank change year-on-year -88 -2 +39
Contract UX Designer jobs 60 55 71
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.29% 0.41% 0.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.44% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 38 51
10th Percentile £365 £313 £350
25th Percentile £412 £361 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £468 £528
Median % change year-on-year -1.12% -11.41% -6.13%
75th Percentile £564 £499 £594
90th Percentile £575 £572 £688
England median daily rate £445 £468 £525
% change year-on-year -4.86% -10.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £53.15 -
25th Percentile £49.75 £54.50 £31.50
Median hourly rate £51.50 £58.50 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.97% +77.27% -34.00%
75th Percentile £53.25 £62.00 £34.50
90th Percentile - £63.05 -
England median hourly rate £51.50 £54.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year -5.50% +65.15% -45.03%

All Contract IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job adverts in London matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
23 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract job adverts in London matching a recognised job title 18,995 12,383 14,947
% of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title 92.85% 92.56% 94.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,338 8,242 9,687
10th Percentile £363 £333 £349
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 £663 £663 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 436 215 167
10th Percentile £16.70 £17.00 £17.25
25th Percentile £21.93 £22.00 £23.98
Median hourly rate £41.00 £26.50 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year +54.72% -31.17% -4.94%
75th Percentile £64.44 £48.75 £59.38
90th Percentile £81.25 £66.73 £80.30
England median hourly rate £41.71 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +65.84% -40.82% -7.49%

UX Designer Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract UX Designer job postings 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 UX Designer jobs in London over the 6 months to 23 October 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 UX Designer jobs within the London region over the 6 months to 23 October 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months		 Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
Central London -24 6 £550 +5.52% 23
UX Designer
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 October 2026, UX Designer contract job ads cited 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 UX Designer job ads across the London region.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1User Experience100.0%60
2UX Design96.7%58
3Wireframes48.3%29
4Figma36.7%22
5Prototyping31.7%19
6User Research30.0%18
7Agile28.3%17
8Interaction Design26.7%16
8Service Design26.7%16
10Accessibility23.3%14
10Usability Testing23.3%14
10User-Centered Design (UCD)23.3%14
13AI21.7%13
13Journey Map21.7%13
15Design Thinking18.3%11
16Customer Experience15.0%9
16SaaS15.0%9
16Workflow15.0%9
16Workshop Facilitation15.0%9
20Design Patterns13.3%8
20Information Architecture13.3%8
20Stakeholder Engagement13.3%8
23Decision-Making10.0%6
23High-Fidelity Prototypes10.0%6
23Qualitative Research10.0%6
23Quantitative Research10.0%6
23Stakeholder Management10.0%6
23Storytelling10.0%6
29Claude Code8.3%5
29E-Commerce8.3%5

UX Designer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Senior UX Designer21.7%13
2UI/UX Designer20.0%12
3Content Designer8.3%5
3Product Designer8.3%5
5Content Strategist5.0%3
5Senior Content Designer5.0%3
5Senior Product Designer5.0%3
5UX Strategist5.0%3
9Senior UI/UX Designer3.3%2
10Drupal Designer1.7%1
10Interaction Designer1.7%1
10Lead UX Designer1.7%1
10UX Service Designer1.7%1
181 UX Designer jobs in London