UX Designer Contract Job Trends in London

User Experience Designer
England > London

The median User Experience Designer daily rate in London is £469, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 February 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 319 292 305
Rank change year-on-year -27 +13 -11
Contract jobs requiring a UX Designer 65 56 91
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.44% 0.41% 0.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 0.44% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 36 58
10th Percentile £363 £350 £400
25th Percentile £416 £409 £427
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £525 £547
Median % change year-on-year -10.67% -4.02% -4.87%
75th Percentile £523 £619 £584
90th Percentile £550 £825 £618
England median daily rate £450 £500 £506
% change year-on-year -10.00% -1.23% -3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile £51.77 £32.98 £52.13
25th Percentile £53.35 £35.19 £55.31
Median hourly rate £56.97 £40.25 £61.25
Median % change year-on-year +41.54% -34.29% -
75th Percentile £60.85 £45.19 £67.81
90th Percentile £62.59 £47.33 £71.38
England median hourly rate £56.97 £33.27 £61.25
% change year-on-year +71.24% -45.68% -

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 13,809 12,833 17,092
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.60% 93.62% 93.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,178 8,202 12,366
10th Percentile £350 £336 £325
25th Percentile £425 £443 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -5.17%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £775
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 217 140 334
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.98 £15.96
25th Percentile £23.75 £24.66 £18.95
Median hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £28.16
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +24.31% -15.34%
75th Percentile £63.00 £53.75 £49.00
90th Percentile £76.58 £78.95 £65.00
England median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -14.29% - -2.10%

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 5 February 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 5 February 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 6 £463 -17.78% 8
East London - 1 £495 -
UX Designer
England

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

For the 6 months to 5 February 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 65 (100.00%) User Experience
2 63 (96.92%) UX Design
3 34 (52.31%) Figma
4 27 (41.54%) Prototyping
5 24 (36.92%) User Research
6 20 (30.77%) Wireframes
7 16 (24.62%) Usability Testing
8 15 (23.08%) Interaction Design
8 15 (23.08%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
9 13 (20.00%) Accessibility
9 13 (20.00%) Agile
9 13 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
10 12 (18.46%) UX Research
11 10 (15.38%) E-Commerce
12 9 (13.85%) Analytics
12 9 (13.85%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
13 8 (12.31%) Information Architecture
13 8 (12.31%) Service Design
13 8 (12.31%) Sketch
14 7 (10.77%) Stakeholder Management
15 6 (9.23%) Adobe
15 6 (9.23%) Continuous Improvement
15 6 (9.23%) CSS
15 6 (9.23%) HTML
15 6 (9.23%) Workshop Facilitation
16 5 (7.69%) AI
16 5 (7.69%) Customer Insight
16 5 (7.69%) Inclusive Design
16 5 (7.69%) SaaS
16 5 (7.69%) Scrum

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 1 (1.54%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (12.31%) Sketch
2 4 (6.15%) Adobe XD
3 2 (3.08%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (3.08%) Photoshop
4 1 (1.54%) InDesign
4 1 (1.54%) InVision
4 1 (1.54%) OmniGraffle
4 1 (1.54%) UserZoom
4 1 (1.54%) UXPin
4 1 (1.54%) Zeplin
Cloud Services
1 34 (52.31%) Figma
2 5 (7.69%) SaaS
3 3 (4.62%) Power Platform
3 3 (4.62%) PowerApps
4 1 (1.54%) Adobe Creative Cloud
4 1 (1.54%) Dropbox
4 1 (1.54%) GitHub
4 1 (1.54%) Google Drive
4 1 (1.54%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.54%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.54%) Internet
1 1 (1.54%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.54%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 4 (6.15%) Axure RP
2 1 (1.54%) Balsamiq
2 1 (1.54%) JIRA
General
1 20 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 15 (23.08%) Finance
3 14 (21.54%) Banking
4 4 (6.15%) Retail
5 3 (4.62%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (4.62%) Marketing
5 3 (4.62%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.08%) Legal
6 2 (3.08%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.54%) Back Office
7 1 (1.54%) Billing
7 1 (1.54%) Corporate Banking
7 1 (1.54%) Digital Health
7 1 (1.54%) Digital Healthcare
7 1 (1.54%) Front Office
7 1 (1.54%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.54%) Local Government
7 1 (1.54%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.54%) Retail Banking
7 1 (1.54%) Wearables
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (9.23%) CSS
1 6 (9.23%) HTML
2 1 (1.54%) Framer.js
2 1 (1.54%) HTML5
2 1 (1.54%) HTML5 Canvas
2 1 (1.54%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 10 (15.38%) Mobile App
2 4 (6.15%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.08%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (3.08%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (3.08%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.54%) Blog
4 1 (1.54%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.54%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (1.54%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.54%) Low-Code
4 1 (1.54%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.54%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.08%) Android
2 1 (1.54%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.54%) Mac OS
2 1 (1.54%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (100.00%) User Experience
2 63 (96.92%) UX Design
3 27 (41.54%) Prototyping
4 24 (36.92%) User Research
5 20 (30.77%) Wireframes
6 16 (24.62%) Usability Testing
7 15 (23.08%) Interaction Design
7 15 (23.08%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 13 (20.00%) Agile
8 13 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
9 12 (18.46%) UX Research
10 10 (15.38%) E-Commerce
11 9 (13.85%) Analytics
11 9 (13.85%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
12 8 (12.31%) Information Architecture
12 8 (12.31%) Service Design
13 7 (10.77%) Stakeholder Management
14 6 (9.23%) Continuous Improvement
14 6 (9.23%) Workshop Facilitation
15 5 (7.69%) Systems Thinking
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.54%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (6.15%) SC Cleared
1 4 (6.15%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.54%) Degree
2 1 (1.54%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (20.00%) Accessibility
2 5 (7.69%) WCAG
3 1 (1.54%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (9.23%) Adobe
2 4 (6.15%) Microsoft
3 2 (3.08%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.54%) Google