UX Designer Contract Job Trends in London

User Experience Designer
England > London

The median User Experience Designer daily rate in London is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 April 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 331 300 304
Rank change year-on-year -31 +4 -25
Contract jobs requiring a UX Designer 74 55 92
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.42% 0.43% 0.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% 0.46% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 37 61
10th Percentile £363 £335 £363
25th Percentile £425 £390 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £495 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% -5.71% -12.21%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £550
90th Percentile £668 £825 £600
England median daily rate £469 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -1.32% -5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £50.72 £46.25 £71.25
Median hourly rate £51.44 £47.50 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.29% -34.48% -
75th Percentile £52.16 £48.75 £73.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £39.22 £47.50 £72.50
% change year-on-year -17.43% -34.48% -

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 16,153 11,883 16,626
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 93.49% 93.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,772 8,150 12,020
10th Percentile £350 £340 £325
25th Percentile £425 £427 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.95% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 263 142 342
10th Percentile £18.75 £21.21 £16.00
25th Percentile £25.08 £24.66 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +25.85% -20.54%
75th Percentile £63.10 £50.75 £44.50
90th Percentile £76.58 £64.88 £64.95
England median hourly rate £45.00 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +38.46% -7.14% -20.20%

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 20 April 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 20 April 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 £406 -10.96% 9
UX Designer
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 April 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 74 (100.00%) User Experience
2 72 (97.30%) UX Design
3 37 (50.00%) Figma
4 29 (39.19%) User Research
4 29 (39.19%) Wireframes
5 22 (29.73%) Prototyping
6 20 (27.03%) Interaction Design
6 20 (27.03%) Usability Testing
7 19 (25.68%) Agile
8 16 (21.62%) Accessibility
8 16 (21.62%) UX Research
9 15 (20.27%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
10 14 (18.92%) Problem-Solving
11 11 (14.86%) AI
11 11 (14.86%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
12 10 (13.51%) Information Architecture
13 9 (12.16%) Analytics
13 9 (12.16%) E-Commerce
14 8 (10.81%) Inclusive Design
14 8 (10.81%) Stakeholder Management
15 7 (9.46%) Sketch
15 7 (9.46%) Workshop Facilitation
16 6 (8.11%) Adobe
16 6 (8.11%) Design Thinking
16 6 (8.11%) Fintech
16 6 (8.11%) Journey Map
16 6 (8.11%) Service Design
17 5 (6.76%) A/B Testing
17 5 (6.76%) Adobe XD
17 5 (6.76%) Customer Insight

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 (1.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (9.46%) Sketch
2 5 (6.76%) Adobe XD
3 2 (2.70%) UserZoom
Cloud Services
1 37 (50.00%) Figma
2 5 (6.76%) SaaS
3 2 (2.70%) Power Platform
3 2 (2.70%) PowerApps
4 1 (1.35%) ChatGPT
4 1 (1.35%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.35%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.35%) Internet
1 1 (1.35%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.35%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 3 (4.05%) Axure RP
2 1 (1.35%) JIRA
General
1 23 (31.08%) Social Skills
2 19 (25.68%) Finance
3 18 (24.32%) Banking
4 7 (9.46%) Public Sector
5 5 (6.76%) Retail
6 4 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (4.05%) Marketing
7 3 (4.05%) Retail Banking
8 2 (2.70%) Corporate Banking
8 2 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.70%) Investment Banking
8 2 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.35%) Back Office
9 1 (1.35%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.05%) CSS
1 3 (4.05%) HTML
2 1 (1.35%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 14 (18.92%) Mobile App
2 5 (6.76%) Onboarding
3 3 (4.05%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 2 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.70%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (2.70%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.70%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.35%) Blog
5 1 (1.35%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.35%) Clustering
5 1 (1.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (1.35%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.35%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.35%) Midjourney
5 1 (1.35%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.70%) Android
2 1 (1.35%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (100.00%) User Experience
2 72 (97.30%) UX Design
3 29 (39.19%) User Research
3 29 (39.19%) Wireframes
4 22 (29.73%) Prototyping
5 20 (27.03%) Interaction Design
5 20 (27.03%) Usability Testing
6 19 (25.68%) Agile
7 16 (21.62%) UX Research
8 15 (20.27%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
9 14 (18.92%) Problem-Solving
10 11 (14.86%) AI
10 11 (14.86%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
11 10 (13.51%) Information Architecture
12 9 (12.16%) Analytics
12 9 (12.16%) E-Commerce
13 8 (10.81%) Inclusive Design
13 8 (10.81%) Stakeholder Management
14 7 (9.46%) Workshop Facilitation
15 6 (8.11%) Design Thinking
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.70%) Korn
Qualifications
1 5 (6.76%) SC Cleared
1 5 (6.76%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (1.35%) Degree
2 1 (1.35%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (21.62%) Accessibility
2 4 (5.41%) WCAG
3 1 (1.35%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (8.11%) Adobe
2 3 (4.05%) Salesforce
3 2 (2.70%) Microsoft