UX Designer Contract Job Trends in London

User Experience Designer
England > London

The median User Experience Designer daily rate in London is £468, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 November 2025.

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

6 months to
1 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 316 312 354
Rank change year-on-year -4 +42 -87
Contract jobs requiring a UX Designer 55 69 78
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.40% 0.44% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% 0.47% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 49 52
10th Percentile £313 £350 £365
25th Percentile £363 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.86% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £500 £588 £636
90th Percentile £573 £688 £650
England median daily rate £463 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -11.90% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £53.15 - £52.13
25th Percentile £54.50 £31.50 £55.31
Median hourly rate £58.50 £33.00 £61.25
Median % change year-on-year +77.27% -46.12% -5.77%
75th Percentile £62.00 £34.50 £67.81
90th Percentile £63.05 - £71.38
England median hourly rate £54.50 £33.00 £70.07
% change year-on-year +65.15% -52.90% +7.80%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 12,631 14,719 19,198
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.49% 94.01% 93.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,383 9,518 13,972
10th Percentile £332 £338 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £794 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 223 161 212
10th Percentile £17.16 £17.25 £18.02
25th Percentile £22.50 £24.50 £21.94
Median hourly rate £27.40 £39.00 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.74% -3.70% +25.58%
75th Percentile £47.50 £60.00 £61.94
90th Percentile £67.11 £80.75 £76.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £41.50 £45.94
% change year-on-year -39.40% -9.66% +53.13%

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 1 November 2025.

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 1 November 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 -5 7 £521 -7.33% 14
East London +4 2 £495 +4.21%
UX Designer
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 November 2025, 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 55 (100.00%) User Experience
1 55 (100.00%) UX Design
2 25 (45.45%) Figma
3 19 (34.55%) User Research
4 17 (30.91%) Sketch
5 16 (29.09%) Wireframes
6 15 (27.27%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 14 (25.45%) Accessibility
7 14 (25.45%) Agile
7 14 (25.45%) CSS
7 14 (25.45%) HTML
7 14 (25.45%) Interaction Design
7 14 (25.45%) Prototyping
8 11 (20.00%) Axure RP
9 10 (18.18%) Service Design
9 10 (18.18%) Workshop Facilitation
10 9 (16.36%) Adobe
11 8 (14.55%) Security Cleared
12 7 (12.73%) Adobe XD
12 7 (12.73%) Problem-Solving
12 7 (12.73%) Usability Testing
13 6 (10.91%) Android
13 6 (10.91%) Apple iOS
13 6 (10.91%) Continuous Improvement
13 6 (10.91%) JavaScript
13 6 (10.91%) Salesforce
13 6 (10.91%) Stakeholder Management
14 5 (9.09%) Adobe Illustrator
14 5 (9.09%) CRM
14 5 (9.09%) Photoshop

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 (1.82%) SharePoint
Applications
1 17 (30.91%) Sketch
2 7 (12.73%) Adobe XD
3 5 (9.09%) Adobe Illustrator
3 5 (9.09%) Photoshop
4 4 (7.27%) InVision
4 4 (7.27%) OmniGraffle
4 4 (7.27%) UXPin
5 1 (1.82%) Chatbot
5 1 (1.82%) InDesign
5 1 (1.82%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 2 (3.64%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 25 (45.45%) Figma
2 5 (9.09%) SaaS
3 1 (1.82%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 1 (1.82%) Dropbox
3 1 (1.82%) GitHub
3 1 (1.82%) Google Drive
3 1 (1.82%) Miro
3 1 (1.82%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.82%) PowerApps
Development Applications
1 11 (20.00%) Axure RP
2 4 (7.27%) Balsamiq
General
1 17 (30.91%) Finance
2 14 (25.45%) Banking
2 14 (25.45%) Social Skills
3 6 (10.91%) Public Sector
4 2 (3.64%) Legal
4 2 (3.64%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.82%) Arabic Language
5 1 (1.82%) Corporate Banking
5 1 (1.82%) Digital Health
5 1 (1.82%) Front Office
5 1 (1.82%) Health Technology
5 1 (1.82%) Investment Banking
5 1 (1.82%) Local Government
5 1 (1.82%) Marketing
5 1 (1.82%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (1.82%) Publishing
5 1 (1.82%) Retail
5 1 (1.82%) Retail Banking
5 1 (1.82%) Wearables
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (25.45%) CSS
1 14 (25.45%) HTML
2 4 (7.27%) Framer.js
3 2 (3.64%) Lightning Web Components
4 1 (1.82%) HTML5
4 1 (1.82%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 11 (20.00%) Product Ownership
2 10 (18.18%) Mobile App
3 3 (5.45%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.64%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.82%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 6 (10.91%) Android
1 6 (10.91%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.82%) Mac OS
2 1 (1.82%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (100.00%) User Experience
1 55 (100.00%) UX Design
2 19 (34.55%) User Research
3 16 (29.09%) Wireframes
4 15 (27.27%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 14 (25.45%) Agile
5 14 (25.45%) Interaction Design
5 14 (25.45%) Prototyping
6 10 (18.18%) Service Design
6 10 (18.18%) Workshop Facilitation
7 7 (12.73%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (12.73%) Usability Testing
8 6 (10.91%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (10.91%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (9.09%) CRM
9 5 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 4 (7.27%) AI
10 4 (7.27%) Collaborative Working
10 4 (7.27%) Design Thinking
10 4 (7.27%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
Programming Languages
1 6 (10.91%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 8 (14.55%) Security Cleared
2 4 (7.27%) SC Cleared
3 2 (3.64%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (3.64%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (25.45%) Accessibility
2 2 (3.64%) WCAG
Vendors
1 9 (16.36%) Adobe
2 6 (10.91%) Salesforce
3 4 (7.27%) Microsoft
4 3 (5.45%) Google
5 1 (1.82%) Palantir
5 1 (1.82%) Virgin Media