UX Designer Contract Job Trends in London

User Experience Designer
England > London

The median User Experience Designer daily rate in London is £498, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 July 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 357 308 308
Rank change year-on-year -49 0 -16
Contract jobs requiring a UX Designer 73 56 91
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.37% 0.41% 0.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.40% 0.44% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 37 60
10th Percentile £350 £300 £369
25th Percentile £408 £337 £449
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £415 £545
Median % change year-on-year +19.88% -23.85% -5.22%
75th Percentile £575 £495 £588
90th Percentile £688 £538 £639
England median daily rate £450 £438 £513
% change year-on-year +2.86% -14.63% -3.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £49.85 £46.85 -
25th Percentile £49.99 £47.75 -
Median hourly rate £51.47 £51.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% - -
75th Percentile £52.98 £54.75 -
90th Percentile £53.14 £55.95 -
England median hourly rate £51.44 £51.00 -
% change year-on-year +0.86% - -

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 18,349 12,611 16,516
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.88% 93.31% 93.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,077 8,527 11,798
10th Percentile £358 £332 £325
25th Percentile £440 £425 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £681
90th Percentile £763 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 319 194 301
10th Percentile £17.98 £18.83 £16.25
25th Percentile £24.38 £23.00 £20.50
Median hourly rate £39.00 £31.75 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year +22.83% +14.17% -28.69%
75th Percentile £62.93 £50.50 £46.50
90th Percentile £80.25 £63.75 £68.75
England median hourly rate £45.00 £28.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +60.71% -30.00% -9.09%

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 10 July 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 10 July 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 -2 10 £425 -1.45% 9
UX Designer
England

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

For the 6 months to 10 July 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 73 (100.00%) User Experience
2 69 (94.52%) UX Design
3 35 (47.95%) Wireframes
4 33 (45.21%) Figma
5 23 (31.51%) User Research
6 21 (28.77%) Agile
6 21 (28.77%) Prototyping
7 20 (27.40%) Usability Testing
8 19 (26.03%) Accessibility
9 17 (23.29%) Interaction Design
10 14 (19.18%) AI
10 14 (19.18%) Design Thinking
11 13 (17.81%) Information Architecture
11 13 (17.81%) Journey Map
12 10 (13.70%) Fintech
12 10 (13.70%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
13 9 (12.33%) Analytics
13 9 (12.33%) E-Commerce
13 9 (12.33%) Service Design
14 8 (10.96%) Customer Experience
15 7 (9.59%) Inclusive Design
15 7 (9.59%) Problem-Solving
15 7 (9.59%) SaaS
15 7 (9.59%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
15 7 (9.59%) Workflow
16 6 (8.22%) Product Strategy
16 6 (8.22%) Qualitative Research
16 6 (8.22%) Quantitative Research
16 6 (8.22%) Requirements Workshops
16 6 (8.22%) Stakeholder Management

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 (2.74%) CMS
2 1 (1.37%) Confluence
2 1 (1.37%) Drupal
2 1 (1.37%) Kentico
Applications
1 5 (6.85%) Sketch
2 3 (4.11%) Adobe XD
3 2 (2.74%) UserZoom
4 1 (1.37%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (1.37%) Eloqua
Cloud Services
1 33 (45.21%) Figma
2 7 (9.59%) SaaS
3 1 (1.37%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 1 (1.37%) ChatGPT
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.37%) Internet
Development Applications
1 3 (4.11%) Claude Code
2 1 (1.37%) Axure RP
2 1 (1.37%) Git
2 1 (1.37%) JIRA
2 1 (1.37%) Subversion
General
1 25 (34.25%) Social Skills
2 18 (24.66%) Finance
3 16 (21.92%) Banking
4 8 (10.96%) Retail
5 6 (8.22%) Public Sector
6 4 (5.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (5.48%) Marketing
7 3 (4.11%) Retail Banking
8 2 (2.74%) Corporate Banking
8 2 (2.74%) Investment Banking
8 2 (2.74%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.37%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (1.37%) Billing
9 1 (1.37%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.74%) CSS
1 2 (2.74%) HTML
2 1 (1.37%) .NET
2 1 (1.37%) Compass CSS Framework
2 1 (1.37%) CSS3
2 1 (1.37%) HTML5
2 1 (1.37%) jQuery
2 1 (1.37%) Microformats
2 1 (1.37%) OOCSS
2 1 (1.37%) React
2 1 (1.37%) Sass
2 1 (1.37%) Tailwind CSS
2 1 (1.37%) XHTML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.59%) Mobile App
2 5 (6.85%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.74%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (2.74%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (2.74%) Product Ownership
3 2 (2.74%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 2 (2.74%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.37%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.37%) Clustering
4 1 (1.37%) Digital Media
4 1 (1.37%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.37%) Midjourney
4 1 (1.37%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.74%) Android
2 1 (1.37%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (100.00%) User Experience
2 69 (94.52%) UX Design
3 35 (47.95%) Wireframes
4 23 (31.51%) User Research
5 21 (28.77%) Agile
5 21 (28.77%) Prototyping
6 20 (27.40%) Usability Testing
7 17 (23.29%) Interaction Design
8 14 (19.18%) AI
8 14 (19.18%) Design Thinking
9 13 (17.81%) Information Architecture
9 13 (17.81%) Journey Map
10 10 (13.70%) Fintech
10 10 (13.70%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
11 9 (12.33%) Analytics
11 9 (12.33%) E-Commerce
11 9 (12.33%) Service Design
12 8 (10.96%) Customer Experience
13 7 (9.59%) Inclusive Design
13 7 (9.59%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.74%) JavaScript
1 2 (2.74%) Korn
2 1 (1.37%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (5.48%) SC Cleared
1 4 (5.48%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (1.37%) Degree
2 1 (1.37%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (26.03%) Accessibility
2 5 (6.85%) WCAG
3 1 (1.37%) GDPR
3 1 (1.37%) WAI
3 1 (1.37%) WAI-ARIA
Vendors
1 4 (5.48%) Adobe
2 1 (1.37%) CODA
2 1 (1.37%) Pardot
2 1 (1.37%) Salesforce
2 1 (1.37%) ServiceNow