UX Designer Contract Job Trends in London

User Experience Designer
England > London

The median User Experience Designer daily rate in London is £473, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 December 2025.

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

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 312 311 343
Rank change year-on-year -1 +32 -66
Contract jobs requiring a UX Designer 61 75 81
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.43% 0.48% 0.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 0.51% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 54 52
10th Percentile £324 £350 £351
25th Percentile £377 £452 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £527 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.26% -4.27% -
75th Percentile £526 £588 £603
90th Percentile £565 £696 £648
England median daily rate £468 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -10.86% +2.39% -2.33%
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% -
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% -

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 12,950 14,681 18,401
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.26% 93.66% 93.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,600 9,530 13,307
10th Percentile £335 £338 £335
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -2.22% -2.17%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £763 £799 £790
England median daily rate £503 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.12% -1.78% -2.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 226 159 214
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.25 £18.05
25th Percentile £21.00 £23.80 £21.75
Median hourly rate £27.50 £36.80 £36.14
Median % change year-on-year -25.27% +1.83% +3.26%
75th Percentile £52.88 £57.38 £59.69
90th Percentile £75.79 £81.24 £73.31
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.93% -16.67% +38.46%

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 December 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 December 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 0 6 £543 -3.56% 1
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 December 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 61 (100.00%) User Experience
1 61 (100.00%) UX Design
2 29 (47.54%) Figma
3 20 (32.79%) User Research
4 19 (31.15%) Sketch
4 19 (31.15%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 17 (27.87%) Prototyping
6 16 (26.23%) Accessibility
7 15 (24.59%) Agile
7 15 (24.59%) Wireframes
8 14 (22.95%) CSS
8 14 (22.95%) HTML
9 13 (21.31%) Axure RP
10 12 (19.67%) Adobe
10 12 (19.67%) Interaction Design
11 11 (18.03%) Service Design
12 10 (16.39%) Problem-Solving
13 9 (14.75%) Adobe XD
13 9 (14.75%) Usability Testing
13 9 (14.75%) UX Research
13 9 (14.75%) Workshop Facilitation
14 8 (13.11%) E-Commerce
14 8 (13.11%) Salesforce
14 8 (13.11%) Security Cleared
14 8 (13.11%) Stakeholder Management
15 6 (9.84%) Android
15 6 (9.84%) Apple iOS
15 6 (9.84%) Continuous Improvement
15 6 (9.84%) JavaScript
15 6 (9.84%) SaaS

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 (1.64%) SharePoint
Applications
1 19 (31.15%) Sketch
2 9 (14.75%) Adobe XD
3 5 (8.20%) Adobe Illustrator
3 5 (8.20%) Photoshop
4 4 (6.56%) InVision
4 4 (6.56%) OmniGraffle
4 4 (6.56%) UXPin
5 1 (1.64%) InDesign
5 1 (1.64%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 2 (3.28%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 29 (47.54%) Figma
2 6 (9.84%) SaaS
3 2 (3.28%) Miro
4 1 (1.64%) Adobe Creative Cloud
4 1 (1.64%) Dropbox
4 1 (1.64%) GitHub
4 1 (1.64%) Google Drive
4 1 (1.64%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.64%) PowerApps
Development Applications
1 13 (21.31%) Axure RP
2 4 (6.56%) Balsamiq
3 1 (1.64%) JIRA
General
1 18 (29.51%) Finance
2 17 (27.87%) Social Skills
3 15 (24.59%) Banking
4 6 (9.84%) Public Sector
5 2 (3.28%) Legal
5 2 (3.28%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (3.28%) Retail
6 1 (1.64%) Arabic Language
6 1 (1.64%) Back Office
6 1 (1.64%) Digital Health
6 1 (1.64%) Digital Healthcare
6 1 (1.64%) Front Office
6 1 (1.64%) Local Government
6 1 (1.64%) Marketing
6 1 (1.64%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.64%) Publishing
6 1 (1.64%) Wearables
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (22.95%) CSS
1 14 (22.95%) HTML
2 4 (6.56%) Framer.js
3 3 (4.92%) Lightning Web Components
4 1 (1.64%) HTML5
4 1 (1.64%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 14 (22.95%) Mobile App
2 8 (13.11%) Product Ownership
3 3 (4.92%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.28%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (3.28%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.64%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.64%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 6 (9.84%) Android
1 6 (9.84%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.64%) Mac OS
2 1 (1.64%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (100.00%) User Experience
1 61 (100.00%) UX Design
2 20 (32.79%) User Research
3 19 (31.15%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 17 (27.87%) Prototyping
5 15 (24.59%) Agile
5 15 (24.59%) Wireframes
6 12 (19.67%) Interaction Design
7 11 (18.03%) Service Design
8 10 (16.39%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (14.75%) Usability Testing
9 9 (14.75%) UX Research
9 9 (14.75%) Workshop Facilitation
10 8 (13.11%) E-Commerce
10 8 (13.11%) Stakeholder Management
11 6 (9.84%) Continuous Improvement
12 5 (8.20%) CRM
12 5 (8.20%) Mobile First
12 5 (8.20%) Product Strategy
12 5 (8.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.84%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 8 (13.11%) Security Cleared
2 4 (6.56%) SC Cleared
3 2 (3.28%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (3.28%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (26.23%) Accessibility
2 2 (3.28%) WCAG
3 1 (1.64%) QA
Vendors
1 12 (19.67%) Adobe
2 8 (13.11%) Salesforce
3 4 (6.56%) Microsoft
4 3 (4.92%) Google
5 1 (1.64%) Palantir