UX Strategist Contract Job Trends in London

User Experience Strategist
England > London

The median User Experience Strategist daily rate in London is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 401 - 386
Rank change year-on-year - - +109
Contract jobs requiring a UX Strategist 3 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.017% - 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% - 0.018%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile £515 - -
25th Percentile £519 - £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £550
75th Percentile £575 - £575
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £550 - £550

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 16,422 11,735 16,636
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.81% 93.50% 93.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,940 8,042 12,035
10th Percentile £350 £343 £325
25th Percentile £425 £431 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £755 £800 £799
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 272 146 337
10th Percentile £18.75 £20.45 £16.01
25th Percentile £24.03 £24.05 £20.02
Median hourly rate £37.50 £34.83 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.68% +26.64% -21.43%
75th Percentile £63.16 £50.75 £43.75
90th Percentile £76.58 £64.38 £65.00
England median hourly rate £47.00 £31.64 £35.96
% change year-on-year +48.55% -12.01% -20.09%

UX Strategist
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'UX Strategist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

UX Strategist job vacancy trend in London

UX Strategist
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for UX Strategist job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for UX Strategist job vacancies in London

UX Strategist
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 Strategist within the London region over the 6 months to 30 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 - 1 £550 - 1
UX Strategist
England

UX Strategist Skill Set
Top 8 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 30 April 2026, UX Strategist 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 Strategist in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Content Strategy
1 3 (100.00%) Content Writing
1 3 (100.00%) User Experience
1 3 (100.00%) UX Design
2 1 (33.33%) Fintech
2 1 (33.33%) Kalman Filter
2 1 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) Workflow

UX Strategist 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:

Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Content Strategy
1 3 (100.00%) Content Writing
1 3 (100.00%) User Experience
1 3 (100.00%) UX Design
2 1 (33.33%) Fintech
2 1 (33.33%) Kalman Filter
2 1 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) Workflow