Senior UX Designer Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Senior User Experience Designer
North West > Manchester

The median Senior User Experience Designer daily rate in Manchester is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 84 - 107
Rank change year-on-year - - +32
Contract jobs requiring a Senior UX Designer 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.096% - 0.059%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% - 0.064%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £425
Median % change year-on-year - - -19.05%
75th Percentile - - £438
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £500 - £425
% change year-on-year - - -19.05%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 956 1,071 1,569
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.19% 93.70% 93.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 613 614 1,160
10th Percentile £298 £318 £281
25th Percentile £390 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £486 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.46% -2.75% -
75th Percentile £580 £575 £588
90th Percentile £675 £675 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £476 £500
% change year-on-year -5.46% -4.80% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 35 63
10th Percentile £13.51 £15.95 £14.37
25th Percentile £17.30 £23.68 £16.46
Median hourly rate £22.32 £35.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.24% +84.21% -5.61%
75th Percentile £31.40 £62.50 £43.75
90th Percentile £60.00 £73.30 £66.00
North West median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% +6.06% +43.48%

Senior UX Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Senior UX Designer job vacancy trend in Manchester

Senior UX Designer
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior UX Designer job vacancies in Manchester.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior UX Designer job vacancies in Manchester

Senior UX Designer
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior UX Designer within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 20 October 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
Salford - 1 £500 - 1
Senior UX Designer
North West

Senior UX Designer Skill Set
Top 4 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 20 October 2025, Senior 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 Manchester region featuring Senior UX Designer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Information Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Product Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design

Senior UX Designer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Information Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Product Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design