UX Design Contract Job Trends in Manchester

User Experience Design (UXD)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring UX Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 71 72 84
Rank change year-on-year +1 +12 -13
Contract jobs citing UX Design 28 14 17
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 2.33% 1.31% 1.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.59% 1.47% 1.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 10 13
10th Percentile £304 £198 £325
25th Percentile £360 £280 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £386 £575
Median % change year-on-year +0.32% -32.83% +9.52%
75th Percentile £402 £466 £588
90th Percentile £500 £656 £598
North West median daily rate £388 £383 £575
% change year-on-year +1.31% -33.48% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile £46.40 - £72.25
25th Percentile £49.63 - £73.75
Median hourly rate £55.00 - £77.50
75th Percentile £62.50 - £80.63
90th Percentile £67.00 - £81.75
North West median hourly rate £55.00 - £77.50

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

UX Design falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,082 955 1,368
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 89.87% 89.50% 88.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 728 567 983
10th Percentile £309 £294 £300
25th Percentile £380 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% -7.50% -
75th Percentile £580 £575 £593
90th Percentile £650 £681 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 38 49
10th Percentile £17.30 £15.97 £15.75
25th Percentile £19.39 £22.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.63 £32.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.37% +8.33% -21.36%
75th Percentile £52.88 £36.19 £61.25
90th Percentile £64.00 £65.00 £75.90
North West median hourly rate £31.75 £31.25 £35.73
% change year-on-year +1.60% -12.53% +34.66%

UX Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing UX Design relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

UX Design job vacancy trend in Manchester

UX Design
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing UX Design.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing UX Design

UX Design
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing UX Design in Manchester over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for UX Design in Manchester

UX Design
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing UX Design.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing UX Design

UX Design
Hourly Rate Histogram in Manchester

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing UX Design in Manchester over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for UX Design in Manchester

UX Design
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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (21.43%) CMS
2 1 (3.57%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (25.00%) Sketch
2 1 (3.57%) InVision
Cloud Services
1 13 (46.43%) Figma
2 2 (7.14%) GitHub
2 2 (7.14%) GitHub Actions
2 2 (7.14%) Miro
3 1 (3.57%) AWS
3 1 (3.57%) Firebase
3 1 (3.57%) Vyond
Development Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Git
2 2 (7.14%) CircleCI
2 2 (7.14%) Cypress.io
2 2 (7.14%) GitLab
2 2 (7.14%) JUnit
2 2 (7.14%) Mocha
3 1 (3.57%) Crashlytics
3 1 (3.57%) Gradle
3 1 (3.57%) JIRA
General
1 12 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 9 (32.14%) Finance
3 7 (25.00%) Public Sector
4 4 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Automotive
5 1 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 18 (64.29%) Designer
2 13 (46.43%) UX Designer
3 5 (17.86%) Developer
3 5 (17.86%) Senior
4 4 (14.29%) Content Designer
4 4 (14.29%) Senior Designer
5 2 (7.14%) Full-Stack Developer
5 2 (7.14%) Senior UX Designer
5 2 (7.14%) Service Designer
5 2 (7.14%) User Experience Researcher
5 2 (7.14%) UX Service Designer
6 1 (3.57%) Android Developer
6 1 (3.57%) Business Analyst
6 1 (3.57%) Digital Designer
6 1 (3.57%) Full-Stack Java Developer
6 1 (3.57%) Interaction Designer
6 1 (3.57%) Product Designer
6 1 (3.57%) React Developer
6 1 (3.57%) ServiceNow Developer
6 1 (3.57%) UX Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (14.29%) React
2 3 (10.71%) Jest
3 2 (7.14%) CSS
3 2 (7.14%) HTML
3 2 (7.14%) Node.js
3 2 (7.14%) Playwright
3 2 (7.14%) REST
3 2 (7.14%) Spring
3 2 (7.14%) Spring Boot
4 1 (3.57%) Android Jetpack
4 1 (3.57%) CSS3
4 1 (3.57%) Dagger
4 1 (3.57%) HTML5
4 1 (3.57%) Jetpack Compose
4 1 (3.57%) Next.js
4 1 (3.57%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.86%) Onboarding
2 2 (7.14%) e-Learning
2 2 (7.14%) Learning Management System
3 1 (3.57%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.57%) Educational Technology
3 1 (3.57%) Graphic Design
3 1 (3.57%) Mobile App
3 1 (3.57%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.57%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.57%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (100.00%) User Experience
2 18 (64.29%) Agile
3 10 (35.71%) Usability Testing
4 9 (32.14%) User Research
5 8 (28.57%) Interaction Design
6 7 (25.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 6 (21.43%) Personalization
7 6 (21.43%) UX Research
7 6 (21.43%) Validation
8 4 (14.29%) Content Management
8 4 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (14.29%) Creative Thinking
8 4 (14.29%) Decision-Making
8 4 (14.29%) Information Architecture
8 4 (14.29%) Service Design
8 4 (14.29%) Time Management
9 3 (10.71%) Instructional Design
9 3 (10.71%) Prototyping
9 3 (10.71%) Sprint Planning
9 3 (10.71%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.29%) TypeScript
2 3 (10.71%) Java
2 3 (10.71%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.57%) Kotlin
3 1 (3.57%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (14.29%) Degree
1 4 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (60.71%) Accessibility
2 2 (7.14%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 1 (3.57%) Grafana
Vendors
1 6 (21.43%) Hopewiser
2 3 (10.71%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.57%) Adobe
3 1 (3.57%) ServiceNow