UX Service Designer Contract Job Trends in Manchester

User Experience Service Designer
North West > Manchester

The median User Experience Service Designer daily rate in Manchester is £395, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025.

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

 6 months to
19 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 95 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a UX Service Designer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.17% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £383 - -
25th Percentile £386 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £395 - -
75th Percentile £400 - -
90th Percentile £401 - -
North West median daily rate £395 - -

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 1,099 1,013 1,440
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.81% 93.80% 93.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 728 610 1,043
10th Percentile £311 £313 £306
25th Percentile £381 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £588
90th Percentile £650 £675 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 85 40 60
10th Percentile £17.30 £15.99 £15.62
25th Percentile £19.45 £21.25 £17.37
Median hourly rate £22.63 £32.50 £19.75
Median % change year-on-year -30.37% +64.56% -43.57%
75th Percentile £33.00 £38.69 £60.00
90th Percentile £63.50 £65.00 £73.93
North West median hourly rate £30.99 £27.13 £35.00
% change year-on-year +14.25% -22.50% +59.09%

UX Service Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

UX Service Designer job vacancy trend in Manchester

UX Service Designer
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

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

UX Service Designer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 19 December 2025, UX Service 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 UX Service Designer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Creative Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Journey Map
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Information Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Journey Map
1 2 (100.00%) Service Design
1 2 (100.00%) Time Management
1 2 (100.00%) Usability Testing
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) User Research
1 2 (100.00%) UX Design
1 2 (100.00%) UX Research
2 1 (50.00%) Experimental Design
2 1 (50.00%) Quantitative Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared

UX Service 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 2 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Creative Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Journey Map
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Information Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Journey Map
1 2 (100.00%) Service Design
1 2 (100.00%) Time Management
1 2 (100.00%) Usability Testing
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) User Research
1 2 (100.00%) UX Design
1 2 (100.00%) UX Research
2 1 (50.00%) Experimental Design
2 1 (50.00%) Quantitative Analysis
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Accessibility