User Experience Contracts in Newcastle upon Tyne

UX
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne requiring User Experience skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited User Experience over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 21 40
Rank change year-on-year -3 +19 -20
Contract jobs citing User Experience 12 6 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 5.38% 2.86% 3.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.35% 3.39% 3.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 1 6
10th Percentile £200 - £374
25th Percentile £294 - £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £700 £600
Median % change year-on-year -35.36% +16.67% +21.21%
75th Percentile £490 - £633
90th Percentile £516 - £666
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £453 £700 £600
% change year-on-year -35.36% +16.67% +21.21%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Newcastle upon Tyne

User Experience 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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 189 177 308
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 84.75% 84.29% 94.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 89 243
10th Percentile £225 £335 £352
25th Percentile £358 £400 £490
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £500 £565
Median % change year-on-year -7.25% -11.50% +13.00%
75th Percentile £573 £600 £650
90th Percentile £629 £650 £740
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £460 £500 £565
% change year-on-year -8.00% -11.50% +13.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 18 0
10th Percentile £21.05 £18.25 -
25th Percentile £30.50 £20.75 -
Median hourly rate £47.50 £47.50 -
75th Percentile £50.38 £50.00 -
90th Percentile £51.35 £68.75 -
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £16.50 £17.50 -
% change year-on-year -5.71% - -

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Job postings citing User Experience as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Job vacancy trend for User Experience in Newcastle upon Tyne

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing User Experience in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Daily rate trend for User Experience in Newcastle upon Tyne

User Experience
Daily Rate Histogram in Newcastle upon Tyne

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Experience in Newcastle upon Tyne over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for User Experience in Newcastle upon Tyne

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing User Experience in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Hourly rate trend for User Experience in Newcastle upon Tyne

User Experience
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (8.33%) CMS
1 1 (8.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Chatbot
1 1 (8.33%) MadCap Flare
1 1 (8.33%) Trello
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 7 (58.33%) Public Sector
2 3 (25.00%) Finance
3 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Developer
1 4 (33.33%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
2 3 (25.00%) User Experience Researcher
3 2 (16.67%) Designer
4 1 (8.33%) Agile Delivery Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Content Designer
4 1 (8.33%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Interaction Designer
4 1 (8.33%) Senior
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Technical Writer
4 1 (8.33%) Technical Writer
4 1 (8.33%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (33.33%) CSS
1 4 (33.33%) HTML
1 4 (33.33%) Jest
1 4 (33.33%) Node.js
1 4 (33.33%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) User Research
2 4 (33.33%) Agile
2 4 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
2 4 (33.33%) Front End Development
2 4 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (33.33%) TDD
2 4 (33.33%) UX Research
3 3 (25.00%) A/B Testing
3 3 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
3 3 (25.00%) Analytics
3 3 (25.00%) Design Thinking
3 3 (25.00%) Fintech
4 2 (16.67%) UX Design
5 1 (8.33%) Agile Project Management
5 1 (8.33%) Content Management
5 1 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (8.33%) Data Protection
5 1 (8.33%) Machine Learning
5 1 (8.33%) Natural Language Processing
5 1 (8.33%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) WCAG