UX Design Contract Job Trends in the North East

User Experience Design (UXD)
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North East requiring UX Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 39 29
Rank change year-on-year -9 -10 +28
Contract jobs citing UX Design 7 3 6
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 1.43% 0.88% 1.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.70% 0.99% 2.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 1
10th Percentile £361 £334 -
25th Percentile £363 £347 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £367 £388 £700
Median % change year-on-year -5.42% -44.64% +39.30%
75th Percentile £385 £422 -
90th Percentile £419 £431 -
England median daily rate £461 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -7.75% -2.58% -6.68%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North East

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 the North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 412 303 261
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 84.43% 89.38% 82.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 283 167 138
10th Percentile £171 £308 £187
25th Percentile £363 £358 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £470 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.26% -1.05% -13.64%
75th Percentile £525 £589 £580
90th Percentile £588 £660 £650
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 20 44
10th Percentile £17.88 £14.60 £11.50
25th Percentile £44.50 £15.19 £12.13
Median hourly rate £55.00 £16.50 £15.73
Median % change year-on-year +233.33% +4.90% -56.00%
75th Percentile £68.96 £46.18 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 - £50.00
England median hourly rate £25.77 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -26.37% - -

UX Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

UX Design job vacancy trend in the North East

UX Design
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing UX Design.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing UX Design

UX Design
Contract Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UX Design within the North East region over the 6 months to 11 February 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
Tyne and Wear -12 7 £367 -5.42% 6
UX Design
England

UX Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) GitHub
General
1 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Designer
2 3 (42.86%) User Researcher
2 3 (42.86%) UX Designer
3 2 (28.57%) Service Designer
3 2 (28.57%) UX Service Designer
4 1 (14.29%) Interaction Designer
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) User Experience
2 6 (85.71%) Usability Testing
2 6 (85.71%) User Research
3 5 (71.43%) Agile
3 5 (71.43%) Ethnography
3 5 (71.43%) Service Design
4 4 (57.14%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 3 (42.86%) Actionable Insight
5 3 (42.86%) Cognitive Psychology
5 3 (42.86%) Design Persona
5 3 (42.86%) Ergonomics
5 3 (42.86%) Front End Development
5 3 (42.86%) Human Factors
5 3 (42.86%) Market Research
5 3 (42.86%) Psychology
5 3 (42.86%) Qualitative Research
5 3 (42.86%) Quantitative Research
5 3 (42.86%) Requirements Gathering
6 2 (28.57%) Human-Centred Design
6 2 (28.57%) User Journey Map
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (14.29%) Accessibility
2 1 (14.29%) WCAG