UX Designer Contract Job Trends in the North East

User Experience Designer
England > North East

The median User Experience Designer daily rate in the North East is £410, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 December 2025.

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

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 43 -
Rank change year-on-year -6 - -
Contract jobs requiring a UX Designer 3 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 0.80% 0.32% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.84% 0.36% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £369 - -
25th Percentile £382 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 - -
75th Percentile £432 - -
90th Percentile £443 - -
England median daily rate £468 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -10.86% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North East. 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 the North East with a recognized job title 356 277 234
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.43% 89.35% 92.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 249 141 161
10th Percentile £170 £275 £225
25th Percentile £341 £354 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.11% - -18.18%
75th Percentile £540 £588 £575
90th Percentile £600 £650 £710
England median daily rate £504 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -4.00% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 16 14
10th Percentile £14.20 £17.25 £15.47
25th Percentile £17.88 £28.95 £16.25
Median hourly rate £36.00 £46.18 £32.25
Median % change year-on-year -22.04% +43.19% +43.33%
75th Percentile £53.75 - £46.18
90th Percentile £55.00 £58.09 £55.85
England median hourly rate £25.47 £37.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.08% -16.67% +36.36%

UX Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

UX Designer job vacancy trend in the North East

UX Designer
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for UX Designer job vacancies in the North East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for UX Designer job vacancies in the North East

UX Designer
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 Designer within the North East region over the 6 months to 4 December 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
Tyne and Wear -7 3 £410 - 3
UX Designer
England

UX Designer Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East

For the 6 months to 4 December 2025, 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 North East region featuring UX Designer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Usability Testing
1 3 (100.00%) User Experience
1 3 (100.00%) UX Design
2 2 (66.67%) Design Thinking
2 2 (66.67%) Ethnographic Research
2 2 (66.67%) Ethnography
2 2 (66.67%) Human-Centred Design
2 2 (66.67%) Journey Map
2 2 (66.67%) Service Design
2 2 (66.67%) User Journey Map
2 2 (66.67%) User Research
2 2 (66.67%) UX Research
3 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Business Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) GitHub
3 1 (33.33%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
3 1 (33.33%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Prototyping
3 1 (33.33%) Refactoring
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Sprint Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Sprint Retrospective
3 1 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
3 1 (33.33%) Validation
3 1 (33.33%) WCAG
3 1 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation

UX Designer Skill Set
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 (33.33%) GitHub
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Usability Testing
1 3 (100.00%) User Experience
1 3 (100.00%) UX Design
2 2 (66.67%) Design Thinking
2 2 (66.67%) Ethnographic Research
2 2 (66.67%) Ethnography
2 2 (66.67%) Human-Centred Design
2 2 (66.67%) Journey Map
2 2 (66.67%) Service Design
2 2 (66.67%) User Journey Map
2 2 (66.67%) User Research
2 2 (66.67%) UX Research
3 1 (33.33%) Business Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
3 1 (33.33%) Prototyping
3 1 (33.33%) Refactoring
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) Sprint Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Sprint Retrospective
3 1 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
1 1 (33.33%) WCAG