UX Design Contract Job Trends in Portsmouth

User Experience Design (UXD)
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Portsmouth requiring UX Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 - 41
Rank change year-on-year - - +9
Contract jobs citing UX Design 2 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Portsmouth 1.09% - 0.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.35% - 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £364 - -
Hampshire median daily rate £364 £350 £163
% change year-on-year +4.00% +114.72% -64.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 148 118 253
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth 80.43% 81.38% 90.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 64 140
10th Percentile £262 £360 £350
25th Percentile £418 £409 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £519 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.20% -1.19% +5.00%
75th Percentile £556 £653 £615
90th Percentile £626 £697 £700
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.59% +2.85% +1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 33 34
10th Percentile £17.90 £31.25 £19.83
25th Percentile £25.12 £35.00 £30.18
Median hourly rate £33.89 £70.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -51.59% +27.27% -12.00%
75th Percentile £50.00 £70.43 £61.88
90th Percentile £55.00 £75.00 £68.73
Hampshire median hourly rate £20.71 £65.85 £52.50
% change year-on-year -68.55% +25.43% +16.67%

UX Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

UX Design job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

UX Design
Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

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

UX Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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:

Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) User Researcher
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Cognitive Psychology
1 2 (100.00%) Design Persona
1 2 (100.00%) Ergonomics
1 2 (100.00%) Ethnography
1 2 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 2 (100.00%) Human Factors
1 2 (100.00%) Market Research
1 2 (100.00%) Psychology
1 2 (100.00%) Qualitative Research
1 2 (100.00%) Quantitative Research
1 2 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 2 (100.00%) Service Design
1 2 (100.00%) Usability Testing
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) User Research
1 2 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Actionable Recommendations