UX Designer Contract Job Trends in Scotland

User Experience Designer
UK > Scotland

The median User Experience Designer daily rate in Scotland is £429, 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 106 107 139
Rank change year-on-year +1 +32 +22
Contract jobs requiring a UX Designer 7 9 5
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.46% 0.53% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.51% 0.58% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 8 5
10th Percentile £388 £312 £252
25th Percentile £399 £350 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £429 £388 £400
Median % change year-on-year +10.58% -3.13% -27.27%
75th Percentile £457 £399 -
90th Percentile £475 £422 £453
UK median daily rate £469 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -6.20% - -7.41%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 1,377 1,540 2,236
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.77% 91.39% 94.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 812 932 1,386
10th Percentile £213 £204 £240
25th Percentile £363 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £454 £450 £488
Median % change year-on-year +0.89% -7.69% +2.63%
75th Percentile £543 £538 £588
90th Percentile £625 £650 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 45 57
10th Percentile £16.62 £13.23 £12.21
25th Percentile £19.63 £16.92 £16.00
Median hourly rate £24.09 £23.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.74% +17.95% +10.05%
75th Percentile £43.30 £24.18 £60.00
90th Percentile £63.60 £32.05 £67.00
UK median hourly rate £25.50 £34.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -25.00% -23.60% +48.33%

UX Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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 Scotland.

UX Designer job vacancy trend in Scotland

UX Designer
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for UX Designer job vacancies in Scotland

UX Designer
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 19 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
Edinburgh 0 4 £388 - 4
Glasgow +1 3 £447 +27.90%
UX Designer
UK

UX Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 19 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 Scotland region featuring UX Designer in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) User Experience
1 7 (100.00%) UX Design
2 6 (85.71%) Agile
2 6 (85.71%) User Research
3 5 (71.43%) Accessibility
3 5 (71.43%) CSS
3 5 (71.43%) HTML
4 4 (57.14%) Figma
4 4 (57.14%) Interaction Design
4 4 (57.14%) Prototyping
4 4 (57.14%) Usability Testing
5 3 (42.86%) Axure RP
5 3 (42.86%) Degree
5 3 (42.86%) Front End Development
5 3 (42.86%) Wireframes
6 2 (28.57%) Inclusive Design
6 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (28.57%) Responsive Web Design
6 2 (28.57%) Typography
6 2 (28.57%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 2 (28.57%) UX Research
7 1 (14.29%) Adobe
7 1 (14.29%) Adobe XD
7 1 (14.29%) Analytics
7 1 (14.29%) B2B
7 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (14.29%) Data Privacy
7 1 (14.29%) Design Sprint
7 1 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 1 (14.29%) GDPR

UX Designer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Adobe XD
1 1 (14.29%) InVision
1 1 (14.29%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Figma
2 1 (14.29%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Axure RP
2 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
3 1 (14.29%) Banking
3 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (71.43%) CSS
1 5 (71.43%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Digital Media
2 1 (14.29%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 1 (14.29%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) User Experience
1 7 (100.00%) UX Design
2 6 (85.71%) Agile
2 6 (85.71%) User Research
3 4 (57.14%) Interaction Design
3 4 (57.14%) Prototyping
3 4 (57.14%) Usability Testing
4 3 (42.86%) Front End Development
4 3 (42.86%) Wireframes
5 2 (28.57%) Inclusive Design
5 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (28.57%) Responsive Web Design
5 2 (28.57%) Typography
5 2 (28.57%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 2 (28.57%) UX Research
6 1 (14.29%) Analytics
6 1 (14.29%) Data Privacy
6 1 (14.29%) Design Sprint
6 1 (14.29%) Qualitative Research
6 1 (14.29%) Quantitative Research
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (71.43%) Accessibility
2 1 (14.29%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Adobe