UX Design Contract Job Trends in Shropshire

User Experience Design (UXD)
West Midlands > Shropshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Shropshire requiring UX Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 - 16
Rank change year-on-year - - +70
Contract jobs citing UX Design 6 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Shropshire 1.85% - 1.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.05% - 2.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £504 - -
25th Percentile £509 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 - -
75th Percentile £524 - -
90th Percentile £532 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £450 £575 £463
% change year-on-year -21.74% +24.32% -17.41%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Shropshire

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 Shropshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 293 104 42
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Shropshire 90.15% 83.87% 80.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 205 73 25
10th Percentile £400 £240 £274
25th Percentile £450 £358 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £477 £410
Median % change year-on-year +7.76% +16.34% -22.64%
75th Percentile £538 £519 £495
90th Percentile £560 £567 £573
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile £26.13 - -
25th Percentile £27.59 - -
Median hourly rate £31.31 £12.18 -
Median % change year-on-year +157.02% - -
75th Percentile £36.30 £17.89 -
90th Percentile £38.53 £21.32 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £20.00 £21.80 £24.60
% change year-on-year -8.24% -11.40% +38.98%

UX Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

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

UX Design job vacancy trend in Shropshire

UX Design
Daily Rate Trend in Shropshire

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

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

UX Design
Contract Job Locations in Shropshire

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 Shropshire region over the 6 months to 13 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
Telford - 5 £520 - 3
UX Design
West Midlands

UX Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shropshire 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:

General
1 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Developer
1 6 (100.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
2 3 (50.00%) React Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Front-End Java Developer (Client-Side Java Developer)
3 1 (16.67%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (100.00%) Material-UI
1 6 (100.00%) Playwright
1 6 (100.00%) React
2 1 (16.67%) CSS
2 1 (16.67%) GraphQL
2 1 (16.67%) Jest
2 1 (16.67%) Next.js
2 1 (16.67%) OAuth
2 1 (16.67%) OAuth2
2 1 (16.67%) RESTful
2 1 (16.67%) Sass
2 1 (16.67%) Tailwind CSS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 6 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 6 (100.00%) Progressive Enhancement
1 6 (100.00%) User Experience
2 1 (16.67%) Agile
2 1 (16.67%) API Integration
2 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
2 1 (16.67%) Clean Code
2 1 (16.67%) Component Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Continuous Deployment
2 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (16.67%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (16.67%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) TypeScript
2 5 (83.33%) Java
3 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Accessibility
1 1 (16.67%) WCAG