User Experience Contracts in South Wales

UX
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Wales requiring User Experience skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited User Experience over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 34 43
Rank change year-on-year +10 +9 +8
Contract jobs citing User Experience 11 8 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 4.55% 2.39% 2.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.05% 2.99% 3.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 7 9
10th Percentile £269 - £472
25th Percentile £303 £133 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £306 £412 £600
Median % change year-on-year -25.73% -31.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £331 £450 £650
90th Percentile £405 £463 £688
Wales median daily rate £306 £412 £575
% change year-on-year -25.73% -28.35% +15.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South Wales

User Experience 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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 218 268 461
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 90.08% 80.00% 88.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 156 189 351
10th Percentile £185 £160 £190
25th Percentile £284 £356 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £409 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -18.25% +5.26% -3.85%
75th Percentile £530 £588 £575
90th Percentile £625 £668 £650
Wales median daily rate £415 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -17.00% +5.26% -2.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 22 23
10th Percentile £15.30 £11.21 £16.37
25th Percentile £19.09 £15.35 £16.98
Median hourly rate £20.62 £22.68 £18.14
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +25.03% -16.12%
75th Percentile £41.25 £52.31 £22.11
90th Percentile £45.00 £87.62 £49.75
Wales median hourly rate £21.01 £22.50 £18.82
% change year-on-year -6.62% +19.59% -16.38%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Job postings citing User Experience as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Job vacancy trend for User Experience in South Wales

User Experience
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing User Experience in South Wales.

Daily rate trend for User Experience in South Wales

User Experience
Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Experience in South Wales over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for User Experience in South Wales

User Experience
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing User Experience in South Wales.

Hourly rate trend for User Experience in South Wales

User Experience
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing User Experience within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
Cardiff +11 9 £306 -30.06% 21
Rhondda Cynon Taff - 1 - -
Neath Port Talbot - 1 £135 -
User Experience
Wales

User Experience
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) Remote Desktop
General
1 4 (36.36%) Pharmaceutical
1 4 (36.36%) Public Sector
2 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Finance
3 1 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (9.09%) Multimedia
3 1 (9.09%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) Lead
2 6 (54.55%) Designer
2 6 (54.55%) Lead Designer
3 5 (45.45%) Interaction Designer
4 2 (18.18%) IT Support
4 2 (18.18%) Senior
4 2 (18.18%) Senior Software Engineer
4 2 (18.18%) Software Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) 1st/2nd Line Support
5 1 (9.09%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (9.09%) IT Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) IT Support Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) Lead Service Designer
5 1 (9.09%) Platform Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) Power Platform Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) Service Designer
5 1 (9.09%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) CSS
1 2 (18.18%) Jest
1 2 (18.18%) Node.js
1 2 (18.18%) Puppeteer
1 2 (18.18%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) NHS
2 1 (9.09%) CMDB
2 1 (9.09%) Data Structures
2 1 (9.09%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Agile
1 6 (54.55%) Mentoring
2 5 (45.45%) Coaching
2 5 (45.45%) Interaction Design
3 4 (36.36%) Business Case
3 4 (36.36%) DevOps
4 3 (27.27%) Decision-Making
4 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (18.18%) Prototyping
5 2 (18.18%) Service Delivery
5 2 (18.18%) Service Design
5 2 (18.18%) Software Engineering
5 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (18.18%) Strategic Thinking
5 2 (18.18%) TDD
5 2 (18.18%) Test Automation
6 1 (9.09%) Ergonomics
6 1 (9.09%) ERP
6 1 (9.09%) Process Improvement
6 1 (9.09%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) Degree
1 4 (36.36%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) Accessibility
2 1 (9.09%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) ServiceNow