UX Design Contract Job Trends in Southampton

User Experience Design (UXD)
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Southampton requiring UX Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing UX Design 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 0.63% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.74% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
Hampshire median daily rate £395 - £163
% change year-on-year - - -61.65%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 136 95 124
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 86.08% 76.00% 73.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 59 98
10th Percentile £170 £320 £309
25th Percentile £245 £356 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £535
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -11.21% +4.90%
75th Percentile £546 £575 £647
90th Percentile £660 £638 £688
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 0 2
10th Percentile £12.97 - £31.48
25th Percentile £22.50 - £31.81
Median hourly rate £30.00 - £33.25
Median % change year-on-year - - +81.05%
75th Percentile £72.25 - £34.31
90th Percentile £74.87 - £34.43
Hampshire median hourly rate £20.71 £35.00 £59.44
% change year-on-year -40.83% -41.12% +40.14%

UX Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

UX Design job vacancy trend in Southampton

UX Design
Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

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

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

UX Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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 (100.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (100.00%) InVision
1 1 (100.00%) OmniGraffle
1 1 (100.00%) Photoshop
1 1 (100.00%) Sketch
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Axure RP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Designer
1 1 (100.00%) UI Designer
1 1 (100.00%) UI/UX Designer
1 1 (100.00%) UX Designer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile First
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Wireframes