Prototyping Contract Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Prototyping
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear requiring Prototyping skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 34 -
Rank change year-on-year -10 - -
Contract jobs citing Prototyping 2 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in Tyne and Wear 0.55% 1.86% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.61% 2.04% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 0
10th Percentile £411 £415 -
25th Percentile £417 £438 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £431 £450 -
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - -
75th Percentile £442 £463 -
90th Percentile £447 £486 -
North East median daily rate £431 £450 -
% change year-on-year -4.17% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Tyne and Wear

Prototyping 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 Tyne and Wear.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 328 196 160
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 90.11% 91.16% 85.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 227 100 107
10th Percentile £179 £305 £207
25th Percentile £363 £357 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - -13.64%
75th Percentile £524 £588 £588
90th Percentile £584 £650 £720
North East median daily rate £450 £498 £450
% change year-on-year -9.55% +10.56% -18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 14 6
10th Percentile £14.95 £13.75 £15.88
25th Percentile £17.88 £14.83 £16.25
Median hourly rate £48.00 £16.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +200.00% -50.77% +44.44%
75th Percentile £53.75 £19.25 £63.75
90th Percentile £55.00 £19.93 £68.75
North East median hourly rate £48.00 £18.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year +159.46% -59.94% +105.24%

Prototyping
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Prototyping relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Prototyping job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Prototyping
Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Prototyping.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Prototyping

Prototyping
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Prototyping within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 28 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -19 2 £431 -4.17% 13
Prototyping
North East

Prototyping
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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 (50.00%) InVision
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) GitHub
1 1 (50.00%) Heroku
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Axure RP
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Designer
2 1 (50.00%) Interaction Designer
2 1 (50.00%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Framer.js
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) User Research
2 1 (50.00%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
2 1 (50.00%) Interaction Design
2 1 (50.00%) Journey Map
2 1 (50.00%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
2 1 (50.00%) Progressive Enhancement
2 1 (50.00%) Refactoring
2 1 (50.00%) Sprint Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Sprint Retrospective
2 1 (50.00%) Usability Testing
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
2 1 (50.00%) UX Design
2 1 (50.00%) Wireframes
2 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 2 (100.00%) WCAG