User Experience Contract Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

UX
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear requiring User Experience skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 32 19
Rank change year-on-year -4 -13 +27
Contract jobs citing User Experience 9 2 7
As % of all contract jobs in Tyne and Wear 3.15% 0.98% 4.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.49% 1.06% 4.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 4
10th Percentile £330 - £444
25th Percentile £363 - £518
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - £570
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.56%
75th Percentile £433 - £600
90th Percentile £468 - £637
North East median daily rate £375 - £570
% change year-on-year - - +5.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 258 189 151
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 90.21% 92.20% 86.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 86 110
10th Percentile £170 £311 £183
25th Percentile £350 £363 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% -13.64%
75th Percentile £538 £587 £575
90th Percentile £600 £685 £711
North East median daily rate £450 £470 £450
% change year-on-year -4.26% +4.44% -16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 20 7
10th Percentile £14.13 £13.75 £16.40
25th Percentile £17.23 £15.44 £17.50
Median hourly rate £19.25 £17.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -10.26% +39.29%
75th Percentile £51.50 £50.00 £26.13
90th Percentile £53.75 £70.00 £32.70
North East median hourly rate £19.25 £29.77 £26.00
% change year-on-year -35.34% +14.50% +48.57%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

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

User Experience job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

User Experience
Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

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

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

User Experience
Daily Rate Histogram in Tyne and Wear

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Experience in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 11 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for User Experience in Tyne and Wear

User Experience
Hourly Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing User Experience.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing User Experience

User Experience
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 User Experience within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 11 November 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 -7 9 £375 - 17
User Experience
North East

User Experience
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) AWS
1 2 (22.22%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) NoSQL
1 2 (22.22%) Redis
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Mocha
General
1 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
1 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Developer
1 3 (33.33%) User Researcher
2 2 (22.22%) Designer
2 2 (22.22%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
2 2 (22.22%) Senior
2 2 (22.22%) Senior Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Senior Front-End Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Coordinator
3 1 (11.11%) Interaction Designer
3 1 (11.11%) Salesforce Developer
3 1 (11.11%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) CSS
1 2 (22.22%) Express.js
1 2 (22.22%) HTML
1 2 (22.22%) Jest
1 2 (22.22%) Node.js
1 2 (22.22%) React
2 1 (11.11%) Lightning Web Components
2 1 (11.11%) Middleware
2 1 (11.11%) RESTful
2 1 (11.11%) SOAP
2 1 (11.11%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Public Cloud
2 1 (11.11%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Agile
2 5 (55.56%) User Research
2 5 (55.56%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 5 (55.56%) UX Design
3 4 (44.44%) Front End Development
3 4 (44.44%) Usability Testing
4 3 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
4 3 (33.33%) Qualitative Research
4 3 (33.33%) Quantitative Research
5 2 (22.22%) BDD
5 2 (22.22%) Coaching
5 2 (22.22%) Cognitive Psychology
5 2 (22.22%) Design Persona
5 2 (22.22%) End-to-End Testing
5 2 (22.22%) Line Management
5 2 (22.22%) Mentoring
5 2 (22.22%) Microservices
5 2 (22.22%) Progressive Enhancement
5 2 (22.22%) Requirements Gathering
5 2 (22.22%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) JavaScript
1 2 (22.22%) SQL
2 1 (11.11%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Degree
2 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (11.11%) HNC
3 1 (11.11%) HND
3 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) Accessibility
1 3 (33.33%) WCAG
2 2 (22.22%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Salesforce