Senior User Experience Consultant Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Senior UX Consultant
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior UX Consultant daily rate in the UK excluding London is £485, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 405 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior User Experience Consultant 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.005% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.006% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £480 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 - -
75th Percentile £490 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £485 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 18,069 12,519 19,396
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.84% 92.52% 93.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,923 7,535 12,173
10th Percentile £220 £210 £213
25th Percentile £375 £363 £368
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £478 £489
Median % change year-on-year -0.52% -2.35% -2.20%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £597
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,916 646 1,902
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.22 £12.86
25th Percentile £18.26 £20.30 £16.00
Median hourly rate £29.60 £32.13 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.87% -8.20% -
75th Percentile £62.73 £64.50 £61.62
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.60 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £34.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -11.76% -2.86% -2.23%

Senior User Experience Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior User Experience Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Senior User Experience Consultant job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Senior User Experience Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior User Experience Consultant job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior User Experience Consultant job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Senior User Experience Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior User Experience Consultant within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 February 2026. 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
North West - 1 £485 - 2
North of England - 1 £485 - 2
Senior User Experience Consultant
UK

Senior User Experience Consultant Skill Set
Top 7 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 12 February 2026, Senior User Experience Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Senior User Experience Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Behavioural Change
1 1 (100.00%) Figma
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Usability Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience

Senior User Experience Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 1 (100.00%) Figma
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Behavioural Change
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Usability Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience