UX Design Contracts in the UK excluding London

User Experience Design (UXD)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring UX Design skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited UX Design over the 6 months leading up to 15 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 264 209 186
Rank change year-on-year -55 -23 -38
Contract jobs citing UX Design 141 242 428
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.66% 1.07% 1.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.80% 1.20% 1.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 166 323
10th Percentile £325 £311 £383
25th Percentile £378 £388 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -5.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £531 £550 £550
90th Percentile £611 £600 £600
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 4
10th Percentile £80.04 £62.13 -
25th Percentile £83.84 £63.46 £20.25
Median hourly rate £91.44 £66.34 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year +37.83% +72.31% +35.23%
75th Percentile £97.78 £68.63 £56.16
90th Percentile £100.83 £69.61 £56.89
UK median hourly rate £37.37 £51.25 £55.00
% change year-on-year -27.08% -6.82% +50.68%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,630 20,207 27,140
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 82.67% 89.05% 89.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,358 13,864 18,970
10th Percentile £250 £260 £246
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £586
90th Percentile £688 £694 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,185 1,244 1,334
10th Percentile £12.50 £10.90 £12.49
25th Percentile £15.48 £15.21 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.12 £34.90 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.23% +66.18% -
75th Percentile £61.30 £63.75 £47.96
90th Percentile £72.90 £75.00 £63.60
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

UX Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing UX Design as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for UX Design in the UK excluding London

UX Design
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing UX Design in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for UX Design in the UK excluding London

UX Design
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing UX Design in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for UX Design in the UK excluding London

UX Design
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing UX Design in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for UX Design in the UK excluding London

UX Design
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing UX Design in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for UX Design in the UK excluding London

UX Design
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 UX Design within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 15 June 2024. 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 of England -29 44 £450 -14.29% 68
Scotland +58 39 £425 +5.26% 19
North West -3 27 £426 -25.87% 43
South East +6 23 £400 - 33
Midlands -8 16 £488 +2.63% 31
West Midlands -5 11 £554 +10.70% 15
North East +8 9 £575 -8.55% 7
South West -15 8 £450 - 15
Yorkshire -19 8 £425 -6.59% 18
Northern Ireland - 6 £513 - 5
East Midlands +5 5 £409 +9.07% 16
East of England -7 4 £413 -17.50% 17
Wales +14 1 £425 +21.43% 3
UX Design
UK

UX Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (2.84%) Apache
2 2 (1.42%) CMS
2 2 (1.42%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.71%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (0.71%) Confluence
3 1 (0.71%) Jadu
3 1 (0.71%) OpenStack
Applications
1 29 (20.57%) Sketch
2 13 (9.22%) InVision
3 7 (4.96%) Adobe XD
4 4 (2.84%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 4 (2.84%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (2.84%) Photoshop
5 2 (1.42%) OmniGraffle
5 2 (1.42%) UXPin
6 1 (0.71%) UserZoom
Cloud Services
1 38 (26.95%) Figma
2 21 (14.89%) Azure
3 8 (5.67%) Azure DevOps
3 8 (5.67%) SaaS
4 5 (3.55%) Azure AKS
4 5 (3.55%) Azure App Service
5 3 (2.13%) AWS
5 3 (2.13%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (2.13%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.42%) GCP
7 1 (0.71%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 1 (0.71%) Azure Functions
7 1 (0.71%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.71%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.71%) Firebase
7 1 (0.71%) OpenShift
7 1 (0.71%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.71%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.71%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.13%) Internet
1 3 (2.13%) Wireless
2 1 (0.71%) 5G
2 1 (0.71%) DHCP
2 1 (0.71%) DNS
2 1 (0.71%) Intranet
2 1 (0.71%) LTE
2 1 (0.71%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (0.71%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.71%) VPN
2 1 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (9.93%) MongoDB
2 5 (3.55%) MySQL
3 3 (2.13%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (2.13%) Power BI
4 2 (1.42%) Big Data
4 2 (1.42%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.42%) Tableau
5 1 (0.71%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.71%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.71%) InfluxDB
5 1 (0.71%) MariaDB
5 1 (0.71%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (5.67%) Git
2 7 (4.96%) Axure RP
2 7 (4.96%) JIRA
3 3 (2.13%) Gradle
3 3 (2.13%) Jenkins
3 3 (2.13%) webpack
4 2 (1.42%) Android Studio
4 2 (1.42%) Balsamiq
4 2 (1.42%) Capybara
4 2 (1.42%) Maven
5 1 (0.71%) Crashlytics
General
1 39 (27.66%) Social Skills
2 20 (14.18%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (12.77%) Public Sector
4 9 (6.38%) Banking
5 8 (5.67%) Presentation Skills
6 7 (4.96%) Marketing
7 6 (4.26%) Finance
7 6 (4.26%) Telecoms
8 4 (2.84%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.42%) Games
10 2 (1.42%) Health Technology
10 2 (1.42%) Legal
11 1 (0.71%) Advertising
11 1 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.71%) Publishing
11 1 (0.71%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 67 (47.52%) Designer
2 52 (36.88%) UX Designer
3 36 (25.53%) Developer
4 18 (12.77%) UI Designer
5 15 (10.64%) UI/UX Designer
6 12 (8.51%) Senior
7 11 (7.80%) User Researcher
8 8 (5.67%) Architect
9 7 (4.96%) UX Developer
10 6 (4.26%) Business Analyst
10 6 (4.26%) Interaction Designer
10 6 (4.26%) Senior Designer
11 5 (3.55%) Analyst
11 5 (3.55%) Angular Developer
11 5 (3.55%) Flutter Developer
11 5 (3.55%) React Developer
11 5 (3.55%) Senior UX Designer
11 5 (3.55%) UI Developer
12 4 (2.84%) Agile Delivery Manager
12 4 (2.84%) User Experience Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (19.86%) React
2 23 (16.31%) HTML
3 18 (12.77%) CSS
4 14 (9.93%) RESTful
5 13 (9.22%) AngularJS
6 9 (6.38%) .NET
6 9 (6.38%) Node.js
7 5 (3.55%) CSS3
7 5 (3.55%) HTML5
7 5 (3.55%) Redux
8 4 (2.84%) PySpark
8 4 (2.84%) Web Services
9 3 (2.13%) .NET Core
9 3 (2.13%) jQuery
9 3 (2.13%) XML
10 2 (1.42%) .NET Framework
10 2 (1.42%) Android SDK
10 2 (1.42%) Framer.js
10 2 (1.42%) Spring Boot
10 2 (1.42%) WebKit
Miscellaneous
1 27 (19.15%) Product Ownership
2 16 (11.35%) Mobile App
3 5 (3.55%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (2.84%) Biopharmaceutical
4 4 (2.84%) Data Structures
5 3 (2.13%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.42%) Educational Technology
6 2 (1.42%) Embedded Systems
6 2 (1.42%) Graphic Design
6 2 (1.42%) Mobile Banking
6 2 (1.42%) Taxonomies
7 1 (0.71%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.71%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.71%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.71%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.71%) NHS
7 1 (0.71%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.71%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 18 (12.77%) Android
2 15 (10.64%) Apple iOS
3 2 (1.42%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (100.00%) User Experience
2 53 (37.59%) Agile
3 39 (27.66%) Wireframes
4 37 (26.24%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 36 (25.53%) User Research
6 21 (14.89%) Prototyping
7 18 (12.77%) User Stories
7 18 (12.77%) UX Research
8 17 (12.06%) Service Design
8 17 (12.06%) Visualisation
9 16 (11.35%) Problem-Solving
10 14 (9.93%) Front End Development
11 13 (9.22%) Usability Testing
12 12 (8.51%) Software Engineering
13 11 (7.80%) DevOps
13 11 (7.80%) Interaction Design
13 11 (7.80%) Mentoring
14 9 (6.38%) Analytics
14 9 (6.38%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
15 8 (5.67%) Information Architecture
Programming Languages
1 24 (17.02%) Python
2 20 (14.18%) JavaScript
3 11 (7.80%) C#
4 10 (7.09%) Java
4 10 (7.09%) SQL
4 10 (7.09%) TypeScript
5 6 (4.26%) Bicep
6 3 (2.13%) Kotlin
6 3 (2.13%) Ruby
7 2 (1.42%) C++
8 1 (0.71%) Bash
8 1 (0.71%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.71%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (7.80%) Degree
2 7 (4.96%) Security Cleared
3 4 (2.84%) Master's Degree
4 3 (2.13%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.42%) Tableau Certification
6 1 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.71%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.71%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.71%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (17.73%) Accessibility
2 8 (5.67%) QA
3 6 (4.26%) Actionable Recommendations
3 6 (4.26%) WCAG
4 2 (1.42%) Disclosure Scotland
4 2 (1.42%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.71%) HL7
System Software
1 3 (2.13%) Docker
2 1 (0.71%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (3.55%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.42%) Terraform
3 1 (0.71%) Grafana
3 1 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 13 (9.22%) Adobe
2 4 (2.84%) Salesforce
3 3 (2.13%) SAP
4 2 (1.42%) Virgin Media
4 2 (1.42%) Xamarin
5 1 (0.71%) Google
5 1 (0.71%) Microsoft
5 1 (0.71%) Qualtrics
5 1 (0.71%) Red Hat