High-Fidelity Prototypes Contract Job Trends

High-Fidelity Prototypes\Mock-ups\Wireframes
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring High-Fidelity Prototypes skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 559 511 577
Rank change year-on-year -48 +66 +133
Contract jobs citing High-Fidelity Prototypes 44 33 25
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.096% 0.057%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.11% 0.064%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 20 20
10th Percentile £360 £328 £325
25th Percentile £425 £421 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £450 £506
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% -11.11% -15.63%
75th Percentile - £536 £559
90th Percentile £594 £600 £589
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £430 £525
% change year-on-year +4.65% -18.10% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £62.25
25th Percentile £52.25 - £63.75
Median hourly rate £54.50 - £67.50
75th Percentile £56.75 - £71.25
90th Percentile - - £72.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

High-Fidelity Prototypes 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,471 30,121 39,108
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 88.45% 87.99% 88.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,452 18,385 26,091
10th Percentile £300 £306 £308
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £745 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,090 1,000 1,510
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.61 £14.49
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.30 £19.02
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.85
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -25.88% +25.29%
75th Percentile £48.75 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £74.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.04 £32.39 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.87% -27.21% +39.06%

High-Fidelity Prototypes
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing High-Fidelity Prototypes relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

High-Fidelity Prototypes job vacancy trend in the UK

High-Fidelity Prototypes
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing High-Fidelity Prototypes.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing High-Fidelity Prototypes

High-Fidelity Prototypes
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing High-Fidelity Prototypes over the 6 months to 16 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for High-Fidelity Prototypes in the UK

High-Fidelity Prototypes
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing High-Fidelity Prototypes.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing High-Fidelity Prototypes

High-Fidelity Prototypes
Top 15 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing High-Fidelity Prototypes within the UK over the 6 months to 16 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
England -26 38 £575 +27.78% 12
London -2 24 £575 +27.78% 4
UK excluding London -45 17 £450 +4.65% 14
Work from Home -4 10 £425 -5.56% 10
North of England -37 6 £531 - 1
Wales - 3 £588 -
West Midlands - 3 £400 - 1
Yorkshire - 3 £550 - 1
Midlands - 3 £400 - 1
East of England -22 2 £425 -5.56% 1
North West - 2 - -
Scotland +3 1 £450 +9.76% 1
North East -9 1 £450 -
South East - 1 - - 5
South West - 1 - - 2

High-Fidelity Prototypes
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.27%) Confluence
Applications
1 12 (27.27%) Sketch
2 6 (13.64%) Adobe XD
3 4 (9.09%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (2.27%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (2.27%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 39 (88.64%) Figma
2 2 (4.55%) Azure
2 2 (4.55%) Contentful
3 1 (2.27%) AWS
3 1 (2.27%) Firebase
3 1 (2.27%) GitHub
3 1 (2.27%) Google Analytics
3 1 (2.27%) Miro
3 1 (2.27%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.27%) Slack
3 1 (2.27%) Vercel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.27%) Metadata
1 1 (2.27%) MongoDB
1 1 (2.27%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (13.64%) JIRA
2 2 (4.55%) Git
3 1 (2.27%) Cypress.io
3 1 (2.27%) Oracle APEX
General
1 17 (38.64%) Banking
2 13 (29.55%) Social Skills
3 9 (20.45%) Finance
4 4 (9.09%) Marketing
5 3 (6.82%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (6.82%) Automotive
5 3 (6.82%) Public Sector
6 2 (4.55%) Financial Institution
6 2 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.27%) Arabic Language
7 1 (2.27%) Digital Health
7 1 (2.27%) Digital Healthcare
7 1 (2.27%) Military
7 1 (2.27%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (2.27%) Telecoms
7 1 (2.27%) Thai Language
7 1 (2.27%) Urdu Language
7 1 (2.27%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 39 (88.64%) Designer
2 22 (50.00%) Product Designer
3 14 (31.82%) UX Designer
4 8 (18.18%) Lead
5 5 (11.36%) Lead Designer
5 5 (11.36%) UI Designer
6 4 (9.09%) Lead Product Designer
6 4 (9.09%) Senior
6 4 (9.09%) Senior Designer
6 4 (9.09%) UI/UX Designer
7 2 (4.55%) Senior UX Designer
8 1 (2.27%) Applications Engineer
8 1 (2.27%) Digital Designer
8 1 (2.27%) Digital UX Designer
8 1 (2.27%) Lead UX Designer
8 1 (2.27%) Senior Product Designer
8 1 (2.27%) UI/UX Developer
8 1 (2.27%) User Experience Researcher
8 1 (2.27%) User Researcher
8 1 (2.27%) UX Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (13.64%) CSS
1 6 (13.64%) HTML
2 5 (11.36%) AngularJS
2 5 (11.36%) React
3 4 (9.09%) RESTful
4 2 (4.55%) CSS3
4 2 (4.55%) Framer.js
4 2 (4.55%) HTML5
5 1 (2.27%) D3.js
5 1 (2.27%) FastAPI
5 1 (2.27%) Flask
5 1 (2.27%) Flutter
5 1 (2.27%) Gradio
5 1 (2.27%) LangChain
5 1 (2.27%) Lightning Web Components
5 1 (2.27%) Material-UI
5 1 (2.27%) Next.js
5 1 (2.27%) React Native
5 1 (2.27%) Streamlit
5 1 (2.27%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 16 (36.36%) Mobile App
2 5 (11.36%) Onboarding
3 4 (9.09%) Blog
3 4 (9.09%) Product Ownership
4 2 (4.55%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.27%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.27%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.27%) Apple iOS
1 1 (2.27%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (77.27%) Wireframes
2 27 (61.36%) User Experience
3 26 (59.09%) UX Design
4 15 (34.09%) Usability Testing
4 15 (34.09%) User Research
4 15 (34.09%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 14 (31.82%) Agile
5 14 (31.82%) Prototyping
6 10 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (13.64%) Co-Creation
7 6 (13.64%) Interaction Design
8 5 (11.36%) A/B Testing
8 5 (11.36%) AI
8 5 (11.36%) Analytics
8 5 (11.36%) B2B
8 5 (11.36%) Collaborative Working
8 5 (11.36%) Inclusive Design
8 5 (11.36%) Journey Map
8 5 (11.36%) Service Design
8 5 (11.36%) Web Design
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.09%) JavaScript
2 2 (4.55%) TypeScript
3 1 (2.27%) Apex Code
3 1 (2.27%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (9.09%) Degree
2 2 (4.55%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.27%) DBS Check
3 1 (2.27%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.27%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (27.27%) Accessibility
2 5 (11.36%) WCAG
Vendors
1 11 (25.00%) Adobe
2 2 (4.55%) MuleSoft
3 1 (2.27%) Google
3 1 (2.27%) Hotjar
3 1 (2.27%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.27%) Netlify
3 1 (2.27%) OpenAI
3 1 (2.27%) Oracle
3 1 (2.27%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.27%) SAP