Junior UX Designer Contract Job Trends

Junior User Experience Designer
UK

The median Junior User Experience Designer daily rate in the UK is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 April 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 622 518 599
Rank change year-on-year -104 +81 +125
Contract jobs requiring a Junior UX Designer 3 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.007% 0.003% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% 0.004% 0.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £373 - -
25th Percentile £388 £513 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £525 £263
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% +100.00% +31.25%
75th Percentile £463 £538 £269
90th Percentile £478 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 - £263

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 41,143 26,962 41,094
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.09% 92.84% 92.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,657 17,725 26,925
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £406 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -3.54%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £485 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +2.11% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,568 945 2,533
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.03 £12.86
25th Percentile £19.74 £20.94 £16.25
Median hourly rate £38.63 £32.50 £32.90
Median % change year-on-year +18.86% -1.20% -25.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £76.81 £71.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £31.76 £32.90
% change year-on-year +25.94% -3.45% -21.68%

Junior UX Designer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Junior UX Designer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Junior UX Designer job vacancy trend in the UK

Junior UX Designer
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Junior UX Designer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Junior UX Designer job vacancies in the UK

Junior UX Designer
Top 6 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Junior UX Designer within the UK over the 6 months to 1 April 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
England -106 3 £425 -19.05% 1
UK excluding London - 2 £475 - 1
London -67 1 £375 -28.57%
North West - 1 - -
South West - 1 £475 - 1
North of England - 1 - -

Junior UX Designer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 April 2026, Junior UX Designer 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 featuring Junior UX Designer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Figma
1 3 (100.00%) Interaction Design
1 3 (100.00%) User Experience
1 3 (100.00%) UX Design
2 2 (66.67%) Accessibility
3 1 (33.33%) Adobe
3 1 (33.33%) Adobe XD
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Design Patterns
3 1 (33.33%) Design Thinking
3 1 (33.33%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
3 1 (33.33%) Responsive Web Design
3 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Service Design
3 1 (33.33%) Sketch
3 1 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements
3 1 (33.33%) Usability Testing
3 1 (33.33%) User Research
3 1 (33.33%) UX Research
3 1 (33.33%) Wireframes

Junior UX Designer Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Adobe XD
1 1 (33.33%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Figma
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Interaction Design
1 3 (100.00%) User Experience
1 3 (100.00%) UX Design
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (33.33%) Design Patterns
2 1 (33.33%) Design Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
2 1 (33.33%) Responsive Web Design
2 1 (33.33%) Service Design
2 1 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (33.33%) Usability Testing
2 1 (33.33%) User Research
2 1 (33.33%) UX Research
2 1 (33.33%) Wireframes
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Adobe