Low-Fidelity Prototypes Contracts

Low-Fidelity Prototypes\Mock-ups\Wireframes
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Low-Fidelity Prototypes skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Low-Fidelity Prototypes over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 512 570 646
Rank change year-on-year +58 +76 +135
Contract jobs citing Low-Fidelity Prototypes 8 12 72
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.027% 0.028% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.030% 0.032% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 10 60
10th Percentile £319 - £405
25th Percentile £381 £363 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £375 £550
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -31.82% -
75th Percentile £495 £498 £838
90th Percentile £508 £582 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £318 £375 £420
% change year-on-year -15.33% -10.71% +2.44%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Low-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 26,594 37,597 53,655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.84% 86.31% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,149 24,227 37,238
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £743 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,443 1,746
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%
75th Percentile £60.38 £59.98 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
% change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%

Low-Fidelity Prototypes
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Low-Fidelity Prototypes as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Low-Fidelity Prototypes in the UK

Low-Fidelity Prototypes
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Low-Fidelity Prototypes.

Daily rate trend for Low-Fidelity Prototypes in the UK

Low-Fidelity Prototypes
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Low-Fidelity Prototypes over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Low-Fidelity Prototypes in the UK

Low-Fidelity Prototypes
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Low-Fidelity Prototypes within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +53 7 £475 +26.67% 10
Work from Home +44 5 £495 -12.00% 8
London +36 5 £495 -3.41% 9
UK excluding London +60 2 £318 -15.33% 3
East Midlands - 2 £318 -
Midlands - 2 £318 - 1
North of England +16 1 £313 -16.53%
North West +14 1 £313 -16.53%

Low-Fidelity Prototypes
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Adobe XD
1 3 (37.50%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 6 (75.00%) Figma
Development Applications
1 4 (50.00%) Axure RP
2 1 (12.50%) Balsamiq
General
1 4 (50.00%) Finance
2 3 (37.50%) Banking
3 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 1 (12.50%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) Designer
2 6 (75.00%) UX Designer
3 4 (50.00%) UI Designer
3 4 (50.00%) UI/UX Designer
4 1 (12.50%) Interaction Designer
4 1 (12.50%) Junior
4 1 (12.50%) Junior Designer
4 1 (12.50%) Junior UI/UX Designer
4 1 (12.50%) Junior UX Designer
4 1 (12.50%) Service Designer
4 1 (12.50%) User Researcher
4 1 (12.50%) UX Service Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (37.50%) CSS
1 3 (37.50%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) User Experience
1 7 (87.50%) User Research
2 6 (75.00%) Prototyping
2 6 (75.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 6 (75.00%) UX Design
3 5 (62.50%) Wireframes
4 4 (50.00%) Agile
4 4 (50.00%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
5 3 (37.50%) Data Analysis
5 3 (37.50%) Information Architecture
5 3 (37.50%) Interaction Design
5 3 (37.50%) Service Design
5 3 (37.50%) Usability Testing
5 3 (37.50%) Workshop Facilitation
6 2 (25.00%) A/B Testing
6 2 (25.00%) Analytics
6 2 (25.00%) Content Strategy
6 2 (25.00%) Contextual Inquiry
6 2 (25.00%) Typography
6 2 (25.00%) Web Accessibility
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) Accessibility
2 3 (37.50%) QA
3 1 (12.50%) WCAG
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Adobe
2 1 (12.50%) Foundry