Senior UI Developer Contract Job Trends

Senior User Interface Developer
UK

The median Senior User Interface Developer daily rate in the UK is £775, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 November 2025.

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

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 569 539 603
Rank change year-on-year -30 +64 +184
Contract jobs requiring a Senior UI Developer 5 11 19
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.014% 0.030% 0.040%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.016% 0.033% 0.043%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 10 15
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £763 £363 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 £481 £775
Median % change year-on-year +61.04% -37.90% +3.33%
75th Percentile £788 £841 £831
90th Percentile - £851 £940
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £500

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 31,437 33,659 44,190
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.90% 92.87% 93.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,931 20,297 30,010
10th Percentile £278 £300 £292
25th Percentile £402 £412 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,808 1,253 1,556
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.10 £15.14
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.25 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.65% -20.79% +53.98%
75th Percentile £51.31 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +85.42%

Senior UI Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior UI Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Senior UI Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior UI Developer
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior UI Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior UI Developer job vacancies in the UK

Senior UI Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior UI Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior UI Developer job vacancies in the UK

Senior UI Developer
Top 2 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior UI Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 9 November 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
London +2 5 £775 +67.57% 4
England -29 5 £775 +67.57% 8

Senior UI Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 9 November 2025, Senior UI Developer 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 Senior UI Developer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 5 (100.00%) Java
2 4 (80.00%) Electronic Trading
2 4 (80.00%) React
3 3 (60.00%) Agile
3 3 (60.00%) Atlassian
3 3 (60.00%) CSS
3 3 (60.00%) Customer Requirements
3 3 (60.00%) Event-Driven
3 3 (60.00%) Event-Driven Programming
3 3 (60.00%) Git
3 3 (60.00%) JavaScript
3 3 (60.00%) npm
3 3 (60.00%) TypeScript
3 3 (60.00%) Web Development
3 3 (60.00%) webpack
3 3 (60.00%) Yarn
4 1 (20.00%) Automated Trading
4 1 (20.00%) Code Quality
4 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Data Visualisation
4 1 (20.00%) Degree
4 1 (20.00%) Fintech
4 1 (20.00%) Front End Development
4 1 (20.00%) JavaFX
4 1 (20.00%) Low Latency
4 1 (20.00%) Multithreading
4 1 (20.00%) Performance Engineering

Senior UI Developer 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) npm
1 3 (60.00%) Yarn
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Git
1 3 (60.00%) webpack
General
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
2 3 (60.00%) Banking
2 3 (60.00%) Investment Banking
3 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (80.00%) React
2 3 (60.00%) CSS
3 1 (20.00%) JavaFX
3 1 (20.00%) Swing
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 3 (60.00%) Derivative
3 1 (20.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 4 (80.00%) Electronic Trading
3 3 (60.00%) Agile
3 3 (60.00%) Customer Requirements
3 3 (60.00%) Event-Driven
3 3 (60.00%) Event-Driven Programming
3 3 (60.00%) Web Development
4 1 (20.00%) Automated Trading
4 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Data Visualisation
4 1 (20.00%) Fintech
4 1 (20.00%) Front End Development
4 1 (20.00%) Low Latency
4 1 (20.00%) Multithreading
4 1 (20.00%) Performance Engineering
4 1 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (20.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Java
2 3 (60.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (60.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Atlassian