User Interface/User Experience Designer
UK
The median User Interface/User Experience Designer daily rate in the UK is £435, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025.
The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 20 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 564 | 500 | 563 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -64 | +63 | +67 |
| Contract jobs requiring a UI/UX Designer | 27 | 41 | 34 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.073% | 0.12% | 0.077% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.080% | 0.13% | 0.083% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 20 | 31 | 21 |
| 10th Percentile | £361 | £350 | £325 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £381 | £375 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £435 | £550 | £463 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.91% | +18.92% | -15.91% |
| 75th Percentile | £486 | £653 | £501 |
| 90th Percentile | £552 | £825 | £600 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £413 | £388 | £413 |
| % change year-on-year | +6.45% | -6.06% | -15.22% |
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 | 33,545 | 31,624 | 41,095 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 91.00% | 92.80% | 93.40% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 21,197 | 19,461 | 27,642 |
| 10th Percentile | £293 | £300 | £288 |
| 25th Percentile | £404 | £409 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £525 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | - | -4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £618 | £638 | £643 |
| 90th Percentile | £720 | £738 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £488 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.56% | -2.50% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,986 | 989 | 1,457 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.25 | £15.60 | £15.14 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.08 | £21.22 | £19.06 |
| Median hourly rate | £25.15 | £33.50 | £45.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -24.93% | -25.56% | +50.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £57.50 | £62.69 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £70.44 | £72.55 | £77.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £25.15 | £32.50 | £45.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -22.62% | -27.78% | +82.48% |
UI/UX Designer
Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'UI/UX Designer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.
UI/UX Designer
Daily Rate Trend
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for UI/UX Designer job vacancies in the UK.
UI/UX Designer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing UI/UX Designer over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.
UI/UX Designer
Hourly Rate Trend
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for UI/UX Designer job vacancies in the UK.
UI/UX Designer
Top 8 Contract Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UI/UX Designer within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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 | -47 | 25 | £435 | -20.91% | 10 |
| London | -5 | 17 | £470 | -16.44% | 5 |
| Work from Home | -14 | 9 | £425 | +9.68% | 3 |
| UK excluding London | -40 | 8 | £413 | +6.45% | 6 |
| East of England | - | 4 | £425 | - | |
| Midlands | -34 | 3 | £400 | +12.36% | 2 |
| West Midlands | - | 3 | £400 | - | |
| South East | -24 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
UI/UX Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities
For the 6 months to 20 December 2025, UI/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 UI/UX Designer in the job title.
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UI/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: