Usability Designer Contracts

Usability Designer
UK

As of 9 August 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Usability Designer daily rate in the UK.

6 months to
9 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 546 - 671
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Usability Designer 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.003% - 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.003% - 0.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £30.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 - -

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 30,324 36,095 49,832
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.38% 92.89% 94.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,211 23,338 34,389
10th Percentile £283 £300 £306
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -0.93%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,512 2,024 1,493
10th Percentile £13.61 £14.16 £14.57
25th Percentile £17.21 £20.30 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +65.50%
75th Percentile £53.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.73 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.11 £45.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year -44.20% +23.29% +71.76%

Usability Designer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Usability Designer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Usability Designer in the UK

Usability Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Usability Designer.

Daily rate trend for Usability Designer in the UK

Usability Designer
Top 4 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Usability Designer within the UK over the 6 months to 9 August 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
Midlands - 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 - -
England - 1 - -
UK excluding London - 1 - -

Usability Designer Skill Set
Top 10 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 9 August 2025, Usability Designer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Usability Designer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) UX Design
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) DesignOps
1 1 (100.00%) Figma
1 1 (100.00%) Human-Centred Design
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) UX Research

Usability Designer Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Figma
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) DesignOps
1 1 (100.00%) Human-Centred Design
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design
1 1 (100.00%) UX Research
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility