User Experience Designer
UK
The median User Experience Designer daily rate in the UK is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 July 2025.
The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 4 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 458 | 450 | 382 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -8 | -68 | -55 |
| Contract jobs requiring a UX Designer | 93 | 145 | 323 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.29% | 0.33% | 0.58% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.32% | 0.36% | 0.61% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 64 | 88 | 237 |
| 10th Percentile | £309 | £355 | £325 |
| 25th Percentile | £355 | £400 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £400 | £470 | £530 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -14.84% | -11.32% | +0.95% |
| 75th Percentile | £500 | £558 | £631 |
| 90th Percentile | £559 | £600 | £718 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £401 | £422 | £440 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.98% | -4.20% | -7.37% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | £46.85 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £47.75 | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £51.00 | - | £45.00 |
| 75th Percentile | £54.75 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £55.95 | - | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | - | - |
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 | 29,079 | 40,388 | 53,054 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.02% | 92.98% | 94.47% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 18,553 | 25,970 | 36,860 |
| 10th Percentile | £288 | £286 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £401 | £410 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £525 | £538 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -2.33% | +1.42% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £494 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.85% | -1.20% | +4.17% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,311 | 2,837 | 1,549 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.78 | £12.87 | £14.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.44 | £16.65 | £19.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £26.50 | £37.75 | £43.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -29.80% | -12.21% | +68.63% |
| 75th Percentile | £55.25 | £62.50 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £73.25 | £74.00 | £76.05 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £25.15 | £40.00 | £39.60 |
| % change year-on-year | -37.13% | +1.01% | +94.88% |
UX Designer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured UX Designer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
UX Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing UX Designer.
UX Designer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing UX Designer over the 6 months to 4 July 2025.
UX Designer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing UX Designer.
UX Designer
Top 14 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UX Designer within the UK over the 6 months to 4 July 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 |
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| England | +29 | 79 | £415 | -19.02% | 314 |
| London | +5 | 52 | £400 | -25.93% | 204 |
| UK excluding London | +18 | 33 | £401 | -4.98% | 120 |
| Work from Home | +16 | 28 | £400 | -15.79% | 125 |
| North of England | +14 | 12 | £400 | -20.00% | 43 |
| North West | +11 | 8 | £400 | - | 34 |
| Scotland | -14 | 8 | £400 | -5.88% | 3 |
| South West | +40 | 6 | £475 | +11.76% | 20 |
| Yorkshire | +5 | 4 | £383 | -30.41% | 7 |
| Midlands | +4 | 3 | £322 | -19.50% | 17 |
| East of England | - | 3 | £475 | - | 5 |
| South East | +30 | 2 | £550 | +18.60% | 23 |
| East Midlands | 0 | 2 | £318 | -22.37% | 4 |
| West Midlands | +11 | 1 | £475 | +22.58% | 13 |
UX Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 4 July 2025, UX 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 UX Designer in the job title.
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UX 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:
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