UX Designer Contract Job Trends

User Experience Designer
UK

The median User Experience Designer daily rate in the UK is £447, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 574 455 423
Rank change year-on-year -119 -32 +79
Contract UX Designer jobs 124 109 130
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.23% 0.32% 0.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.35% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 72 80
10th Percentile £358 £313 £340
25th Percentile £405 £380 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.35% -7.50% -5.21%
75th Percentile £537 £532 £575
90th Percentile £588 £594 £632
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £436 £425
% change year-on-year -2.52% +2.59% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 3
10th Percentile - £34.45 £30.65
25th Percentile £49.75 £41.13 £30.97
Median hourly rate £51.50 £54.50 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.50% +65.15% -52.90%
75th Percentile £53.25 £60.25 £34.02
90th Percentile - £62.35 £34.31
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £30.00 £32.21
% change year-on-year - -6.85% -54.04%

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job adverts matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
4 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract job adverts in the UK matching a recognised job title 50,460 31,417 33,739
% of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.64% 90.97% 92.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,656 19,914 20,338
10th Percentile £325 £278 £300
25th Percentile £425 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £638 £620 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4,303 1,775 1,276
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.02 £15.08
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.60 £20.19
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £37.39
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -32.74% -16.91%
75th Percentile £68.00 £51.14 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.55 £69.65 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £36.08
% change year-on-year +59.05% -30.30% -18.92%

UX Designer Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract UX Designer job postings relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

UX Designer job vacancy trend in the UK

UX Designer Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for UX Designer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for UX Designer job vacancies in the UK

UX Designer Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for UX Designer jobs over the 6 months to 4 November 2026.

Daily rate histogram for UX Designer in the UK

UX Designer Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for UX Designer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for UX Designer job vacancies in the UK

UX Designer Top 14 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in UX Designer jobs within the UK over the 6 months to 4 November 2026. 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months		 Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
England -84 110 £441 -4.59% 31
UK excluding London -86 60 £425 -2.52% 21
London -77 58 £463 -1.18% 20
Work from Home -70 32 £444 +4.41% 20
North of England -57 19 £425 +6.25% 3
Yorkshire -23 12 £508 -
South West -23 12 £447 -31.23% 3
Scotland -24 10 £650 +51.69% 2
Midlands -30 10 £380 -6.17% 2
West Midlands -36 10 £380 +16.92% 2
East of England -26 6 £410 -3.53%
North West -53 4 £400 - 1
South East -60 4 £470 -4.81% 11
North East -30 3 £350 -22.22% 2

UX Designer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 4 November 2026, UX Designer contract job ads cited 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 UX Designer job ads.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1User Experience100.0%124
2UX Design99.2%123
3Wireframes43.5%54
4Figma41.1%51
5User Research37.9%47
6Prototyping34.7%43
7User-Centered Design (UCD)31.5%39
8Accessibility30.6%38
9Agile29.8%37
10Interaction Design28.2%35
11Usability Testing25.8%32
12Service Design18.5%23
13Stakeholder Management17.7%22
13Workshop Facilitation17.7%22
15AI16.9%21
16Journey Map16.1%20
17Security Cleared14.5%18
18High-Fidelity Prototypes12.9%16
18Stakeholder Engagement12.9%16
20Digital Transformation Programme12.1%15
21Design Thinking11.3%14
22Customer Experience9.7%12
22Inclusive Design9.7%12
24Information Architecture8.9%11
24Storytelling8.9%11
24UX Research8.9%11
27Design Patterns8.1%10
27SaaS8.1%10
27WCAG8.1%10
30E-Commerce7.3%9

UX Designer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1UI/UX Designer28.2%35
2Senior UX Designer21.0%26
3Product Designer8.9%11
4Interaction Designer5.6%7
5Mobile UI/UX Designer4.0%5
6Content Designer2.4%3
7Senior Interaction Designer1.6%2
7Senior Product Designer1.6%2
7Senior UI/UX Designer1.6%2
10Digital UX Designer0.8%1
10Graphic Designer0.8%1
10Interface Designer0.8%1
10Principal Product Designer0.8%1
10Senior Content Designer0.8%1
10User Experience Researcher0.8%1
10UX Service Designer0.8%1
38 UX Designer jobs Nationwide