User Experience Designer
UK
The median User Experience Designer daily rate in the UK is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 May 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 5 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 436 | 445 | 392 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +9 | -53 | -75 |
| Contract jobs requiring a UX Designer | 94 | 156 | 360 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.32% | 0.36% | 0.61% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.35% | 0.39% | 0.64% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 72 | 98 | 271 |
| 10th Percentile | £314 | £371 | £369 |
| 25th Percentile | £375 | £400 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £475 | £530 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.26% | -10.38% | +0.95% |
| 75th Percentile | £538 | £550 | £634 |
| 90th Percentile | £610 | £588 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £400 | £425 | £440 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.88% | -3.41% | -9.74% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £47.50 | - | £45.00 |
| 75th Percentile | £48.75 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 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 | 26,887 | 40,034 | 55,895 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.47% | 92.76% | 94.62% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17,565 | 26,064 | 39,048 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £280 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £406 | £409 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £515 | £525 | £540 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.97% | -2.78% | +2.86% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £740 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £490 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.06% | -2.00% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,046 | 2,665 | 1,566 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.08 | £12.86 | £14.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.50 | £16.30 | £19.11 |
| Median hourly rate | £28.88 | £36.50 | £45.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.89% | -18.89% | +90.68% |
| 75th Percentile | £62.50 | £61.30 | £65.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £72.50 | £76.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £28.00 | £40.00 | £42.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -30.00% | -4.76% | +115.16% |
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 5 May 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 5 May 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 | +17 | 79 | £475 | -6.17% | 128 |
| London | +11 | 53 | £495 | -5.71% | 89 |
| UK excluding London | +29 | 32 | £400 | -5.88% | 78 |
| Work from Home | +27 | 31 | £400 | -21.95% | 84 |
| Scotland | -1 | 9 | £394 | -1.56% | 31 |
| North of England | +22 | 8 | £400 | -12.33% | 16 |
| South West | +39 | 7 | £375 | -11.76% | 11 |
| North West | +17 | 6 | £400 | - | 10 |
| Midlands | +19 | 5 | £405 | -3.11% | 5 |
| West Midlands | +19 | 3 | £475 | +7.04% | 1 |
| East of England | - | 3 | £475 | - | 1 |
| South East | +32 | 2 | £550 | +37.50% | 18 |
| East Midlands | +13 | 2 | £318 | -24.04% | 3 |
| Yorkshire | +13 | 2 | £383 | -17.24% | 2 |
UX Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 5 May 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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