UX Strategist Contracts

User Experience Strategist
UK

As of 1 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median User Experience Strategist daily rate in the UK.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 519 579 716
Rank change year-on-year +60 +137 -
Contract jobs requiring a UX Strategist 1 3 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.003% 0.007% 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.004% 0.007% 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £550 -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £25.00
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 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

UX Strategist
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for UX Strategist in the UK

UX Strategist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing UX Strategist.

Daily rate trend for UX Strategist in the UK

UX Strategist
Top 1 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UX Strategist within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
Work from Home +39 1 - - 1

UX Strategist Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, UX Strategist 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 Strategist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design
1 1 (100.00%) Information Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Push Notifications
1 1 (100.00%) Content Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Design Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Content Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Storytelling
1 1 (100.00%) Human-Centred Design
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding

UX Strategist 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Content Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Content Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Design Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Human-Centred Design
1 1 (100.00%) Information Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Push Notifications
1 1 (100.00%) Storytelling
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility