User Experience Consultant Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

UX Consultant
England > West Midlands

The median UX Consultant daily rate in the West Midlands is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 March 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 - 113
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a User Experience Consultant 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.072% - 0.053%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.079% - 0.058%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £500
75th Percentile - - £525
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £500 £452 £500
% change year-on-year +10.62% -9.60% -2.44%

All Contract IT Job Roles
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 2,543 1,252 1,739
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.02% 90.92% 91.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,674 834 1,159
10th Percentile £300 £200 £235
25th Percentile £400 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +5.26% -4.04%
75th Percentile £583 £588 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 95 54 134
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.98 £12.01
25th Percentile £17.14 £15.24 £15.03
Median hourly rate £25.15 £19.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +32.37% -15.56% +26.98%
75th Percentile £30.00 £28.94 £42.31
90th Percentile £47.50 £35.00 £58.75
England median hourly rate £35.00 £35.45 £33.07
% change year-on-year -1.26% +7.20% -19.41%

User Experience Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'User Experience Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

User Experience Consultant job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

User Experience Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for User Experience Consultant job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for User Experience Consultant job vacancies in the West Midlands

User Experience Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing User Experience Consultant within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 5 March 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Coventry - 2 £500 - 2
User Experience Consultant
England

User Experience Consultant Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 5 March 2026, User Experience Consultant contract job roles required 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 job ads across the West Midlands region featuring User Experience Consultant in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Empathy Maps
1 2 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Journey Map
1 2 (100.00%) Service Design
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
2 1 (50.00%) Persona Development
2 1 (50.00%) Qualitative Research
2 1 (50.00%) Quantitative Research
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) User Research
2 1 (50.00%) UX Design

User Experience Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Empathy Maps
1 2 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Journey Map
1 2 (100.00%) Service Design
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
2 1 (50.00%) Persona Development
2 1 (50.00%) Qualitative Research
2 1 (50.00%) Quantitative Research
2 1 (50.00%) User Research
2 1 (50.00%) UX Design
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared