UX Designer Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

User Experience Designer
England > West Midlands

The median User Experience Designer daily rate in the West Midlands is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 132 102 114
Rank change year-on-year -30 +12 +54
Contract jobs requiring a UX Designer 5 3 3
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.22% 0.18% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.19% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile £330 - £351
25th Percentile £356 £563 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £575 £463
Median % change year-on-year -30.43% +24.32% -9.76%
75th Percentile - £588 £491
90th Percentile - - £504
England median daily rate £468 £525 £529
% change year-on-year -10.86% -0.76% +0.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Median hourly rate £30.00 £32.21 -
Median % change year-on-year -6.85% - -
England median hourly rate £54.50 £33.00 £70.07
% change year-on-year +65.15% -52.90% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 1,999 1,557 1,716
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.77% 93.63% 93.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,272 1,005 1,177
10th Percentile £258 £207 £220
25th Percentile £400 £381 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.04%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £588
90th Percentile £675 £704 £688
England median daily rate £510 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 58 59
10th Percentile £13.03 £13.58 £15.25
25th Percentile £14.25 £16.81 £17.38
Median hourly rate £25.15 £23.82 £22.29
Median % change year-on-year +5.58% +6.86% +25.79%
75th Percentile £30.25 £32.27 £39.88
90th Percentile £49.33 £50.75 £67.50
England median hourly rate £26.78 £36.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -25.61% -20.00% +38.46%

UX Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

UX Designer job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

UX Designer
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

UX Designer
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

UX Designer
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 UX Designer within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 December 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
Shropshire - 2 £400 -
Birmingham -5 1 £325 -43.48% 1
Warwickshire -10 1 - -
UX Designer
England

UX Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 19 December 2025, UX Designer 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 UX Designer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 5 (100.00%) User Experience
1 5 (100.00%) UX Design
2 4 (80.00%) Adobe
2 4 (80.00%) Figma
3 3 (60.00%) Agile
3 3 (60.00%) CSS
3 3 (60.00%) CSS3
3 3 (60.00%) Git
3 3 (60.00%) HTML
3 3 (60.00%) HTML5
3 3 (60.00%) JavaScript
3 3 (60.00%) Wireframes
4 2 (40.00%) Adobe XD
4 2 (40.00%) AngularJS
4 2 (40.00%) CI/CD
4 2 (40.00%) MuleSoft
4 2 (40.00%) React
4 2 (40.00%) Responsive Web Design
4 2 (40.00%) RESTful
4 2 (40.00%) Sketch
4 2 (40.00%) Usability Testing
4 2 (40.00%) User Research
4 2 (40.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 2 (40.00%) WCAG
5 1 (20.00%) .NET
5 1 (20.00%) Acceptance Criteria
5 1 (20.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (20.00%) Android
5 1 (20.00%) Apple iOS

UX Designer 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:

Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Adobe XD
1 2 (40.00%) Sketch
2 1 (20.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (20.00%) Moqups
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Figma
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Git
2 1 (20.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (20.00%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Automotive
2 1 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Legal
2 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) CSS
1 3 (60.00%) CSS3
1 3 (60.00%) HTML
1 3 (60.00%) HTML5
2 2 (40.00%) AngularJS
2 2 (40.00%) React
2 2 (40.00%) RESTful
3 1 (20.00%) .NET
3 1 (20.00%) Blazor
3 1 (20.00%) jQuery
3 1 (20.00%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (20.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Android
1 1 (20.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) User Experience
1 5 (100.00%) UX Design
2 3 (60.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) Wireframes
3 2 (40.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (40.00%) Responsive Web Design
3 2 (40.00%) Usability Testing
3 2 (40.00%) User Research
3 2 (40.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 1 (20.00%) Acceptance Criteria
4 1 (20.00%) Design Patterns
4 1 (20.00%) DesignOps
4 1 (20.00%) DevOps
4 1 (20.00%) Human-Centred Design
4 1 (20.00%) MVC
4 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
4 1 (20.00%) Scrum
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) User Stories
4 1 (20.00%) UX Research
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) Accessibility
2 2 (40.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Adobe
2 2 (40.00%) MuleSoft
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft