Prototyping Contract Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Prototyping
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Yorkshire requiring Prototyping skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 71 65 80
Rank change year-on-year -6 +15 -17
Contract jobs citing Prototyping 6 6 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 0.81% 0.71% 1.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.91% 0.84% 1.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 13
10th Percentile £361 £506 £443
25th Percentile £366 £566 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -36.67% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £391 £672 £638
90th Percentile £395 £688 £642
Yorkshire median daily rate £380 £600 £540
% change year-on-year -36.67% +11.11% +2.86%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Yorkshire

Prototyping falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in West Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 657 717 1,265
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 88.31% 85.15% 90.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 427 464 841
10th Percentile £287 £352 £338
25th Percentile £400 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £625
90th Percentile £662 £650 £700
Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 24 21
10th Percentile - £12.15 £12.00
25th Percentile £22.14 £13.44 £13.17
Median hourly rate £29.56 £17.75 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +66.51% -1.39% -10.00%
75th Percentile £81.25 £33.75 £21.31
90th Percentile - £38.75 £26.78
Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.14 £16.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year +34.18% -17.50% +5.26%

Prototyping
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

Job postings citing Prototyping as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Prototyping in West Yorkshire

Prototyping
Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Prototyping.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Prototyping

Prototyping
Hourly Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Prototyping.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Prototyping

Prototyping
Contract Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Prototyping within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 8 September 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
Leeds -6 6 £380 -36.67% 7
Prototyping
Yorkshire

Prototyping
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) InVision
1 2 (33.33%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Figma
2 2 (33.33%) Adobe Creative Cloud
General
1 3 (50.00%) Banking
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (16.67%) Legal
3 1 (16.67%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Designer
2 4 (66.67%) UX Designer
3 1 (16.67%) Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Interaction Designer
3 1 (16.67%) UI Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) UI Designer
3 1 (16.67%) UI/UX Designer
3 1 (16.67%) User Experience Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Client/Server
1 1 (16.67%) Mobile App
1 1 (16.67%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Android
1 1 (16.67%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) User Research
2 5 (83.33%) User Experience
3 4 (66.67%) UX Design
4 3 (50.00%) Customer Experience
4 3 (50.00%) Interaction Design
4 3 (50.00%) Wireframes
5 2 (33.33%) Content Management
5 2 (33.33%) Front End Development
5 2 (33.33%) Information Architecture
5 2 (33.33%) Journey Map
5 2 (33.33%) People Management
5 2 (33.33%) Time Management
5 2 (33.33%) UX Research
6 1 (16.67%) Agile
6 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (16.67%) SEO
6 1 (16.67%) Unit Testing
6 1 (16.67%) User Stories
6 1 (16.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 1 (16.67%) Web Accessibility
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Adobe