Hybrid/Remote Senior UX Designer Contract Job Trends

Senior User Experience Designer
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior User Experience Designer daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025.

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

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 316 320 385
Rank change year-on-year +4 +65 +165
Contract jobs requiring a Senior UX Designer 6 5 4
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.060% 0.042% 0.021%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.064% 0.045% 0.023%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 2
10th Percentile - £291 £533
25th Percentile - £334 £536
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £438 £542
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% -19.21% -1.55%
75th Percentile £500 £559 £546
90th Percentile £530 £614 £548
UK median daily rate £463 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -7.50% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Median hourly rate - £32.21 £70.07
Median % change year-on-year - -54.04% +7.80%
UK median hourly rate - £32.21 £71.29
% change year-on-year - -54.82% +9.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,343 11,207 17,666
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.80% 93.21% 94.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,111 7,049 12,376
10th Percentile £325 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £631 £645
90th Percentile £725 £738 £743
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 316 193 386
10th Percentile £14.81 £19.36 £16.82
25th Percentile £20.50 £25.50 £24.98
Median hourly rate £41.50 £41.57 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.16% -16.87% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.38 £72.50 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.39 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.74% -16.91% +57.89%

Senior UX Designer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior UX Designer' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Senior UX Designer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Senior UX Designer
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Senior UX Designer job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Senior UX Designer job vacancies

Senior UX Designer
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Senior UX Designer over the 6 months to 3 November 2025.

Senior UX Designer daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Senior UX Designer
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Senior UX Designer job vacancies.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Senior UX Designer job vacancies

Senior UX Designer Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 3 November 2025, Senior 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 jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Senior UX Designer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) User Experience
1 6 (100.00%) UX Design
2 4 (66.67%) Figma
3 3 (50.00%) Human-Centred Design
3 3 (50.00%) Miro
3 3 (50.00%) UX Research
4 2 (33.33%) Accessibility
4 2 (33.33%) Agile
4 2 (33.33%) Product Strategy
5 1 (16.67%) Adobe
5 1 (16.67%) Adobe XD
5 1 (16.67%) CSS
5 1 (16.67%) HTML
5 1 (16.67%) HTML5
5 1 (16.67%) HTML5 Canvas
5 1 (16.67%) Information Architecture
5 1 (16.67%) Interaction Design
5 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
5 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
5 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
5 1 (16.67%) Prototyping
5 1 (16.67%) Qualitative Research
5 1 (16.67%) Quantitative Research
5 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
5 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
5 1 (16.67%) Sketch
5 1 (16.67%) WCAG

Senior UX Designer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 1 (16.67%) Adobe XD
1 1 (16.67%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) Figma
2 3 (50.00%) Miro
3 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
General
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
1 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) CSS
1 1 (16.67%) HTML
1 1 (16.67%) HTML5
1 1 (16.67%) HTML5 Canvas
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) User Experience
1 6 (100.00%) UX Design
2 3 (50.00%) Human-Centred Design
2 3 (50.00%) UX Research
3 2 (33.33%) Agile
3 2 (33.33%) Product Strategy
4 1 (16.67%) Information Architecture
4 1 (16.67%) Interaction Design
4 1 (16.67%) Prototyping
4 1 (16.67%) Qualitative Research
4 1 (16.67%) Quantitative Research
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) Accessibility
2 1 (16.67%) WCAG
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Adobe
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft