UX Designer Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

User Experience Designer
UK > Work from Home

The median User Experience Designer daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 June 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 276 291 297
Rank change year-on-year +15 +6 -31
Contract jobs requiring a UX Designer 29 50 157
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.30% 0.34% 0.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.36% 0.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 30 119
10th Percentile £304 £368 £358
25th Percentile £342 £422 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -17.95% -2.50% -1.96%
75th Percentile £488 £550 £600
90th Percentile £499 £576 £700
UK median daily rate £400 £475 £550
% change year-on-year -15.79% -13.64% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £45.00
UK median hourly rate £47.50 - £45.00
% change year-on-year - - -30.77%

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 WFH or hybrid 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 9,163 13,828 22,652
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.89% 93.61% 95.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,173 9,294 16,070
10th Percentile £330 £325 £357
25th Percentile £413 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -2.33% +2.38%
75th Percentile £638 £634 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 241 570 529
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.27 £16.98
25th Percentile £16.00 £22.59 £25.00
Median hourly rate £34.48 £43.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.81% -14.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £65.25 £65.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £76.80
UK median hourly rate £27.45 £37.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -26.80% -16.67% +76.47%

UX Designer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured UX Designer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

UX Designer trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

UX Designer
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing UX Designer.

UX Designer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

UX Designer
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing UX Designer over the 6 months to 18 June 2025.

UX Designer daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

UX Designer
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing UX Designer.

UX Designer hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

UX Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 18 June 2025, UX Designer 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring UX Designer in the job title.

1 29 (100.00%) UX Design
1 29 (100.00%) User Experience
2 17 (58.62%) Figma
3 12 (41.38%) Prototyping
4 10 (34.48%) Wireframes
5 8 (27.59%) Agile
5 8 (27.59%) Accessibility
5 8 (27.59%) User Research
6 7 (24.14%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 6 (20.69%) Banking
7 6 (20.69%) CSS
7 6 (20.69%) HTML
7 6 (20.69%) JavaScript
7 6 (20.69%) Axure RP
8 5 (17.24%) Information Architecture
8 5 (17.24%) Usability Testing
8 5 (17.24%) Adobe
8 5 (17.24%) Social Skills
8 5 (17.24%) Sketch
9 4 (13.79%) Adobe XD
9 4 (13.79%) Workshop Facilitation
9 4 (13.79%) Finance
10 3 (10.34%) WCAG
10 3 (10.34%) Android
10 3 (10.34%) Apple iOS
10 3 (10.34%) Analytics
10 3 (10.34%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
10 3 (10.34%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
10 3 (10.34%) Problem-Solving
10 3 (10.34%) Design Thinking

UX Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 1 (3.45%) CMS
1 1 (3.45%) Drupal
Applications
1 5 (17.24%) Sketch
2 4 (13.79%) Adobe XD
3 2 (6.90%) Chatbot
3 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (6.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (3.45%) UXPin
Cloud Services
1 17 (58.62%) Figma
2 2 (6.90%) SaaS
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 6 (20.69%) Axure RP
2 1 (3.45%) Balsamiq
2 1 (3.45%) JIRA
General
1 6 (20.69%) Banking
2 5 (17.24%) Social Skills
3 4 (13.79%) Finance
4 3 (10.34%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (6.90%) Corporate Banking
5 2 (6.90%) Investment Banking
5 2 (6.90%) Manufacturing
5 2 (6.90%) Marketing
5 2 (6.90%) Retail
5 2 (6.90%) Retail Banking
6 1 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.45%) Legal
6 1 (3.45%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (20.69%) CSS
1 6 (20.69%) HTML
2 1 (3.45%) React
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) Product Ownership
2 2 (6.90%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.90%) Mobile App
2 2 (6.90%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.45%) 3D Graphics
3 1 (3.45%) Animation
3 1 (3.45%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (3.45%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (3.45%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.34%) Android
1 3 (10.34%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (100.00%) User Experience
1 29 (100.00%) UX Design
2 12 (41.38%) Prototyping
3 10 (34.48%) Wireframes
4 8 (27.59%) Agile
4 8 (27.59%) User Research
5 7 (24.14%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 5 (17.24%) Information Architecture
6 5 (17.24%) Usability Testing
7 4 (13.79%) Workshop Facilitation
8 3 (10.34%) Analytics
8 3 (10.34%) Customer Experience
8 3 (10.34%) Design Thinking
8 3 (10.34%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
8 3 (10.34%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
8 3 (10.34%) Problem-Solving
9 2 (6.90%) Content Strategy
9 2 (6.90%) Design Sprint
9 2 (6.90%) Human-Centred Design
9 2 (6.90%) UX Research
Programming Languages
1 6 (20.69%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (6.90%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (3.45%) Degree
2 1 (3.45%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.45%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (27.59%) Accessibility
2 3 (10.34%) WCAG
3 2 (6.90%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (17.24%) Adobe
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.45%) Salesforce