User Experience Consultant Jobs

UX Consultant
UK

The median UX Consultant salary in the UK is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 May 2025.

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

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 705 858 906
Rank change year-on-year +153 +48 +308
Permanent jobs requiring a User Experience Consultant 7 20 67
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.013% 0.020% 0.066%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.014% 0.021% 0.072%
Number of salaries quoted 7 17 6
10th Percentile £40,000 - £47,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £47,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £62,125
90th Percentile £59,500 £57,000 £63,250
UK excluding London median annual salary - £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -30.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 49,912 93,707 92,673
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.61% 94.63% 91.55%
Number of salaries quoted 27,050 67,086 58,518
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.62% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £80,750
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +5.64%

User Experience Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured User Experience Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for User Experience Consultant in the UK

User Experience Consultant
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing User Experience Consultant.

Salary trend for User Experience Consultant in the UK

User Experience Consultant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Experience Consultant over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for User Experience Consultant in the UK

User Experience Consultant
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Experience Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 14 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +129 7 £50,000 - 14
London +108 7 £50,000 - 7
Work from Home +106 2 £45,000 -10.00% 9

User Experience Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 14 May 2025, User Experience Consultant 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 permanent job ads featuring User Experience Consultant in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) HTML
1 7 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 7 (100.00%) CSS
1 7 (100.00%) Adobe
1 7 (100.00%) Agile
1 7 (100.00%) WCAG
1 7 (100.00%) User Experience
1 7 (100.00%) Wireframes
1 7 (100.00%) Axure RP
1 7 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 7 (100.00%) Adobe XD
1 7 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 7 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 7 (100.00%) User Research
2 5 (71.43%) Inclusive Design
2 5 (71.43%) Sketch
2 5 (71.43%) Figma
2 5 (71.43%) Workshop Facilitation
2 5 (71.43%) User Stories
2 5 (71.43%) Prototyping
2 5 (71.43%) InVision
2 5 (71.43%) SC Cleared
2 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
2 5 (71.43%) Law
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 2 (28.57%) AWS
3 2 (28.57%) Information Architecture
3 2 (28.57%) Balsamiq
3 2 (28.57%) Usability Testing

User Experience Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 7 (100.00%) Adobe XD
2 5 (71.43%) InVision
2 5 (71.43%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 5 (71.43%) Figma
2 2 (28.57%) AWS
Development Applications
1 7 (100.00%) Axure RP
2 2 (28.57%) Balsamiq
General
1 7 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 5 (71.43%) Law
3 2 (28.57%) Marketing
3 2 (28.57%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (100.00%) CSS
1 7 (100.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Agile
1 7 (100.00%) User Experience
1 7 (100.00%) User Research
1 7 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 7 (100.00%) Wireframes
2 5 (71.43%) Inclusive Design
2 5 (71.43%) Prototyping
2 5 (71.43%) User Stories
2 5 (71.43%) Workshop Facilitation
3 2 (28.57%) Creative Thinking
3 2 (28.57%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
3 2 (28.57%) Information Architecture
3 2 (28.57%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
3 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
3 2 (28.57%) Thought Leadership
3 2 (28.57%) Usability Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) SC Cleared
1 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) Degree
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 7 (100.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Adobe
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft