UX Designer Contracts in Edinburgh

User Experience Designer
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median User Experience Designer daily rate in Edinburgh is £410, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024.

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

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 70 87 123
Rank change year-on-year +17 +36 -9
Contract jobs requiring a UX Designer 4 1 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.53% 0.10% 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% 0.11% 0.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 6
10th Percentile £386 - £489
25th Percentile £393 - £515
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £400 £540
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -25.93% +20.00%
75th Percentile £426 - £575
90th Percentile £433 - £581
Scotland median daily rate £410 £283 £550
% change year-on-year +45.13% -48.64% +20.22%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 709 936 1,640
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.53% 95.12% 95.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 370 566 1,118
10th Percentile £181 £210 £349
25th Percentile £340 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £449 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.53% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £525 £538 £550
90th Percentile £588 £600 £638
Scotland median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 15 19
10th Percentile £15.45 £13.21 £13.78
25th Percentile £16.37 £17.71 £16.59
Median hourly rate £20.29 £17.72 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year +14.48% -5.49% -12.79%
75th Percentile £24.18 £57.60 £31.75
90th Percentile - £62.50 £51.50
Scotland median hourly rate £18.38 £18.93 £17.72
% change year-on-year -2.93% +6.83% -8.09%

UX Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings that featured UX Designer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for UX Designer in Edinburgh

UX Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing UX Designer in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for UX Designer in Edinburgh

UX Designer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 31 October 2024, 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 job ads across the Edinburgh region featuring UX Designer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) User Experience
2 3 (75.00%) UX Design
3 2 (50.00%) B2B
3 2 (50.00%) Agile
3 2 (50.00%) SaaS
3 2 (50.00%) Figma
3 2 (50.00%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (50.00%) JIRA
4 1 (25.00%) Systems Thinking
4 1 (25.00%) Design Thinking
4 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (25.00%) User Research
4 1 (25.00%) Storyboarding
4 1 (25.00%) Mobile App
4 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (25.00%) Service Design
4 1 (25.00%) Wireframes
4 1 (25.00%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
4 1 (25.00%) Marketing
4 1 (25.00%) Validation

UX Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Figma
1 2 (50.00%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Marketing
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (25.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) User Experience
2 3 (75.00%) UX Design
3 2 (50.00%) Agile
3 2 (50.00%) B2B
4 1 (25.00%) Design Thinking
4 1 (25.00%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
4 1 (25.00%) Service Design
4 1 (25.00%) Storyboarding
4 1 (25.00%) Systems Thinking
4 1 (25.00%) User Research
4 1 (25.00%) Validation
4 1 (25.00%) Wireframes