UX Design Contracts in England

User Experience Design (UXD)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for UX Design skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited UX Design over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 212 161 133
Rank change year-on-year -51 -28 -23
Contract jobs citing UX Design 396 769 1,429
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.09% 1.59% 2.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.26% 1.76% 2.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 284 547 1,054
10th Percentile £363 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £455 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £675 £625 £600
90th Percentile - £713 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 9 14
10th Percentile £29.14 £35.54 £22.13
25th Percentile £34.16 £46.25 £40.75
Median hourly rate £41.68 £60.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.54% +9.09% +50.68%
75th Percentile £72.33 £70.26 £63.17
90th Percentile £92.69 £77.50 £72.59
UK median hourly rate £41.68 £49.00 £55.50
% change year-on-year -14.95% -11.71% +52.05%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

UX Design is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,426 43,648 64,496
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.34% 90.08% 90.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,611 30,630 45,872
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £450 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £765 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,247 1,533 1,757
10th Percentile £12.92 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.13 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.54 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.11% +46.16% +8.70%
75th Percentile £60.13 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +7.00%

UX Design
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing UX Design as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for UX Design in England

UX Design
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing UX Design in England.

Daily rate trend for UX Design in England

UX Design
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing UX Design in England over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for UX Design in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing UX Design in England.

Hourly rate trend for UX Design in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing UX Design in England over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for UX Design in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UX Design within the England region over the 6 months to 20 May 2024. 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
London -30 261 £531 -7.61% 146
North of England -28 45 £450 -13.88% 81
North West -7 28 £426 -25.87% 52
South East +13 21 £470 +10.59% 36
Midlands -1 15 £500 +3.90% 36
West Midlands +2 12 £500 +5.26% 21
North East +10 9 £575 -4.17% 7
Yorkshire -20 8 £425 -10.53% 22
South West -9 7 £450 - 13
East Midlands +17 3 £418 -14.26% 15
East of England -4 1 £500 - 17
UX Design
UK

UX Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 19 (4.80%) CMS
2 5 (1.26%) Apache
2 5 (1.26%) Confluence
2 5 (1.26%) WordPress
3 3 (0.76%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 3 (0.76%) Headless CMS
3 3 (0.76%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.25%) Cloud Foundry
4 1 (0.25%) Drupal
4 1 (0.25%) Jadu
4 1 (0.25%) OpenStack
Applications
1 35 (8.84%) Sketch
2 21 (5.30%) Adobe XD
3 14 (3.54%) InVision
4 11 (2.78%) Photoshop
5 9 (2.27%) Adobe Illustrator
6 8 (2.02%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 4 (1.01%) UserZoom
8 3 (0.76%) InDesign
8 3 (0.76%) Microsoft Excel
8 3 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
8 3 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 1 (0.25%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.25%) Final Cut Pro
9 1 (0.25%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.25%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 2 (0.51%) WebTrends
2 1 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.25%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 83 (20.96%) Figma
2 63 (15.91%) AWS
3 37 (9.34%) Azure
4 15 (3.79%) GitHub
5 14 (3.54%) GCP
6 12 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (2.78%) Power Platform
8 10 (2.53%) Miro
9 7 (1.77%) Cloud Computing
9 7 (1.77%) Serverless
10 6 (1.52%) Azure AKS
10 6 (1.52%) Azure App Service
11 4 (1.01%) Azure Key Vault
11 4 (1.01%) Azure Service Bus
11 4 (1.01%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (1.01%) SaaS
12 3 (0.76%) Google Analytics
12 3 (0.76%) npm
12 3 (0.76%) Yarn
13 2 (0.51%) SurveyMonkey
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.51%) HTTP
2 1 (0.25%) 5G
2 1 (0.25%) DHCP
2 1 (0.25%) DNS
2 1 (0.25%) Intranet
2 1 (0.25%) LTE
2 1 (0.25%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (0.25%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.25%) VoIP
2 1 (0.25%) VPN
2 1 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (11.11%) Apache Cassandra
2 11 (2.78%) Power BI
3 8 (2.02%) MongoDB
3 8 (2.02%) NoSQL
4 7 (1.77%) MySQL
5 5 (1.26%) BusinessObjects
5 5 (1.26%) Relational Database
5 5 (1.26%) SQL Server
6 3 (0.76%) Big Data
6 3 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.51%) Data Mining
7 2 (0.51%) Looker
8 1 (0.25%) InfluxDB
8 1 (0.25%) Metadata
8 1 (0.25%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 29 (7.32%) Git
2 12 (3.03%) Axure RP
2 12 (3.03%) JIRA
3 7 (1.77%) webpack
4 5 (1.26%) Cypress.io
5 4 (1.01%) Babel
5 4 (1.01%) Jenkins
5 4 (1.01%) SonarQube
6 3 (0.76%) Gradle
7 2 (0.51%) Android Studio
7 2 (0.51%) Ant
7 2 (0.51%) Maven
7 2 (0.51%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.51%) Visual Website Optimizer
8 1 (0.25%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.25%) Crashlytics
8 1 (0.25%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.25%) Selenium
8 1 (0.25%) Subversion
8 1 (0.25%) TestNG
General
1 102 (25.76%) Social Skills
2 60 (15.15%) Finance
3 27 (6.82%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (6.57%) Banking
4 26 (6.57%) Marketing
5 22 (5.56%) Public Sector
6 14 (3.54%) Games
7 10 (2.53%) Retail
8 9 (2.27%) Health Technology
9 8 (2.02%) Pharmaceutical
9 8 (2.02%) Telecoms
10 7 (1.77%) Front Office
10 7 (1.77%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (1.52%) Advertising
11 6 (1.52%) Financial Institution
11 6 (1.52%) Investment Banking
11 6 (1.52%) Legal
11 6 (1.52%) Local Government
11 6 (1.52%) Retail Banking
12 5 (1.26%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 163 (41.16%) Designer
2 115 (29.04%) UX Designer
3 95 (23.99%) Senior
4 84 (21.21%) Developer
5 51 (12.88%) Software Engineer
6 49 (12.37%) UI Designer
7 44 (11.11%) UI/UX Designer
8 37 (9.34%) Senior Software Engineer
9 36 (9.09%) Senior Designer
10 32 (8.08%) Senior UX Designer
11 26 (6.57%) React Developer
12 18 (4.55%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
13 16 (4.04%) Full Stack Developer
13 16 (4.04%) UX Developer
14 15 (3.79%) Senior Developer
15 14 (3.54%) Architect
15 14 (3.54%) Lead
15 14 (3.54%) UI Developer
16 13 (3.28%) Angular Developer
16 13 (3.28%) Product Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (18.69%) HTML
2 65 (16.41%) React
3 63 (15.91%) CSS
4 44 (11.11%) Kafka
5 36 (9.09%) AngularJS
6 27 (6.82%) RESTful
7 17 (4.29%) .NET
8 13 (3.28%) CSS3
8 13 (3.28%) REST
9 12 (3.03%) HTML5
10 10 (2.53%) Node.js
11 9 (2.27%) jQuery
12 8 (2.02%) Redux
13 7 (1.77%) Ajax
13 7 (1.77%) Spring
13 7 (1.77%) Web Services
14 6 (1.52%) SAML
14 6 (1.52%) Vue
15 5 (1.26%) Unity (Game Engine)
15 5 (1.26%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 34 (8.59%) Mobile App
1 34 (8.59%) Product Ownership
2 12 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (2.53%) Enterprise Software
3 10 (2.53%) Fixed Income
3 10 (2.53%) Onboarding
4 8 (2.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 8 (2.02%) Graphic Design
5 5 (1.26%) Cloud Native
5 5 (1.26%) Distributed Architecture
5 5 (1.26%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (1.26%) Mobile Banking
5 5 (1.26%) Virtual Team
6 4 (1.01%) Animation
6 4 (1.01%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (1.01%) Data Structures
6 4 (1.01%) Derivative
6 4 (1.01%) Hedge funds
6 4 (1.01%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (0.76%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 10 (2.53%) Android
2 7 (1.77%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 396 (100.00%) User Experience
2 156 (39.39%) Agile
3 115 (29.04%) User Research
4 90 (22.73%) UX Research
5 65 (16.41%) Software Engineering
6 59 (14.90%) Wireframes
7 56 (14.14%) Front End Development
8 53 (13.38%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
9 51 (12.88%) Fintech
10 50 (12.63%) Problem-Solving
11 36 (9.09%) Prototyping
12 34 (8.59%) Usability Testing
13 30 (7.58%) Service Design
14 29 (7.32%) Interaction Design
15 28 (7.07%) DevOps
16 26 (6.57%) Customer Experience
17 25 (6.31%) Stakeholder Management
18 24 (6.06%) CI/CD
18 24 (6.06%) E-Commerce
19 22 (5.56%) Full Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 63 (15.91%) JavaScript
2 46 (11.62%) Go
3 27 (6.82%) SQL
4 24 (6.06%) TypeScript
5 23 (5.81%) Java
6 21 (5.30%) C#
7 17 (4.29%) Python
8 7 (1.77%) Bicep
9 5 (1.26%) PHP
10 4 (1.01%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.25%) Dart
11 1 (0.25%) JSX
11 1 (0.25%) Ruby
11 1 (0.25%) Swift
11 1 (0.25%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 34 (8.59%) Degree
2 22 (5.56%) Security Cleared
3 13 (3.28%) SC Cleared
4 11 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (1.52%) Master's Degree
6 4 (1.01%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.51%) ISTQB
7 2 (0.51%) MBA
8 1 (0.25%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.25%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.25%) ISEB
8 1 (0.25%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (12.37%) Accessibility
2 18 (4.55%) QA
3 8 (2.02%) WCAG
4 6 (1.52%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 1 (0.25%) GRC
System Software
1 50 (12.63%) Docker
2 1 (0.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 49 (12.37%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.52%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (0.76%) Terraform
4 1 (0.25%) Grafana
Vendors
1 41 (10.35%) Adobe
2 15 (3.79%) Microsoft
3 13 (3.28%) Google
4 6 (1.52%) Salesforce
4 6 (1.52%) SAP
5 5 (1.26%) MicroStrategy
6 4 (1.01%) Black Duck
6 4 (1.01%) Virgin Media
7 3 (0.76%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.51%) Apple
8 2 (0.51%) Maxymiser
8 2 (0.51%) Optimizely
8 2 (0.51%) Oracle
8 2 (0.51%) Proofpoint
9 1 (0.25%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.25%) Databricks
9 1 (0.25%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.25%) Sitecore