UX Designer Contracts in the North West

User Experience Designer
England > North West

The median User Experience Designer daily rate in the North West is £438, 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 115 143 161
Rank change year-on-year +28 +18 -1
Contract jobs requiring a UX Designer 4 2 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.17% 0.071% 0.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.077% 0.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 25
10th Percentile £296 - £288
25th Percentile £347 £413 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -10.53% -9.52%
75th Percentile £522 £438 £525
90th Percentile £569 - £550
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +5.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 the North West with a recognized job title 2,189 2,586 3,752
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.51% 92.16% 94.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,155 1,808 2,776
10th Percentile £265 £270 £253
25th Percentile £389 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £656 £674 £656
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 156 180 169
10th Percentile £15.42 £15.98 £10.09
25th Percentile £18.00 £18.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +55.56% +25.00%
75th Percentile £51.91 £46.88 £52.70
90th Percentile £70.90 £63.88 £75.00
England median hourly rate £41.50 £45.94 £30.00
% change year-on-year -9.66% +53.13% +50.00%

UX Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for UX Designer in the North West

UX Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing UX Designer in the North West.

Daily rate trend for UX Designer in the North West

UX Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing UX Designer in the North West over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for UX Designer in the North West

UX Designer
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UX Designer within the North West region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
Manchester +27 3 £275 -35.29% 6
Cheshire -1 1 £600 - 1
UX Designer
England

UX Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

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 North West region featuring UX Designer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) UX Design
1 4 (100.00%) User Experience
1 4 (100.00%) Wireframes
2 3 (75.00%) Figma
2 3 (75.00%) Adobe
2 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (50.00%) Adobe XD
3 2 (50.00%) Product Ownership
3 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (50.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 2 (50.00%) Field Research
3 2 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
3 2 (50.00%) Psychology
3 2 (50.00%) Usability Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Heuristic Evaluation
4 1 (25.00%) Customer-Centric Approach
4 1 (25.00%) Prototyping
4 1 (25.00%) Interaction Design
4 1 (25.00%) Customer-Centricity
4 1 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
4 1 (25.00%) Storytelling
4 1 (25.00%) Axure RP
4 1 (25.00%) Workflow
4 1 (25.00%) Finance
4 1 (25.00%) Agile
4 1 (25.00%) Banking
4 1 (25.00%) Retail
4 1 (25.00%) Competitor Analysis

UX Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 2 (50.00%) Adobe XD
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Figma
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Axure RP
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Marketing
3 1 (25.00%) Retail
3 1 (25.00%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) User Experience
1 4 (100.00%) UX Design
1 4 (100.00%) Wireframes
2 2 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (50.00%) Field Research
2 2 (50.00%) Heuristic Evaluation
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Psychology
2 2 (50.00%) Usability Testing
2 2 (50.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Competitor Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Experience
3 1 (25.00%) Customer-Centricity
3 1 (25.00%) Interaction Design
3 1 (25.00%) Journey Map
3 1 (25.00%) Storytelling
3 1 (25.00%) User Research
3 1 (25.00%) Workflow
3 1 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Adobe