Digital UX Designer Contracts

Digital User Experience Designer
UK

As of 18 May 2024, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Digital User Experience Designer daily rate in the UK.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 569 668 833
Rank change year-on-year +99 +165 -155
Contract jobs requiring a Digital UX Designer 2 19 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.005% 0.033% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.005% 0.035% 0.013%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 16 10
10th Percentile - £563 £318
25th Percentile - £600 £392
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £613 £538
Median % change year-on-year - +13.95% +16.22%
75th Percentile - £650 £584
90th Percentile - - £643
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £519
% change year-on-year - - +15.28%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 39,507 53,867 83,506
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.79% 94.60% 95.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,718 37,620 58,687
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £544 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.40% +3.52% +9.38%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,672 1,498 2,036
10th Percentile £12.82 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.29 £19.13 £15.75
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

Digital UX Designer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Digital UX Designer in the UK

Digital UX Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Digital UX Designer in the UK

Digital UX Designer
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Digital UX Designer within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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
England +93 2 - - 2
London +84 2 - - 1
Work from Home +103 1 - - 1

Digital UX Designer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, Digital 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 featuring Digital UX Designer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) UX Design
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
2 1 (50.00%) Dashboard Development
2 1 (50.00%) Power BI
2 1 (50.00%) Prototyping
2 1 (50.00%) Creative Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Design Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Figma
2 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (50.00%) Product Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) User Research
2 1 (50.00%) Rapid Prototyping
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Usability Testing

Digital UX Designer 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Figma
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) UX Design
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Creative Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Dashboard Development
2 1 (50.00%) Design Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Product Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Prototyping
2 1 (50.00%) Rapid Prototyping
2 1 (50.00%) Usability Testing
2 1 (50.00%) User Research
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft