UX Design Contracts

User Experience Design (UXD)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 206 171 130
Rank change year-on-year -35 -41 -13
Contract jobs citing UX Design 492 860 1,792
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.16% 1.51% 2.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.34% 1.68% 2.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 352 601 1,311
10th Percentile £353 £381 £400
25th Percentile £413 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £600
90th Percentile £675 £725 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +19.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 12 15
10th Percentile £29.14 £36.43 £22.75
25th Percentile £34.16 £43.25 £44.25
Median hourly rate £41.68 £48.25 £55.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.63% -13.06% +50.00%
75th Percentile £72.33 £62.57 £64.38
90th Percentile £92.69 £74.53 £71.51
UK excluding London median hourly rate £91.44 £59.59 £38.50
% change year-on-year +53.45% +54.77% +2.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,679 51,168 79,259
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.19% 89.82% 90.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,608 35,479 55,636
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £429
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £479
% change year-on-year - +4.38% +9.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,436 1,692 1,900
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.64 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.94 £16.10 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.27 £35.65 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.75% +38.82% +5.35%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.21%

UX Design
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for UX Design in the UK

UX Design
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for UX Design in the UK

UX Design
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing UX Design over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for UX Design in the UK

UX Design
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for UX Design in the UK

UX Design
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing UX Design over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for UX Design in the UK

UX Design
Top 17 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 16 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 -55 400 £525 -4.55% 319
London -33 264 £531 -7.61% 136
Work from Home -26 191 £523 -5.00% 186
UK excluding London -25 135 £450 -5.26% 190
North of England -33 44 £450 -13.67% 74
Scotland +52 38 £425 - 18
North West -5 27 £426 -25.87% 52
South East +10 24 £473 +14.55% 28
Midlands +7 15 £500 +2.56% 37
West Midlands +7 12 £500 +5.26% 19
North East +9 9 £575 +14.43% 6
Yorkshire -23 8 £425 -10.53% 16
South West -7 6 £438 -2.78% 16
Northern Ireland - 6 £513 - 2
East Midlands +12 3 £418 -17.43% 18
Wales +11 1 £425 +21.43% 1
East of England -5 1 £500 - 15

UX Design
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:

Application Platforms
1 21 (4.27%) CMS
2 6 (1.22%) Apache
2 6 (1.22%) Confluence
3 5 (1.02%) WordPress
4 3 (0.61%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (0.61%) Headless CMS
4 3 (0.61%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.20%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.20%) Cloud Foundry
5 1 (0.20%) Drupal
5 1 (0.20%) Jadu
Applications
1 54 (10.98%) Sketch
2 27 (5.49%) Adobe XD
3 18 (3.66%) InVision
4 11 (2.24%) Photoshop
5 10 (2.03%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 9 (1.83%) Adobe Illustrator
7 5 (1.02%) UserZoom
8 3 (0.61%) InDesign
8 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
8 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Office
8 3 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 1 (0.20%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.20%) Final Cut Pro
9 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.20%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 2 (0.41%) WebTrends
2 1 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.20%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 110 (22.36%) Figma
2 61 (12.40%) AWS
3 56 (11.38%) Azure
4 16 (3.25%) GitHub
5 15 (3.05%) GCP
6 14 (2.85%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (2.24%) Miro
7 11 (2.24%) Power Platform
7 11 (2.24%) SaaS
8 10 (2.03%) Azure AKS
9 7 (1.42%) Cloud Computing
9 7 (1.42%) Serverless
10 6 (1.22%) Azure App Service
11 4 (0.81%) Azure Key Vault
11 4 (0.81%) Azure Service Bus
11 4 (0.81%) Dynamics 365
12 3 (0.61%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 3 (0.61%) Azure Machine Learning
12 3 (0.61%) npm
12 3 (0.61%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.81%) Internet
2 2 (0.41%) HTTP
2 2 (0.41%) Intranet
3 1 (0.20%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (8.94%) Apache Cassandra
2 18 (3.66%) MongoDB
3 14 (2.85%) SQL Server
4 13 (2.64%) MySQL
5 11 (2.24%) Power BI
6 10 (2.03%) NoSQL
7 6 (1.22%) Relational Database
8 5 (1.02%) BusinessObjects
9 4 (0.81%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (0.81%) Big Data
10 3 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (0.41%) Data Mining
11 2 (0.41%) Looker
11 2 (0.41%) Tableau
12 1 (0.20%) Amazon Aurora
12 1 (0.20%) HBase
12 1 (0.20%) MariaDB
12 1 (0.20%) Metadata
12 1 (0.20%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 36 (7.32%) Git
2 15 (3.05%) JIRA
3 14 (2.85%) Axure RP
4 10 (2.03%) webpack
5 7 (1.42%) Jenkins
6 6 (1.22%) Cypress.io
7 5 (1.02%) Babel
7 5 (1.02%) Gradle
8 4 (0.81%) Maven
8 4 (0.81%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.41%) Android Studio
9 2 (0.41%) Ant
9 2 (0.41%) Capybara
9 2 (0.41%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.41%) Visual Website Optimizer
10 1 (0.20%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.20%) Crashlytics
10 1 (0.20%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.20%) Selenium
10 1 (0.20%) Subversion
General
1 138 (28.05%) Social Skills
2 64 (13.01%) Finance
3 41 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (7.72%) Public Sector
5 31 (6.30%) Banking
6 28 (5.69%) Marketing
7 15 (3.05%) Presentation Skills
8 14 (2.85%) Games
9 12 (2.44%) Telecoms
10 11 (2.24%) Retail
11 9 (1.83%) Health Technology
12 8 (1.63%) Pharmaceutical
13 7 (1.42%) Front Office
13 7 (1.42%) Legal
13 7 (1.42%) Publishing
13 7 (1.42%) Retail Banking
14 6 (1.22%) Advertising
14 6 (1.22%) Financial Institution
14 6 (1.22%) Investment Banking
14 6 (1.22%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 208 (42.28%) Designer
2 149 (30.28%) UX Designer
3 115 (23.37%) Developer
4 104 (21.14%) Senior
5 54 (10.98%) UI Designer
6 51 (10.37%) Software Engineer
7 49 (9.96%) UI/UX Designer
8 41 (8.33%) Senior Designer
9 36 (7.32%) Senior Software Engineer
9 36 (7.32%) Senior UX Designer
10 33 (6.71%) React Developer
11 27 (5.49%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 19 (3.86%) Full Stack Developer
13 18 (3.66%) .NET Developer
13 18 (3.66%) Content Designer
13 18 (3.66%) Lead
13 18 (3.66%) Senior Developer
14 17 (3.46%) UX Developer
15 15 (3.05%) UI Developer
15 15 (3.05%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 92 (18.70%) React
2 89 (18.09%) HTML
3 79 (16.06%) CSS
4 47 (9.55%) AngularJS
5 45 (9.15%) Kafka
6 38 (7.72%) RESTful
7 36 (7.32%) .NET
8 18 (3.66%) CSS3
9 17 (3.46%) HTML5
10 15 (3.05%) REST
11 14 (2.85%) Vue
12 13 (2.64%) Node.js
13 12 (2.44%) Redux
14 11 (2.24%) SAML
15 9 (1.83%) jQuery
15 9 (1.83%) Web Services
15 9 (1.83%) YAML
16 7 (1.42%) .NET Framework
16 7 (1.42%) Ajax
16 7 (1.42%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 54 (10.98%) Product Ownership
2 42 (8.54%) Mobile App
3 12 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (2.24%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (2.03%) Fixed Income
6 9 (1.83%) Onboarding
7 8 (1.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 8 (1.63%) Graphic Design
8 6 (1.22%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (1.22%) Renewable Energy
9 5 (1.02%) Cloud Native
9 5 (1.02%) Distributed Architecture
9 5 (1.02%) Educational Technology
9 5 (1.02%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (1.02%) Mobile Banking
9 5 (1.02%) Virtual Team
10 4 (0.81%) Animation
10 4 (0.81%) Data Structures
10 4 (0.81%) Derivative
10 4 (0.81%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 23 (4.67%) Android
2 20 (4.07%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.41%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 492 (100.00%) User Experience
2 196 (39.84%) Agile
3 137 (27.85%) User Research
4 96 (19.51%) UX Research
5 83 (16.87%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 78 (15.85%) Wireframes
7 71 (14.43%) Front End Development
8 67 (13.62%) Software Engineering
9 65 (13.21%) Problem-Solving
10 52 (10.57%) Fintech
11 51 (10.37%) Prototyping
12 42 (8.54%) Service Design
13 40 (8.13%) Usability Testing
14 34 (6.91%) DevOps
15 32 (6.50%) Interaction Design
16 30 (6.10%) E-Commerce
16 30 (6.10%) Full Stack Development
17 29 (5.89%) CI/CD
17 29 (5.89%) Customer Experience
17 29 (5.89%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 83 (16.87%) JavaScript
2 46 (9.35%) Go
3 34 (6.91%) TypeScript
4 32 (6.50%) C#
5 31 (6.30%) Python
6 28 (5.69%) SQL
7 26 (5.28%) Java
8 11 (2.24%) Bicep
9 6 (1.22%) PHP
10 4 (0.81%) Kotlin
11 3 (0.61%) Ruby
12 1 (0.20%) Bash
12 1 (0.20%) Dart
12 1 (0.20%) Groovy
12 1 (0.20%) JSX
12 1 (0.20%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.20%) Swift
12 1 (0.20%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 43 (8.74%) Degree
2 27 (5.49%) Security Cleared
3 18 (3.66%) SC Cleared
4 11 (2.24%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (2.03%) Master's Degree
6 4 (0.81%) DV Cleared
7 3 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.41%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.41%) MBA
8 2 (0.41%) Tableau Certification
9 1 (0.20%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.20%) ISEB
9 1 (0.20%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (15.65%) Accessibility
2 27 (5.49%) QA
3 15 (3.05%) WCAG
4 8 (1.63%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (0.61%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.41%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 2 (0.41%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.20%) GRC
7 1 (0.20%) HL7
System Software
1 50 (10.16%) Docker
2 1 (0.20%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.20%) HDFS
2 1 (0.20%) OpenIDM
Systems Management
1 49 (9.96%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.03%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (0.81%) Terraform
4 1 (0.20%) Grafana
4 1 (0.20%) Hadoop YARN
4 1 (0.20%) Oozie
Vendors
1 50 (10.16%) Adobe
2 15 (3.05%) Google
2 15 (3.05%) Microsoft
3 8 (1.63%) Salesforce
4 7 (1.42%) SAP
5 5 (1.02%) MicroStrategy
6 4 (0.81%) Black Duck
6 4 (0.81%) Databricks
6 4 (0.81%) Virgin Media
7 3 (0.61%) Oracle
7 3 (0.61%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.41%) Apple
8 2 (0.41%) Maxymiser
8 2 (0.41%) Optimizely
8 2 (0.41%) Proofpoint
8 2 (0.41%) Xamarin
9 1 (0.20%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.20%) ForgeRock
9 1 (0.20%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.20%) Sitecore