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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 216 171 137
Rank change year-on-year -45 -34 -21
Contract jobs citing UX Design 483 851 1,729
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.11% 1.53% 1.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.31% 1.71% 2.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 338 595 1,251
10th Percentile £352 £365 £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 £620 £625 £600
90th Percentile £675 £704 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -10.53% -5.00% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 12 12
10th Percentile £30.17 £36.43 £20.88
25th Percentile £32.73 £43.25 £45.06
Median hourly rate £37.37 £51.25 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.08% -6.82% +50.68%
75th Percentile £52.00 £65.38 £64.06
90th Percentile £88.61 £74.53 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £91.44 £66.34 £38.50
% change year-on-year +37.83% +72.31% +35.23%

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 36,914 49,809 79,437
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.21% 89.64% 90.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,592 34,469 55,846
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £649
90th Percentile £750 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,564 1,687 1,868
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.70 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.75
Median hourly rate £36.50 £35.80 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% +39.41% +11.65%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.51
% change year-on-year +8.91% +70.69% -2.36%

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 9 June 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 9 June 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 9 June 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 -61 396 £525 -4.55% 274
London -50 257 £525 -6.87% 118
Work from Home -32 179 £519 -5.73% 147
UK excluding London -40 139 £425 -10.53% 165
North of England -22 44 £450 -14.29% 54
Scotland +47 37 £425 +5.26% 14
North West -5 27 £426 -25.87% 34
South East +6 23 £400 - 31
Midlands -2 16 £488 +1.30% 30
West Midlands -10 11 £554 +10.70% 17
North East +12 9 £575 -8.55% 5
South West -5 8 £450 - 16
Yorkshire -21 8 £425 -6.59% 15
Northern Ireland - 6 £513 - 8
East Midlands +11 5 £409 -5.16% 13
East of England -10 4 £413 -17.50% 12
Wales +12 1 £425 +21.43% 3

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 17 (3.52%) CMS
2 6 (1.24%) Apache
3 5 (1.04%) Confluence
3 5 (1.04%) WordPress
4 3 (0.62%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (0.62%) Drupal
4 3 (0.62%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.21%) Cloud Foundry
5 1 (0.21%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.21%) Jadu
5 1 (0.21%) OpenStack
Applications
1 56 (11.59%) Sketch
2 25 (5.18%) Adobe XD
3 22 (4.55%) InVision
4 11 (2.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 11 (2.28%) Photoshop
5 9 (1.86%) Adobe Illustrator
6 4 (0.83%) UserZoom
7 3 (0.62%) InDesign
7 3 (0.62%) Microsoft Excel
7 3 (0.62%) Microsoft Office
7 3 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 2 (0.41%) OmniGraffle
8 2 (0.41%) UXPin
9 1 (0.21%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.21%) Final Cut Pro
9 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.21%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 3 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.41%) WebTrends
3 1 (0.21%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 109 (22.57%) Figma
2 64 (13.25%) AWS
2 64 (13.25%) Azure
3 20 (4.14%) GCP
4 18 (3.73%) GitHub
5 14 (2.90%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (2.48%) Power Platform
6 12 (2.48%) SaaS
7 11 (2.28%) Miro
8 10 (2.07%) Azure AKS
9 8 (1.66%) Cloud Computing
10 7 (1.45%) Serverless
11 6 (1.24%) Azure App Service
12 4 (0.83%) Azure Key Vault
12 4 (0.83%) Azure Service Bus
12 4 (0.83%) Dynamics 365
13 3 (0.62%) Adobe Creative Cloud
13 3 (0.62%) Azure Machine Learning
13 3 (0.62%) npm
13 3 (0.62%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.62%) Internet
1 3 (0.62%) Wireless
2 2 (0.41%) HTTP
2 2 (0.41%) Intranet
3 1 (0.21%) 5G
3 1 (0.21%) DHCP
3 1 (0.21%) DNS
3 1 (0.21%) LTE
3 1 (0.21%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (0.21%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.21%) VoIP
3 1 (0.21%) VPN
3 1 (0.21%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (8.28%) Apache Cassandra
2 19 (3.93%) MongoDB
3 15 (3.11%) SQL Server
4 14 (2.90%) MySQL
5 12 (2.48%) Power BI
6 9 (1.86%) NoSQL
7 7 (1.45%) Relational Database
8 5 (1.04%) BusinessObjects
9 4 (0.83%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.41%) Big Data
11 2 (0.41%) Tableau
12 1 (0.21%) Amazon Aurora
12 1 (0.21%) Crystal Reports
12 1 (0.21%) InfluxDB
12 1 (0.21%) Looker
12 1 (0.21%) MariaDB
12 1 (0.21%) Metadata
12 1 (0.21%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 42 (8.70%) Git
2 17 (3.52%) JIRA
3 13 (2.69%) Axure RP
4 10 (2.07%) webpack
5 7 (1.45%) Jenkins
6 5 (1.04%) Babel
6 5 (1.04%) Gradle
7 4 (0.83%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.83%) Maven
7 4 (0.83%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.41%) Android Studio
8 2 (0.41%) Ant
8 2 (0.41%) Balsamiq
8 2 (0.41%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.41%) Capybara
8 2 (0.41%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.41%) Visual Website Optimizer
9 1 (0.21%) Crashlytics
9 1 (0.21%) NUnit
9 1 (0.21%) Postman
General
1 135 (27.95%) Social Skills
2 64 (13.25%) Finance
3 44 (9.11%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (7.25%) Public Sector
5 30 (6.21%) Banking
6 25 (5.18%) Marketing
7 15 (3.11%) Presentation Skills
8 13 (2.69%) Games
8 13 (2.69%) Telecoms
9 10 (2.07%) Pharmaceutical
10 9 (1.86%) Publishing
11 8 (1.66%) Advertising
11 8 (1.66%) Health Technology
11 8 (1.66%) Local Government
12 7 (1.45%) Front Office
12 7 (1.45%) Legal
12 7 (1.45%) Retail
13 6 (1.24%) Financial Institution
13 6 (1.24%) Wearables
14 5 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 197 (40.79%) Designer
2 140 (28.99%) UX Designer
3 126 (26.09%) Developer
4 91 (18.84%) Senior
5 59 (12.22%) UI Designer
6 52 (10.77%) UI/UX Designer
7 48 (9.94%) Software Engineer
8 35 (7.25%) React Developer
9 34 (7.04%) Senior Designer
10 33 (6.83%) Senior Software Engineer
11 28 (5.80%) Senior UX Designer
12 25 (5.18%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
13 22 (4.55%) UX Developer
14 21 (4.35%) Full Stack Developer
15 18 (3.73%) UI Developer
16 17 (3.52%) .NET Developer
16 17 (3.52%) Angular Developer
16 17 (3.52%) Lead
17 16 (3.31%) Architect
18 15 (3.11%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (20.91%) React
2 100 (20.70%) HTML
3 86 (17.81%) CSS
4 57 (11.80%) AngularJS
5 42 (8.70%) RESTful
6 40 (8.28%) Kafka
7 35 (7.25%) .NET
8 21 (4.35%) CSS3
9 20 (4.14%) HTML5
10 16 (3.31%) Node.js
10 16 (3.31%) REST
11 14 (2.90%) Redux
12 13 (2.69%) Vue
13 10 (2.07%) SAML
14 9 (1.86%) jQuery
14 9 (1.86%) Spring
14 9 (1.86%) YAML
15 8 (1.66%) Web Services
16 7 (1.45%) Ajax
16 7 (1.45%) RxJS
Miscellaneous
1 51 (10.56%) Product Ownership
2 39 (8.07%) Mobile App
3 12 (2.48%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (2.07%) Fixed Income
4 10 (2.07%) Onboarding
5 9 (1.86%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (1.66%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 8 (1.66%) Graphic Design
7 6 (1.24%) Data Structures
7 6 (1.24%) Renewable Energy
8 5 (1.04%) Cloud Native
8 5 (1.04%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.04%) Digital Media
8 5 (1.04%) Distributed Architecture
8 5 (1.04%) Educational Technology
8 5 (1.04%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (1.04%) Mobile Banking
9 4 (0.83%) Biopharmaceutical
9 4 (0.83%) Hedge funds
9 4 (0.83%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 23 (4.76%) Android
2 20 (4.14%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.41%) Linux
4 1 (0.21%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 483 (100.00%) User Experience
2 184 (38.10%) Agile
3 128 (26.50%) User Research
4 89 (18.43%) UX Research
5 84 (17.39%) Wireframes
6 77 (15.94%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 73 (15.11%) Problem-Solving
8 67 (13.87%) Software Engineering
9 66 (13.66%) Front End Development
10 51 (10.56%) Prototyping
11 49 (10.14%) Fintech
12 37 (7.66%) DevOps
12 37 (7.66%) Usability Testing
13 36 (7.45%) Service Design
14 35 (7.25%) CI/CD
15 34 (7.04%) Full Stack Development
16 32 (6.63%) E-Commerce
16 32 (6.63%) User Stories
17 30 (6.21%) Visualisation
18 29 (6.00%) Interaction Design
Programming Languages
1 90 (18.63%) JavaScript
2 42 (8.70%) Go
3 39 (8.07%) TypeScript
4 35 (7.25%) Python
5 31 (6.42%) C#
6 30 (6.21%) SQL
7 29 (6.00%) Java
8 11 (2.28%) Bicep
9 7 (1.45%) PHP
10 4 (0.83%) Kotlin
11 3 (0.62%) Ruby
12 2 (0.41%) C++
13 1 (0.21%) Bash
13 1 (0.21%) Dart
13 1 (0.21%) JSX
13 1 (0.21%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.21%) Swift
13 1 (0.21%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.21%) VC++
Qualifications
1 47 (9.73%) Degree
2 26 (5.38%) Security Cleared
3 18 (3.73%) SC Cleared
4 13 (2.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (2.48%) Master's Degree
6 4 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (0.83%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.41%) MBA
7 2 (0.41%) Tableau Certification
8 1 (0.21%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.21%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (15.94%) Accessibility
2 26 (5.38%) QA
3 15 (3.11%) WCAG
4 6 (1.24%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.41%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 2 (0.41%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.21%) GRC
6 1 (0.21%) HL7
System Software
1 47 (9.73%) Docker
2 1 (0.21%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 47 (9.73%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.07%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (1.04%) Terraform
4 1 (0.21%) Grafana
Vendors
1 49 (10.14%) Adobe
2 19 (3.93%) Microsoft
3 14 (2.90%) Google
4 8 (1.66%) SAP
5 6 (1.24%) Salesforce
6 5 (1.04%) MicroStrategy
7 4 (0.83%) Black Duck
7 4 (0.83%) Virgin Media
8 3 (0.62%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.41%) Maxymiser
9 2 (0.41%) Optimizely
9 2 (0.41%) Oracle
9 2 (0.41%) Proofpoint
9 2 (0.41%) Xamarin
10 1 (0.21%) Apple
10 1 (0.21%) Atlassian
10 1 (0.21%) Databricks
10 1 (0.21%) Qualtrics
10 1 (0.21%) Red Hat
10 1 (0.21%) Sitecore