UI Design Experts in Austria
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Austria, who have recently used UI Design
John A.
Last position:
Software Developer and DevOps Engineer at Bundesrechenzentrum (BRZ)
Refactoring and improving core APIs; implementing client change requests. Setting up metrics, traces, and logs monitoring infrastructure to support operations. Designing GitOps deployment and infrastructure as code. Applications and systems configuration in ArgoCD and Openshift. Confluence documentation of design, approach, and solution. Tech Stack: Java 8 & 21, Spring framework, JSP, JavaScript, Bash scripts, SQL, Grafana Stack, OpenTelemetry, Docker, DB2, Maven, Kubernetes Kompose.
Emanuel J.
Last position:
UX Architect (external, embedded) at Erste Digital
Embedded in an agile cross-functional team, I helped shape how complex banking interfaces look, feel and scale, working with a component-based design system and collaborating daily with engineers and product owners to make sure every design decision was both user-centred and buildable.
Banking, Enterprise Software, Figma, Design Systems, Agile/Scrum
Thomas G.
Last position:
Senior UX Designer, Consultant & Team Lead at UXfocus e.U.
Strategic & UX work at UXfocus
- UX consultant and teamlead with strong experience in UX management, UX strategy, UX methods and processes
- Moderation of customer and user workshops and team mentoring
- Led qualitative and quantitative user research activities and UX design activities
- Developed user and customer journeys, user flows, wireframes up to the development of click prototypes for clients such as Indeed and Varian – Siemens Healthineers, Tecan and Energie AG
- Worked on digital products like responsive and mobile applications and complex industrial products like console applications and dashboards
- Developed design systems and design libraries using Figma, Design Tokens, Storybook, etc.
- Facilitated workshops and usability evaluations (user testing and expert evaluation) providing deep insights for advancing product development
- Experience with UX tools (Figma, Sketch, Invision), Design Systems, Requirements Engineering (Confluence, Jira, IBM Doors, etc)
Shahram F.
Last position:
Senior Product Owner at Elderly Neighbour Watch
Delivery of a digital, non-profit neighborhood platform connecting older people with volunteers for practical support and social companionship. Responsibility for business analysis, requirements definition, platform evaluation and delivery of a locally scalable service solution, with a focus on AI-supported development, data-driven optimization and clear market positioning. Evaluation of several low-code/business platforms, including Odoo and Glide Apps, as well as assessment of monday.com as a CRM-related option, before selecting Glide Apps for implementation. Implementation of a non-native mobile and desktop application with Glide Apps and the website with WordPress. Responsibilities
- Gathering, analyzing and structuring business requirements for the product and service model
- Conducting market, target group and competitor analyses to position the offering
- Evaluating and selecting suitable low-code/business platforms for implementation
- Defining key user journeys, business processes and operational workflows for older people, volunteers and Administration
- Translating business requirements into requirements for profiles, task management, coordination, communication and notifications
- Supporting the implementation of the non-native mobile and desktop application in Glide Apps and the website in WordPress
- Preparing future AI-supported functions such as intelligent matching and data-driven optimization
- Ensuring compliance with GDPR requirements Results
- Successfully delivered digital support platform connecting older people with volunteers
- Solid foundation for market positioning through market, target group and competitor analyses
- Implemented functional non-native mobile and desktop application with Glide Apps and accompanying website with WordPress
- Created foundation for scaling and AI-based further development
Volkmar T.
Last position:
Consultant | Business Analyst – Requirements Engineer – Agile Coach - Designer at ÖBB BCC
- Redesign of system error messages for Jira & Confluence
- Evaluation and implementation of new system extensions
- Analysis and design of new business processes with UX expertise
- Support for the implementation of SAFe
Marianne P.
Last position:
Senior PM Public Health Care at Freelance
- MSFT Dynamics 365 Sales Implementation
- MSFT Dynamics 365 Customer Insights Journey Implementation
Oliver S.
Last position:
Senior UX/UI Designer at backbone.one GmbH
ux-ui design
- provide dev teams with designs in an agile setup
- minor design ops tasks
- design system governance
- maintain ui-kit and component library
- make use of extended atomic approach
- documentation
- building ready-made responsive components using industry standards (e.g auto layout, design tokens)
- enhance pitch slides
- minor design tasks for CRM and marketing
Maximilian G.
Last position:
Solo Developer / Founder at InvAPI
- Privacy-first, stateless e-invoice API providing AI-powered extraction, bidirectional format conversion (UBL/CII/ZUGFeRD), batch processing, and validation for German/Austrian e-invoice compliance
- Technologies: Nuxt 4, Vue 3, Nitro, TypeScript, Cloudflare (D1, R2), Stripe, OAuth, AI/LLM integration
Zlatko S.
Last position:
Senior Consultant at Kater Systems
- Collaborated on debugging and maintaining the existing codebase
- Created diagrams and visualizations of system architecture
- Contributed to reports and scientific documents
Sebastian H.
Last position:
Software Developer at FERCHAU Austria GmbH
- Development and project management of configuration and calibration assistants for pick-and-place machines (Tools: Python, PyQt, Jira, Confluence)
- New development and project management of a project and production planning software for ski manufacturing (Tools: C#, WinForms, WPF, DevExpress, MS SQL, Jira, Confluence)
- New development and project management of documentation software for the test lab in the ski manufacturing process (Tools: Java, Spring Boot, REST API, Hibernate, MSSQL, React, Mantine.dev, Tiptap, Jira, Confluence)
- Further development and project management of warehouse management software with associated hardware for medical technology (Tools: Java, Quarkus, Flutter, ESP32, C/C++, Google Cloud, Jira, Confluence)
- Enhancement of a web application in the construction sector: improving user experience, developing new features, and updating outdated code parts (Tools: React, Node.js, Linux, GitLab)
- Further development of a web application for visualizing production steps by generating a graph based on various parameters; extending the search and filter function (Tools: Angular, Jira, Confluence)
- Modernization of a client's IT infrastructure in the online retail sector by provisioning cloud services with Terraform and creating a prototype of a web application (Tools: Terraform, AWS, Google Cloud)
- Planning, designing, and development of an application for a client's internal meeting management in the banking sector with integration into the Microsoft ecosystem; project management using SCRUM (Tools: Figma, React, Node.js, Microsoft Graph API, Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket)
- New development and modernization of a mobile smartphone application for product portfolio management of an IT service provider; project management using SCRUM (Tools: Figma, React Native, Android, iOS, Android Studio, Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket)
- Creation of an implementation concept for a monitoring system for rail infrastructure and development of graphical click prototypes (Tools: Figma, Microsoft Word, Microsoft SharePoint, Jira, Confluence)
- Software development in various technologies and programming languages
- Project management and organization of SCRUM meetings
- Point of contact for the client and distribution of tasks within the internal project team
- Requirements engineering: requirement analysis with the client
- Planning and conducting workshops
- Design and implementation of software architectures with prototype development
- UX/UI design of mobile, desktop, and web applications
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Statistics of experts using UI Design
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
22 years
Position duration
3 years
Positions per freelancer
12
Top business areas
Product Development, Information Technology, Project Management
Top industries
Information Technology, Healthcare, Professional Services
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Research and Development
Bachelor's degree or higher
78%
Master's degree or higher
44%
Doctorate
11%
Certifications per freelancer
3
Most common languages
German, English, Spanish
Speak two or more languages
100%
Based on our profile pool as of 29 Oct 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of experts in this technology in Austria are distributed, based on recent contracts on our platform. Each bar covers a rate range — its height shows the share of experts charging within that range.
Average rates of experts in Austria using UI Design
Rates are based on recent contracts and do not include FRATCH margin.
The average daily rate is the mean of all daily rates from recent contracts of comparable freelancers on our platform.
The median daily rate is the middle value of all daily rates — half of comparable freelancers charge less, half charge more. Unlike the average, it is barely affected by outliers.
Calculated based on our freelancers’ daily rates as of 29 Oct 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
UI Design experts industry focus
See which industries our matched freelancers work in most often — every figure is calculated live from the freelancers on FRATCH.
- Information Technology (100%)
- Healthcare (60%)
- Professional Services (60%)
- Banking and Finance (50%)
- Government and Administration (50%)
- Education (40%)
- Media and Entertainment (40%)
- Retail (40%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
What UI Design Covers
UI Design shapes the visual and interactive layer of digital products. It defines how screens look, behave and guide people through tasks, from navigation and forms to feedback, states and responsive layouts. The work connects visual clarity with product goals and technical constraints.
Where It Is Used
UI Design appears in customer portals, SaaS products, mobile apps, e-commerce journeys, internal tools and public-service interfaces. Strong work makes complex processes easier to understand and supports consistent experiences across screen sizes and devices.
- Product interfaces for web and mobile
- Design systems for growing product teams
- Checkout, onboarding and account flows
- Dashboards with dense operational data
Tools And Practice
Professionals commonly work with Figma for interface design, prototyping and collaboration. They may also use FigJam, Sketch, Adobe XD, Zeplin or Storybook, depending on the team’s workflow. Useful skills include component libraries, responsive behavior, accessibility, design tokens and handoff to frontend specialists.
When Companies Need Help
Companies bring in freelance UI Design expertise when a product needs a clearer interface, a consistent visual language or a faster design process. External specialists are also useful during a redesign, a new product launch, a design-system rollout or a period when an internal team lacks capacity.
- Existing screens feel inconsistent or difficult to use
- A product needs polished flows before development
- Several teams need shared interface rules
- A redesign must be validated before release
Working Across Austria
A UI Design specialist can collaborate remotely with product, research and frontend teams across Austria. On-site workshops can help when teams need close alignment on product direction, while remote work suits focused interface production and iterative reviews. Clear communication in English or German may matter depending on stakeholders and users.
What Strong Specialists Bring
Strong professionals explain design choices in terms of user needs, business outcomes and implementation effort. They create reusable components instead of isolated screens, test assumptions with prototypes and document decisions for the wider team. They also understand states such as loading, error, empty and permission-limited views, which often separate a polished interface from a fragile one.
Frequently asked questions
Key details about UI Design, drawn from the questions we get asked most.
UI Design defines the visual structure and interaction details of digital products. It covers layouts, typography, color, components, navigation, responsive states and feedback for websites, apps, dashboards and business tools.
UI Design focuses on the interface’s appearance and interactive behavior, while UX Design covers the broader experience, including research, information architecture and user flows. The disciplines overlap, so many specialists move between interface production and experience decisions.
A strong UI Design freelancer often brings prototyping, accessibility, responsive design and design-system experience. Knowledge of user research, interaction design, content structure and frontend constraints also improves collaboration with product and technical teams.
The right level of UI Design experience depends on the work, not a fixed project duration. A focused screen or flow may need a specialist who can execute within an existing system, while a redesign or product foundation needs someone comfortable with discovery, governance and complex decisions.
UI Design is well suited to remote collaboration through shared files, prototypes, workshops and structured reviews. Austrian teams should agree early on working language, feedback routines, time-zone overlap and which sessions, if any, require on-site participation.
Evaluate UI Design through the clarity of key flows, consistency of components, handling of edge cases and ease of implementation. Ask to see process work as well as final screens, and check whether the specialist explains trade-offs rather than presenting visuals without context.
UI Design teams commonly use Figma for interface files, prototypes, libraries and collaborative review. Depending on the organisation, specialists may also work with FigJam, Sketch, Adobe XD, Zeplin, Storybook or documentation tools connected to the product workflow.
Bring in a UI Design specialist when an interface is inconsistent, a redesign needs momentum or internal teams lack capacity for detailed screen work. Freelancers can also establish components and patterns that make later product delivery more coherent and efficient.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Austria who have used UI Design in their recent projects is 99 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 795 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Austria who have used UI Design in their recent projects, 78% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 44% hold at least a Master's degree, and 11% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Austria who have used UI Design in their recent projects have 22 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Austria who have used UI Design in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and Spanish (30%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Austria who have used UI Design in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Healthcare (60%), and Professional Services (60%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Austria who have used UI Design in their recent projects are Product Development (100%), Information Technology (90%), and Project Management (60%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used UI Design
Our freelancers and interim experts are at home across the DACH region — available on-site in the major business hubs or fully remote. Choose a location to discover matched specialists, local market insights and up-to-date availability.
Vienna Graz 
Vienna Countries:
- Germany
- Austria
- Switzerland
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