User Experience Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

UX
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring User Experience skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 89 62 70
Rank change year-on-year -27 +8 +6
Contract jobs citing User Experience 30 29 52
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 1.62% 2.49% 2.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.93% 2.68% 3.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 23 26
10th Percentile £236 £273 £356
25th Percentile £440 £403 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £425 £525
Median % change year-on-year +19.71% -19.05% +10.53%
75th Percentile £522 £544 £601
90th Percentile £578 £658 £688
South East median daily rate £488 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +14.71% -15.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 1
10th Percentile - £57.00 -
25th Percentile £31.25 £62.25 -
Median hourly rate £32.50 £72.75 £70.39
Median % change year-on-year -55.33% +3.35% -
75th Percentile £35.22 £85.00 -
90th Percentile £63.29 £91.30 -
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £82.00 £45.45
% change year-on-year -60.37% +80.44% +159.69%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Berkshire

User Experience falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,555 1,082 1,700
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 84.15% 92.96% 88.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,017 647 884
10th Percentile £306 £309 £227
25th Percentile £400 £413 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% -2.38%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £608
90th Percentile £700 £675 £675
South East median daily rate £513 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.50% - -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 141 25 100
10th Percentile £31.25 £21.81 £18.40
25th Percentile £76.69 £32.05 £41.25
Median hourly rate £83.00 £61.50 £60.07
Median % change year-on-year +34.97% +2.37% +2.25%
75th Percentile £88.00 £77.19 £71.89
90th Percentile £104.00 £88.32 £87.46
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £27.76 £47.50
% change year-on-year +98.13% -41.56% -4.04%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing User Experience relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

User Experience job vacancy trend in Berkshire

User Experience
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing User Experience.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing User Experience

User Experience
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Experience in Berkshire over the 6 months to 16 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for User Experience in Berkshire

User Experience
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing User Experience.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing User Experience

User Experience
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing User Experience in Berkshire over the 6 months to 16 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for User Experience in Berkshire

User Experience
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing User Experience within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 16 May 2026. 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
Reading -14 23 £500 +26.82% 10
Wokingham -33 2 £425 - 1
Windsor +2 1 - - 2
Bracknell -2 1 - - 3
Slough - 1 £600 - 1
User Experience
South East

User Experience
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 6 (20.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.33%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Chatbot
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (6.67%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (23.33%) Azure
2 6 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (16.67%) AWS
3 5 (16.67%) OneDrive
3 5 (16.67%) Viva Engage
4 2 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (6.67%) Entra ID
4 2 (6.67%) Power Platform
5 1 (3.33%) Azure Functions
5 1 (3.33%) Figma
5 1 (3.33%) Power Automate
5 1 (3.33%) PowerApps
5 1 (3.33%) SaaS
5 1 (3.33%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (16.67%) DHCP
1 5 (16.67%) DNS
1 5 (16.67%) TCP/IP
2 1 (3.33%) Firewall
2 1 (3.33%) Internet
2 1 (3.33%) Intranet
2 1 (3.33%) LAN
2 1 (3.33%) Network Security
2 1 (3.33%) SD-WAN
2 1 (3.33%) SSL
2 1 (3.33%) VPN
2 1 (3.33%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Artifactory
1 1 (3.33%) Bitbucket
1 1 (3.33%) Browser DevTools
1 1 (3.33%) GitLab
1 1 (3.33%) JIRA
General
1 10 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 5 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 3 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.33%) Finance
4 1 (3.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 7 (23.33%) Lead
2 4 (13.33%) Developer
2 4 (13.33%) IT Support
3 3 (10.00%) Designer
3 3 (10.00%) Systems Engineer
4 2 (6.67%) Analyst
4 2 (6.67%) Applications Developer
4 2 (6.67%) Mobile Applications Developer
4 2 (6.67%) Mobile Developer
4 2 (6.67%) Principal Engineer
4 2 (6.67%) React Developer
4 2 (6.67%) Service Designer
5 1 (3.33%) Administrator
5 1 (3.33%) Change Manager
5 1 (3.33%) Field Engineer
5 1 (3.33%) Report Analyst
5 1 (3.33%) Senior Developer
5 1 (3.33%) Support Engineer
5 1 (3.33%) UX Designer
5 1 (3.33%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.00%) React
1 3 (10.00%) Software Packaging
2 2 (6.67%) React Native
3 1 (3.33%) .NET
3 1 (3.33%) .NET Core
3 1 (3.33%) Apache NiFi
3 1 (3.33%) CSS
3 1 (3.33%) Flutter
3 1 (3.33%) HTML
3 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (3.33%) Node.js
3 1 (3.33%) REST
3 1 (3.33%) RESTful
3 1 (3.33%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.33%) Data Centre
2 3 (10.00%) Mobile App
2 3 (10.00%) Product Ownership
3 2 (6.67%) Onboarding
3 2 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (3.33%) AI Agents
4 1 (3.33%) Data Structures
4 1 (3.33%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (3.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (3.33%) Security Posture
4 1 (3.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (33.33%) Windows
2 8 (26.67%) Mac OS
3 6 (20.00%) Apple iOS
4 2 (6.67%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 8 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (20.00%) AI
3 6 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
3 6 (20.00%) ITIL
4 5 (16.67%) CI/CD
4 5 (16.67%) ITSM
5 4 (13.33%) Customer Service
5 4 (13.33%) Data Protection
5 4 (13.33%) Decision-Making
5 4 (13.33%) DevOps
5 4 (13.33%) Mobile Device Management
5 4 (13.33%) Time Management
5 4 (13.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 4 (13.33%) Workshop Facilitation
6 3 (10.00%) Analytics
6 3 (10.00%) Data Modelling
6 3 (10.00%) Risk Management
6 3 (10.00%) Service Design
6 3 (10.00%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (6.67%) SQL
2 2 (6.67%) TypeScript
3 1 (3.33%) C#
3 1 (3.33%) Java
3 1 (3.33%) Kotlin
3 1 (3.33%) Objective-C
3 1 (3.33%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.33%) Python
3 1 (3.33%) Swift
Qualifications
1 8 (26.67%) Security Cleared
2 6 (20.00%) Degree
3 5 (16.67%) SC Cleared
4 2 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (3.33%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (20.00%) Accessibility
2 2 (6.67%) GDPR
3 1 (3.33%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.33%) QA
3 1 (3.33%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (10.00%) Virtual Desktop
1 3 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (23.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (13.33%) Jamf Pro
2 4 (13.33%) SCCM
3 2 (6.67%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (3.33%) Ansible
4 1 (3.33%) Kubernetes
4 1 (3.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (36.67%) Microsoft
2 5 (16.67%) ServiceNow
3 4 (13.33%) Citrix
4 3 (10.00%) VMware
5 2 (6.67%) Salesforce
5 2 (6.67%) Virgin Media
6 1 (3.33%) Red Hat
6 1 (3.33%) Zscaler