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 10 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 69 71
Rank change year-on-year -16 +2 +12
Contract jobs citing User Experience 31 25 38
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 1.71% 2.12% 2.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.09% 2.31% 2.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 19 18
10th Percentile £153 £400 £333
25th Percentile £285 £408 £368
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £425 £448
Median % change year-on-year -26.47% -5.03% -5.79%
75th Percentile £500 £574 £528
90th Percentile £560 £595 £573
South East median daily rate £403 £463 £370
% change year-on-year -12.97% +25.00% -22.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 0 1
10th Percentile £27.50 - -
25th Percentile £31.25 - -
Median hourly rate £32.50 - £70.39
75th Percentile £77.75 - -
90th Percentile £86.30 - -
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £47.66 £70.39
% change year-on-year -31.80% -32.30% +116.58%

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 1,482 1,082 1,493
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 81.83% 91.54% 87.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 933 667 775
10th Percentile £350 £334 £325
25th Percentile £425 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £511 £550
Median % change year-on-year +7.63% -7.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £638
90th Percentile £733 £663 £696
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% -1.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 140 41 75
10th Percentile £16.81 £14.75 £19.93
25th Percentile £35.22 £17.30 £47.56
Median hourly rate £81.50 £32.31 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +152.24% -47.55% +2.67%
75th Percentile £88.00 £62.24 £72.04
90th Percentile £104.50 £87.25 £87.46
South East median hourly rate £52.43 £22.07 £57.35
% change year-on-year +137.54% -61.52% +9.24%

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 10 September 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 10 September 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 10 September 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 -11 20 £500 +22.25% 17
Wokingham -18 4 £300 -29.41% 3
Slough - 2 - - 1
Windsor +1 1 - - 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 10 (32.26%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (6.45%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 19 (61.29%) Azure
2 14 (45.16%) AWS
3 13 (41.94%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (32.26%) OneDrive
5 4 (12.90%) GCP
6 3 (9.68%) Entra ID
7 1 (3.23%) Azure AKS
7 1 (3.23%) Azure App Service
7 1 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (3.23%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (3.23%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (3.23%) Figma
7 1 (3.23%) Power Automate
7 1 (3.23%) Power Platform
7 1 (3.23%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 13 (41.94%) DNS
2 12 (38.71%) DHCP
3 10 (32.26%) TCP/IP
4 2 (6.45%) NetScaler
5 1 (3.23%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.23%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Git
General
1 15 (48.39%) Social Skills
2 7 (22.58%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (12.90%) Aerospace
4 2 (6.45%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.23%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (32.26%) IT Support
2 7 (22.58%) Product Owner
3 5 (16.13%) Designer
4 3 (9.68%) IT Engineer
4 3 (9.68%) IT Support Engineer
4 3 (9.68%) Service Designer
4 3 (9.68%) Support Engineer
5 2 (6.45%) Administrator
5 2 (6.45%) Analyst
5 2 (6.45%) Implementation Analyst
5 2 (6.45%) Systems Analyst
5 2 (6.45%) UI Designer
5 2 (6.45%) UI/UX Designer
5 2 (6.45%) UX Designer
5 2 (6.45%) Wintel Administrator
6 1 (3.23%) Data Scientist
6 1 (3.23%) Developer
6 1 (3.23%) Digital Product Owner
6 1 (3.23%) Power Platform Developer
6 1 (3.23%) Service Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.45%) LDAP
1 2 (6.45%) OAuth
1 2 (6.45%) OpenID
1 2 (6.45%) SailPoint
1 2 (6.45%) SAML
2 1 (3.23%) CSS
2 1 (3.23%) HTML
2 1 (3.23%) REST
2 1 (3.23%) Terraform
2 1 (3.23%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (38.71%) Data Centre
2 7 (22.58%) Product Ownership
3 5 (16.13%) Onboarding
4 3 (9.68%) Management Information System
5 2 (6.45%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (3.23%) AI Agents
6 1 (3.23%) Cloud Native
6 1 (3.23%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (3.23%) Data Structures
6 1 (3.23%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (3.23%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (3.23%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 14 (45.16%) Windows
2 10 (32.26%) Apple iOS
2 10 (32.26%) Mac OS
3 2 (6.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (41.94%) AI
1 13 (41.94%) ITIL
1 13 (41.94%) ITSM
1 13 (41.94%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (35.48%) Customer Service
2 11 (35.48%) Data Protection
3 10 (32.26%) Mobile Device Management
3 10 (32.26%) Time Management
4 8 (25.81%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (22.58%) Product Backlog
5 7 (22.58%) Requirements Gathering
5 7 (22.58%) Roadmaps
6 6 (19.35%) Product Roadmap
6 6 (19.35%) Risk Management
6 6 (19.35%) Scrum
7 5 (16.13%) Computer Science
7 5 (16.13%) Epics
7 5 (16.13%) Functional Testing
7 5 (16.13%) Product Strategy
7 5 (16.13%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 6 (19.35%) Python
2 4 (12.90%) SQL
3 3 (9.68%) PowerShell
4 1 (3.23%) Bash
Qualifications
1 15 (48.39%) Degree
2 10 (32.26%) Security Cleared
3 9 (29.03%) SC Cleared
4 5 (16.13%) CISSP
4 5 (16.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (12.90%) Azure Certification
6 3 (9.68%) AWS Certification
7 2 (6.45%) CCA
7 2 (6.45%) Citrix Certification
7 2 (6.45%) CSPO
7 2 (6.45%) MCSA
7 2 (6.45%) MCSE
7 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (6.45%) TOGAF Certification
7 2 (6.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.23%) Data Quality
1 1 (3.23%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (9.68%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (6.45%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.45%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (6.45%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (6.45%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (6.45%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (38.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (32.26%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (6.45%) SCCM
3 2 (6.45%) SCOM
3 2 (6.45%) vCenter Server
3 2 (6.45%) vMotion
4 1 (3.23%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 15 (48.39%) Microsoft
2 12 (38.71%) ServiceNow
3 3 (9.68%) Citrix
3 3 (9.68%) Virgin Media
3 3 (9.68%) VMware
4 2 (6.45%) ForgeRock
4 2 (6.45%) Google
4 2 (6.45%) Okta
4 2 (6.45%) Ping Identity
4 2 (6.45%) Remedy
4 2 (6.45%) SolarWinds
5 1 (3.23%) Apple
5 1 (3.23%) Databricks