User Experience Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

UX
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire requiring User Experience skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 47 44
Rank change year-on-year +7 -3 +37
Contract jobs citing User Experience 9 5 17
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 2.58% 1.27% 2.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.88% 1.52% 2.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 10
10th Percentile £408 £504 £373
25th Percentile - £505 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.77% +3.00% -
75th Percentile £519 £530 £695
90th Percentile £589 £535 £746
South East median daily rate £475 £400 £500
% change year-on-year +18.75% -20.00% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £13.25 £51.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £13.50 £52.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -74.29% +200.00% -
75th Percentile £13.75 £53.75 £18.75
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £52.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -52.10% +61.54% -50.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 312 328 622
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 89.40% 83.25% 92.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 183 228 467
10th Percentile £230 £236 £275
25th Percentile £350 £389 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £470 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.47% -10.45% +5.00%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £613
90th Percentile £635 £650 £701
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -2.01% -2.81% +2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 9 17
10th Percentile £15.12 £14.58 £13.17
25th Percentile £15.13 £18.70 £16.00
Median hourly rate £18.00 £30.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +50.00% +45.45%
75th Percentile £25.15 £36.75 £23.75
90th Percentile £29.61 £41.15 £24.00
South East median hourly rate £20.71 £58.30 £52.30
% change year-on-year -64.48% +11.47% +47.66%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

User Experience job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

User Experience
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

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

User Experience
Daily Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Experience in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 25 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for User Experience in Buckinghamshire

User Experience
Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

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

User Experience
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 25 October 2025. 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
Milton Keynes +5 5 £475 -9.52% 6
Marlow - 2 - -
Aylesbury - 1 £375 - 1
Bletchley - 1 £599 - 2
User Experience
South East

User Experience
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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 2 (22.22%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Figma
1 2 (22.22%) Google Analytics
1 2 (22.22%) SaaS
2 1 (11.11%) Power Automate
2 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
2 1 (11.11%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Metadata
2 1 (11.11%) Power BI
2 1 (11.11%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Browser DevTools
1 2 (22.22%) UI Automator
General
1 8 (88.89%) Social Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Finance
3 2 (22.22%) Marketing
4 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Senior
2 3 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Senior Service Transition Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Service Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Service Design Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Service Transition Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Transition Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Salesforce Developer
3 2 (22.22%) UI Developer
3 2 (22.22%) UI/UX Developer
3 2 (22.22%) UX Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Business Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Data Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Lead
4 1 (11.11%) Lead Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (44.44%) HTML
2 2 (22.22%) Ajax
2 2 (22.22%) AngularJS
2 2 (22.22%) CSS
2 2 (22.22%) JSON
2 2 (22.22%) Lightning Web Components
2 2 (22.22%) React
2 2 (22.22%) Semantic HTML
2 2 (22.22%) Vue
2 2 (22.22%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Algorithms
1 2 (22.22%) Onboarding
1 2 (22.22%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (11.11%) AS400
2 1 (11.11%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Continuous Improvement
1 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
2 3 (33.33%) Analytics
2 3 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 3 (33.33%) ITIL
2 3 (33.33%) Performance Monitoring
2 3 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 3 (33.33%) Programme Management
2 3 (33.33%) Service Catalogue
2 3 (33.33%) Service Design
2 3 (33.33%) Service Management
2 3 (33.33%) UX Design
3 2 (22.22%) Content Management
3 2 (22.22%) Copywriting
3 2 (22.22%) Digital Marketing
3 2 (22.22%) ITSM
3 2 (22.22%) Performance Engineering
3 2 (22.22%) SEO
3 2 (22.22%) Web Analytics
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) JavaScript
2 1 (11.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (11.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) Accessibility
2 3 (33.33%) SLA
3 2 (22.22%) WCAG
4 1 (11.11%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Adobe
1 2 (22.22%) Google
1 2 (22.22%) Hotjar
1 2 (22.22%) Salesforce
1 2 (22.22%) ServiceNow