User Experience Contract Job Trends in the City of London

UX
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London citing User Experience skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 27 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	75	47	54
Rank change year-on-year	-28	+7	-5
Contract jobs citing User Experience	68	74	73
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London	3.24%	4.40%	3.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	3.51%	4.66%	3.82%
Number of daily rates quoted	48	53	33
10^th Percentile	£335	£408	£463
25^th Percentile	£422	£463	£484
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£517	£550	£563
Median % change year-on-year	-6.09%	-2.22%	+2.27%
75^th Percentile	£608	£644	£650
90^th Percentile	£721	£800	£735
Central London median daily rate	£509	£550	£563
% change year-on-year	-7.55%	-2.22%	+2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted	2	1	1
10^th Percentile	£22.57	-	-
25^th Percentile	£22.67	£52.25	£41.25
Median hourly rate	£22.83	£54.50	£42.50
Median % change year-on-year	-58.11%	+28.24%	-
75^th Percentile	£23.00	£56.75	£43.75
90^th Percentile	£23.09	-	-
Central London median hourly rate	£22.83	£34.48	£42.50
% change year-on-year	-33.79%	-18.87%	-

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

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 citing process or methodology skills in the City of London.

	6 months to 27 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills	1,936	1,589	1,911
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London	92.23%	94.58%	91.79%
Number of daily rates quoted	1,348	1,098	1,170
10^th Percentile	£375	£325	£363
25^th Percentile	£453	£420	£463
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	£550	£575
Median % change year-on-year	-	-4.35%	-2.13%
75^th Percentile	£675	£675	£688
90^th Percentile	£775	£767	£783
Central London median daily rate	£550	£550	£575
% change year-on-year	-	-4.35%	-0.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted	17	18	17
10^th Percentile	-	£16.90	£16.70
25^th Percentile	£17.60	£21.07	£23.13
Median hourly rate	£21.00	£27.75	£42.50
Median % change year-on-year	-24.32%	-34.71%	+54.55%
75^th Percentile	£26.13	£44.63	£112.00
90^th Percentile	£50.40	£63.75	£137.50
Central London median hourly rate	£24.50	£28.00	£35.00
% change year-on-year	-12.50%	-20.00%	+30.84%

User Experience Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

User Experience Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing User Experience.

User Experience Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Experience in the City of London over the 6 months to 27 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for User Experience in the City of London

User Experience Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing User Experience.

User Experience Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 27 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing User Experience also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region citing User Experience.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	UX Design	26.5%	18
2	AI	23.5%	16
3	Agile	22.1%	15
4	Analytics	20.6%	14
4	Problem-Solving	20.6%	14
6	Decision-Making	19.1%	13
6	Microsoft	19.1%	13
6	Stakeholder Management	19.1%	13
9	Continuous Improvement	13.2%	9
9	Requirements Gathering	13.2%	9
9	Root Cause Analysis	13.2%	9
12	Prototyping	11.8%	8
12	React	11.8%	8
12	Roadmaps	11.8%	8
12	SharePoint	11.8%	8
12	Validation	11.8%	8
12	Visualisation	11.8%	8
12	Workshop Facilitation	11.8%	8
19	Business Intelligence	10.3%	7
19	CSS	10.3%	7
19	DevOps	10.3%	7
19	Figma	10.3%	7
19	Front End Development	10.3%	7
19	Microsoft 365	10.3%	7
19	Microsoft Excel	10.3%	7
19	Power Platform	10.3%	7
19	QA	10.3%	7
19	Scrum	10.3%	7
19	Security Cleared	10.3%	7
19	SQL	10.3%	7

User Experience Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	UX Design	26.5%	18
2	AI	23.5%	16
3	Agile	22.1%	15
4	Analytics	20.6%	14
4	Problem-Solving	20.6%	14
6	Decision-Making	19.1%	13
6	Stakeholder Management	19.1%	13
8	Continuous Improvement	13.2%	9
8	Requirements Gathering	13.2%	9
8	Root Cause Analysis	13.2%	9
11	Prototyping	11.8%	8
11	Roadmaps	11.8%	8
11	Validation	11.8%	8
11	Visualisation	11.8%	8
11	Workshop Facilitation	11.8%	8
16	Business Intelligence	10.3%	7
16	DevOps	10.3%	7
16	Front End Development	10.3%	7
16	Scrum	10.3%	7
16	Stakeholder Engagement	10.3%	7