User Experience Contracts in the City of London

UX
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring User Experience skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited User Experience over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 69 73
Rank change year-on-year +15 +4 -14
Contract jobs citing User Experience 69 57 114
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 3.93% 2.59% 3.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.22% 2.87% 3.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 39 73
10th Percentile £425 £363 £364
25th Percentile £461 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% -9.09% -2.22%
75th Percentile £697 £663 £638
90th Percentile £800 £725 £724
Central London median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46.25 £41.51 -
Median hourly rate £47.50 £41.68 -
Median % change year-on-year +13.98% - -
75th Percentile £48.75 £41.84 -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £47.50 £34.12 -
% change year-on-year +39.22% - -

All Process and 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 requiring process or methodology skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,637 1,989 3,335
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.17% 90.53% 91.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,034 1,408 2,250
10th Percentile £363 £363 £356
25th Percentile £463 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £565 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.77% -5.83% +4.35%
75th Percentile £684 £688 £730
90th Percentile £775 £813 £825
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 11 24
10th Percentile £22.00 £19.92 £15.33
25th Percentile £24.00 £20.22 £18.03
Median hourly rate £29.58 £25.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.30% -28.57% -14.63%
75th Percentile £45.00 £40.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £62.25 £41.84 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +4.53% -20.54% -14.63%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing User Experience as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for User Experience in the City of London

User Experience
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing User Experience in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for User Experience in the City of London

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 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for User Experience in the City of London

User Experience
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing User Experience in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for User Experience in the City of London

User Experience
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 7 (10.14%) CMS
2 4 (5.80%) SharePoint
3 3 (4.35%) Headless CMS
4 2 (2.90%) Confluence
5 1 (1.45%) Apache
5 1 (1.45%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 4 (5.80%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (5.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (4.35%) Sketch
3 2 (2.90%) Adobe XD
3 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (4.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.45%) SAP ERP
2 1 (1.45%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 11 (15.94%) Power Platform
2 10 (14.49%) Azure
3 8 (11.59%) AWS
4 6 (8.70%) Figma
4 6 (8.70%) SaaS
5 5 (7.25%) Azure Data Factory
5 5 (7.25%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (7.25%) Microsoft Copilot
6 4 (5.80%) Power Automate
7 3 (4.35%) Contentful
7 3 (4.35%) Contentstack
7 3 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (4.35%) PowerApps
7 3 (4.35%) prismic.io
8 2 (2.90%) Amazon Cognito
8 2 (2.90%) Amazon EventBridge
8 2 (2.90%) AppsFlyer
8 2 (2.90%) AWS Step Functions
8 2 (2.90%) npm
8 2 (2.90%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.90%) Intranet
2 1 (1.45%) DNS
2 1 (1.45%) Firewall
2 1 (1.45%) Internet
2 1 (1.45%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.45%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (14.49%) Power BI
2 7 (10.14%) SQL Server
3 6 (8.70%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (8.70%) Tableau
4 5 (7.25%) BusinessObjects
4 5 (7.25%) Crystal Reports
4 5 (7.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (4.35%) DynamoDB
5 3 (4.35%) MongoDB
6 2 (2.90%) Mixpanel
6 2 (2.90%) NoSQL
7 1 (1.45%) BigQuery
7 1 (1.45%) Data Hub
7 1 (1.45%) Hadoop
7 1 (1.45%) Looker
7 1 (1.45%) Metadata
7 1 (1.45%) MySQL
7 1 (1.45%) Qlik Sense
7 1 (1.45%) Spotfire
Development Applications
1 6 (8.70%) JIRA
2 4 (5.80%) Jenkins
2 4 (5.80%) TeamCity
3 2 (2.90%) Ant
3 2 (2.90%) Babel
3 2 (2.90%) Git
3 2 (2.90%) webpack
General
1 30 (43.48%) Social Skills
2 19 (27.54%) Finance
3 13 (18.84%) Banking
4 9 (13.04%) Marketing
5 8 (11.59%) Presentation Skills
6 7 (10.14%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (8.70%) Retail
7 6 (8.70%) Retail Banking
8 5 (7.25%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (4.35%) Corporate Banking
9 3 (4.35%) Investment Banking
9 3 (4.35%) Public Sector
10 2 (2.90%) Automotive
10 2 (2.90%) International Banking
11 1 (1.45%) Financial Institution
11 1 (1.45%) Front Office
11 1 (1.45%) Games
11 1 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (1.45%) Law
Job Titles
1 26 (37.68%) Developer
2 12 (17.39%) Designer
3 8 (11.59%) Power BI Developer
4 6 (8.70%) React Developer
5 5 (7.25%) Lead
5 5 (7.25%) Product Designer
5 5 (7.25%) Product Manager
5 5 (7.25%) Senior
6 4 (5.80%) Analyst
6 4 (5.80%) Product Owner
7 3 (4.35%) CMS Developer
7 3 (4.35%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 3 (4.35%) Power Platform Developer
7 3 (4.35%) SQL Developer
7 3 (4.35%) UX Designer
8 2 (2.90%) Analyst Developer
8 2 (2.90%) Communications Manager
8 2 (2.90%) Developer Analyst
8 2 (2.90%) Graphic Designer
8 2 (2.90%) Web Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (13.04%) React
2 6 (8.70%) CSS
2 6 (8.70%) HTML
3 5 (7.25%) Redux
4 4 (5.80%) .NET
4 4 (5.80%) RESTful
5 3 (4.35%) AngularJS
5 3 (4.35%) WebSockets
6 2 (2.90%) CSS3
6 2 (2.90%) GraphQL
6 2 (2.90%) HTML5
6 2 (2.90%) jQuery
6 2 (2.90%) Material-UI
6 2 (2.90%) OpenTelemetry
6 2 (2.90%) Playwright
6 2 (2.90%) pytest
6 2 (2.90%) REST
6 2 (2.90%) Semantic UI
6 2 (2.90%) SOAP
6 2 (2.90%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.14%) Product Ownership
2 5 (7.25%) Mobile App
3 3 (4.35%) Acoustics
4 2 (2.90%) Data Structures
4 2 (2.90%) Graphic Design
4 2 (2.90%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.45%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.45%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.45%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.45%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.45%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.45%) Sports Betting
5 1 (1.45%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.35%) Android
1 3 (4.35%) Apple iOS
2 2 (2.90%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (33.33%) UX Design
2 22 (31.88%) Agile
3 16 (23.19%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (18.84%) Product Strategy
5 11 (15.94%) User Research
6 10 (14.49%) Stakeholder Management
7 9 (13.04%) Project Management
7 9 (13.04%) Wireframes
8 8 (11.59%) Analytics
8 8 (11.59%) Roadmaps
8 8 (11.59%) Visualisation
9 7 (10.14%) B2C
9 7 (10.14%) Product Roadmap
10 6 (8.70%) CI/CD
10 6 (8.70%) Deployment Automation
10 6 (8.70%) Microservices
10 6 (8.70%) Product Vision
10 6 (8.70%) Prototyping
11 5 (7.25%) Journey Map
11 5 (7.25%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 11 (15.94%) SQL
2 7 (10.14%) JavaScript
2 7 (10.14%) Python
3 6 (8.70%) C#
4 3 (4.35%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.45%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 3 (4.35%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (2.90%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (2.90%) Degree
2 2 (2.90%) PMI Certification
2 2 (2.90%) PMP
3 1 (1.45%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (1.45%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (14.49%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.90%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (2.90%) WCAG
3 1 (1.45%) PMO
3 1 (1.45%) QA
3 1 (1.45%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (2.90%) Kubernetes
1 2 (2.90%) Prometheus
1 2 (2.90%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (20.29%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.25%) ServiceNow
3 4 (5.80%) Salesforce
4 3 (4.35%) Cisco
4 3 (4.35%) Logitech
4 3 (4.35%) SAP
5 2 (2.90%) Adobe
5 2 (2.90%) Optimizely
5 2 (2.90%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 1 (1.45%) Databricks
6 1 (1.45%) Google
6 1 (1.45%) OutSystems