User Experience Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

UX
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring User Experience skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 43 55
Rank change year-on-year +1 +12 +6
Contract jobs citing User Experience 39 24 12
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 3.36% 3.22% 1.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.38% 3.74% 1.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 19 9
10th Percentile £240 £303 £295
25th Percentile £425 £336 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £356 £418
Median % change year-on-year +54.49% -14.83% -14.26%
75th Percentile £575 £402 £500
90th Percentile £588 £457 -
England median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £21.33 £20.25 -
Median hourly rate £22.81 £20.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +11.27% - -
75th Percentile £24.29 £20.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £33.99 £49.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -30.63% +63.33% +13.21%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Midlands

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 East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 890 641 660
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 76.59% 85.92% 78.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 482 436 443
10th Percentile £213 £221 £228
25th Percentile £400 £330 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £411 £445
Median % change year-on-year +15.50% -7.58% -6.32%
75th Percentile £575 £500 £564
90th Percentile £650 £600 £622
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 55 54
10th Percentile £13.51 £14.14 £12.13
25th Percentile £16.72 £17.11 £12.75
Median hourly rate £18.31 £20.50 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.68% +20.59% -55.84%
75th Percentile £27.73 £25.15 £26.15
90th Percentile £47.50 £25.96 £50.00
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.50
% change year-on-year +86.88% -34.68% -9.41%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

User Experience job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

User Experience
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing User Experience.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing User Experience

User Experience
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Experience in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 19 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for User Experience in the East Midlands

User Experience
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing User Experience.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing User Experience

User Experience
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 July 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
Northamptonshire +7 19 £550 +54.49% 3
Nottinghamshire -7 12 £570 +9.62% 6
Lincolnshire -8 4 £435 - 1
Derbyshire - 3 £538 - 1
Leicestershire -7 1 £360 - 4
User Experience
England

User Experience
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.56%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (7.69%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 8 (20.51%) Cloud Computing
1 8 (20.51%) Google Sheets
1 8 (20.51%) Google Workspace
2 7 (17.95%) Azure
3 3 (7.69%) Copilot Studio
3 3 (7.69%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Copilot
3 3 (7.69%) Power Automate
3 3 (7.69%) SuccessFactors
4 2 (5.13%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (5.13%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.56%) AWS
5 1 (2.56%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.56%) Figma
5 1 (2.56%) GitHub
5 1 (2.56%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.69%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.56%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Balsamiq
1 1 (2.56%) JIRA
General
1 16 (41.03%) Social Skills
2 9 (23.08%) Finance
3 4 (10.26%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (7.69%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.56%) Legal
5 1 (2.56%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (20.51%) Programme Manager
2 7 (17.95%) Head of Digital
3 5 (12.82%) Analyst
3 5 (12.82%) Architect
3 5 (12.82%) Salesforce Architect
4 3 (7.69%) Administrator
4 3 (7.69%) Business Analyst
4 3 (7.69%) Consultant
4 3 (7.69%) Telephony Consultant
4 3 (7.69%) User Experience Researcher
4 3 (7.69%) User Researcher
5 2 (5.13%) Functional Architect
5 2 (5.13%) Lead
5 2 (5.13%) Senior
5 2 (5.13%) Service Analyst
5 2 (5.13%) Service Desk Analyst
6 1 (2.56%) IT Support
6 1 (2.56%) Lead Business Analyst
6 1 (2.56%) Senior Service Delivery Manager
6 1 (2.56%) Senior Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.56%) .NET
1 1 (2.56%) Blazor
1 1 (2.56%) CSS
1 1 (2.56%) HTML
1 1 (2.56%) OpenAPI
1 1 (2.56%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.69%) IVR
1 3 (7.69%) Product Ownership
2 2 (5.13%) Mobile App
2 2 (5.13%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.56%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.13%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (28.21%) Continuous Improvement
2 11 (28.21%) Dashboard Development
2 11 (28.21%) Migration
3 10 (25.64%) Agile
3 10 (25.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 9 (23.08%) Risk Management
5 8 (20.51%) Change Management
5 8 (20.51%) Data Analysis
5 8 (20.51%) Data Transformation
5 8 (20.51%) Programme Management
5 8 (20.51%) Quantitative Analysis
5 8 (20.51%) Regulatory Compliance
5 8 (20.51%) Technology Transformation
5 8 (20.51%) Workshop Facilitation
6 6 (15.38%) Roadmaps
6 6 (15.38%) UX Design
7 5 (12.82%) B2C
7 5 (12.82%) Customer-Centricity
7 5 (12.82%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 9 (23.08%) SQL
2 1 (2.56%) C#
2 1 (2.56%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 11 (28.21%) Degree
2 3 (7.69%) DBS Check
3 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (20.51%) Accessibility
2 3 (7.69%) GDPR
3 2 (5.13%) QA
4 1 (2.56%) COBIT
4 1 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 2 (5.13%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (2.56%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (20.51%) Google
2 5 (12.82%) Salesforce
3 4 (10.26%) Microsoft
4 3 (7.69%) Oracle
4 3 (7.69%) SAP
4 3 (7.69%) Workday
5 1 (2.56%) Apple
5 1 (2.56%) HP