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 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 38 56
Rank change year-on-year -2 +18 -32
Contract jobs citing User Experience 37 16 6
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 4.09% 2.83% 0.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.79% 3.25% 1.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 12 5
10th Percentile £357 £304 £328
25th Percentile £413 £341 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £356 £350
Median % change year-on-year +37.64% +1.71% -21.35%
75th Percentile £575 £464 £438
90th Percentile £625 £530 £558
England median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £14.96 - -
Median hourly rate £15.43 - -
75th Percentile £15.89 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £35.60 £41.91 £60.00
% change year-on-year -15.06% -30.15% -7.69%

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 772 492 592
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 85.30% 87.08% 82.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 473 298 416
10th Percentile £189 £244 £209
25th Percentile £350 £325 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.18% -5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £525 £543 £567
90th Percentile £625 £629 £675
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.43% -2.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 23 43
10th Percentile £15.55 £15.48 £12.40
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £17.95 £22.50 £20.51
Median % change year-on-year -20.24% +9.70% +21.87%
75th Percentile £24.49 £27.65 £51.50
90th Percentile £25.15 £38.49 £54.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -26.03% -23.60% +27.14%

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 9 January 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 9 January 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 -10 22 £475 +33.43% 14
Leicestershire - 7 £600 - 10
Nottinghamshire -8 5 £485 +0.26% 14
Derbyshire 0 3 - - 10
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 6 (16.22%) CMS
2 5 (13.51%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 5 (13.51%) Headless CMS
2 5 (13.51%) Sitecore CMS
2 5 (13.51%) Umbraco
3 2 (5.41%) Confluence
4 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (10.81%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (5.41%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 10 (27.03%) Google Workspace
2 9 (24.32%) Azure
3 8 (21.62%) AWS
3 8 (21.62%) Cloud Computing
3 8 (21.62%) Google Sheets
4 7 (18.92%) Entra ID
4 7 (18.92%) GCP
4 7 (18.92%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (13.51%) Contentful
5 5 (13.51%) Kontent
6 2 (5.41%) SaaS
7 1 (2.70%) AWS CodeBuild
7 1 (2.70%) Figma
7 1 (2.70%) GitHub
7 1 (2.70%) Google Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.70%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 5 (13.51%) Git
2 2 (5.41%) JIRA
3 1 (2.70%) Cypress.io
General
1 19 (51.35%) Finance
1 19 (51.35%) Social Skills
2 4 (10.81%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (5.41%) Aerospace
3 2 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (5.41%) Banking
3 2 (5.41%) Marketing
4 1 (2.70%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (18.92%) Developer
2 6 (16.22%) Programme Manager
3 5 (13.51%) Analyst
3 5 (13.51%) C# Developer
3 5 (13.51%) CMS Developer
3 5 (13.51%) Full-Stack C# Developer
3 5 (13.51%) Full-Stack Developer
3 5 (13.51%) React Developer
4 4 (10.81%) Product Owner
5 3 (8.11%) Business Analyst
6 2 (5.41%) Architect
6 2 (5.41%) Design Engineer
6 2 (5.41%) Digital Design Engineer
6 2 (5.41%) iOS Developer
6 2 (5.41%) Lead
6 2 (5.41%) Salesforce Analyst
6 2 (5.41%) Salesforce Business Analyst
6 2 (5.41%) Technical Product Owner
7 1 (2.70%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
7 1 (2.70%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (16.22%) CSS
1 6 (16.22%) HTML
1 6 (16.22%) React
2 5 (13.51%) .NET
2 5 (13.51%) .NET Framework
2 5 (13.51%) AngularJS
2 5 (13.51%) ASP.NET
2 5 (13.51%) ASP.NET MVC
2 5 (13.51%) RESTful
3 4 (10.81%) REST
4 1 (2.70%) CSS3
4 1 (2.70%) Enzyme
4 1 (2.70%) GraphQL
4 1 (2.70%) HTML5
4 1 (2.70%) Jest
4 1 (2.70%) Node.js
4 1 (2.70%) Redux
4 1 (2.70%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 7 (18.92%) Mobile App
2 4 (10.81%) Product Ownership
3 2 (5.41%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.70%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 8 (21.62%) Windows
2 7 (18.92%) Mac OS
3 3 (8.11%) Apple iOS
3 3 (8.11%) Windows 10
4 1 (2.70%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (56.76%) Stakeholder Management
2 12 (32.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 11 (29.73%) Continuous Improvement
4 10 (27.03%) Risk Management
4 10 (27.03%) Roadmaps
5 9 (24.32%) Agile
5 9 (24.32%) Analytics
5 9 (24.32%) Migration
6 8 (21.62%) Dashboard Development
6 8 (21.62%) Programme Management
6 8 (21.62%) Quantitative Analysis
6 8 (21.62%) Regulatory Compliance
6 8 (21.62%) Technology Transformation
7 7 (18.92%) AI
7 7 (18.92%) Change Management
7 7 (18.92%) Data Analysis
7 7 (18.92%) Data Protection
7 7 (18.92%) Enterprise Architecture
7 7 (18.92%) Thought Leadership
7 7 (18.92%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 13 (35.14%) SQL
2 7 (18.92%) Bash
2 7 (18.92%) C#
2 7 (18.92%) JavaScript
2 7 (18.92%) PowerShell
3 2 (5.41%) C
3 2 (5.41%) C++
3 2 (5.41%) Python
3 2 (5.41%) Swift
4 1 (2.70%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 13 (35.14%) Degree
2 4 (10.81%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.70%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (27.03%) GDPR
2 7 (18.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.70%) QA
System Software
1 8 (21.62%) Active Directory
2 7 (18.92%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (21.62%) SCCM
2 7 (18.92%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (2.70%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 15 (40.54%) Microsoft
2 12 (32.43%) Google
3 7 (18.92%) Citrix
3 7 (18.92%) VMware
4 6 (16.22%) Adobe
5 5 (13.51%) Sitecore
6 3 (8.11%) Salesforce
7 2 (5.41%) DocuSign
7 2 (5.41%) Genesys
7 2 (5.41%) Siemens
8 1 (2.70%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud