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 16 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 43 61
Rank change year-on-year +7 +18 +2
Contract jobs citing User Experience 51 14 5
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 4.60% 2.45% 0.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.88% 2.84% 0.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 14 4
10th Percentile £370 £304 £358
25th Percentile £434 £327 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £357 £409
Median % change year-on-year +54.06% -12.71% -9.11%
75th Percentile £575 £402 £434
90th Percentile £588 £442 -
England median daily rate £490 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -1.01% -1.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £14.96 - -
Median hourly rate £15.43 - -
75th Percentile £20.09 - -
90th Percentile £22.61 - -
England median hourly rate £33.99 £53.50 £25.50
% change year-on-year -36.47% +109.80% -3.77%

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 867 493 596
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 78.25% 86.34% 78.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 480 329 403
10th Percentile £200 £211 £200
25th Percentile £388 £322 £269
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £458 £433 £410
Median % change year-on-year +5.78% +5.49% -9.89%
75th Percentile £545 £523 £561
90th Percentile £619 £590 £625
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 119 34 55
10th Percentile £13.53 £13.81 £11.24
25th Percentile £16.35 £15.25 £12.75
Median hourly rate £17.87 £20.20 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.51% +18.79% -17.48%
75th Percentile £25.15 £25.15 £26.15
90th Percentile £31.30 £38.38 £35.00
England median hourly rate £47.00 £29.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year +62.07% -20.55% -2.14%

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 16 May 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 16 May 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 +4 29 £550 +54.49% 7
Nottinghamshire -6 15 £573 +10.10% 11
Lincolnshire -10 3 £435 +45.00%
Derbyshire - 3 £538 - 3
Leicestershire - 1 £360 - 1
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 (1.96%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 20 (39.22%) Google Workspace
2 18 (35.29%) Cloud Computing
2 18 (35.29%) Google Sheets
3 8 (15.69%) Azure
4 4 (7.84%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (5.88%) AWS
5 3 (5.88%) Copilot Studio
5 3 (5.88%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (5.88%) Entra ID
5 3 (5.88%) Microsoft Copilot
5 3 (5.88%) Power Automate
6 2 (3.92%) GCP
7 1 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.96%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.88%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.96%) MongoDB
General
1 25 (49.02%) Social Skills
2 20 (39.22%) Finance
3 1 (1.96%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (1.96%) Legal
3 1 (1.96%) Marketing
3 1 (1.96%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (25.49%) Programme Manager
2 8 (15.69%) Architect
3 7 (13.73%) Head of Digital
3 7 (13.73%) Salesforce Architect
4 6 (11.76%) Analyst
5 3 (5.88%) Consultant
5 3 (5.88%) Functional Architect
5 3 (5.88%) Telephony Consultant
5 3 (5.88%) User Experience Researcher
5 3 (5.88%) User Researcher
6 2 (3.92%) Business Analyst
6 2 (3.92%) Cloud Architect
6 2 (3.92%) Lead
6 2 (3.92%) Service Analyst
6 2 (3.92%) Service Desk Analyst
7 1 (1.96%) Delivery Manager
7 1 (1.96%) Deskside Support
7 1 (1.96%) Service Delivery Manager
7 1 (1.96%) Service Manager
7 1 (1.96%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.92%) CSS
1 2 (3.92%) HTML
2 1 (1.96%) .NET
2 1 (1.96%) Blazor
2 1 (1.96%) CSS3
2 1 (1.96%) HTML5
2 1 (1.96%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.84%) Product Ownership
2 3 (5.88%) IVR
3 2 (3.92%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.96%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.96%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.84%) Windows
2 2 (3.92%) Mac OS
2 2 (3.92%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (49.02%) Stakeholder Management
2 23 (45.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 19 (37.25%) Migration
3 19 (37.25%) Risk Management
4 18 (35.29%) Dashboard Development
4 18 (35.29%) Programme Management
4 18 (35.29%) Quantitative Analysis
4 18 (35.29%) Regulatory Compliance
4 18 (35.29%) Technology Transformation
5 17 (33.33%) Change Management
5 17 (33.33%) Data Analysis
5 17 (33.33%) Data Transformation
6 10 (19.61%) Continuous Improvement
6 10 (19.61%) Roadmaps
7 9 (17.65%) Agile
7 9 (17.65%) Workshop Facilitation
8 8 (15.69%) Enterprise Architecture
8 8 (15.69%) UX Design
9 7 (13.73%) Product Vision
10 6 (11.76%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 19 (37.25%) SQL
2 2 (3.92%) Bash
2 2 (3.92%) JavaScript
2 2 (3.92%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.96%) C#
Qualifications
1 22 (43.14%) Degree
2 4 (7.84%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (5.88%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (13.73%) Accessibility
2 3 (5.88%) GDPR
3 2 (3.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.96%) COBIT
4 1 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 1 (1.96%) QA
System Software
1 4 (7.84%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.92%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (5.88%) SCCM
2 1 (1.96%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 21 (41.18%) Google
2 7 (13.73%) Microsoft
2 7 (13.73%) Salesforce
3 2 (3.92%) Citrix
3 2 (3.92%) Genesys
3 2 (3.92%) VMware
4 1 (1.96%) Apple
4 1 (1.96%) HP
4 1 (1.96%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud