Adobe XD Contract Job Trends in England

Adobe XD
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Adobe XD skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 516 483 538
Rank change year-on-year -33 +55 +120
Contract jobs citing Adobe XD 28 35 25
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.089% 0.12% 0.068%
As % of the Applications category 1.10% 1.65% 0.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 18 21
10th Percentile £386 £347 £220
25th Percentile £400 £457 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +17.65% -29.17%
75th Percentile £500 £575 £538
90th Percentile £605 £588 £588
UK median daily rate £435 £500 £425
% change year-on-year -13.00% +17.65% -29.17%

All Software Application Skills
England

Adobe XD falls under the Software Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring software application skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 2,552 2,117 2,997
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 8.13% 7.39% 8.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,462 1,234 1,845
10th Percentile £200 £176 £163
25th Percentile £310 £256 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £413 £400
Median % change year-on-year +8.36% +3.13% -11.11%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £550
90th Percentile £675 £650 £667
UK median daily rate £438 £401 £400
% change year-on-year +9.24% +0.13% -9.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 322 199 244
10th Percentile £13.16 - £14.16
25th Percentile £16.48 £15.62 £17.72
Median hourly rate £20.35 £25.00 £30.24
Median % change year-on-year -18.60% -17.32% +12.55%
75th Percentile £29.61 £43.75 £46.75
90th Percentile £61.24 £72.00 £54.25
UK median hourly rate £20.35 £24.60 £27.50
% change year-on-year -17.26% -10.56% +10.00%

Adobe XD
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Adobe XD relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Adobe XD job vacancy trend in England

Adobe XD
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Adobe XD.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Adobe XD

Adobe XD
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Adobe XD in England over the 6 months to 22 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Adobe XD in England

Adobe XD
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Adobe XD.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Adobe XD

Adobe XD
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Adobe XD within the England region over the 6 months to 22 December 2025. 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
London -8 17 £425 -15.00% 16
Midlands -36 5 £400 +14.85% 3
West Midlands - 5 £400 - 3
South West -3 2 £600 -1.03% 3
North of England -42 2 £513 - 7
South East -21 1 £463 - 7
North West -28 1 - - 4
Yorkshire - 1 £513 - 3
Adobe XD
UK

Adobe XD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 (3.57%) CMS
1 1 (3.57%) Confluence
1 1 (3.57%) Drupal
1 1 (3.57%) WordPress
Applications
1 24 (85.71%) Sketch
2 8 (28.57%) InVision
3 3 (10.71%) Adobe After Effects
3 3 (10.71%) Trello
4 2 (7.14%) Zeplin
5 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (3.57%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 28 (100.00%) Figma
2 3 (10.71%) Power Platform
3 2 (7.14%) Asana
3 2 (7.14%) Google Analytics
3 2 (7.14%) Miro
4 1 (3.57%) Azure
4 1 (3.57%) Google Docs
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 11 (39.29%) Axure RP
2 5 (17.86%) Git
2 5 (17.86%) JIRA
General
1 15 (53.57%) Social Skills
2 6 (21.43%) Public Sector
3 3 (10.71%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (7.14%) Banking
4 2 (7.14%) Finance
4 2 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Marketing
5 1 (3.57%) Military
5 1 (3.57%) Retail
Job Titles
1 21 (75.00%) Designer
2 11 (39.29%) UX Designer
3 6 (21.43%) Senior
4 5 (17.86%) Lead
4 5 (17.86%) Senior Designer
4 5 (17.86%) Service Designer
5 3 (10.71%) UI Designer
5 3 (10.71%) UI/UX Designer
6 2 (7.14%) Interaction Designer
6 2 (7.14%) Lead Designer
6 2 (7.14%) Lead UX Designer
6 2 (7.14%) Senior Interaction Designer
6 2 (7.14%) Senior UX Designer
7 1 (3.57%) Analyst
7 1 (3.57%) Business Analyst
7 1 (3.57%) Digital Designer
7 1 (3.57%) Product Owner
7 1 (3.57%) UX Analyst
7 1 (3.57%) UX Engineer
7 1 (3.57%) Visual Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (46.43%) CSS
1 13 (46.43%) HTML
2 7 (25.00%) HTML5
3 6 (21.43%) AngularJS
3 6 (21.43%) CSS3
3 6 (21.43%) React
4 5 (17.86%) RESTful
5 2 (7.14%) Framer.js
5 2 (7.14%) Sass
6 1 (3.57%) Bootstrap
6 1 (3.57%) HTML5 Canvas
6 1 (3.57%) jQuery
6 1 (3.57%) Next.js
6 1 (3.57%) REST
6 1 (3.57%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.29%) Product Ownership
2 3 (10.71%) Mobile App
3 2 (7.14%) Augmented Reality
3 2 (7.14%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (7.14%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (7.14%) Virtual Reality
4 1 (3.57%) Educational Technology
4 1 (3.57%) e-Learning
4 1 (3.57%) Motion Graphics
4 1 (3.57%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (78.57%) User Experience
2 20 (71.43%) UX Design
3 18 (64.29%) User Research
4 16 (57.14%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 15 (53.57%) Agile
6 14 (50.00%) Usability Testing
7 12 (42.86%) Wireframes
8 11 (39.29%) Journey Map
8 11 (39.29%) Prototyping
9 9 (32.14%) Service Design
10 7 (25.00%) Interaction Design
10 7 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
11 6 (21.43%) Responsive Web Design
12 5 (17.86%) CI/CD
12 5 (17.86%) Design Thinking
12 5 (17.86%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
12 5 (17.86%) User Stories
13 4 (14.29%) A/B Testing
13 4 (14.29%) Acceptance Criteria
13 4 (14.29%) Inclusive Design
Programming Languages
1 8 (28.57%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (21.43%) Degree
2 4 (14.29%) Master's Degree
3 3 (10.71%) SC Cleared
3 3 (10.71%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (71.43%) Accessibility
2 12 (42.86%) WCAG
3 1 (3.57%) QA
Vendors
1 28 (100.00%) Adobe
2 5 (17.86%) MuleSoft
3 4 (14.29%) Microsoft
4 3 (10.71%) Google
5 1 (3.57%) Hotjar
5 1 (3.57%) SAP