Figma Contract Job Trends in England

Figma
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Figma skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 396 278 389
Rank change year-on-year -118 +111 +11
Contract jobs citing Figma 242 238 145
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.52% 0.86% 0.44%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.51% 2.28% 1.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 170 92
10th Percentile £362 £325 £263
25th Percentile £413 £400 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £445
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +6.74% -15.24%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £538
90th Percentile £666 £600 £600
UK median daily rate £508 £475 £433
% change year-on-year +6.84% +9.83% -17.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 6 3
10th Percentile £22.39 £32.63 £31.06
25th Percentile £30.00 £35.25 £31.99
Median hourly rate £33.99 £36.50 £33.54
Median % change year-on-year -6.88% +8.83% -39.02%
75th Percentile - £37.75 £37.15
90th Percentile £46.45 £47.25 £39.31
UK median hourly rate £33.99 £36.50 £33.54
% change year-on-year -6.88% +8.83% -45.90%

All Cloud Computing Skills
England

Figma falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 16,052 10,455 11,304
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.58% 37.65% 34.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,713 7,071 7,707
10th Percentile £320 £306 £313
25th Percentile £425 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £501 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.90% -4.67% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £720 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 551 252 177
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.50 £14.35
25th Percentile £17.99 £18.87 £20.50
Median hourly rate £33.99 £26.30 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.24% -20.30% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £82.37 £67.23 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £29.07 £31.00
% change year-on-year +11.80% -6.23% -11.43%

Figma
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Figma job vacancy trend in England

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Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Figma.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Figma

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Figma in England over the 6 months to 17 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Figma in England

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Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Figma.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Figma

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Figma in England over the 6 months to 17 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Figma in England

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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 Figma within the England region over the 6 months to 17 September 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
London -100 145 £550 +10.00% 418
South West -25 27 £475 -13.64% 23
North of England -97 25 £450 +5.88% 32
Midlands -34 24 £450 -3.74% 21
West Midlands -35 23 £457 -17.00% 15
Yorkshire -43 15 £470 -14.55% 7
South East -72 10 £310 -26.19% 33
North West -60 7 £388 -0.70% 20
East of England -29 4 £375 -3.23% 9
North East -44 3 £325 -38.10% 5
East Midlands -10 1 £425 -9.09% 6
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UK

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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 25 (10.33%) Confluence
2 8 (3.31%) CMS
3 7 (2.89%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.24%) Headless CMS
5 2 (0.83%) Drupal
6 1 (0.41%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.41%) Camunda
6 1 (0.41%) Kentico
6 1 (0.41%) Mendix
6 1 (0.41%) nginx
6 1 (0.41%) Traefik
Applications
1 29 (11.98%) Photoshop
2 27 (11.16%) Adobe Illustrator
3 25 (10.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 21 (8.68%) Sketch
5 18 (7.44%) Adobe After Effects
6 15 (6.20%) Adobe XD
7 8 (3.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 7 (2.89%) InDesign
8 7 (2.89%) MS Visio
9 6 (2.48%) Microsoft Excel
10 3 (1.24%) Chatbot
11 2 (0.83%) Adobe Premiere
11 2 (0.83%) InVision
11 2 (0.83%) UserZoom
12 1 (0.41%) Adobe Captivate
12 1 (0.41%) Blender
12 1 (0.41%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 1 (0.41%) Eloqua
1 1 (0.41%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 17 (7.02%) Miro
2 16 (6.61%) AWS
2 16 (6.61%) Azure
3 13 (5.37%) GitHub
4 9 (3.72%) SaaS
5 7 (2.89%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (2.89%) Slack
6 6 (2.48%) GCP
6 6 (2.48%) GitHub Copilot
6 6 (2.48%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (2.48%) Pendo
7 5 (2.07%) Power Platform
8 4 (1.65%) Anthropic Claude
8 4 (1.65%) Canva
8 4 (1.65%) Google Analytics
8 4 (1.65%) Microsoft Copilot
8 4 (1.65%) OpenShift
8 4 (1.65%) Serverless
9 3 (1.24%) ChatGPT
9 3 (1.24%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.83%) Broadband
2 1 (0.41%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.07%) PostgreSQL
1 5 (2.07%) Power BI
2 3 (1.24%) Qlik Sense
3 2 (0.83%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.83%) DynamoDB
3 2 (0.83%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (0.83%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.83%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.83%) Tableau
4 1 (0.41%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.41%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 27 (11.16%) JIRA
2 18 (7.44%) Git
3 14 (5.79%) Cypress.io
4 13 (5.37%) Storybook
5 7 (2.89%) Claude Code
6 2 (0.83%) Balsamiq
6 2 (0.83%) Postman
7 1 (0.41%) GitLab
7 1 (0.41%) Subversion
7 1 (0.41%) Vite
General
1 76 (31.40%) Social Skills
2 49 (20.25%) Finance
3 44 (18.18%) Public Sector
4 22 (9.09%) Marketing
5 20 (8.26%) Retail
6 19 (7.85%) Banking
7 15 (6.20%) Analytical Skills
8 14 (5.79%) Automotive
9 10 (4.13%) Publishing
10 8 (3.31%) Manufacturing
11 7 (2.89%) Games
12 5 (2.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (2.07%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (2.07%) Pharmaceutical
12 5 (2.07%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (2.07%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.65%) Military
14 3 (1.24%) Aerospace
14 3 (1.24%) Japanese Language
14 3 (1.24%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 156 (64.46%) Designer
2 47 (19.42%) UI Designer
3 42 (17.36%) Senior
4 40 (16.53%) UX Designer
5 32 (13.22%) Senior Designer
6 26 (10.74%) Developer
7 20 (8.26%) Service Designer
8 17 (7.02%) Lead
8 17 (7.02%) Product Designer
9 15 (6.20%) Interaction Designer
9 15 (6.20%) Senior UI Designer
10 13 (5.37%) Content Designer
10 13 (5.37%) Junior
10 13 (5.37%) Junior Designer
10 13 (5.37%) UI/UX Designer
11 12 (4.96%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 11 (4.55%) Digital Designer
13 10 (4.13%) Lead Designer
14 9 (3.72%) Graphic Designer
14 9 (3.72%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (16.94%) React
2 33 (13.64%) CSS
3 30 (12.40%) HTML
4 24 (9.92%) REST
5 15 (6.20%) Playwright
6 13 (5.37%) CSS3
6 13 (5.37%) HTML5
7 11 (4.55%) Node.js
7 11 (4.55%) OAuth
7 11 (4.55%) OAuth2
8 9 (3.72%) Express.js
9 8 (3.31%) Material-UI
9 8 (3.31%) RESTful
10 7 (2.89%) GraphQL
10 7 (2.89%) Jest
10 7 (2.89%) Kafka
10 7 (2.89%) OpenAPI
10 7 (2.89%) Swagger
11 6 (2.48%) JWT
11 6 (2.48%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 24 (9.92%) Mobile App
1 24 (9.92%) Product Ownership
2 21 (8.68%) Graphic Design
3 16 (6.61%) Animation
4 14 (5.79%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (3.72%) Social Media
6 7 (2.89%) AI Agents
6 7 (2.89%) Onboarding
7 6 (2.48%) Management Information System
8 5 (2.07%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.65%) Life Science
10 3 (1.24%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.24%) FMCG
10 3 (1.24%) Motion Graphics
10 3 (1.24%) Video Editing
11 2 (0.83%) Genomics
11 2 (0.83%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (0.83%) NHS
11 2 (0.83%) Web Conferencing
12 1 (0.41%) Midjourney
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.24%) Android
2 2 (0.83%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.41%) Linux
3 1 (0.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (61.57%) User Experience
2 108 (44.63%) Agile
3 99 (40.91%) UX Design
4 73 (30.17%) Wireframes
5 56 (23.14%) AI
6 55 (22.73%) User Research
7 50 (20.66%) Stakeholder Management
8 49 (20.25%) Prototyping
9 45 (18.60%) Interaction Design
10 44 (18.18%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
11 38 (15.70%) Journey Map
12 37 (15.29%) Service Design
13 36 (14.88%) Workshop Facilitation
14 34 (14.05%) Problem-Solving
15 33 (13.64%) Usability Testing
16 29 (11.98%) Design Patterns
16 29 (11.98%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
17 28 (11.57%) Inclusive Design
18 26 (10.74%) Analytics
18 26 (10.74%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 34 (14.05%) JavaScript
2 32 (13.22%) TypeScript
3 9 (3.72%) Python
4 7 (2.89%) SQL
5 3 (1.24%) Java
6 2 (0.83%) C#
6 2 (0.83%) Scala
7 1 (0.41%) C++
7 1 (0.41%) Haskell
Qualifications
1 39 (16.12%) Security Cleared
2 32 (13.22%) Degree
3 28 (11.57%) SC Cleared
4 10 (4.13%) DV Cleared
5 8 (3.31%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.41%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.41%) CBAP
6 1 (0.41%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.41%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 107 (44.21%) Accessibility
2 41 (16.94%) WCAG
3 8 (3.31%) QA
4 3 (1.24%) GDPR
5 2 (0.83%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.41%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.41%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.41%) WAI
6 1 (0.41%) WAI-ARIA
System Software
1 11 (4.55%) Docker
2 1 (0.41%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (4.13%) Grafana
2 8 (3.31%) Kubernetes
3 6 (2.48%) Prometheus
3 6 (2.48%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (1.65%) Argo
5 1 (0.41%) Istio
5 1 (0.41%) Kibana
Vendors
1 61 (25.21%) Adobe
2 10 (4.13%) Google
3 5 (2.07%) Microsoft
4 4 (1.65%) Red Hat
5 3 (1.24%) Atlassian
6 2 (0.83%) Databricks
6 2 (0.83%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.41%) CODA
7 1 (0.41%) Oracle
7 1 (0.41%) Pardot
7 1 (0.41%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.41%) TikTok
7 1 (0.41%) YouTube