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 10 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 386 306 405
Rank change year-on-year -80 +99 +9
Contract jobs citing Figma 249 213 130
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.55% 0.77% 0.39%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.56% 2.06% 1.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 153 147 93
10th Percentile £340 £325 £300
25th Percentile £413 £390 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £556
90th Percentile £648 £613 £600
UK median daily rate £510 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +7.37% +5.56% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 6 2
10th Percentile £22.39 £32.63 £31.22
25th Percentile £30.00 £35.25 £32.39
Median hourly rate £33.99 £36.50 £35.19
Median % change year-on-year -6.88% +3.73% -36.02%
75th Percentile - £37.75 £38.39
90th Percentile £46.45 £47.25 £39.81
UK median hourly rate £33.99 £36.50 £35.19
% change year-on-year -6.88% +3.73% -35.73%

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 15,922 10,336 11,178
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.95% 37.14% 33.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,615 7,014 7,944
10th Percentile £325 £310 £313
25th Percentile £423 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £644
90th Percentile £720 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 565 269 232
10th Percentile £15.96 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.85 £18.13 £16.30
Median hourly rate £35.50 £26.00 £24.59
Median % change year-on-year +36.54% +5.73% -23.92%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £83.70 £67.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £27.63 £24.84
% change year-on-year +26.67% +11.23% -29.03%

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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 10 August 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 10 August 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 10 August 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 -88 143 £550 +11.11% 120
North of England -54 31 £440 -7.37% 21
South West -26 29 £475 -5.00% 12
Midlands -35 23 £388 -17.11% 4
West Midlands -34 22 £375 -31.82% 3
Yorkshire -37 13 £470 -14.55% 6
North West -39 13 £388 -8.82% 12
South East -72 12 £450 +4.96% 22
North East -43 5 £340 -35.24% 3
East of England -15 4 £375 +39.53% 3
East Midlands -11 1 £425 +7.66% 1
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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 22 (8.84%) Confluence
2 9 (3.61%) CMS
3 3 (1.20%) Headless CMS
4 2 (0.80%) Drupal
4 2 (0.80%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.40%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.40%) IIS
5 1 (0.40%) Kentico
5 1 (0.40%) Mendix
5 1 (0.40%) nginx
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.40%) Traefik
Applications
1 27 (10.84%) Sketch
2 25 (10.04%) Photoshop
3 24 (9.64%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 23 (9.24%) Adobe Illustrator
5 18 (7.23%) Adobe After Effects
6 15 (6.02%) Adobe XD
7 8 (3.21%) InDesign
8 5 (2.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 5 (2.01%) MS Visio
9 4 (1.61%) Microsoft Excel
10 3 (1.20%) InVision
11 1 (0.40%) Adobe Captivate
11 1 (0.40%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.40%) Blender
11 1 (0.40%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Eloqua
1 1 (0.40%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 17 (6.83%) Azure
2 16 (6.43%) AWS
3 14 (5.62%) Miro
4 11 (4.42%) GitHub
5 10 (4.02%) SaaS
6 9 (3.61%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (2.81%) Slack
8 6 (2.41%) GitHub Copilot
8 6 (2.41%) Google Analytics
8 6 (2.41%) Pendo
9 5 (2.01%) GCP
10 4 (1.61%) Canva
10 4 (1.61%) Microsoft 365
10 4 (1.61%) OpenShift
11 3 (1.20%) Amazon S3
11 3 (1.20%) Amazon SQS
11 3 (1.20%) AWS Lambda
11 3 (1.20%) Power Platform
11 3 (1.20%) Serverless
12 2 (0.80%) Adobe Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.80%) Broadband
2 1 (0.40%) HTTP
2 1 (0.40%) Reverse Proxy
2 1 (0.40%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.41%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (1.20%) Power BI
2 3 (1.20%) Qlik Sense
3 2 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.80%) DynamoDB
3 2 (0.80%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.40%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.40%) GIS
4 1 (0.40%) Metadata
4 1 (0.40%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.40%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 29 (11.65%) JIRA
2 14 (5.62%) Cypress.io
3 10 (4.02%) Git
4 9 (3.61%) Storybook
5 7 (2.81%) Claude Code
6 5 (2.01%) Balsamiq
7 1 (0.40%) Gemini Tracker
7 1 (0.40%) MSI
7 1 (0.40%) Subversion
7 1 (0.40%) Vite
7 1 (0.40%) webpack
General
1 74 (29.72%) Social Skills
2 58 (23.29%) Finance
3 43 (17.27%) Public Sector
4 30 (12.05%) Banking
5 21 (8.43%) Marketing
6 17 (6.83%) Retail
7 15 (6.02%) Analytical Skills
8 14 (5.62%) Automotive
9 10 (4.02%) Publishing
10 8 (3.21%) Manufacturing
11 7 (2.81%) Games
11 7 (2.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (2.01%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (1.20%) Aerospace
13 3 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (1.20%) Legal Technology
13 3 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (1.20%) Retail Banking
13 3 (1.20%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 164 (65.86%) Designer
2 51 (20.48%) UI Designer
3 49 (19.68%) UX Designer
4 35 (14.06%) Senior
5 26 (10.44%) Senior Designer
6 21 (8.43%) Developer
7 19 (7.63%) Content Designer
8 17 (6.83%) Lead
8 17 (6.83%) Product Designer
8 17 (6.83%) UI/UX Designer
9 16 (6.43%) Service Designer
10 14 (5.62%) Digital Designer
10 14 (5.62%) Junior
10 14 (5.62%) Junior Designer
10 14 (5.62%) Senior UI Designer
11 13 (5.22%) Interaction Designer
12 10 (4.02%) Analyst
12 10 (4.02%) Business Analyst
12 10 (4.02%) Lead Designer
13 9 (3.61%) Graphic Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (13.65%) React
2 33 (13.25%) CSS
3 30 (12.05%) HTML
4 15 (6.02%) REST
5 12 (4.82%) CSS3
5 12 (4.82%) HTML5
6 10 (4.02%) Playwright
7 8 (3.21%) Kafka
8 7 (2.81%) Jest
8 7 (2.81%) Node.js
8 7 (2.81%) RESTful
9 6 (2.41%) JWT
9 6 (2.41%) OAuth
9 6 (2.41%) OAuth2
10 5 (2.01%) AngularJS
11 4 (1.61%) Express.js
11 4 (1.61%) FastAPI
11 4 (1.61%) GraphQL
11 4 (1.61%) Tailwind CSS
11 4 (1.61%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 26 (10.44%) Mobile App
2 25 (10.04%) Product Ownership
3 21 (8.43%) Graphic Design
4 13 (5.22%) Animation
4 13 (5.22%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (4.02%) Social Media
6 9 (3.61%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.01%) AI Agents
8 4 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.20%) Cloud Native
9 3 (1.20%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.20%) Mobile Banking
9 3 (1.20%) Motion Graphics
10 2 (0.80%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.80%) FMCG
10 2 (0.80%) Genomics
10 2 (0.80%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.80%) Life Science
10 2 (0.80%) NHS
10 2 (0.80%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.20%) Android
2 2 (0.80%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.80%) Linux
2 2 (0.80%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 165 (66.27%) User Experience
2 112 (44.98%) UX Design
3 111 (44.58%) Agile
4 75 (30.12%) Wireframes
5 61 (24.50%) User Research
6 58 (23.29%) AI
7 57 (22.89%) Prototyping
8 46 (18.47%) Stakeholder Management
9 40 (16.06%) Interaction Design
10 39 (15.66%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
11 36 (14.46%) Journey Map
12 35 (14.06%) Problem-Solving
12 35 (14.06%) Usability Testing
13 32 (12.85%) Workshop Facilitation
14 31 (12.45%) Service Design
15 30 (12.05%) Analytics
16 28 (11.24%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
17 24 (9.64%) Inclusive Design
18 23 (9.24%) Continuous Improvement
19 22 (8.84%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 32 (12.85%) JavaScript
2 24 (9.64%) TypeScript
3 10 (4.02%) Python
4 4 (1.61%) SQL
5 3 (1.20%) Java
6 2 (0.80%) C#
6 2 (0.80%) C++
6 2 (0.80%) Ruby
6 2 (0.80%) Scala
7 1 (0.40%) Bicep
7 1 (0.40%) Go
7 1 (0.40%) Haskell
7 1 (0.40%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.40%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 37 (14.86%) Security Cleared
2 35 (14.06%) Degree
3 30 (12.05%) SC Cleared
4 8 (3.21%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (2.81%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.40%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.40%) CBAP
6 1 (0.40%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.40%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 102 (40.96%) Accessibility
2 38 (15.26%) WCAG
3 7 (2.81%) QA
4 1 (0.40%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.40%) EU AI Act
4 1 (0.40%) GDPR
4 1 (0.40%) WAI
4 1 (0.40%) WAI-ARIA
System Software
1 11 (4.42%) Docker
2 1 (0.40%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (4.02%) Grafana
2 8 (3.21%) Kubernetes
3 6 (2.41%) Prometheus
4 4 (1.61%) Argo
4 4 (1.61%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (1.20%) Terraform
6 1 (0.40%) Kibana
6 1 (0.40%) Rancher
Vendors
1 63 (25.30%) Adobe
2 12 (4.82%) Google
3 4 (1.61%) Red Hat
4 3 (1.20%) Atlassian
5 2 (0.80%) Databricks
5 2 (0.80%) OpenAI
5 2 (0.80%) Oracle
5 2 (0.80%) Pega
6 1 (0.40%) CODA
6 1 (0.40%) Microsoft
6 1 (0.40%) Pardot
6 1 (0.40%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.40%) TikTok
6 1 (0.40%) YouTube