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

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 389 288 397
Rank change year-on-year -101 +109 -2
Contract jobs citing Figma 246 238 141
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.54% 0.86% 0.43%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.55% 2.30% 1.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 146 171 93
10th Percentile £362 £325 £265
25th Percentile £413 £393 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +6.05% +5.56% -12.41%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £540
90th Percentile £668 £600 £600
UK median daily rate £523 £470 £425
% change year-on-year +11.17% +10.59% -18.27%
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% -38.74%

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 15,874 10,360 11,265
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.69% 37.33% 34.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,597 7,015 7,852
10th Percentile £325 £310 £313
25th Percentile £425 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £503 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.48% -4.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £644
90th Percentile £716 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 549 268 195
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.20 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.51 £18.33
Median hourly rate £34.13 £26.30 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.75% -12.33% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.75 £59.76
90th Percentile £82.49 £68.63 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £33.12 £28.75 £30.00
% change year-on-year +15.20% -4.17% -14.29%

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 31 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 31 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 31 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 -72 149 £550 +10.00% 130
South West -24 28 £475 -13.64% 23
North of England -87 26 £440 +6.02% 21
Midlands -38 22 £425 -9.09% 9
West Midlands -29 21 £413 -25.00% 8
Yorkshire -43 14 £470 -10.48% 8
South East -69 10 £310 -26.19% 24
North West -65 9 £375 -3.23% 10
East of England -16 4 £375 -3.23% 3
North East -39 3 £325 -38.10% 3
East Midlands -17 1 £425 -9.09% 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 25 (10.16%) Confluence
2 9 (3.66%) CMS
3 3 (1.22%) Headless CMS
3 3 (1.22%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.81%) Drupal
5 1 (0.41%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.41%) Camunda
5 1 (0.41%) Kentico
5 1 (0.41%) Mendix
5 1 (0.41%) nginx
5 1 (0.41%) Traefik
Applications
1 27 (10.98%) Photoshop
2 26 (10.57%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 25 (10.16%) Adobe Illustrator
4 23 (9.35%) Sketch
5 18 (7.32%) Adobe After Effects
6 12 (4.88%) Adobe XD
7 7 (2.85%) InDesign
8 6 (2.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 5 (2.03%) MS Visio
10 4 (1.63%) Microsoft Excel
11 3 (1.22%) InVision
12 2 (0.81%) Adobe Premiere
12 2 (0.81%) UserZoom
13 1 (0.41%) Adobe Captivate
13 1 (0.41%) Blender
13 1 (0.41%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 1 (0.41%) Eloqua
1 1 (0.41%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 16 (6.50%) Azure
1 16 (6.50%) Miro
2 15 (6.10%) AWS
3 12 (4.88%) GitHub
4 9 (3.66%) Azure DevOps
4 9 (3.66%) SaaS
5 7 (2.85%) Slack
6 6 (2.44%) GitHub Copilot
6 6 (2.44%) Pendo
7 5 (2.03%) Google Analytics
8 4 (1.63%) Canva
8 4 (1.63%) GCP
8 4 (1.63%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (1.63%) OpenShift
8 4 (1.63%) Serverless
9 3 (1.22%) Amazon S3
9 3 (1.22%) Amazon SQS
9 3 (1.22%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (1.22%) Lucidchart
9 3 (1.22%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.81%) Broadband
2 1 (0.41%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.03%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (1.22%) Power BI
2 3 (1.22%) Qlik Sense
3 2 (0.81%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.81%) DynamoDB
3 2 (0.81%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (0.81%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.81%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.41%) Metadata
4 1 (0.41%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.41%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 29 (11.79%) JIRA
2 14 (5.69%) Cypress.io
3 10 (4.07%) Git
4 8 (3.25%) Storybook
5 7 (2.85%) Claude Code
6 4 (1.63%) Balsamiq
7 1 (0.41%) Subversion
7 1 (0.41%) Vite
General
1 75 (30.49%) Social Skills
2 54 (21.95%) Finance
3 47 (19.11%) Public Sector
4 25 (10.16%) Banking
5 21 (8.54%) Marketing
6 20 (8.13%) Retail
7 15 (6.10%) Analytical Skills
8 14 (5.69%) Automotive
9 10 (4.07%) Publishing
10 8 (3.25%) Manufacturing
11 7 (2.85%) Games
12 5 (2.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (2.03%) Pharmaceutical
12 5 (2.03%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (2.03%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.63%) Military
14 3 (1.22%) Aerospace
14 3 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (1.22%) Legal Technology
14 3 (1.22%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 163 (66.26%) Designer
2 48 (19.51%) UI Designer
3 43 (17.48%) UX Designer
4 41 (16.67%) Senior
5 31 (12.60%) Senior Designer
6 22 (8.94%) Developer
7 19 (7.72%) Service Designer
8 18 (7.32%) Product Designer
9 17 (6.91%) Lead
10 16 (6.50%) Content Designer
11 15 (6.10%) Senior UI Designer
12 13 (5.28%) Interaction Designer
12 13 (5.28%) Junior
12 13 (5.28%) Junior Designer
12 13 (5.28%) UI/UX Designer
13 12 (4.88%) Digital Designer
14 10 (4.07%) Lead Designer
15 9 (3.66%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
15 9 (3.66%) Graphic Designer
15 9 (3.66%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (14.23%) React
2 32 (13.01%) CSS
3 29 (11.79%) HTML
4 17 (6.91%) REST
5 12 (4.88%) CSS3
5 12 (4.88%) HTML5
6 10 (4.07%) Playwright
7 8 (3.25%) Kafka
7 8 (3.25%) RESTful
8 7 (2.85%) Jest
9 6 (2.44%) JWT
9 6 (2.44%) Node.js
9 6 (2.44%) OAuth
9 6 (2.44%) OAuth2
10 5 (2.03%) Tailwind CSS
11 4 (1.63%) AngularJS
11 4 (1.63%) Express.js
11 4 (1.63%) FastAPI
11 4 (1.63%) GraphQL
11 4 (1.63%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 26 (10.57%) Product Ownership
2 25 (10.16%) Mobile App
3 23 (9.35%) Graphic Design
4 16 (6.50%) Animation
5 13 (5.28%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (3.66%) Social Media
7 8 (3.25%) Onboarding
8 6 (2.44%) Management Information System
9 5 (2.03%) AI Agents
9 5 (2.03%) Cloud Native
10 4 (1.63%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (1.22%) FMCG
11 3 (1.22%) Mobile Banking
11 3 (1.22%) Motion Graphics
12 2 (0.81%) Genomics
12 2 (0.81%) Greenfield Project
12 2 (0.81%) Life Science
12 2 (0.81%) NHS
12 2 (0.81%) Taxonomies
13 1 (0.41%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.22%) Android
2 2 (0.81%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.41%) Linux
3 1 (0.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (63.41%) User Experience
2 111 (45.12%) Agile
3 104 (42.28%) UX Design
4 74 (30.08%) Wireframes
5 58 (23.58%) User Research
6 56 (22.76%) AI
7 54 (21.95%) Prototyping
8 48 (19.51%) Stakeholder Management
9 45 (18.29%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
10 44 (17.89%) Interaction Design
11 39 (15.85%) Journey Map
12 37 (15.04%) Workshop Facilitation
13 35 (14.23%) Service Design
14 33 (13.41%) Problem-Solving
15 32 (13.01%) Usability Testing
16 29 (11.79%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
17 28 (11.38%) Analytics
17 28 (11.38%) Continuous Improvement
17 28 (11.38%) Inclusive Design
18 22 (8.94%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 29 (11.79%) JavaScript
2 26 (10.57%) TypeScript
3 9 (3.66%) Python
4 5 (2.03%) SQL
5 3 (1.22%) Java
6 2 (0.81%) C#
6 2 (0.81%) Ruby
6 2 (0.81%) Scala
7 1 (0.41%) C++
7 1 (0.41%) Haskell
Qualifications
1 41 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 35 (14.23%) Degree
3 28 (11.38%) SC Cleared
4 11 (4.47%) DV Cleared
5 7 (2.85%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.41%) CBAP
6 1 (0.41%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.41%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (43.09%) Accessibility
2 36 (14.63%) WCAG
3 8 (3.25%) QA
4 1 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.41%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.41%) GDPR
4 1 (0.41%) WAI
4 1 (0.41%) WAI-ARIA
System Software
1 11 (4.47%) Docker
2 1 (0.41%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (4.07%) Grafana
2 8 (3.25%) Kubernetes
3 6 (2.44%) Prometheus
4 4 (1.63%) Argo
4 4 (1.63%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.41%) Istio
5 1 (0.41%) Kibana
Vendors
1 61 (24.80%) Adobe
2 11 (4.47%) Google
3 4 (1.63%) Red Hat
4 3 (1.22%) Atlassian
5 2 (0.81%) Databricks
5 2 (0.81%) Pega
6 1 (0.41%) CODA
6 1 (0.41%) Microsoft
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle
6 1 (0.41%) Pardot
6 1 (0.41%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.41%) TikTok
6 1 (0.41%) YouTube