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

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 387 303 402
Rank change year-on-year -84 +99 +10
Contract jobs citing Figma 243 212 130
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.53% 0.77% 0.39%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.53% 2.07% 1.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 147 93
10th Percentile £335 £325 £300
25th Percentile £413 £390 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -13.46%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £556
90th Percentile £650 £613 £600
UK median daily rate £520 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +9.47% +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 15,927 10,265 11,213
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.93% 37.15% 33.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,624 6,963 7,943
10th Percentile £325 £310 £313
25th Percentile £425 £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 £725 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 563 268 232
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £20.08 £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 £83.72 £67.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £27.76 £24.84
% change year-on-year +26.08% +11.76% -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 11 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 11 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 11 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 -91 141 £550 +11.11% 114
South West -20 29 £475 -5.00% 10
North of England -72 27 £425 -10.53% 18
Midlands -41 23 £388 -17.11% 4
West Midlands -39 22 £375 -31.82% 3
Yorkshire -41 13 £470 -14.55% 6
South East -74 12 £450 +4.96% 22
North West -39 9 £375 -11.76% 9
North East -43 5 £340 -35.24% 3
East of England -18 4 £375 +39.53% 2
East Midlands -13 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 21 (8.64%) Confluence
2 9 (3.70%) CMS
3 3 (1.23%) Headless CMS
4 2 (0.82%) Drupal
4 2 (0.82%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.41%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.41%) IIS
5 1 (0.41%) Kentico
5 1 (0.41%) Mendix
5 1 (0.41%) nginx
5 1 (0.41%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.41%) Traefik
Applications
1 26 (10.70%) Sketch
2 25 (10.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 25 (10.29%) Photoshop
3 23 (9.47%) Adobe Illustrator
4 18 (7.41%) Adobe After Effects
5 14 (5.76%) Adobe XD
6 8 (3.29%) InDesign
7 5 (2.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 4 (1.65%) Microsoft Excel
8 4 (1.65%) MS Visio
9 3 (1.23%) InVision
10 1 (0.41%) Adobe Captivate
10 1 (0.41%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.41%) Blender
10 1 (0.41%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 1 (0.41%) Eloqua
1 1 (0.41%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 16 (6.58%) AWS
1 16 (6.58%) Azure
2 13 (5.35%) Miro
3 11 (4.53%) GitHub
4 9 (3.70%) SaaS
5 8 (3.29%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (2.88%) Slack
7 6 (2.47%) GitHub Copilot
7 6 (2.47%) Google Analytics
7 6 (2.47%) Pendo
8 5 (2.06%) GCP
9 4 (1.65%) Canva
9 4 (1.65%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (1.65%) OpenShift
10 3 (1.23%) Amazon S3
10 3 (1.23%) Amazon SQS
10 3 (1.23%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (1.23%) Power Platform
10 3 (1.23%) Serverless
11 2 (0.82%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.82%) Broadband
2 1 (0.41%) HTTP
2 1 (0.41%) Reverse Proxy
2 1 (0.41%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.47%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (1.23%) Power BI
2 3 (1.23%) Qlik Sense
3 2 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.82%) DynamoDB
3 2 (0.82%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.41%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.41%) GIS
4 1 (0.41%) Metadata
4 1 (0.41%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.41%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 28 (11.52%) JIRA
2 14 (5.76%) Cypress.io
3 10 (4.12%) Git
4 9 (3.70%) Storybook
5 7 (2.88%) Claude Code
6 4 (1.65%) Balsamiq
7 1 (0.41%) MSI
7 1 (0.41%) Subversion
7 1 (0.41%) Vite
7 1 (0.41%) webpack
General
1 72 (29.63%) Social Skills
2 56 (23.05%) Finance
3 43 (17.70%) Public Sector
4 28 (11.52%) Banking
5 21 (8.64%) Marketing
6 18 (7.41%) Retail
7 15 (6.17%) Analytical Skills
8 14 (5.76%) Automotive
9 10 (4.12%) Publishing
10 8 (3.29%) Manufacturing
11 7 (2.88%) Games
11 7 (2.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (2.06%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (1.23%) Aerospace
13 3 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (1.23%) Legal Technology
13 3 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (1.23%) Retail Banking
13 3 (1.23%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 162 (66.67%) Designer
2 49 (20.16%) UI Designer
3 47 (19.34%) UX Designer
4 35 (14.40%) Senior
5 26 (10.70%) Senior Designer
6 21 (8.64%) Developer
7 19 (7.82%) Content Designer
8 17 (7.00%) Lead
9 16 (6.58%) Product Designer
9 16 (6.58%) Service Designer
10 15 (6.17%) UI/UX Designer
11 14 (5.76%) Digital Designer
11 14 (5.76%) Junior
11 14 (5.76%) Junior Designer
11 14 (5.76%) Senior UI Designer
12 13 (5.35%) Interaction Designer
13 10 (4.12%) Lead Designer
14 9 (3.70%) Graphic Designer
14 9 (3.70%) User Researcher
15 8 (3.29%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (13.99%) React
2 33 (13.58%) CSS
3 30 (12.35%) HTML
4 15 (6.17%) REST
5 12 (4.94%) CSS3
5 12 (4.94%) HTML5
6 10 (4.12%) Playwright
7 8 (3.29%) Kafka
8 7 (2.88%) Jest
8 7 (2.88%) Node.js
8 7 (2.88%) RESTful
9 6 (2.47%) JWT
9 6 (2.47%) OAuth
9 6 (2.47%) OAuth2
10 5 (2.06%) AngularJS
11 4 (1.65%) Express.js
11 4 (1.65%) FastAPI
11 4 (1.65%) GraphQL
11 4 (1.65%) Tailwind CSS
11 4 (1.65%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 25 (10.29%) Mobile App
1 25 (10.29%) Product Ownership
2 21 (8.64%) Graphic Design
3 13 (5.35%) Animation
3 13 (5.35%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (4.12%) Social Media
5 9 (3.70%) Onboarding
6 5 (2.06%) AI Agents
7 4 (1.65%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.23%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.23%) FMCG
8 3 (1.23%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.23%) Mobile Banking
8 3 (1.23%) Motion Graphics
9 2 (0.82%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.82%) Genomics
9 2 (0.82%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.82%) Life Science
9 2 (0.82%) NHS
9 2 (0.82%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.23%) Android
2 2 (0.82%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.82%) Linux
2 2 (0.82%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (65.43%) User Experience
2 108 (44.44%) Agile
2 108 (44.44%) UX Design
3 73 (30.04%) Wireframes
4 58 (23.87%) User Research
5 56 (23.05%) AI
6 52 (21.40%) Prototyping
7 44 (18.11%) Stakeholder Management
8 39 (16.05%) Interaction Design
9 38 (15.64%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
10 35 (14.40%) Journey Map
10 35 (14.40%) Problem-Solving
11 31 (12.76%) Usability Testing
11 31 (12.76%) Workshop Facilitation
12 29 (11.93%) Analytics
13 28 (11.52%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
13 28 (11.52%) Service Design
14 24 (9.88%) Inclusive Design
15 23 (9.47%) Continuous Improvement
16 21 (8.64%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 32 (13.17%) JavaScript
2 24 (9.88%) TypeScript
3 10 (4.12%) Python
4 4 (1.65%) SQL
5 3 (1.23%) Java
6 2 (0.82%) C#
6 2 (0.82%) C++
6 2 (0.82%) Ruby
6 2 (0.82%) Scala
7 1 (0.41%) Bicep
7 1 (0.41%) Go
7 1 (0.41%) Haskell
7 1 (0.41%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.41%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 37 (15.23%) Security Cleared
2 34 (13.99%) Degree
3 30 (12.35%) SC Cleared
4 8 (3.29%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (2.88%) DV Cleared
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
1 100 (41.15%) Accessibility
2 37 (15.23%) WCAG
3 7 (2.88%) QA
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 (4.53%) Docker
2 1 (0.41%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (4.12%) Grafana
2 8 (3.29%) Kubernetes
3 6 (2.47%) Prometheus
4 4 (1.65%) Argo
4 4 (1.65%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (1.23%) Terraform
6 1 (0.41%) Kibana
6 1 (0.41%) Rancher
Vendors
1 63 (25.93%) Adobe
2 12 (4.94%) Google
3 4 (1.65%) Red Hat
4 3 (1.23%) Atlassian
5 2 (0.82%) Databricks
5 2 (0.82%) Oracle
5 2 (0.82%) Pega
6 1 (0.41%) CODA
6 1 (0.41%) Microsoft
6 1 (0.41%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.41%) Pardot
6 1 (0.41%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.41%) TikTok
6 1 (0.41%) YouTube