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 18 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 389 293 382
Rank change year-on-year -96 +89 +15
Contract jobs citing Figma 241 242 145
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.52% 0.87% 0.44%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.51% 2.31% 1.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 172 94
10th Percentile £361 £325 £263
25th Percentile £413 £400 £341
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £445
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +6.74% -15.24%
75th Percentile £573 £575 £539
90th Percentile £667 £600 £600
UK median daily rate £508 £475 £440
% change year-on-year +6.84% +7.95% -16.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 7 2
10th Percentile £22.39 £33.15 £30.75
25th Percentile £30.00 £35.25 £31.21
Median hourly rate £33.99 £36.50 £32.21
Median % change year-on-year -6.88% +13.33% -41.44%
75th Percentile - £47.25 £32.98
90th Percentile £46.45 £59.55 £33.32
UK median hourly rate £33.99 £36.50 £32.21
% change year-on-year -6.88% +13.33% -48.05%

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 15,929 10,493 11,409
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.50% 37.73% 34.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,624 7,098 7,761
10th Percentile £320 £305 £313
25th Percentile £425 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -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 553 247 174
10th Percentile £15.26 £15.40 £14.84
25th Percentile £17.97 £18.87 £20.56
Median hourly rate £33.99 £26.30 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.24% -20.30% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.92 £64.48
90th Percentile £82.34 £67.25 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £28.50 £31.00
% change year-on-year +14.04% -8.06% -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 18 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 18 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 18 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 -88 145 £550 +10.00% 327
South West -19 25 £475 -13.64% 21
Midlands -32 24 £450 -3.74% 19
North of England -83 24 £445 +4.71% 26
West Midlands -27 23 £457 -17.00% 15
Yorkshire -34 15 £470 -14.55% 5
South East -64 10 £310 -26.19% 31
North West -69 7 £388 -0.70% 17
East of England -29 4 £375 -3.23% 6
North East -49 2 £316 -39.76% 4
East Midlands -18 1 £425 -9.09% 4
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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 (10.37%) Confluence
2 8 (3.32%) CMS
3 7 (2.90%) 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 (12.03%) Photoshop
2 27 (11.20%) Adobe Illustrator
3 25 (10.37%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 21 (8.71%) Sketch
5 18 (7.47%) Adobe After Effects
6 15 (6.22%) Adobe XD
7 8 (3.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 7 (2.90%) InDesign
8 7 (2.90%) MS Visio
9 6 (2.49%) 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 18 (7.47%) Miro
2 16 (6.64%) AWS
2 16 (6.64%) Azure
3 13 (5.39%) GitHub
4 9 (3.73%) SaaS
5 7 (2.90%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (2.90%) Slack
6 6 (2.49%) GCP
6 6 (2.49%) GitHub Copilot
6 6 (2.49%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (2.49%) Pendo
7 5 (2.07%) Power Platform
8 4 (1.66%) Anthropic Claude
8 4 (1.66%) Canva
8 4 (1.66%) Google Analytics
8 4 (1.66%) Microsoft Copilot
8 4 (1.66%) OpenShift
8 4 (1.66%) Serverless
9 3 (1.24%) Amazon S3
9 3 (1.24%) ChatGPT
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 (11.20%) JIRA
2 18 (7.47%) Git
3 14 (5.81%) Cypress.io
4 13 (5.39%) Storybook
5 7 (2.90%) 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 74 (30.71%) Social Skills
2 49 (20.33%) Finance
3 44 (18.26%) Public Sector
4 22 (9.13%) Marketing
5 20 (8.30%) Retail
6 17 (7.05%) Banking
7 15 (6.22%) Analytical Skills
8 14 (5.81%) Automotive
9 10 (4.15%) Publishing
10 8 (3.32%) Manufacturing
11 7 (2.90%) Games
12 5 (2.07%) Military
12 5 (2.07%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (2.07%) Pharmaceutical
12 5 (2.07%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (2.07%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (1.24%) Aerospace
14 3 (1.24%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (1.24%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 155 (64.32%) Designer
2 47 (19.50%) UI Designer
3 43 (17.84%) Senior
4 41 (17.01%) UX Designer
5 33 (13.69%) Senior Designer
6 26 (10.79%) Developer
7 19 (7.88%) Service Designer
8 17 (7.05%) Lead
8 17 (7.05%) Product Designer
9 15 (6.22%) Senior UI Designer
10 14 (5.81%) Interaction Designer
11 13 (5.39%) Content Designer
11 13 (5.39%) Junior
11 13 (5.39%) Junior Designer
11 13 (5.39%) UI/UX Designer
12 12 (4.98%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
13 11 (4.56%) Digital Designer
14 10 (4.15%) Lead Designer
15 9 (3.73%) User Researcher
16 8 (3.32%) Graphic Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (17.01%) React
2 33 (13.69%) CSS
3 30 (12.45%) HTML
4 24 (9.96%) REST
5 15 (6.22%) Playwright
6 13 (5.39%) CSS3
6 13 (5.39%) HTML5
7 11 (4.56%) Node.js
7 11 (4.56%) OAuth
7 11 (4.56%) OAuth2
8 9 (3.73%) Express.js
9 8 (3.32%) Material-UI
9 8 (3.32%) RESTful
10 7 (2.90%) GraphQL
10 7 (2.90%) Jest
10 7 (2.90%) Kafka
10 7 (2.90%) OpenAPI
10 7 (2.90%) Swagger
11 6 (2.49%) JWT
11 6 (2.49%) Semantic HTML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (9.96%) Mobile App
1 24 (9.96%) Product Ownership
2 20 (8.30%) Graphic Design
3 16 (6.64%) Animation
4 14 (5.81%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (3.73%) Social Media
6 6 (2.49%) Management Information System
7 5 (2.07%) AI Agents
7 5 (2.07%) Cloud Native
7 5 (2.07%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.66%) Life Science
9 3 (1.24%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.24%) FMCG
9 3 (1.24%) Motion Graphics
9 3 (1.24%) Video Editing
10 2 (0.83%) Genomics
10 2 (0.83%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.83%) NHS
10 2 (0.83%) Web Conferencing
11 1 (0.41%) Distributed Systems
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
1 148 (61.41%) User Experience
2 108 (44.81%) Agile
3 98 (40.66%) UX Design
4 73 (30.29%) Wireframes
5 56 (23.24%) User Research
6 54 (22.41%) AI
7 49 (20.33%) Prototyping
8 48 (19.92%) Stakeholder Management
9 45 (18.67%) Interaction Design
10 44 (18.26%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
11 38 (15.77%) Journey Map
12 37 (15.35%) Service Design
13 36 (14.94%) Workshop Facilitation
14 34 (14.11%) Problem-Solving
14 34 (14.11%) Usability Testing
15 29 (12.03%) Design Patterns
15 29 (12.03%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
15 29 (12.03%) Inclusive Design
16 26 (10.79%) Analytics
17 25 (10.37%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 34 (14.11%) JavaScript
2 32 (13.28%) TypeScript
3 9 (3.73%) Python
4 7 (2.90%) 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 41 (17.01%) Security Cleared
2 32 (13.28%) Degree
3 28 (11.62%) SC Cleared
4 10 (4.15%) DV Cleared
5 8 (3.32%) 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
1 108 (44.81%) Accessibility
2 40 (16.60%) WCAG
3 8 (3.32%) 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 (4.56%) Docker
2 1 (0.41%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (4.15%) Grafana
2 8 (3.32%) Kubernetes
3 6 (2.49%) Prometheus
3 6 (2.49%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (1.66%) Argo
5 1 (0.41%) Istio
5 1 (0.41%) Kibana
Vendors
1 61 (25.31%) Adobe
2 10 (4.15%) Google
3 5 (2.07%) Microsoft
4 4 (1.66%) 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