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

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 364 321 391
Rank change year-on-year -43 +70 +15
Contract jobs citing Figma 259 206 133
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.57% 0.75% 0.40%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.63% 2.00% 1.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 142 97
10th Percentile £338 £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 £550
90th Percentile £650 £613 £600
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 6 1
10th Percentile £22.39 £32.63 -
25th Percentile £30.00 £35.25 £38.25
Median hourly rate £33.99 £36.50 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.88% -7.59% -28.18%
75th Percentile - £37.75 £40.75
90th Percentile £46.45 £47.25 -
UK median hourly rate £33.99 £36.50 £39.50
% change year-on-year -6.88% -7.59% -27.85%

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 15,933 10,283 11,289
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.00% 37.22% 33.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,621 6,982 8,009
10th Percentile £325 £308 £313
25th Percentile £421 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £719 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 567 265 240
10th Percentile £16.50 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £20.82 £18.13 £16.28
Median hourly rate £37.12 £25.15 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +47.59% +5.67% -29.79%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.75 £52.18
90th Percentile £83.75 £67.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £27.45 £23.98
% change year-on-year +29.33% +14.49% -31.50%

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 6 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 6 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 6 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 -56 149 £550 +12.24% 115
North of England -58 34 £440 -2.22% 20
South West -27 30 £475 -5.00% 10
Midlands -39 23 £388 -17.11% 4
West Midlands -39 22 £375 -31.82% 4
North West -45 16 £414 -2.59% 10
Yorkshire -42 13 £470 -10.48% 7
South East -58 12 £450 +4.96% 25
North East -41 5 £340 -35.24% 3
East of England -17 4 £375 +39.53% 2
East Midlands -10 1 £425 +7.66%
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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 23 (8.88%) Confluence
2 9 (3.47%) CMS
3 3 (1.16%) Headless CMS
4 2 (0.77%) Drupal
4 2 (0.77%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.39%) IIS
5 1 (0.39%) Kentico
5 1 (0.39%) Mendix
5 1 (0.39%) nginx
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.39%) Traefik
Applications
1 27 (10.42%) Sketch
2 25 (9.65%) Photoshop
3 24 (9.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 23 (8.88%) Adobe Illustrator
5 18 (6.95%) Adobe After Effects
6 15 (5.79%) Adobe XD
7 8 (3.09%) InDesign
8 6 (2.32%) MS Visio
9 5 (1.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 4 (1.54%) Microsoft Excel
11 3 (1.16%) InVision
12 1 (0.39%) Adobe Captivate
12 1 (0.39%) Adobe Premiere
12 1 (0.39%) Blender
12 1 (0.39%) Chatbot
12 1 (0.39%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 2 (0.77%) Shopify
2 1 (0.39%) Eloqua
Cloud Services
1 17 (6.56%) Azure
2 16 (6.18%) AWS
3 15 (5.79%) Miro
4 12 (4.63%) GitHub
5 11 (4.25%) SaaS
6 9 (3.47%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (2.70%) Slack
8 6 (2.32%) GitHub Copilot
8 6 (2.32%) Google Analytics
9 5 (1.93%) GCP
9 5 (1.93%) Pendo
10 4 (1.54%) Canva
10 4 (1.54%) Microsoft 365
10 4 (1.54%) OpenShift
11 3 (1.16%) Adobe Analytics
11 3 (1.16%) Amazon S3
11 3 (1.16%) Amazon SQS
11 3 (1.16%) AWS Lambda
11 3 (1.16%) Power Platform
11 3 (1.16%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.77%) Broadband
2 1 (0.39%) HTTP
2 1 (0.39%) Reverse Proxy
2 1 (0.39%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.32%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (1.16%) Power BI
2 3 (1.16%) Qlik Sense
3 2 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.77%) DynamoDB
3 2 (0.77%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.39%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.39%) GIS
4 1 (0.39%) Metadata
4 1 (0.39%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.39%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 30 (11.58%) JIRA
2 14 (5.41%) Cypress.io
3 10 (3.86%) Git
4 9 (3.47%) Storybook
5 7 (2.70%) Claude Code
6 5 (1.93%) Balsamiq
7 1 (0.39%) Gemini Tracker
7 1 (0.39%) MSI
7 1 (0.39%) Subversion
7 1 (0.39%) Vite
7 1 (0.39%) webpack
General
1 76 (29.34%) Social Skills
2 62 (23.94%) Finance
3 43 (16.60%) Public Sector
4 30 (11.58%) Banking
5 21 (8.11%) Marketing
6 19 (7.34%) Retail
7 16 (6.18%) Analytical Skills
8 14 (5.41%) Automotive
9 10 (3.86%) Publishing
10 8 (3.09%) Manufacturing
11 7 (2.70%) Games
11 7 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (2.70%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (1.16%) Aerospace
12 3 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.16%) Legal Technology
12 3 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.16%) Retail Banking
12 3 (1.16%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 171 (66.02%) Designer
2 51 (19.69%) UI Designer
3 50 (19.31%) UX Designer
4 37 (14.29%) Senior
5 28 (10.81%) Senior Designer
6 22 (8.49%) Product Designer
7 21 (8.11%) Developer
8 19 (7.34%) Content Designer
9 17 (6.56%) Lead
9 17 (6.56%) UI/UX Designer
10 16 (6.18%) Service Designer
11 15 (5.79%) Junior
11 15 (5.79%) Junior Designer
12 14 (5.41%) Digital Designer
12 14 (5.41%) Senior UI Designer
13 13 (5.02%) Interaction Designer
14 11 (4.25%) Analyst
14 11 (4.25%) Business Analyst
15 10 (3.86%) Lead Designer
16 9 (3.47%) Graphic Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (13.13%) React
2 33 (12.74%) CSS
3 30 (11.58%) HTML
4 15 (5.79%) REST
5 12 (4.63%) CSS3
5 12 (4.63%) HTML5
6 10 (3.86%) Playwright
7 8 (3.09%) Kafka
8 7 (2.70%) Jest
8 7 (2.70%) Node.js
8 7 (2.70%) RESTful
9 6 (2.32%) JWT
9 6 (2.32%) OAuth
9 6 (2.32%) OAuth2
10 5 (1.93%) AngularJS
11 4 (1.54%) Express.js
11 4 (1.54%) FastAPI
11 4 (1.54%) GraphQL
11 4 (1.54%) Tailwind CSS
11 4 (1.54%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 28 (10.81%) Mobile App
2 26 (10.04%) Product Ownership
3 21 (8.11%) Graphic Design
4 13 (5.02%) Animation
4 13 (5.02%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (3.86%) Onboarding
5 10 (3.86%) Social Media
6 7 (2.70%) AI Agents
7 5 (1.93%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.16%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.16%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.16%) Mobile Banking
8 3 (1.16%) Motion Graphics
9 2 (0.77%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.77%) FMCG
9 2 (0.77%) Genomics
9 2 (0.77%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.77%) Life Science
9 2 (0.77%) NHS
9 2 (0.77%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.16%) Android
2 2 (0.77%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.77%) Linux
2 2 (0.77%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (65.64%) User Experience
2 116 (44.79%) Agile
2 116 (44.79%) UX Design
3 78 (30.12%) Wireframes
4 64 (24.71%) User Research
5 61 (23.55%) Prototyping
6 60 (23.17%) AI
7 45 (17.37%) Stakeholder Management
8 43 (16.60%) Interaction Design
9 39 (15.06%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
10 38 (14.67%) Journey Map
11 36 (13.90%) Problem-Solving
11 36 (13.90%) Usability Testing
12 35 (13.51%) Service Design
13 32 (12.36%) Workshop Facilitation
14 31 (11.97%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
15 30 (11.58%) Analytics
16 23 (8.88%) Continuous Improvement
16 23 (8.88%) Generative AI
16 23 (8.88%) Inclusive Design
Programming Languages
1 32 (12.36%) JavaScript
2 24 (9.27%) TypeScript
3 10 (3.86%) Python
4 4 (1.54%) SQL
5 3 (1.16%) Java
6 2 (0.77%) C#
6 2 (0.77%) C++
6 2 (0.77%) Ruby
6 2 (0.77%) Scala
7 1 (0.39%) Bicep
7 1 (0.39%) Go
7 1 (0.39%) Haskell
7 1 (0.39%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.39%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 38 (14.67%) Security Cleared
2 36 (13.90%) Degree
3 31 (11.97%) SC Cleared
4 8 (3.09%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (2.70%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.39%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.39%) CBAP
6 1 (0.39%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.39%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 104 (40.15%) Accessibility
2 39 (15.06%) WCAG
3 7 (2.70%) QA
4 1 (0.39%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.39%) EU AI Act
4 1 (0.39%) GDPR
4 1 (0.39%) WAI
4 1 (0.39%) WAI-ARIA
System Software
1 11 (4.25%) Docker
2 1 (0.39%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (3.86%) Grafana
2 8 (3.09%) Kubernetes
3 6 (2.32%) Prometheus
4 4 (1.54%) Argo
4 4 (1.54%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (1.16%) Terraform
6 1 (0.39%) Kibana
6 1 (0.39%) Rancher
Vendors
1 64 (24.71%) Adobe
2 12 (4.63%) Google
3 4 (1.54%) Red Hat
4 3 (1.16%) Atlassian
4 3 (1.16%) Microsoft
5 2 (0.77%) Databricks
5 2 (0.77%) OpenAI
5 2 (0.77%) Oracle
5 2 (0.77%) Pega
6 1 (0.39%) CODA
6 1 (0.39%) Pardot
6 1 (0.39%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.39%) TikTok
6 1 (0.39%) YouTube