User Experience Contract Job Trends in England

UX
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring User Experience skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 72 70
Rank change year-on-year +5 -2 -4
Contract jobs citing User Experience 1,140 890 1,070
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.60% 3.20% 2.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.06% 3.60% 3.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 764 519 730
10th Percentile £290 £300 £325
25th Percentile £371 £400 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £557 £600 £600
90th Percentile £662 £728 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 23 24
10th Percentile £15.50 £25.26 £20.98
25th Percentile £17.69 £30.22 £31.60
Median hourly rate £35.60 £41.91 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -30.15% -5.88%
75th Percentile £61.25 £52.25 £73.11
90th Percentile £70.55 £70.25 £80.50
UK median hourly rate £35.60 £41.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -13.17% -31.67% -4.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

User Experience falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 28,067 24,730 32,211
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.57% 88.83% 88.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,937 15,201 21,830
10th Percentile £304 £310 £306
25th Percentile £408 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,762 813 1,440
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.96 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +25.35%
75th Percentile £57.44 £64.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.79
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.79% +25.12%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing User Experience relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

User Experience job vacancy trend in England

User Experience
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing User Experience.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing User Experience

User Experience
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Experience in England over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for User Experience in England

User Experience
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing User Experience.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing User Experience

User Experience
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing User Experience in England over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for User Experience in England

User Experience
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 User Experience within the England region over the 6 months to 2 January 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 -9 592 £479 -8.81% 365
North of England +23 202 £408 -9.44% 118
North West +11 132 £400 -11.11% 70
Midlands +9 114 £450 +5.88% 83
South East 0 108 £394 -14.86% 162
West Midlands -5 79 £432 -15.71% 52
South West +9 65 £525 -8.70% 68
Yorkshire -14 54 £500 +5.26% 32
East Midlands -1 35 £488 +36.94% 31
East of England -9 33 £460 -6.03% 62
North East +6 15 £410 - 16
User Experience
UK

User Experience
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 55 (4.82%) Confluence
2 47 (4.12%) SharePoint
3 43 (3.77%) CMS
4 22 (1.93%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 12 (1.05%) Headless CMS
5 12 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (0.79%) Apache
7 7 (0.61%) Sitecore CMS
7 7 (0.61%) Umbraco
8 5 (0.44%) SugarCRM
9 4 (0.35%) WordPress
10 3 (0.26%) Anypoint
10 3 (0.26%) Apache Spark
10 3 (0.26%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.18%) Appian
11 2 (0.18%) Camunda
11 2 (0.18%) Drupal
12 1 (0.088%) IIS
12 1 (0.088%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 40 (3.51%) Sketch
2 22 (1.93%) Adobe XD
2 22 (1.93%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (1.93%) MS Visio
3 21 (1.84%) Chatbot
4 14 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
5 12 (1.05%) Adobe Illustrator
5 12 (1.05%) InVision
5 12 (1.05%) Photoshop
6 7 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
7 6 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 5 (0.44%) Trello
9 4 (0.35%) Adobe After Effects
9 4 (0.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 4 (0.35%) Camtasia
10 3 (0.26%) OmniGraffle
10 3 (0.26%) Snagit
10 3 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
11 2 (0.18%) Autodesk Smoke
11 2 (0.18%) UXPin
Business Applications
1 19 (1.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.26%) SAP CO
3 3 (0.26%) SAP FI
3 3 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
3 3 (0.26%) Teamcenter
4 2 (0.18%) iTrent
4 2 (0.18%) Magento
4 2 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.088%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.088%) assyst
5 1 (0.088%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.088%) Eloqua
5 1 (0.088%) Maximo
5 1 (0.088%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.088%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.088%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.088%) SAP Travel Management
5 1 (0.088%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 192 (16.84%) Azure
2 124 (10.88%) AWS
3 123 (10.79%) Figma
4 79 (6.93%) Power Platform
5 76 (6.67%) SaaS
6 72 (6.32%) Microsoft 365
7 62 (5.44%) GCP
8 46 (4.04%) Entra ID
9 38 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
10 37 (3.25%) GitHub
11 25 (2.19%) Miro
12 24 (2.11%) Google Analytics
12 24 (2.11%) Serverless
13 20 (1.75%) GitHub Actions
13 20 (1.75%) Sauce Labs
14 18 (1.58%) Google Workspace
15 17 (1.49%) PowerApps
16 16 (1.40%) Power Automate
17 15 (1.32%) Dynamics 365
17 15 (1.32%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 28 (2.46%) DNS
2 27 (2.37%) Wireless
3 14 (1.23%) Internet
4 10 (0.88%) VPN
5 9 (0.79%) DHCP
5 9 (0.79%) TCP/IP
5 9 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
6 7 (0.61%) BGP
6 7 (0.61%) Cisco ISE
6 7 (0.61%) Cisco Wireless
6 7 (0.61%) Firewall
6 7 (0.61%) HTTP
6 7 (0.61%) NX-OS
6 7 (0.61%) VXLAN
7 6 (0.53%) Intranet
7 6 (0.53%) Unified Communications
8 5 (0.44%) SSL
8 5 (0.44%) WAN
9 4 (0.35%) HTTPS
9 4 (0.35%) PPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (4.47%) Power BI
2 40 (3.51%) Relational Database
3 39 (3.42%) MySQL
4 32 (2.81%) PostgreSQL
5 28 (2.46%) SQL Server
6 22 (1.93%) NoSQL
7 21 (1.84%) Tableau
8 17 (1.49%) MongoDB
9 15 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
10 11 (0.96%) BigQuery
10 11 (0.96%) Looker
10 11 (0.96%) Redis
11 8 (0.70%) Metadata
12 7 (0.61%) Mixpanel
12 7 (0.61%) SAP HANA
13 5 (0.44%) DynamoDB
14 4 (0.35%) Big Data
14 4 (0.35%) Pinecone
15 3 (0.26%) Amazon Athena
15 3 (0.26%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 113 (9.91%) JIRA
2 76 (6.67%) Git
3 43 (3.77%) GitLab
4 33 (2.89%) Jenkins
5 32 (2.81%) Xcode
6 28 (2.46%) Android Studio
6 28 (2.46%) Eclipse
7 22 (1.93%) Browser DevTools
8 20 (1.75%) Cypress.io
9 18 (1.58%) Axure RP
9 18 (1.58%) Gradle
10 12 (1.05%) JUnit
10 12 (1.05%) Postman
10 12 (1.05%) webpack
11 10 (0.88%) Artifactory
11 10 (0.88%) CircleCI
12 9 (0.79%) Visual Website Optimizer
13 8 (0.70%) Cucumber
13 8 (0.70%) IntelliJ
13 8 (0.70%) Selenium
General
1 410 (35.96%) Social Skills
2 215 (18.86%) Finance
3 152 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
4 137 (12.02%) Public Sector
5 85 (7.46%) Banking
6 75 (6.58%) Marketing
7 37 (3.25%) Influencing Skills
8 28 (2.46%) Legal
9 26 (2.28%) Retail
10 25 (2.19%) Presentation Skills
11 22 (1.93%) Manufacturing
12 20 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 17 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
13 17 (1.49%) Pharmaceutical
14 14 (1.23%) Investment Banking
15 13 (1.14%) Automotive
15 13 (1.14%) Telecoms
16 10 (0.88%) Financial Institution
17 9 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
18 8 (0.70%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 191 (16.75%) Designer
2 185 (16.23%) Developer
3 153 (13.42%) Senior
4 102 (8.95%) UX Designer
5 95 (8.33%) Analyst
6 88 (7.72%) Lead
7 50 (4.39%) Business Analyst
8 49 (4.30%) Consultant
9 40 (3.51%) Senior Designer
9 40 (3.51%) Support Engineer
10 37 (3.25%) Product Designer
11 36 (3.16%) Architect
11 36 (3.16%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 36 (3.16%) Service Designer
12 33 (2.89%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
13 31 (2.72%) Full-Stack Developer
13 31 (2.72%) UI Designer
14 27 (2.37%) Software Engineer
14 27 (2.37%) UX Engineer
15 26 (2.28%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 164 (14.39%) CSS
2 157 (13.77%) React
3 146 (12.81%) HTML
4 85 (7.46%) AngularJS
5 82 (7.19%) REST
6 76 (6.67%) RESTful
7 51 (4.47%) GraphQL
8 48 (4.21%) HTML5
9 47 (4.12%) Node.js
10 37 (3.25%) .NET
11 31 (2.72%) CSS3
12 30 (2.63%) Spring
13 29 (2.54%) Jest
14 27 (2.37%) Spring Boot
15 25 (2.19%) Next.js
16 24 (2.11%) Playwright
17 22 (1.93%) Bootstrap
17 22 (1.93%) Redux
18 21 (1.84%) Ajax
19 20 (1.75%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 107 (9.39%) Mobile App
2 100 (8.77%) Product Ownership
3 66 (5.79%) Onboarding
4 27 (2.37%) Enterprise Software
5 25 (2.19%) Analytical Mindset
6 20 (1.75%) e-Learning
7 19 (1.67%) Management Information System
8 16 (1.40%) Data Structures
9 15 (1.32%) Cloud Native
9 15 (1.32%) Data Centre
9 15 (1.32%) Learning Management System
9 15 (1.32%) Low-Code
10 14 (1.23%) NHS
11 13 (1.14%) CMDB
12 12 (1.05%) AI Agents
12 12 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
12 12 (1.05%) Virtual Team
13 11 (0.96%) Data Protection Act
14 10 (0.88%) Graphic Design
14 10 (0.88%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 130 (11.40%) Windows
2 73 (6.40%) Android
3 58 (5.09%) Apple iOS
4 38 (3.33%) Linux
5 35 (3.07%) Windows 10
6 25 (2.19%) Unix
7 22 (1.93%) Mac OS
8 7 (0.61%) Windows Server
9 4 (0.35%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.18%) tvOS
10 2 (0.18%) VMS
11 1 (0.088%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.088%) watchOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 409 (35.88%) Agile
2 361 (31.67%) UX Design
3 203 (17.81%) Analytics
4 197 (17.28%) Problem-Solving
5 145 (12.72%) CI/CD
6 138 (12.11%) User Research
7 135 (11.84%) Stakeholder Management
8 130 (11.40%) Roadmaps
9 128 (11.23%) Continuous Improvement
10 126 (11.05%) AI
11 124 (10.88%) DevOps
12 119 (10.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 104 (9.12%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
14 101 (8.86%) Service Design
15 99 (8.68%) Front End Development
16 90 (7.89%) Decision-Making
17 80 (7.02%) Test Automation
17 80 (7.02%) Usability Testing
17 80 (7.02%) User Stories
17 80 (7.02%) UX Research
Programming Languages
1 187 (16.40%) JavaScript
2 117 (10.26%) Python
3 107 (9.39%) Java
4 105 (9.21%) SQL
5 90 (7.89%) TypeScript
6 58 (5.09%) PowerShell
7 39 (3.42%) C#
8 35 (3.07%) Kotlin
9 28 (2.46%) Swift
10 25 (2.19%) Perl
11 21 (1.84%) Bash
12 14 (1.23%) PHP
13 13 (1.14%) Objective-C
14 11 (0.96%) C++
14 11 (0.96%) PL/SQL
15 10 (0.88%) Go
16 7 (0.61%) Lisp
17 5 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 5 (0.44%) Ruby
17 5 (0.44%) Scala
Qualifications
1 155 (13.60%) Security Cleared
2 107 (9.39%) SC Cleared
3 105 (9.21%) Degree
4 25 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
6 18 (1.58%) DV Cleared
7 13 (1.14%) Master's Degree
8 12 (1.05%) PMI Certification
9 11 (0.96%) MOS
10 9 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
10 9 (0.79%) OCA
10 9 (0.79%) Oracle Certification
11 8 (0.70%) CCNP
11 8 (0.70%) Cisco Certification
12 6 (0.53%) MCP
12 6 (0.53%) PMP
13 4 (0.35%) ITIL Certification
14 3 (0.26%) CSPO
14 3 (0.26%) ISTQB
15 2 (0.18%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 187 (16.40%) Accessibility
2 116 (10.18%) QA
3 60 (5.26%) GDPR
4 54 (4.74%) WCAG
5 34 (2.98%) Data Quality
6 25 (2.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 21 (1.84%) SLA
8 14 (1.23%) Actionable Recommendations
9 7 (0.61%) GxP
10 6 (0.53%) NCSC
11 5 (0.44%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 5 (0.44%) PMO
11 5 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.26%) Government Security Classifications
12 3 (0.26%) NIST
12 3 (0.26%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.26%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.18%) FIPS 140-2
13 2 (0.18%) ISO 20022
13 2 (0.18%) PSD2
System Software
1 67 (5.88%) Active Directory
2 49 (4.30%) Docker
3 21 (1.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.79%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.26%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.18%) ProxySG
6 2 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.088%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.088%) Firmware
7 1 (0.088%) ISA Server
7 1 (0.088%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.088%) XenApp
7 1 (0.088%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 46 (4.04%) Kubernetes
1 46 (4.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 36 (3.16%) SCCM
3 27 (2.37%) Terraform
4 16 (1.40%) Single Sign-On
5 14 (1.23%) Grafana
6 13 (1.14%) Ansible
7 7 (0.61%) FortiGate
8 6 (0.53%) Prometheus
9 5 (0.44%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (0.35%) Argo
11 3 (0.26%) HP ALM
11 3 (0.26%) Nagios
11 3 (0.26%) Rancher
12 2 (0.18%) PingFederate
12 2 (0.18%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 2 (0.18%) SysTrack
13 1 (0.088%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 1 (0.088%) Istio
13 1 (0.088%) Podman
Vendors
1 206 (18.07%) Microsoft
2 79 (6.93%) Google
3 77 (6.75%) Adobe
4 73 (6.40%) ServiceNow
5 56 (4.91%) Oracle
6 41 (3.60%) SAP
7 40 (3.51%) Salesforce
8 30 (2.63%) Splunk
9 22 (1.93%) VMware
10 17 (1.49%) Apple
11 16 (1.40%) Citrix
12 13 (1.14%) Cisco
12 13 (1.14%) Red Hat
13 11 (0.96%) Hotjar
13 11 (0.96%) Optimizely
14 10 (0.88%) Amplitude
14 10 (0.88%) Zscaler
15 9 (0.79%) MuleSoft
15 9 (0.79%) OpenAI
16 7 (0.61%) Ekahau