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 19 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 67 80
Rank change year-on-year -13 +13 -21
Contract jobs citing User Experience 1,286 924 961
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.98% 3.72% 2.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.50% 4.07% 2.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 812 597 642
10th Percentile £317 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £581 £600 £622
90th Percentile £680 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £494 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +3.89% -5.00% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 28 44
10th Percentile £16.00 £32.97 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.89 £35.25 £24.69
Median hourly rate £33.98 £53.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.89% +76.67% +14.29%
75th Percentile £67.84 £70.75 £68.60
90th Percentile £87.16 £88.50 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £33.99 £53.50 £30.86
% change year-on-year -36.47% +73.39% +16.43%

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 36,727 22,725 32,193
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.21% 91.37% 85.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,194 14,704 20,811
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £415 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £518 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% -1.43% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £729 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +1.49% -3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,299 1,073 2,390
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.88 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.00 £27.13 £37.63
Median % change year-on-year +73.27% -27.91% +5.54%
75th Percentile £68.55 £56.25 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.40 £37.50
% change year-on-year +73.07% -32.27% +7.05%

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 19 June 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 19 June 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 19 June 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 -30 653 £520 +4.00% 236
North of England -20 188 £450 +3.21% 110
Midlands +4 155 £475 +18.16% 46
South East -16 136 £490 +3.16% 135
North West -9 115 £435 -2.68% 68
West Midlands -9 108 £475 -9.52% 30
South West +8 74 £475 +26.67% 34
Yorkshire -40 50 £519 +31.50% 19
East Midlands +4 47 £550 +54.49% 16
East of England -10 35 £410 -13.68% 33
North East -26 23 £450 -6.25% 24
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 59 (4.59%) SharePoint
2 42 (3.27%) CMS
3 39 (3.03%) Confluence
4 25 (1.94%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (0.62%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 8 (0.62%) WordPress
6 5 (0.39%) Drupal
6 5 (0.39%) Skype for Business
7 4 (0.31%) Camunda
7 4 (0.31%) Ethereum
7 4 (0.31%) Hyperledger
7 4 (0.31%) Kentico
7 4 (0.31%) Mendix
8 3 (0.23%) nginx
8 3 (0.23%) Umbraco
9 2 (0.16%) Apache
9 2 (0.16%) HCL Notes
9 2 (0.16%) Headless CMS
9 2 (0.16%) IIS
10 1 (0.078%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 24 (1.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (1.71%) Photoshop
3 21 (1.63%) Sketch
4 20 (1.56%) Chatbot
5 17 (1.32%) Adobe Illustrator
6 14 (1.09%) Adobe After Effects
7 13 (1.01%) Microsoft Office
8 12 (0.93%) Adobe XD
9 11 (0.86%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 10 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 10 (0.78%) MS Visio
11 4 (0.31%) Adobe Captivate
12 3 (0.23%) InVision
12 3 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
12 3 (0.23%) UserZoom
12 3 (0.23%) UXPin
13 2 (0.16%) Oracle Smart View
13 2 (0.16%) Trello
14 1 (0.078%) Blender
14 1 (0.078%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 11 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (0.70%) Workday HCM
3 8 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.62%) Shopify
4 6 (0.47%) Sage X3
5 4 (0.31%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.31%) Oracle iProcurement
6 2 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.16%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.16%) ResourceLink
7 1 (0.078%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.078%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.078%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.078%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.078%) SAP HR
7 1 (0.078%) SAP QM
7 1 (0.078%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 205 (15.94%) Azure
2 177 (13.76%) Figma
3 109 (8.48%) AWS
3 109 (8.48%) Microsoft 365
4 90 (7.00%) Power Platform
5 57 (4.43%) Entra ID
6 47 (3.65%) Azure DevOps
7 45 (3.50%) Microsoft Copilot
8 42 (3.27%) SaaS
9 37 (2.88%) GCP
10 36 (2.80%) GitHub
11 33 (2.57%) OneDrive
11 33 (2.57%) PowerApps
12 29 (2.26%) Power Automate
13 23 (1.79%) Copilot Studio
14 22 (1.71%) GitHub Actions
15 21 (1.63%) Google Workspace
15 21 (1.63%) Serverless
16 18 (1.40%) Google Sheets
17 17 (1.32%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 29 (2.26%) DNS
2 27 (2.10%) DHCP
3 22 (1.71%) Wi-Fi
4 21 (1.63%) TCP/IP
5 20 (1.56%) Wireless
6 16 (1.24%) LAN
7 13 (1.01%) Internet
8 11 (0.86%) Intranet
9 9 (0.70%) SD-WAN
9 9 (0.70%) WAN
10 8 (0.62%) Cisco Wireless
10 8 (0.62%) Firewall
10 8 (0.62%) VPN
11 7 (0.54%) 5G
11 7 (0.54%) Skype
11 7 (0.54%) WLAN
12 5 (0.39%) 802.11
12 5 (0.39%) HTTP
12 5 (0.39%) SMS
13 4 (0.31%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (4.35%) Power BI
2 20 (1.56%) Metadata
3 19 (1.48%) PostgreSQL
3 19 (1.48%) SQL Server
4 18 (1.40%) Relational Database
5 17 (1.32%) Power Query
6 15 (1.17%) NoSQL
7 14 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
8 12 (0.93%) MySQL
9 9 (0.70%) MongoDB
9 9 (0.70%) Tableau
10 6 (0.47%) DynamoDB
10 6 (0.47%) Pinecone
10 6 (0.47%) Redis
10 6 (0.47%) ZAP BI
11 5 (0.39%) Oracle Database
11 5 (0.39%) Star Schema
12 4 (0.31%) EDRMS
12 4 (0.31%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 3 (0.23%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 80 (6.22%) JIRA
2 57 (4.43%) Git
3 20 (1.56%) Jenkins
4 19 (1.48%) GitLab
5 18 (1.40%) Cypress.io
6 14 (1.09%) Vite
7 13 (1.01%) JUnit
8 10 (0.78%) fastlane
8 10 (0.78%) Gradle
9 9 (0.70%) Android Studio
9 9 (0.70%) Browser DevTools
9 9 (0.70%) Xcode
10 6 (0.47%) CircleCI
10 6 (0.47%) Postman
10 6 (0.47%) Visual Studio
11 5 (0.39%) Axure RP
11 5 (0.39%) Crashlytics
11 5 (0.39%) Fiddler
11 5 (0.39%) Selenium
12 4 (0.31%) Cucumber
General
1 389 (30.25%) Social Skills
2 238 (18.51%) Finance
3 152 (11.82%) Public Sector
4 121 (9.41%) Analytical Skills
5 104 (8.09%) Banking
6 75 (5.83%) Retail
7 55 (4.28%) Marketing
8 37 (2.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 29 (2.26%) Automotive
9 29 (2.26%) Influencing Skills
10 28 (2.18%) Legal
10 28 (2.18%) Presentation Skills
11 24 (1.87%) Publishing
12 19 (1.48%) Manufacturing
13 15 (1.17%) Organisational Skills
14 14 (1.09%) Documentation Skills
15 13 (1.01%) Investment Banking
16 11 (0.86%) Front Office
17 8 (0.62%) Local Government
18 7 (0.54%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 273 (21.23%) Designer
2 184 (14.31%) Senior
3 170 (13.22%) Developer
4 120 (9.33%) UX Designer
5 101 (7.85%) Analyst
6 91 (7.08%) Lead
7 71 (5.52%) UI Designer
8 67 (5.21%) Consultant
9 53 (4.12%) Senior Designer
10 52 (4.04%) Architect
11 51 (3.97%) Product Designer
12 48 (3.73%) Content Designer
13 45 (3.50%) Business Analyst
13 45 (3.50%) User Experience Researcher
14 44 (3.42%) IT Support
15 42 (3.27%) UI/UX Designer
16 39 (3.03%) Product Manager
17 34 (2.64%) User Researcher
18 30 (2.33%) Product Owner
18 30 (2.33%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 126 (9.80%) React
2 104 (8.09%) CSS
3 91 (7.08%) HTML
4 76 (5.91%) REST
5 55 (4.28%) AngularJS
6 51 (3.97%) RESTful
7 45 (3.50%) .NET
8 42 (3.27%) Spring
9 41 (3.19%) Spring Boot
10 32 (2.49%) GraphQL
11 23 (1.79%) JSON
11 23 (1.79%) Node.js
12 22 (1.71%) HTML5
13 21 (1.63%) CSS3
13 21 (1.63%) Next.js
13 21 (1.63%) OAuth
13 21 (1.63%) Redux
14 20 (1.56%) ASP.NET
15 19 (1.48%) SOAP
16 18 (1.40%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 133 (10.34%) Product Ownership
2 61 (4.74%) Mobile App
2 61 (4.74%) Onboarding
3 30 (2.33%) AI Agents
3 30 (2.33%) Cloud Native
4 29 (2.26%) Enterprise Software
5 25 (1.94%) Legacy Systems
6 22 (1.71%) Data Protection Act
7 20 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
8 19 (1.48%) Analytical Mindset
9 18 (1.40%) Data Centre
10 17 (1.32%) Data Structures
11 16 (1.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 15 (1.17%) Graphic Design
12 15 (1.17%) Taxonomies
13 14 (1.09%) Greenfield Project
13 14 (1.09%) Social Media
14 13 (1.01%) Algorithms
14 13 (1.01%) Virtual Reality
15 11 (0.86%) Augmented Reality
Operating Systems
1 103 (8.01%) Windows
2 44 (3.42%) Apple iOS
3 39 (3.03%) Android
4 31 (2.41%) Windows 10
5 22 (1.71%) Mac OS
6 12 (0.93%) Linux
7 11 (0.86%) Windows Server
8 6 (0.47%) Windows 7
9 4 (0.31%) Unix
9 4 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.078%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 415 (32.27%) UX Design
2 384 (29.86%) Agile
3 216 (16.80%) AI
4 197 (15.32%) Problem-Solving
5 178 (13.84%) Stakeholder Management
6 175 (13.61%) Analytics
7 155 (12.05%) Continuous Improvement
8 150 (11.66%) User Research
9 146 (11.35%) Roadmaps
10 139 (10.81%) CI/CD
11 138 (10.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 119 (9.25%) DevOps
12 119 (9.25%) Prototyping
13 113 (8.79%) Decision-Making
14 109 (8.48%) UX Research
15 105 (8.16%) Wireframes
16 97 (7.54%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
17 93 (7.23%) Service Design
18 89 (6.92%) Scrum
19 84 (6.53%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 131 (10.19%) JavaScript
2 95 (7.39%) Java
2 95 (7.39%) TypeScript
3 94 (7.31%) SQL
4 85 (6.61%) Python
5 48 (3.73%) PowerShell
6 43 (3.34%) C#
7 24 (1.87%) Kotlin
8 21 (1.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 13 (1.01%) Swift
10 10 (0.78%) Bash
11 8 (0.62%) Korn
12 6 (0.47%) Apex Code
12 6 (0.47%) R
12 6 (0.47%) VBA
12 6 (0.47%) VBScript
13 5 (0.39%) Go
13 5 (0.39%) VB
14 4 (0.31%) PHP
15 3 (0.23%) Perl
Qualifications
1 164 (12.75%) Security Cleared
2 128 (9.95%) Degree
3 125 (9.72%) SC Cleared
4 27 (2.10%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (1.71%) Microsoft Certification
6 21 (1.63%) DV Cleared
7 20 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
8 19 (1.48%) Azure Certification
9 10 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
11 7 (0.54%) AWS Certification
11 7 (0.54%) CCA
11 7 (0.54%) CCIE
11 7 (0.54%) CCNP
11 7 (0.54%) Citrix Certification
11 7 (0.54%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 6 (0.47%) DBS Check
12 6 (0.47%) PMP
13 5 (0.39%) CISSP
13 5 (0.39%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 195 (15.16%) Accessibility
2 87 (6.77%) QA
3 64 (4.98%) WCAG
4 41 (3.19%) Data Quality
5 25 (1.94%) GDPR
6 17 (1.32%) Actionable Recommendations
7 6 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 6 (0.47%) PMO
8 5 (0.39%) SLA
9 3 (0.23%) GRC
10 2 (0.16%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.16%) NCSC
10 2 (0.16%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.16%) PSD2
11 1 (0.078%) COBIT
11 1 (0.078%) GMP
11 1 (0.078%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.078%) WAI
System Software
1 65 (5.05%) Active Directory
2 37 (2.88%) Docker
3 23 (1.79%) Virtual Desktop
4 13 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.47%) Firmware
6 5 (0.39%) BitLocker
7 4 (0.31%) Microsoft App-V
8 3 (0.23%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.16%) VMware Workstation
9 2 (0.16%) vSphere
9 2 (0.16%) XenApp
9 2 (0.16%) XenDesktop
10 1 (0.078%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 43 (3.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 41 (3.19%) Kubernetes
3 37 (2.88%) Terraform
4 33 (2.57%) SCCM
5 18 (1.40%) Single Sign-On
6 15 (1.17%) Grafana
7 13 (1.01%) Jamf Pro
8 10 (0.78%) Ansible
9 7 (0.54%) Prometheus
10 4 (0.31%) Clonezilla
11 3 (0.23%) Podman
11 3 (0.23%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 3 (0.23%) WSUS
12 2 (0.16%) Failover Clustering
12 2 (0.16%) HP ALM
12 2 (0.16%) Packer
12 2 (0.16%) SCOM
12 2 (0.16%) vCenter Server
12 2 (0.16%) vMotion
13 1 (0.078%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 215 (16.72%) Microsoft
2 70 (5.44%) Adobe
3 68 (5.29%) ServiceNow
4 49 (3.81%) Google
5 39 (3.03%) Salesforce
5 39 (3.03%) SAP
6 34 (2.64%) Oracle
7 19 (1.48%) Citrix
8 18 (1.40%) Dynatrace
9 17 (1.32%) Apple
9 17 (1.32%) Workday
10 16 (1.24%) Cisco
11 13 (1.01%) VMware
12 12 (0.93%) Aruba
12 12 (0.93%) Splunk
13 11 (0.86%) Foundry
14 8 (0.62%) OpenAI
15 7 (0.54%) Databricks
15 7 (0.54%) Okta
15 7 (0.54%) Zscaler