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 3 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 60 72
Rank change year-on-year -19 +12 -9
Contract jobs citing User Experience 1,217 880 1,024
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.17% 3.63% 2.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.69% 4.00% 3.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 839 590 678
10th Percentile £300 £300 £291
25th Percentile £390 £400 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% - -2.91%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £665 £735 £700
UK median daily rate £488 £480 £500
% change year-on-year +1.56% -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 20 45
10th Percentile £16.36 £25.21 £16.25
25th Percentile £17.69 £41.75 £23.75
Median hourly rate £47.97 £51.00 £31.71
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% +60.83% -29.53%
75th Percentile £64.58 £83.60 £64.53
90th Percentile £82.50 £95.60 £73.41
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £52.50 £31.71
% change year-on-year -4.76% +65.56% -16.55%

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 32,977 22,016 32,582
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.99% 90.82% 86.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,149 14,501 21,512
10th Percentile £313 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £638 £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 2,015 852 2,158
10th Percentile £15.38 £15.00 £12.92
25th Percentile £19.34 £19.96 £15.78
Median hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% - -13.33%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.64 £58.69
90th Percentile £77.50 £76.25 £70.66
UK median hourly rate £35.77 £31.76 £32.50
% change year-on-year +12.61% -2.28% -10.41%

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 3 April 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 3 April 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 3 April 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 -23 624 £500 -2.68% 296
North of England +6 209 £450 - 176
North West +3 130 £420 -6.67% 94
South East -12 125 £490 -2.24% 122
Midlands -18 121 £500 +25.00% 93
West Midlands -34 79 £475 +9.51% 62
South West -17 66 £475 +26.67% 59
Yorkshire -26 54 £513 +28.04% 45
East Midlands -6 42 £550 +54.49% 31
East of England -26 29 £425 -10.99% 33
North East 0 24 £405 -15.63% 39
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 51 (4.19%) SharePoint
2 41 (3.37%) Confluence
3 36 (2.96%) CMS
4 20 (1.64%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 18 (1.48%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (0.74%) Headless CMS
7 8 (0.66%) Apache
8 7 (0.58%) Sitecore CMS
9 6 (0.49%) Umbraco
10 4 (0.33%) Camunda
10 4 (0.33%) Ethereum
10 4 (0.33%) Hyperledger
11 3 (0.25%) Anypoint
11 3 (0.25%) Apache Spark
11 3 (0.25%) Drupal
11 3 (0.25%) Jupyter
11 3 (0.25%) nginx
12 2 (0.16%) Appian
12 2 (0.16%) Mendix
13 1 (0.082%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 35 (2.88%) Sketch
2 27 (2.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 25 (2.05%) Adobe XD
4 22 (1.81%) Chatbot
5 19 (1.56%) MS Visio
6 16 (1.31%) Microsoft Office
7 11 (0.90%) Photoshop
8 9 (0.74%) InVision
9 7 (0.58%) Adobe Illustrator
9 7 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 6 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
11 4 (0.33%) Adobe After Effects
11 4 (0.33%) UXPin
12 3 (0.25%) Adobe Captivate
12 3 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
12 3 (0.25%) Trello
12 3 (0.25%) UserZoom
13 2 (0.16%) Autodesk Smoke
13 2 (0.16%) Camtasia
13 2 (0.16%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 16 (1.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.58%) Workday HCM
4 6 (0.49%) Sage X3
4 6 (0.49%) Shopify
5 3 (0.25%) Magento
5 3 (0.25%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.25%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.25%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.16%) NEC Housing
6 2 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.16%) ResourceLink
6 2 (0.16%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.16%) Sprinklr
7 1 (0.082%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.082%) iTrent
7 1 (0.082%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.082%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.082%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.082%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 204 (16.76%) Azure
2 165 (13.56%) Figma
3 113 (9.29%) AWS
4 90 (7.40%) Power Platform
5 84 (6.90%) Microsoft 365
6 53 (4.35%) Entra ID
7 52 (4.27%) Azure DevOps
8 50 (4.11%) GCP
9 43 (3.53%) GitHub
10 40 (3.29%) SaaS
11 33 (2.71%) PowerApps
12 29 (2.38%) Power Automate
13 27 (2.22%) GitHub Actions
14 26 (2.14%) Microsoft Copilot
15 25 (2.05%) Serverless
16 23 (1.89%) Google Workspace
17 22 (1.81%) Cloud Computing
17 22 (1.81%) Dynamics 365
18 19 (1.56%) Google Sheets
19 17 (1.40%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.31%) DNS
2 15 (1.23%) Wireless
3 13 (1.07%) LAN
4 12 (0.99%) VPN
5 11 (0.90%) Internet
5 11 (0.90%) TCP/IP
6 10 (0.82%) DHCP
6 10 (0.82%) Firewall
6 10 (0.82%) Intranet
6 10 (0.82%) SD-WAN
6 10 (0.82%) WAN
6 10 (0.82%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (0.66%) SSL
8 6 (0.49%) BGP
8 6 (0.49%) Cisco ISE
8 6 (0.49%) Cisco Wireless
8 6 (0.49%) HTTP
8 6 (0.49%) Network Security
9 5 (0.41%) WLAN
10 4 (0.33%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (4.85%) Power BI
2 28 (2.30%) NoSQL
3 27 (2.22%) Relational Database
4 23 (1.89%) MySQL
5 22 (1.81%) PostgreSQL
6 21 (1.73%) Data Warehouse
6 21 (1.73%) SQL Server
7 17 (1.40%) Tableau
8 14 (1.15%) Metadata
9 12 (0.99%) MongoDB
10 10 (0.82%) BigQuery
11 8 (0.66%) Looker
12 7 (0.58%) Pinecone
12 7 (0.58%) Power Query
12 7 (0.58%) Redis
13 6 (0.49%) ZAP BI
14 5 (0.41%) DynamoDB
14 5 (0.41%) Hadoop
15 4 (0.33%) Elasticsearch
15 4 (0.33%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 97 (7.97%) JIRA
2 70 (5.75%) Git
3 42 (3.45%) GitLab
4 24 (1.97%) Jenkins
5 23 (1.89%) Cypress.io
6 22 (1.81%) JUnit
7 15 (1.23%) Axure RP
8 14 (1.15%) Gradle
9 13 (1.07%) Android Studio
10 12 (0.99%) Browser DevTools
10 12 (0.99%) CircleCI
11 11 (0.90%) Xcode
12 9 (0.74%) Eclipse
12 9 (0.74%) Postman
12 9 (0.74%) Selenium
13 8 (0.66%) Artifactory
13 8 (0.66%) Mocha
14 7 (0.58%) Vite
15 6 (0.49%) Cucumber
16 5 (0.41%) Maven
General
1 402 (33.03%) Social Skills
2 241 (19.80%) Finance
3 156 (12.82%) Public Sector
4 152 (12.49%) Analytical Skills
5 99 (8.13%) Banking
6 53 (4.35%) Marketing
7 45 (3.70%) Retail
8 30 (2.47%) Presentation Skills
9 27 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
9 27 (2.22%) Legal
10 20 (1.64%) Manufacturing
11 19 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
12 12 (0.99%) Front Office
12 12 (0.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 12 (0.99%) Investment Banking
12 12 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
12 12 (0.99%) Publishing
13 11 (0.90%) Telecoms
14 10 (0.82%) Financial Institution
14 10 (0.82%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 231 (18.98%) Designer
2 182 (14.95%) Senior
3 179 (14.71%) Developer
4 122 (10.02%) Analyst
5 118 (9.70%) UX Designer
6 64 (5.26%) Lead
7 58 (4.77%) Product Designer
8 57 (4.68%) Consultant
9 55 (4.52%) Business Analyst
10 53 (4.35%) Architect
11 50 (4.11%) Senior Designer
12 40 (3.29%) UI Designer
13 38 (3.12%) Support Engineer
14 36 (2.96%) Full-Stack Developer
14 36 (2.96%) User Researcher
15 35 (2.88%) IT Support
15 35 (2.88%) Senior Developer
16 34 (2.79%) Software Engineer
17 32 (2.63%) Service Designer
18 31 (2.55%) UI/UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 155 (12.74%) React
2 132 (10.85%) CSS
3 117 (9.61%) HTML
4 92 (7.56%) REST
5 75 (6.16%) AngularJS
6 71 (5.83%) RESTful
7 58 (4.77%) Spring
8 57 (4.68%) Spring Boot
9 47 (3.86%) Node.js
10 43 (3.53%) .NET
11 35 (2.88%) HTML5
12 34 (2.79%) GraphQL
13 32 (2.63%) CSS3
14 28 (2.30%) Redux
15 24 (1.97%) Jest
15 24 (1.97%) Next.js
15 24 (1.97%) Vue
16 20 (1.64%) JSON
16 20 (1.64%) Kafka
16 20 (1.64%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 113 (9.29%) Product Ownership
2 72 (5.92%) Mobile App
3 48 (3.94%) Onboarding
4 29 (2.38%) Enterprise Software
5 26 (2.14%) AI Agents
6 23 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
7 22 (1.81%) Data Structures
8 17 (1.40%) Cloud Native
8 17 (1.40%) Data Protection Act
9 16 (1.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 14 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
11 13 (1.07%) Distributed Systems
12 12 (0.99%) Algorithms
12 12 (0.99%) Data Centre
12 12 (0.99%) Virtual Team
13 11 (0.90%) NHS
13 11 (0.90%) Self-Motivation
14 9 (0.74%) Augmented Reality
14 9 (0.74%) e-Learning
14 9 (0.74%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 118 (9.70%) Windows
2 44 (3.62%) Windows 10
3 41 (3.37%) Android
4 29 (2.38%) Apple iOS
5 22 (1.81%) Linux
6 21 (1.73%) Mac OS
7 9 (0.74%) Unix
8 6 (0.49%) Windows Server
9 1 (0.082%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.082%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.082%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.082%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 392 (32.21%) Agile
2 374 (30.73%) UX Design
3 201 (16.52%) Problem-Solving
4 191 (15.69%) Analytics
5 175 (14.38%) AI
6 166 (13.64%) User Research
7 152 (12.49%) Stakeholder Management
8 150 (12.33%) CI/CD
9 145 (11.91%) Continuous Improvement
9 145 (11.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 143 (11.75%) DevOps
11 117 (9.61%) Roadmaps
12 111 (9.12%) Prototyping
13 107 (8.79%) Decision-Making
13 107 (8.79%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
13 107 (8.79%) Wireframes
14 104 (8.55%) UX Research
15 95 (7.81%) Service Design
16 87 (7.15%) Usability Testing
17 82 (6.74%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 166 (13.64%) JavaScript
2 126 (10.35%) SQL
3 111 (9.12%) Java
4 103 (8.46%) Python
5 98 (8.05%) TypeScript
6 54 (4.44%) PowerShell
7 46 (3.78%) C#
8 26 (2.14%) Kotlin
9 17 (1.40%) Bash
10 13 (1.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 12 (0.99%) Perl
12 9 (0.74%) Swift
13 8 (0.66%) PHP
14 6 (0.49%) Go
14 6 (0.49%) Korn
14 6 (0.49%) PL/SQL
14 6 (0.49%) VBA
15 4 (0.33%) Lisp
15 4 (0.33%) R
16 3 (0.25%) Rust
Qualifications
1 159 (13.06%) Security Cleared
2 116 (9.53%) SC Cleared
3 104 (8.55%) Degree
4 27 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
6 18 (1.48%) DV Cleared
7 17 (1.40%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (0.90%) Azure Certification
9 10 (0.82%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (0.74%) CCNP
10 9 (0.74%) Master's Degree
11 7 (0.58%) MOS
11 7 (0.58%) PMI Certification
12 6 (0.49%) Citrix Certification
12 6 (0.49%) OCA
12 6 (0.49%) Oracle Certification
13 5 (0.41%) CCA
14 4 (0.33%) CCIE
15 3 (0.25%) ITIL Certification
15 3 (0.25%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 191 (15.69%) Accessibility
2 117 (9.61%) QA
3 63 (5.18%) WCAG
4 44 (3.62%) Data Quality
5 36 (2.96%) GDPR
6 18 (1.48%) Actionable Recommendations
7 14 (1.15%) SLA
8 13 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 7 (0.58%) PMO
10 6 (0.49%) NCSC
11 4 (0.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 4 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.25%) GMP
12 3 (0.25%) Government Security Classifications
12 3 (0.25%) GRC
12 3 (0.25%) GxP
12 3 (0.25%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 3 (0.25%) NIST
13 2 (0.16%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 73 (6.00%) Active Directory
2 56 (4.60%) Docker
3 19 (1.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.31%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.41%) Firmware
6 4 (0.33%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.16%) ProxySG
8 1 (0.082%) ISA Server
8 1 (0.082%) Varnish
8 1 (0.082%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.082%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.082%) XenApp
8 1 (0.082%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 56 (4.60%) Kubernetes
2 37 (3.04%) Microsoft Intune
3 36 (2.96%) Terraform
4 27 (2.22%) SCCM
5 19 (1.56%) Grafana
6 13 (1.07%) Single Sign-On
7 12 (0.99%) Ansible
8 6 (0.49%) Prometheus
9 5 (0.41%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (0.33%) Argo
10 4 (0.33%) FortiGate
11 3 (0.25%) HP ALM
11 3 (0.25%) Nagios
11 3 (0.25%) Rancher
12 2 (0.16%) Podman
12 2 (0.16%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 2 (0.16%) SysTrack
13 1 (0.082%) AirWatch
13 1 (0.082%) SCOM
13 1 (0.082%) WMI
Vendors
1 201 (16.52%) Microsoft
2 72 (5.92%) Adobe
3 66 (5.42%) Google
4 60 (4.93%) ServiceNow
5 40 (3.29%) Oracle
5 40 (3.29%) SAP
6 32 (2.63%) Salesforce
7 23 (1.89%) Citrix
8 20 (1.64%) VMware
9 17 (1.40%) Splunk
10 16 (1.31%) Cisco
11 14 (1.15%) Apple
12 13 (1.07%) Workday
13 11 (0.90%) Red Hat
14 10 (0.82%) Zscaler
15 9 (0.74%) MuleSoft
15 9 (0.74%) Sitecore
16 8 (0.66%) Ekahau
17 7 (0.58%) Foundry
18 6 (0.49%) Aruba