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

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 66 81
Rank change year-on-year -10 +15 -22
Contract jobs citing User Experience 1,304 894 960
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.09% 3.70% 2.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.63% 4.05% 3.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 834 577 642
10th Percentile £313 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £390 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.44% -2.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £625
90th Percentile £675 £738 £711
UK median daily rate £490 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +3.16% -5.00% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 26 45
10th Percentile £16.00 £33.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £21.12 £37.81 £23.75
Median hourly rate £33.99 £53.50 £26.56
Median % change year-on-year -36.47% +101.43% +0.23%
75th Percentile £61.25 £71.92 £61.25
90th Percentile £82.20 £90.50 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £33.99 £53.50 £31.71
% change year-on-year -36.47% +68.72% +7.15%

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 35,884 22,080 31,645
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.08% 91.32% 85.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,739 14,300 20,579
10th Percentile £325 £305 £300
25th Percentile £413 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +0.49% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,242 984 2,330
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.82
25th Percentile £20.80 £18.12 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £28.53 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +66.52% -23.93% +1.99%
75th Percentile £68.00 £59.45 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.00 £74.63 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £27.76 £36.50
% change year-on-year +58.36% -23.95% +1.39%

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 6 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 6 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 6 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 -29 650 £513 +0.05% 512
North of England -8 207 £450 +5.88% 167
Midlands +6 168 £475 +18.16% 73
North West 0 130 £425 -4.92% 110
South East -10 130 £475 +2.26% 156
West Midlands -11 117 £475 -7.32% 50
South West +2 75 £475 +26.67% 40
Yorkshire -31 56 £525 +34.96% 37
East Midlands +5 51 £550 +55.81% 23
East of England -12 31 £410 -14.14% 60
North East -19 21 £450 -6.25% 22
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 56 (4.29%) SharePoint
2 41 (3.14%) Confluence
3 40 (3.07%) CMS
4 22 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
5 13 (1.00%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 7 (0.54%) WordPress
7 5 (0.38%) Apache
7 5 (0.38%) Drupal
7 5 (0.38%) Skype for Business
8 4 (0.31%) Camunda
8 4 (0.31%) Ethereum
8 4 (0.31%) Hyperledger
8 4 (0.31%) Kentico
9 3 (0.23%) Anypoint
9 3 (0.23%) Mendix
9 3 (0.23%) nginx
9 3 (0.23%) Umbraco
10 2 (0.15%) HCL Notes
10 2 (0.15%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.15%) IIS
Applications
1 25 (1.92%) Sketch
2 23 (1.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (1.76%) Photoshop
3 19 (1.46%) Chatbot
4 18 (1.38%) Adobe Illustrator
5 16 (1.23%) Adobe XD
6 14 (1.07%) Adobe After Effects
6 14 (1.07%) Microsoft Office
7 11 (0.84%) MS Visio
8 9 (0.69%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 8 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 4 (0.31%) Adobe Captivate
11 3 (0.23%) InVision
11 3 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
11 3 (0.23%) UserZoom
11 3 (0.23%) UXPin
12 2 (0.15%) Oracle Smart View
12 2 (0.15%) Trello
13 1 (0.077%) Blender
13 1 (0.077%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 11 (0.84%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (0.69%) Workday HCM
3 8 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.61%) Shopify
4 6 (0.46%) Sage X3
5 4 (0.31%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.15%) Oracle iProcurement
6 2 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.15%) ResourceLink
6 2 (0.15%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.077%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.077%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.077%) Magento
7 1 (0.077%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.077%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.077%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.077%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 202 (15.49%) Azure
2 178 (13.65%) Figma
3 110 (8.44%) AWS
4 108 (8.28%) Microsoft 365
5 92 (7.06%) Power Platform
6 56 (4.29%) Entra ID
7 44 (3.37%) Azure DevOps
7 44 (3.37%) Microsoft Copilot
8 40 (3.07%) GCP
9 39 (2.99%) GitHub
10 38 (2.91%) SaaS
11 34 (2.61%) PowerApps
12 28 (2.15%) Power Automate
13 27 (2.07%) OneDrive
14 25 (1.92%) Google Workspace
15 24 (1.84%) GitHub Actions
16 23 (1.76%) Copilot Studio
17 22 (1.69%) Serverless
18 20 (1.53%) Google Sheets
19 19 (1.46%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 22 (1.69%) DNS
2 20 (1.53%) DHCP
2 20 (1.53%) Wi-Fi
3 18 (1.38%) Wireless
4 14 (1.07%) LAN
4 14 (1.07%) TCP/IP
5 13 (1.00%) Internet
5 13 (1.00%) Intranet
6 9 (0.69%) SD-WAN
7 8 (0.61%) Cisco Wireless
8 7 (0.54%) 5G
8 7 (0.54%) Skype
8 7 (0.54%) VPN
8 7 (0.54%) WAN
8 7 (0.54%) WLAN
9 6 (0.46%) Firewall
10 5 (0.38%) 802.11
10 5 (0.38%) HTTP
10 5 (0.38%) SMS
11 4 (0.31%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (4.29%) Power BI
2 22 (1.69%) Metadata
3 20 (1.53%) Relational Database
4 19 (1.46%) SQL Server
5 17 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
6 16 (1.23%) NoSQL
7 15 (1.15%) Power Query
8 14 (1.07%) Data Warehouse
8 14 (1.07%) MySQL
9 10 (0.77%) Tableau
10 9 (0.69%) MongoDB
11 7 (0.54%) DynamoDB
12 6 (0.46%) Pinecone
12 6 (0.46%) ZAP BI
13 5 (0.38%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 5 (0.38%) Oracle Database
13 5 (0.38%) Redis
13 5 (0.38%) Star Schema
14 4 (0.31%) BigQuery
14 4 (0.31%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 81 (6.21%) JIRA
2 63 (4.83%) Git
3 29 (2.22%) GitLab
4 22 (1.69%) Cypress.io
5 18 (1.38%) Jenkins
6 15 (1.15%) Gradle
6 15 (1.15%) JUnit
7 12 (0.92%) Android Studio
8 11 (0.84%) Browser DevTools
8 11 (0.84%) Vite
8 11 (0.84%) Xcode
9 10 (0.77%) CircleCI
9 10 (0.77%) fastlane
10 6 (0.46%) Axure RP
10 6 (0.46%) Mocha
10 6 (0.46%) Postman
11 5 (0.38%) Artifactory
11 5 (0.38%) Eclipse
11 5 (0.38%) Selenium
11 5 (0.38%) Visual Studio
General
1 398 (30.52%) Social Skills
2 234 (17.94%) Finance
3 158 (12.12%) Public Sector
4 125 (9.59%) Analytical Skills
5 97 (7.44%) Banking
6 67 (5.14%) Retail
7 57 (4.37%) Marketing
8 34 (2.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 32 (2.45%) Presentation Skills
10 29 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
11 28 (2.15%) Automotive
11 28 (2.15%) Legal
12 23 (1.76%) Manufacturing
13 21 (1.61%) Publishing
14 16 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
15 13 (1.00%) Documentation Skills
16 12 (0.92%) Investment Banking
16 12 (0.92%) Local Government
17 9 (0.69%) Front Office
18 7 (0.54%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 282 (21.63%) Designer
2 193 (14.80%) Senior
3 173 (13.27%) Developer
4 127 (9.74%) UX Designer
5 105 (8.05%) Analyst
6 89 (6.83%) Lead
7 70 (5.37%) UI Designer
8 63 (4.83%) Consultant
9 56 (4.29%) Senior Designer
10 55 (4.22%) Product Designer
11 50 (3.83%) Architect
12 49 (3.76%) Content Designer
13 46 (3.53%) Business Analyst
13 46 (3.53%) User Experience Researcher
14 43 (3.30%) IT Support
14 43 (3.30%) UI/UX Designer
15 40 (3.07%) Product Manager
16 35 (2.68%) User Researcher
17 31 (2.38%) Support Engineer
18 30 (2.30%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 141 (10.81%) React
2 121 (9.28%) CSS
3 106 (8.13%) HTML
4 86 (6.60%) REST
5 68 (5.21%) AngularJS
6 59 (4.52%) RESTful
7 49 (3.76%) Spring
8 48 (3.68%) Spring Boot
9 43 (3.30%) .NET
10 34 (2.61%) GraphQL
11 29 (2.22%) Node.js
12 28 (2.15%) HTML5
13 27 (2.07%) CSS3
14 26 (1.99%) JSON
15 23 (1.76%) Redux
16 21 (1.61%) Jest
16 21 (1.61%) SOAP
17 20 (1.53%) Next.js
18 19 (1.46%) ASP.NET
18 19 (1.46%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 125 (9.59%) Product Ownership
2 63 (4.83%) Mobile App
3 55 (4.22%) Onboarding
4 27 (2.07%) AI Agents
4 27 (2.07%) Cloud Native
5 25 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
6 24 (1.84%) Legacy Systems
7 19 (1.46%) Data Protection Act
8 18 (1.38%) Data Structures
9 17 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
9 17 (1.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 17 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
10 16 (1.23%) Data Centre
11 15 (1.15%) Graphic Design
12 14 (1.07%) Social Media
12 14 (1.07%) Taxonomies
12 14 (1.07%) Virtual Reality
13 13 (1.00%) Greenfield Project
13 13 (1.00%) Virtual Team
14 12 (0.92%) Augmented Reality
Operating Systems
1 105 (8.05%) Windows
2 42 (3.22%) Android
3 41 (3.14%) Apple iOS
4 34 (2.61%) Windows 10
5 23 (1.76%) Mac OS
6 13 (1.00%) Linux
7 10 (0.77%) Windows Server
8 6 (0.46%) Windows 7
9 5 (0.38%) Unix
10 4 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.077%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 431 (33.05%) UX Design
2 389 (29.83%) Agile
3 202 (15.49%) AI
4 200 (15.34%) Problem-Solving
5 182 (13.96%) Analytics
6 172 (13.19%) Stakeholder Management
7 164 (12.58%) User Research
8 163 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
9 147 (11.27%) CI/CD
10 143 (10.97%) Roadmaps
11 139 (10.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 121 (9.28%) DevOps
13 119 (9.13%) Prototyping
14 115 (8.82%) UX Research
15 113 (8.67%) Decision-Making
16 106 (8.13%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
16 106 (8.13%) Wireframes
17 97 (7.44%) Service Design
18 91 (6.98%) Usability Testing
19 85 (6.52%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 148 (11.35%) JavaScript
2 106 (8.13%) Java
3 95 (7.29%) TypeScript
4 93 (7.13%) SQL
5 88 (6.75%) Python
6 52 (3.99%) PowerShell
7 41 (3.14%) C#
8 31 (2.38%) Kotlin
9 20 (1.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 15 (1.15%) Bash
11 14 (1.07%) Swift
12 8 (0.61%) Korn
13 6 (0.46%) VBA
13 6 (0.46%) VBScript
14 5 (0.38%) Apex Code
14 5 (0.38%) Perl
14 5 (0.38%) R
14 5 (0.38%) VB
15 3 (0.23%) PHP
15 3 (0.23%) Rust
Qualifications
1 161 (12.35%) Security Cleared
2 126 (9.66%) Degree
3 117 (8.97%) SC Cleared
4 27 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
5 22 (1.69%) DV Cleared
5 22 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
6 15 (1.15%) Azure Certification
7 10 (0.77%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (0.61%) ITIL Certification
8 8 (0.61%) Master's Degree
9 7 (0.54%) CCA
9 7 (0.54%) CCIE
9 7 (0.54%) CCNP
9 7 (0.54%) Citrix Certification
9 7 (0.54%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 6 (0.46%) DBS Check
11 5 (0.38%) MCSE
11 5 (0.38%) PMI Certification
11 5 (0.38%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 209 (16.03%) Accessibility
2 94 (7.21%) QA
3 72 (5.52%) WCAG
4 42 (3.22%) Data Quality
5 29 (2.22%) GDPR
6 17 (1.30%) Actionable Recommendations
7 12 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 6 (0.46%) SLA
10 4 (0.31%) PMO
11 3 (0.23%) GMP
11 3 (0.23%) GRC
11 3 (0.23%) GxP
12 2 (0.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 2 (0.15%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.15%) NCSC
12 2 (0.15%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.077%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.077%) NIST
System Software
1 65 (4.98%) Active Directory
2 40 (3.07%) Docker
3 22 (1.69%) Virtual Desktop
4 18 (1.38%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.46%) Firmware
6 5 (0.38%) BitLocker
7 4 (0.31%) Microsoft App-V
8 3 (0.23%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.15%) VMware Workstation
9 2 (0.15%) vSphere
9 2 (0.15%) XenApp
9 2 (0.15%) XenDesktop
10 1 (0.077%) ISA Server
10 1 (0.077%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 49 (3.76%) Kubernetes
2 42 (3.22%) Microsoft Intune
3 40 (3.07%) Terraform
4 36 (2.76%) SCCM
5 19 (1.46%) Grafana
6 17 (1.30%) Single Sign-On
7 13 (1.00%) Ansible
8 10 (0.77%) Jamf Pro
9 7 (0.54%) Prometheus
10 4 (0.31%) Podman
11 3 (0.23%) Clonezilla
11 3 (0.23%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 3 (0.23%) WSUS
12 2 (0.15%) Failover Clustering
12 2 (0.15%) HP ALM
12 2 (0.15%) Packer
12 2 (0.15%) SCOM
12 2 (0.15%) vCenter Server
12 2 (0.15%) vMotion
13 1 (0.077%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 215 (16.49%) Microsoft
2 78 (5.98%) Adobe
3 63 (4.83%) ServiceNow
4 58 (4.45%) Google
5 38 (2.91%) Salesforce
6 35 (2.68%) SAP
7 34 (2.61%) Oracle
8 24 (1.84%) Citrix
9 18 (1.38%) VMware
10 17 (1.30%) Workday
11 16 (1.23%) Cisco
11 16 (1.23%) Dynatrace
12 15 (1.15%) Apple
12 15 (1.15%) Splunk
13 12 (0.92%) Aruba
14 10 (0.77%) Foundry
15 9 (0.69%) MuleSoft
16 7 (0.54%) Databricks
16 7 (0.54%) OpenAI
16 7 (0.54%) Zscaler