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 12 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 61 79
Rank change year-on-year -34 +18 -17
Contract jobs citing User Experience 1,354 1,057 885
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.92% 3.80% 2.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.44% 4.18% 3.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 801 672 542
10th Percentile £288 £300 £313
25th Percentile £385 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £680 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 49 23
10th Percentile £20.31 £15.50 £30.00
25th Percentile £26.75 £31.25 £30.51
Median hourly rate £33.99 £36.50 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.88% -27.72% +6.32%
75th Percentile £67.94 £58.25 £72.20
90th Percentile £77.00 £70.42 £74.35
UK median hourly rate £35.22 £36.50 £50.50
% change year-on-year -3.51% -27.72% +6.32%

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 39,332 25,280 28,365
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.86% 90.86% 86.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,139 16,057 17,805
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,708 1,495 1,348
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.36 £14.84
25th Percentile £17.85 £17.79 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% +0.58%
75th Percentile £68.00 £49.88 £66.53
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.65 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% +1.92%

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 12 September 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 12 September 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 12 September 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 -32 684 £513 +2.50% 1,053
North of England -12 260 £425 +1.49% 207
Midlands -13 151 £475 +9.51% 97
North West -25 132 £420 -1.18% 116
West Midlands -8 120 £475 -5.00% 62
South East -48 103 £403 -10.56% 188
South West -9 81 £475 -2.56% 110
Yorkshire -17 77 £500 +25.00% 66
North East -8 50 £338 -29.69% 28
East of England -4 41 £425 -19.05% 79
East Midlands -15 31 £500 +39.66% 35
South Coast - 1 £450 -
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 68 (5.02%) SharePoint
2 53 (3.91%) CMS
3 35 (2.58%) Confluence
4 29 (2.14%) Microsoft Exchange
5 15 (1.11%) WordPress
6 9 (0.66%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 7 (0.52%) Skype for Business
8 6 (0.44%) Apache
8 6 (0.44%) Oracle Workflow
9 5 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
9 5 (0.37%) Drupal
10 4 (0.30%) Headless CMS
10 4 (0.30%) Kentico
10 4 (0.30%) Mendix
11 2 (0.15%) HCL Notes
11 2 (0.15%) IIS
11 2 (0.15%) Moodle
11 2 (0.15%) nginx
11 2 (0.15%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.074%) MTS
Applications
1 23 (1.70%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (1.48%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 20 (1.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (1.40%) Photoshop
4 18 (1.33%) Chatbot
5 16 (1.18%) Adobe Illustrator
5 16 (1.18%) Sketch
6 12 (0.89%) Adobe After Effects
7 11 (0.81%) MS Visio
8 10 (0.74%) Adobe XD
9 9 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 3 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
11 2 (0.15%) Oracle Smart View
11 2 (0.15%) UserZoom
12 1 (0.074%) Adobe Captivate
12 1 (0.074%) Adobe Premiere
12 1 (0.074%) Blender
12 1 (0.074%) Final Cut Pro
12 1 (0.074%) InVision
12 1 (0.074%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (0.52%) Workday HCM
2 6 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.44%) Shopify
3 5 (0.37%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.30%) Oracle iProcurement
4 4 (0.30%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.22%) iTrent
5 3 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.15%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 2 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.074%) Bloomberg TOMS
7 1 (0.074%) Eloqua
7 1 (0.074%) Magento
7 1 (0.074%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.074%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.074%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 199 (14.70%) Azure
2 151 (11.15%) Figma
3 143 (10.56%) Microsoft 365
4 116 (8.57%) AWS
5 96 (7.09%) Power Platform
6 60 (4.43%) Entra ID
6 60 (4.43%) Microsoft Copilot
7 48 (3.55%) GitHub
8 44 (3.25%) Azure DevOps
8 44 (3.25%) SaaS
9 36 (2.66%) GCP
10 32 (2.36%) PowerApps
11 31 (2.29%) OneDrive
12 28 (2.07%) Copilot Studio
13 27 (1.99%) Power Automate
14 20 (1.48%) Azure AI
15 17 (1.26%) Serverless
16 16 (1.18%) GitHub Actions
17 13 (0.96%) Firebase
18 12 (0.89%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 44 (3.25%) DNS
2 38 (2.81%) DHCP
3 33 (2.44%) TCP/IP
4 30 (2.22%) Wi-Fi
5 21 (1.55%) Wireless
6 19 (1.40%) VPN
7 18 (1.33%) LAN
8 16 (1.18%) Firewall
8 16 (1.18%) WAN
9 11 (0.81%) NetScaler
10 10 (0.74%) Internet
11 9 (0.66%) SD-WAN
12 8 (0.59%) Cisco Wireless
12 8 (0.59%) Network Security
12 8 (0.59%) Skype
13 6 (0.44%) 5G
13 6 (0.44%) Intranet
13 6 (0.44%) WLAN
14 5 (0.37%) SMS
14 5 (0.37%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (3.84%) Power BI
2 24 (1.77%) Metadata
3 13 (0.96%) Power Query
3 13 (0.96%) Tableau
4 12 (0.89%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (0.89%) SQL Server
5 11 (0.81%) NoSQL
6 10 (0.74%) Relational Database
7 9 (0.66%) Elasticsearch
7 9 (0.66%) Looker
8 8 (0.59%) MongoDB
9 7 (0.52%) MySQL
9 7 (0.52%) Qlik Sense
9 7 (0.52%) Redis
10 6 (0.44%) Star Schema
11 5 (0.37%) BigQuery
11 5 (0.37%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (0.37%) Flink
11 5 (0.37%) Oracle Database
11 5 (0.37%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 74 (5.47%) JIRA
2 66 (4.87%) Git
3 27 (1.99%) Jenkins
4 19 (1.40%) Cypress.io
4 19 (1.40%) Vite
5 16 (1.18%) Storybook
6 14 (1.03%) GitLab
7 12 (0.89%) fastlane
8 10 (0.74%) Android Studio
9 9 (0.66%) Browser DevTools
9 9 (0.66%) Xcode
10 7 (0.52%) JMeter
10 7 (0.52%) Postman
10 7 (0.52%) REST Assured
11 6 (0.44%) Gradle
12 5 (0.37%) Claude Code
12 5 (0.37%) Crashlytics
12 5 (0.37%) Fiddler
12 5 (0.37%) MSI
12 5 (0.37%) Oracle Forms
General
1 436 (32.20%) Social Skills
2 231 (17.06%) Finance
3 182 (13.44%) Public Sector
4 134 (9.90%) Analytical Skills
5 101 (7.46%) Banking
6 80 (5.91%) Retail
7 67 (4.95%) Marketing
8 48 (3.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 38 (2.81%) Influencing Skills
10 36 (2.66%) Legal
11 28 (2.07%) Automotive
12 27 (1.99%) Publishing
13 23 (1.70%) Organisational Skills
14 22 (1.62%) Presentation Skills
15 19 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
16 18 (1.33%) Manufacturing
17 16 (1.18%) Military
18 13 (0.96%) Investment Banking
19 12 (0.89%) Front Office
20 9 (0.66%) Law
Job Titles
1 275 (20.31%) Designer
2 190 (14.03%) Developer
3 180 (13.29%) Senior
4 120 (8.86%) Lead
5 115 (8.49%) UX Designer
6 91 (6.72%) Analyst
7 68 (5.02%) UI Designer
8 63 (4.65%) Consultant
9 56 (4.14%) Architect
9 56 (4.14%) IT Support
10 55 (4.06%) Support Engineer
11 51 (3.77%) Product Manager
11 51 (3.77%) User Researcher
12 50 (3.69%) Senior Designer
13 44 (3.25%) Business Analyst
14 43 (3.18%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
15 42 (3.10%) Content Designer
16 39 (2.88%) IT Engineer
16 39 (2.88%) IT Support Engineer
16 39 (2.88%) User Experience Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 133 (9.82%) React
2 102 (7.53%) CSS
3 90 (6.65%) HTML
4 80 (5.91%) REST
5 44 (3.25%) RESTful
6 41 (3.03%) AngularJS
7 39 (2.88%) GraphQL
7 39 (2.88%) HTML5
7 39 (2.88%) Terraform
8 37 (2.73%) .NET
8 37 (2.73%) CSS3
9 30 (2.22%) Next.js
10 24 (1.77%) OAuth
10 24 (1.77%) Spring
11 23 (1.70%) Spring Boot
12 21 (1.55%) Jest
12 21 (1.55%) Node.js
12 21 (1.55%) Playwright
13 18 (1.33%) ASP.NET
13 18 (1.33%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 126 (9.31%) Product Ownership
2 80 (5.91%) Onboarding
3 74 (5.47%) Mobile App
4 44 (3.25%) Cloud Native
5 42 (3.10%) AI Agents
6 30 (2.22%) Management Information System
7 28 (2.07%) Data Protection Act
8 27 (1.99%) Enterprise Software
9 26 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
10 24 (1.77%) Legacy Systems
11 21 (1.55%) Data Centre
12 20 (1.48%) NHS
12 20 (1.48%) Social Media
13 18 (1.33%) Educational Technology
14 16 (1.18%) Data Structures
14 16 (1.18%) Graphic Design
15 13 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
15 13 (0.96%) Taxonomies
15 13 (0.96%) Virtual Reality
16 12 (0.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 149 (11.00%) Windows
2 59 (4.36%) Android
3 58 (4.28%) Apple iOS
4 56 (4.14%) Windows 10
5 33 (2.44%) Windows Server
6 32 (2.36%) Mac OS
7 18 (1.33%) Linux
8 12 (0.89%) Unix
9 9 (0.66%) Windows 7
10 4 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 431 (31.83%) UX Design
2 380 (28.06%) Agile
3 259 (19.13%) AI
4 243 (17.95%) Stakeholder Management
5 233 (17.21%) Problem-Solving
6 194 (14.33%) Continuous Improvement
7 184 (13.59%) Analytics
8 161 (11.89%) CI/CD
9 158 (11.67%) User Research
10 146 (10.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 140 (10.34%) Roadmaps
12 137 (10.12%) Decision-Making
13 108 (7.98%) DevOps
13 108 (7.98%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
14 104 (7.68%) Scrum
15 101 (7.46%) Workshop Facilitation
16 100 (7.39%) ITIL
16 100 (7.39%) Prototyping
16 100 (7.39%) Service Design
17 96 (7.09%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 132 (9.75%) JavaScript
2 103 (7.61%) TypeScript
3 86 (6.35%) Python
4 85 (6.28%) Java
5 82 (6.06%) SQL
6 48 (3.55%) PowerShell
7 33 (2.44%) C#
8 26 (1.92%) Kotlin
9 18 (1.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 16 (1.18%) Bash
11 15 (1.11%) Swift
12 8 (0.59%) Go
12 8 (0.59%) VBScript
13 7 (0.52%) PHP
13 7 (0.52%) VB
14 6 (0.44%) Scala
14 6 (0.44%) Shell Script
15 5 (0.37%) Apex Code
15 5 (0.37%) Korn
16 4 (0.30%) C++
Qualifications
1 209 (15.44%) Security Cleared
2 160 (11.82%) SC Cleared
3 105 (7.75%) Degree
4 31 (2.29%) BPSS Clearance
5 28 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
6 22 (1.62%) DV Cleared
7 21 (1.55%) Azure Certification
7 21 (1.55%) Microsoft Certification
8 14 (1.03%) PMP
9 9 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (0.66%) ITIL Certification
10 8 (0.59%) AWS Certification
10 8 (0.59%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 7 (0.52%) DBS Check
12 6 (0.44%) MCSE
13 5 (0.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 5 (0.37%) CCIE
13 5 (0.37%) CCNP
13 5 (0.37%) CISSP
13 5 (0.37%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 205 (15.14%) Accessibility
2 86 (6.35%) QA
3 75 (5.54%) WCAG
4 43 (3.18%) Data Quality
5 19 (1.40%) GDPR
6 13 (0.96%) Actionable Recommendations
7 9 (0.66%) SLA
8 7 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 7 (0.52%) PMO
9 6 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
10 5 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 3 (0.22%) GRC
12 2 (0.15%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.15%) PSD2
13 1 (0.074%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.074%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.074%) ISO 20022
13 1 (0.074%) NIST
13 1 (0.074%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.074%) WAI
System Software
1 101 (7.46%) Active Directory
2 42 (3.10%) Docker
3 26 (1.92%) Virtual Desktop
4 22 (1.62%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (1.11%) Hyper-V
6 9 (0.66%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 8 (0.59%) XenApp
7 8 (0.59%) XenDesktop
8 7 (0.52%) BitLocker
9 6 (0.44%) vSphere
10 5 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
11 4 (0.30%) Microsoft App-V
12 3 (0.22%) UAG
13 2 (0.15%) Firmware
13 2 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
13 2 (0.15%) VMware NSX
13 2 (0.15%) VMware Workstation
14 1 (0.074%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 46 (3.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 43 (3.18%) Kubernetes
3 31 (2.29%) SCCM
4 21 (1.55%) Single Sign-On
5 20 (1.48%) Grafana
6 16 (1.18%) Jamf Pro
7 13 (0.96%) Ansible
8 11 (0.81%) Prometheus
9 5 (0.37%) SysTrack
9 5 (0.37%) vCenter Server
10 4 (0.30%) Clonezilla
10 4 (0.30%) Podman
11 3 (0.22%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 3 (0.22%) WSUS
12 2 (0.15%) Argo
12 2 (0.15%) Failover Clustering
12 2 (0.15%) Packer
12 2 (0.15%) SCOM
12 2 (0.15%) vMotion
13 1 (0.074%) PingFederate
Vendors
1 245 (18.09%) Microsoft
2 82 (6.06%) ServiceNow
3 68 (5.02%) Adobe
4 44 (3.25%) Google
4 44 (3.25%) Oracle
5 31 (2.29%) SAP
6 29 (2.14%) Salesforce
7 25 (1.85%) Citrix
7 25 (1.85%) Dynatrace
7 25 (1.85%) VMware
8 23 (1.70%) Splunk
9 20 (1.48%) Apple
10 18 (1.33%) Cisco
11 16 (1.18%) Foundry
11 16 (1.18%) Workday
12 14 (1.03%) Zscaler
13 13 (0.96%) OpenAI
14 11 (0.81%) Aruba
15 10 (0.74%) Okta
16 8 (0.59%) Databricks