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 15 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 67 81
Rank change year-on-year -12 +14 -23
Contract jobs citing User Experience 1,368 980 946
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.06% 3.61% 2.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.58% 3.98% 3.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 845 637 635
10th Percentile £313 £300 £306
25th Percentile £400 £384 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.04% -4.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £623
90th Percentile £675 £729 £719
UK median daily rate £488 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% -1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 33 40
10th Percentile £16.00 £22.78 £15.98
25th Percentile £22.88 £34.48 £25.00
Median hourly rate £33.99 £49.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.63% +63.33% +13.21%
75th Percentile £67.85 £63.75 £52.56
90th Percentile £86.51 £80.87 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £33.99 £49.25 £30.86
% change year-on-year -30.98% +59.62% +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 38,219 24,611 31,409
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.42% 90.71% 85.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,063 15,813 20,400
10th Percentile £325 £300 £308
25th Percentile £420 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £645
90th Percentile £734 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,375 1,290 2,230
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.39 £13.00
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.10 £16.25
Median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +88.87% -34.02% -6.09%
75th Percentile £68.75 £54.56 £62.50
90th Percentile £83.00 £71.60 £72.58
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% -4.70%

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 15 July 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 15 July 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 15 July 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 -20 685 £525 +5.00% 474
North of England -19 214 £444 -1.44% 273
Midlands +5 157 £475 +11.90% 160
South East -23 140 £490 +3.16% 251
West Midlands -9 117 £475 -5.00% 82
North West -26 116 £430 -4.44% 141
South West +1 83 £475 +18.75% 99
Yorkshire -34 57 £500 +17.65% 95
East of England +6 46 £410 -13.68% 134
North East -12 41 £400 -16.67% 37
East Midlands +3 40 £550 +54.49% 77
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 64 (4.68%) SharePoint
2 49 (3.58%) CMS
3 36 (2.63%) Confluence
4 25 (1.83%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (0.88%) WordPress
6 8 (0.58%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 6 (0.44%) Drupal
8 5 (0.37%) Skype for Business
9 4 (0.29%) Ethereum
9 4 (0.29%) Hyperledger
9 4 (0.29%) Kentico
9 4 (0.29%) Mendix
10 3 (0.22%) Apache
10 3 (0.22%) Headless CMS
10 3 (0.22%) nginx
10 3 (0.22%) Umbraco
11 2 (0.15%) Camunda
11 2 (0.15%) HCL Notes
11 2 (0.15%) IIS
11 2 (0.15%) Moodle
Applications
1 27 (1.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (1.54%) Sketch
3 20 (1.46%) Photoshop
4 19 (1.39%) Chatbot
5 16 (1.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 16 (1.17%) Adobe Illustrator
5 16 (1.17%) Microsoft Office
6 13 (0.95%) Adobe After Effects
7 10 (0.73%) Adobe XD
7 10 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 9 (0.66%) MS Visio
9 4 (0.29%) Adobe Captivate
10 3 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
10 3 (0.22%) UserZoom
10 3 (0.22%) UXPin
11 2 (0.15%) InVision
11 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
11 2 (0.15%) Oracle Smart View
12 1 (0.073%) Blender
12 1 (0.073%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (0.80%) SAP S/4HANA
1 11 (0.80%) Workday HCM
2 9 (0.66%) Shopify
3 8 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.44%) Sage X3
5 4 (0.29%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.29%) Oracle iProcurement
6 3 (0.22%) iTrent
6 3 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
6 3 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.15%) ResourceLink
8 1 (0.073%) Eloqua
8 1 (0.073%) Magento
8 1 (0.073%) Oracle EBS R12
8 1 (0.073%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.073%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 215 (15.72%) Azure
2 181 (13.23%) Figma
3 118 (8.63%) Microsoft 365
4 107 (7.82%) AWS
5 100 (7.31%) Power Platform
6 57 (4.17%) Entra ID
7 51 (3.73%) Azure DevOps
8 50 (3.65%) Microsoft Copilot
9 47 (3.44%) SaaS
10 43 (3.14%) GitHub
11 41 (3.00%) GCP
12 40 (2.92%) PowerApps
13 31 (2.27%) OneDrive
13 31 (2.27%) Power Automate
14 28 (2.05%) Copilot Studio
15 21 (1.54%) GitHub Actions
16 20 (1.46%) Serverless
17 19 (1.39%) Azure AI
18 13 (0.95%) Google Workspace
19 12 (0.88%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 38 (2.78%) DNS
2 32 (2.34%) DHCP
3 28 (2.05%) TCP/IP
4 24 (1.75%) Wi-Fi
5 21 (1.54%) Wireless
6 20 (1.46%) LAN
7 14 (1.02%) Internet
8 13 (0.95%) WAN
9 12 (0.88%) Firewall
9 12 (0.88%) VPN
10 11 (0.80%) Intranet
11 10 (0.73%) SD-WAN
12 8 (0.58%) Cisco Wireless
13 7 (0.51%) 5G
13 7 (0.51%) Skype
13 7 (0.51%) WLAN
14 6 (0.44%) Network Security
15 5 (0.37%) 802.11
15 5 (0.37%) HTTP
15 5 (0.37%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (4.17%) Power BI
2 21 (1.54%) Metadata
3 19 (1.39%) PostgreSQL
4 18 (1.32%) NoSQL
4 18 (1.32%) Power Query
4 18 (1.32%) Relational Database
5 15 (1.10%) SQL Server
6 12 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
7 11 (0.80%) MySQL
8 10 (0.73%) MongoDB
9 9 (0.66%) Tableau
10 6 (0.44%) DynamoDB
10 6 (0.44%) Oracle Database
10 6 (0.44%) ZAP BI
11 5 (0.37%) Redis
11 5 (0.37%) Star Schema
12 4 (0.29%) Db2
12 4 (0.29%) EDRMS
12 4 (0.29%) Looker
12 4 (0.29%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 81 (5.92%) JIRA
2 58 (4.24%) Git
3 22 (1.61%) Jenkins
4 21 (1.54%) Cypress.io
5 18 (1.32%) Vite
6 17 (1.24%) GitLab
7 12 (0.88%) JUnit
8 10 (0.73%) Android Studio
8 10 (0.73%) Browser DevTools
8 10 (0.73%) fastlane
9 9 (0.66%) Storybook
9 9 (0.66%) Xcode
10 8 (0.58%) Gradle
11 7 (0.51%) Postman
12 6 (0.44%) Selenium
13 5 (0.37%) Bitbucket
13 5 (0.37%) Crashlytics
13 5 (0.37%) Fiddler
13 5 (0.37%) REST Assured
13 5 (0.37%) webpack
General
1 429 (31.36%) Social Skills
2 256 (18.71%) Finance
3 172 (12.57%) Public Sector
4 138 (10.09%) Analytical Skills
5 111 (8.11%) Banking
6 80 (5.85%) Retail
7 67 (4.90%) Marketing
8 43 (3.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 36 (2.63%) Legal
10 31 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
10 31 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
11 28 (2.05%) Publishing
12 27 (1.97%) Automotive
13 22 (1.61%) Manufacturing
13 22 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
14 19 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
15 13 (0.95%) Investment Banking
16 11 (0.80%) Front Office
17 10 (0.73%) Military
18 8 (0.58%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 294 (21.49%) Designer
2 187 (13.67%) Senior
3 180 (13.16%) Developer
4 131 (9.58%) UX Designer
5 110 (8.04%) Analyst
6 109 (7.97%) Lead
7 75 (5.48%) UI Designer
8 71 (5.19%) Consultant
9 57 (4.17%) Architect
10 53 (3.87%) Senior Designer
11 52 (3.80%) Business Analyst
11 52 (3.80%) Content Designer
12 48 (3.51%) Product Designer
12 48 (3.51%) Product Manager
13 46 (3.36%) IT Support
14 45 (3.29%) UI/UX Designer
14 45 (3.29%) User Experience Researcher
14 45 (3.29%) User Researcher
15 39 (2.85%) Support Engineer
16 33 (2.41%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 124 (9.06%) React
2 101 (7.38%) CSS
3 86 (6.29%) HTML
4 85 (6.21%) REST
5 54 (3.95%) RESTful
6 48 (3.51%) AngularJS
7 44 (3.22%) .NET
8 37 (2.70%) Spring
9 36 (2.63%) Spring Boot
10 35 (2.56%) GraphQL
11 28 (2.05%) HTML5
12 27 (1.97%) CSS3
13 24 (1.75%) Next.js
14 23 (1.68%) JSON
14 23 (1.68%) Node.js
15 21 (1.54%) Jest
15 21 (1.54%) Redux
16 20 (1.46%) ASP.NET
17 19 (1.39%) Kafka
18 18 (1.32%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 145 (10.60%) Product Ownership
2 71 (5.19%) Mobile App
3 69 (5.04%) Onboarding
4 37 (2.70%) Cloud Native
5 36 (2.63%) AI Agents
6 31 (2.27%) Enterprise Software
7 27 (1.97%) Data Protection Act
7 27 (1.97%) Self-Motivation
8 24 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
9 21 (1.54%) Data Centre
9 21 (1.54%) Data Structures
10 20 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
11 18 (1.32%) Social Media
12 16 (1.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 16 (1.17%) Graphic Design
13 15 (1.10%) Algorithms
13 15 (1.10%) Taxonomies
14 14 (1.02%) Educational Technology
14 14 (1.02%) Greenfield Project
15 13 (0.95%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 122 (8.92%) Windows
2 47 (3.44%) Apple iOS
3 46 (3.36%) Android
4 38 (2.78%) Windows 10
5 25 (1.83%) Mac OS
6 17 (1.24%) Windows Server
7 16 (1.17%) Linux
8 9 (0.66%) Unix
9 7 (0.51%) Windows 7
10 4 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 441 (32.24%) UX Design
2 404 (29.53%) Agile
3 248 (18.13%) AI
4 222 (16.23%) Problem-Solving
5 201 (14.69%) Stakeholder Management
6 180 (13.16%) Continuous Improvement
7 178 (13.01%) Analytics
8 168 (12.28%) User Research
9 159 (11.62%) CI/CD
10 153 (11.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 150 (10.96%) Roadmaps
12 135 (9.87%) Decision-Making
13 125 (9.14%) DevOps
13 125 (9.14%) Prototyping
14 116 (8.48%) UX Research
15 109 (7.97%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
16 104 (7.60%) Wireframes
17 103 (7.53%) Service Design
18 98 (7.16%) Scrum
18 98 (7.16%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 123 (8.99%) JavaScript
2 100 (7.31%) Java
2 100 (7.31%) TypeScript
3 96 (7.02%) SQL
4 86 (6.29%) Python
5 48 (3.51%) PowerShell
6 41 (3.00%) C#
7 28 (2.05%) Kotlin
8 25 (1.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 14 (1.02%) Swift
10 12 (0.88%) Bash
11 8 (0.58%) Korn
12 7 (0.51%) Apex Code
12 7 (0.51%) R
13 6 (0.44%) Go
13 6 (0.44%) VBA
13 6 (0.44%) VBScript
14 5 (0.37%) PHP
14 5 (0.37%) VB
15 3 (0.22%) Perl
Qualifications
1 194 (14.18%) Security Cleared
2 147 (10.75%) SC Cleared
3 126 (9.21%) Degree
4 29 (2.12%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (1.68%) BPSS Clearance
5 23 (1.68%) DV Cleared
6 22 (1.61%) Azure Certification
6 22 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (0.66%) ITIL Certification
9 8 (0.58%) PMP
10 7 (0.51%) AWS Certification
10 7 (0.51%) CCIE
10 7 (0.51%) CCNP
10 7 (0.51%) Citrix Certification
10 7 (0.51%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 6 (0.44%) CCA
11 6 (0.44%) DBS Check
12 5 (0.37%) CISSP
12 5 (0.37%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 216 (15.79%) Accessibility
2 93 (6.80%) QA
3 66 (4.82%) WCAG
4 44 (3.22%) Data Quality
5 27 (1.97%) GDPR
6 16 (1.17%) Actionable Recommendations
7 8 (0.58%) PMO
8 7 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 6 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 6 (0.44%) SLA
10 4 (0.29%) GRC
11 2 (0.15%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.15%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.15%) PSD2
12 1 (0.073%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.073%) EU AI Act
12 1 (0.073%) ISO 20022
12 1 (0.073%) NIST
12 1 (0.073%) WAI-ARIA
System Software
1 73 (5.34%) Active Directory
2 39 (2.85%) Docker
3 25 (1.83%) Virtual Desktop
4 15 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.44%) Firmware
5 6 (0.44%) vSphere
6 5 (0.37%) BitLocker
6 5 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.29%) Microsoft App-V
8 3 (0.22%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.22%) UAG
8 3 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.15%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.15%) VMware Workstation
9 2 (0.15%) XenApp
9 2 (0.15%) XenDesktop
10 1 (0.073%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 42 (3.07%) Kubernetes
1 42 (3.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 39 (2.85%) Terraform
3 34 (2.49%) SCCM
4 18 (1.32%) Grafana
5 16 (1.17%) Single Sign-On
6 13 (0.95%) Jamf Pro
7 12 (0.88%) Ansible
8 9 (0.66%) Prometheus
9 5 (0.37%) vCenter Server
10 4 (0.29%) Clonezilla
11 3 (0.22%) 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 (0.073%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 240 (17.54%) Microsoft
2 71 (5.19%) Adobe
3 66 (4.82%) ServiceNow
4 48 (3.51%) Google
5 45 (3.29%) SAP
6 40 (2.92%) Oracle
7 37 (2.70%) Salesforce
8 22 (1.61%) Citrix
9 21 (1.54%) Workday
10 19 (1.39%) Dynatrace
11 18 (1.32%) VMware
12 17 (1.24%) Apple
12 17 (1.24%) Cisco
12 17 (1.24%) Splunk
13 16 (1.17%) Foundry
14 12 (0.88%) Aruba
14 12 (0.88%) Zscaler
15 11 (0.80%) OpenAI
16 9 (0.66%) Databricks
17 8 (0.58%) Solace