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 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 69 68
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 -3
Contract jobs citing User Experience 1,133 901 1,079
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.59% 3.19% 2.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.06% 3.60% 3.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 753 524 744
10th Percentile £290 £300 £325
25th Percentile £371 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £556 £600 £600
90th Percentile £663 £725 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 23 25
10th Percentile £15.50 £25.26 £21.55
25th Percentile £17.69 £30.22 £31.71
Median hourly rate £35.60 £41.91 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -30.15% -4.00%
75th Percentile £61.25 £52.25 £73.75
90th Percentile £70.42 £70.25 £81.25
UK median hourly rate £35.60 £41.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -13.17% -31.67% -4.00%

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 27,925 25,046 32,278
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.53% 88.69% 88.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,779 15,429 21,914
10th Percentile £302 £311 £308
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £528
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.47% -4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,785 824 1,417
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £14.36
25th Percentile £17.96 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +25.35%
75th Percentile £56.69 £64.73 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.75
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.71% +25.00%

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 29 December 2025.

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 29 December 2025.

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 29 December 2025. 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 -10 578 £480 -8.57% 708
North of England +16 204 £408 -9.44% 689
North West +19 135 £400 -11.11% 372
Midlands +4 115 £450 +5.88% 476
South East +12 112 £413 -10.81% 705
West Midlands +5 80 £435 -15.12% 245
South West +12 65 £538 -6.52% 299
Yorkshire -10 53 £500 +5.26% 265
East Midlands -2 35 £488 +36.94% 208
East of England -8 35 £460 -6.03% 390
North East +7 15 £410 - 53
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 54 (4.77%) Confluence
2 46 (4.06%) CMS
2 46 (4.06%) SharePoint
3 20 (1.77%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 12 (1.06%) Headless CMS
4 12 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (0.79%) Apache
5 9 (0.79%) Sitecore CMS
6 7 (0.62%) Umbraco
7 5 (0.44%) SugarCRM
8 4 (0.35%) WordPress
9 3 (0.26%) Anypoint
9 3 (0.26%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.26%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.18%) Appian
10 2 (0.18%) Drupal
11 1 (0.088%) Moodle
11 1 (0.088%) SharePoint Server
11 1 (0.088%) Traefik
Applications
1 40 (3.53%) Sketch
2 22 (1.94%) Adobe XD
2 22 (1.94%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (1.94%) MS Visio
3 21 (1.85%) Chatbot
4 15 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
5 12 (1.06%) Adobe Illustrator
5 12 (1.06%) InVision
5 12 (1.06%) Photoshop
6 9 (0.79%) Microsoft Project
7 7 (0.62%) Trello
8 5 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 4 (0.35%) Adobe After Effects
9 4 (0.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 4 (0.35%) Camtasia
10 3 (0.26%) OmniGraffle
10 3 (0.26%) Snagit
10 3 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
11 2 (0.18%) Autodesk Smoke
11 2 (0.18%) UXPin
Business Applications
1 19 (1.68%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.26%) SAP CO
3 3 (0.26%) SAP FI
3 3 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
3 3 (0.26%) Teamcenter
4 2 (0.18%) iTrent
4 2 (0.18%) Magento
4 2 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.088%) assyst
5 1 (0.088%) Maximo
5 1 (0.088%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.088%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.088%) Oracle Payroll
5 1 (0.088%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.088%) SAP PP
5 1 (0.088%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.088%) SAP Travel Management
5 1 (0.088%) WebTrends
Cloud Services
1 191 (16.86%) Azure
2 123 (10.86%) AWS
3 121 (10.68%) Figma
4 80 (7.06%) SaaS
5 77 (6.80%) Power Platform
6 75 (6.62%) Microsoft 365
7 63 (5.56%) GCP
8 49 (4.32%) Entra ID
9 37 (3.27%) GitHub
10 36 (3.18%) Azure DevOps
11 25 (2.21%) Google Analytics
11 25 (2.21%) Miro
12 23 (2.03%) Serverless
13 21 (1.85%) Sauce Labs
14 20 (1.77%) GitHub Actions
14 20 (1.77%) Google Workspace
15 17 (1.50%) Power Automate
15 17 (1.50%) PowerApps
16 15 (1.32%) Dynamics 365
16 15 (1.32%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 29 (2.56%) DNS
1 29 (2.56%) Wireless
2 15 (1.32%) Internet
3 11 (0.97%) VPN
4 10 (0.88%) DHCP
5 9 (0.79%) TCP/IP
5 9 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
6 7 (0.62%) BGP
6 7 (0.62%) Cisco ISE
6 7 (0.62%) Cisco Wireless
6 7 (0.62%) Firewall
6 7 (0.62%) HTTP
6 7 (0.62%) NX-OS
6 7 (0.62%) VXLAN
7 6 (0.53%) SSL
7 6 (0.53%) Unified Communications
8 5 (0.44%) Intranet
8 5 (0.44%) WAN
9 4 (0.35%) PPP
9 4 (0.35%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (4.41%) Power BI
2 40 (3.53%) Relational Database
3 39 (3.44%) MySQL
4 30 (2.65%) PostgreSQL
5 26 (2.29%) SQL Server
6 22 (1.94%) Tableau
7 21 (1.85%) NoSQL
8 16 (1.41%) MongoDB
9 15 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
10 12 (1.06%) Redis
11 11 (0.97%) BigQuery
11 11 (0.97%) Looker
12 8 (0.71%) Metadata
13 7 (0.62%) Mixpanel
13 7 (0.62%) SAP HANA
14 5 (0.44%) DynamoDB
15 4 (0.35%) Big Data
16 3 (0.26%) Amazon Athena
16 3 (0.26%) Oracle BI Publisher
16 3 (0.26%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 115 (10.15%) JIRA
2 74 (6.53%) Git
3 43 (3.80%) GitLab
4 33 (2.91%) Jenkins
4 33 (2.91%) Xcode
5 29 (2.56%) Android Studio
5 29 (2.56%) Eclipse
6 23 (2.03%) Browser DevTools
7 19 (1.68%) Cypress.io
8 18 (1.59%) Axure RP
9 17 (1.50%) Gradle
10 13 (1.15%) Postman
10 13 (1.15%) webpack
11 11 (0.97%) JUnit
12 10 (0.88%) Artifactory
12 10 (0.88%) CircleCI
13 9 (0.79%) Visual Website Optimizer
14 8 (0.71%) IntelliJ
14 8 (0.71%) Selenium
15 7 (0.62%) Cucumber
General
1 412 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 211 (18.62%) Finance
3 151 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
4 138 (12.18%) Public Sector
5 83 (7.33%) Banking
6 77 (6.80%) Marketing
7 37 (3.27%) Influencing Skills
8 29 (2.56%) Legal
9 25 (2.21%) Retail
10 24 (2.12%) Presentation Skills
11 22 (1.94%) Manufacturing
12 20 (1.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 17 (1.50%) Documentation Skills
13 17 (1.50%) Pharmaceutical
14 14 (1.24%) Investment Banking
15 13 (1.15%) Automotive
15 13 (1.15%) Telecoms
16 10 (0.88%) Financial Institution
16 10 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
17 8 (0.71%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 187 (16.50%) Designer
2 184 (16.24%) Developer
3 151 (13.33%) Senior
4 102 (9.00%) UX Designer
5 93 (8.21%) Analyst
6 88 (7.77%) Lead
7 51 (4.50%) Business Analyst
8 48 (4.24%) Consultant
9 41 (3.62%) Support Engineer
10 40 (3.53%) Senior Designer
11 39 (3.44%) Architect
12 35 (3.09%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 35 (3.09%) Product Designer
13 34 (3.00%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
13 34 (3.00%) Service Designer
14 31 (2.74%) Full-Stack Developer
15 30 (2.65%) UI Designer
16 27 (2.38%) Technical Support
16 27 (2.38%) UX Engineer
17 26 (2.29%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 159 (14.03%) CSS
2 153 (13.50%) React
3 140 (12.36%) HTML
4 82 (7.24%) REST
5 81 (7.15%) AngularJS
6 74 (6.53%) RESTful
7 52 (4.59%) GraphQL
8 48 (4.24%) Node.js
9 47 (4.15%) HTML5
10 35 (3.09%) .NET
11 30 (2.65%) CSS3
12 29 (2.56%) Jest
13 28 (2.47%) Spring
14 25 (2.21%) Next.js
14 25 (2.21%) Spring Boot
15 24 (2.12%) Playwright
16 22 (1.94%) Ajax
17 21 (1.85%) Bootstrap
17 21 (1.85%) Redux
18 20 (1.77%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 108 (9.53%) Mobile App
2 96 (8.47%) Product Ownership
3 66 (5.83%) Onboarding
4 26 (2.29%) Enterprise Software
5 25 (2.21%) Analytical Mindset
6 20 (1.77%) e-Learning
7 19 (1.68%) Management Information System
8 16 (1.41%) Data Centre
8 16 (1.41%) Data Structures
9 15 (1.32%) Learning Management System
9 15 (1.32%) Low-Code
10 14 (1.24%) NHS
11 13 (1.15%) Cloud Native
11 13 (1.15%) Virtual Team
12 12 (1.06%) AI Agents
12 12 (1.06%) CMDB
12 12 (1.06%) Data Protection Act
12 12 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
13 10 (0.88%) Life Science
13 10 (0.88%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 135 (11.92%) Windows
2 74 (6.53%) Android
3 59 (5.21%) Apple iOS
4 40 (3.53%) Linux
5 38 (3.35%) Windows 10
6 26 (2.29%) Mac OS
6 26 (2.29%) Unix
7 7 (0.62%) Windows Server
8 4 (0.35%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.18%) tvOS
9 2 (0.18%) VMS
10 1 (0.088%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.088%) watchOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 408 (36.01%) Agile
2 357 (31.51%) UX Design
3 202 (17.83%) Analytics
4 201 (17.74%) Problem-Solving
5 141 (12.44%) CI/CD
6 134 (11.83%) User Research
7 133 (11.74%) Stakeholder Management
8 131 (11.56%) Roadmaps
9 129 (11.39%) Continuous Improvement
10 126 (11.12%) AI
11 124 (10.94%) DevOps
12 118 (10.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 104 (9.18%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
14 99 (8.74%) Service Design
15 96 (8.47%) Front End Development
16 95 (8.38%) Decision-Making
17 79 (6.97%) User Stories
18 78 (6.88%) Test Automation
19 77 (6.80%) Usability Testing
20 76 (6.71%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 183 (16.15%) JavaScript
2 116 (10.24%) Python
3 106 (9.36%) Java
4 103 (9.09%) SQL
5 88 (7.77%) TypeScript
6 59 (5.21%) PowerShell
7 37 (3.27%) C#
8 35 (3.09%) Kotlin
9 28 (2.47%) Swift
10 26 (2.29%) Perl
11 23 (2.03%) Bash
12 14 (1.24%) PHP
13 13 (1.15%) Objective-C
14 11 (0.97%) C++
14 11 (0.97%) PL/SQL
15 9 (0.79%) Go
16 7 (0.62%) Lisp
17 5 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 5 (0.44%) Ruby
17 5 (0.44%) Scala
Qualifications
1 157 (13.86%) Security Cleared
2 110 (9.71%) Degree
3 108 (9.53%) SC Cleared
4 28 (2.47%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (1.68%) BPSS Clearance
6 18 (1.59%) DV Cleared
7 17 (1.50%) Master's Degree
8 14 (1.24%) PMI Certification
9 12 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
10 11 (0.97%) MOS
11 9 (0.79%) OCA
11 9 (0.79%) Oracle Certification
12 8 (0.71%) CCNP
12 8 (0.71%) Cisco Certification
12 8 (0.71%) PMP
13 5 (0.44%) ITIL Certification
13 5 (0.44%) MCP
14 4 (0.35%) Citrix Certification
15 3 (0.26%) CSPO
15 3 (0.26%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 186 (16.42%) Accessibility
2 118 (10.41%) QA
3 63 (5.56%) GDPR
4 53 (4.68%) WCAG
5 33 (2.91%) Data Quality
6 28 (2.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 21 (1.85%) SLA
8 13 (1.15%) Actionable Recommendations
9 7 (0.62%) GxP
10 6 (0.53%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 6 (0.53%) PMO
11 5 (0.44%) NCSC
11 5 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.26%) Government Security Classifications
12 3 (0.26%) NIST
12 3 (0.26%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.26%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.18%) FIPS 140-2
13 2 (0.18%) ISO 20022
13 2 (0.18%) PSD2
System Software
1 69 (6.09%) Active Directory
2 47 (4.15%) Docker
3 24 (2.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.79%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.26%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.18%) ProxySG
6 2 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.088%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.088%) Firmware
7 1 (0.088%) ISA Server
7 1 (0.088%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.088%) XenApp
7 1 (0.088%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 49 (4.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 44 (3.88%) Kubernetes
3 39 (3.44%) SCCM
4 25 (2.21%) Terraform
5 15 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
6 14 (1.24%) Grafana
7 13 (1.15%) Ansible
8 7 (0.62%) FortiGate
9 6 (0.53%) Prometheus
10 5 (0.44%) Jamf Pro
11 4 (0.35%) Argo
12 3 (0.26%) Nagios
12 3 (0.26%) Rancher
12 3 (0.26%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
13 2 (0.18%) HP ALM
13 2 (0.18%) PingFederate
13 2 (0.18%) SysTrack
14 1 (0.088%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 1 (0.088%) AirWatch
14 1 (0.088%) Podman
Vendors
1 211 (18.62%) Microsoft
2 82 (7.24%) Google
3 74 (6.53%) Adobe
4 71 (6.27%) ServiceNow
5 57 (5.03%) Oracle
6 42 (3.71%) SAP
7 38 (3.35%) Salesforce
8 32 (2.82%) Splunk
9 25 (2.21%) VMware
10 20 (1.77%) Citrix
11 17 (1.50%) Apple
12 13 (1.15%) Cisco
13 12 (1.06%) Optimizely
13 12 (1.06%) Red Hat
14 11 (0.97%) Hotjar
14 11 (0.97%) Zscaler
15 10 (0.88%) Amplitude
16 9 (0.79%) MuleSoft
16 9 (0.79%) OpenAI
16 9 (0.79%) Sitecore