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

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 64 74
Rank change year-on-year -16 +10 -11
Contract jobs citing User Experience 1,210 883 1,010
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.10% 3.62% 2.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.62% 3.98% 3.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 830 592 678
10th Percentile £310 £305 £291
25th Percentile £390 £400 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% - -4.31%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £601
90th Percentile £680 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £488 £486 £500
% change year-on-year +0.31% -2.80% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 20 47
10th Percentile £16.51 £25.21 £16.25
25th Percentile £18.49 £41.75 £24.38
Median hourly rate £47.97 £51.00 £31.71
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% +60.83% -21.70%
75th Percentile £66.75 £83.60 £63.14
90th Percentile £82.30 £95.60 £73.24
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £52.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -4.76% +61.54% -13.91%

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 33,405 22,176 32,104
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.48% 90.94% 86.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,387 14,594 21,148
10th Percentile £313 £313 £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 £613 £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 2,074 880 2,191
10th Percentile £15.41 £14.84 £12.84
25th Percentile £20.00 £18.51 £15.76
Median hourly rate £41.00 £31.88 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.61% -6.24% -9.33%
75th Percentile £66.25 £64.50 £58.69
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.28 £71.75
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £30.79 £33.07
% change year-on-year +20.16% -6.87% -8.79%

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 14 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 14 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 14 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 -20 623 £500 -2.91% 351
North of England +1 204 £450 - 147
North West +6 130 £420 -6.67% 71
Midlands -19 126 £500 +24.38% 112
South East -17 118 £490 +1.82% 137
West Midlands -26 85 £475 +1.33% 80
South West -15 68 £475 +26.67% 48
Yorkshire -30 50 £500 +17.58% 53
East Midlands -6 41 £550 +53.63% 32
East of England -18 28 £425 -10.99% 52
North East -7 22 £405 -15.63% 25
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 49 (4.05%) SharePoint
2 41 (3.39%) Confluence
3 32 (2.64%) CMS
4 18 (1.49%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 18 (1.49%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.50%) Apache
5 6 (0.50%) Sitecore CMS
6 5 (0.41%) Headless CMS
6 5 (0.41%) Umbraco
7 4 (0.33%) Camunda
7 4 (0.33%) Drupal
7 4 (0.33%) Ethereum
7 4 (0.33%) Hyperledger
8 3 (0.25%) Anypoint
8 3 (0.25%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.25%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.25%) nginx
9 2 (0.17%) Appian
9 2 (0.17%) Mendix
9 2 (0.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 33 (2.73%) Sketch
2 26 (2.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 24 (1.98%) Adobe XD
4 20 (1.65%) Chatbot
5 17 (1.40%) MS Visio
6 14 (1.16%) Microsoft Office
7 10 (0.83%) Photoshop
8 8 (0.66%) InVision
9 6 (0.50%) Adobe Illustrator
9 6 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 6 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
10 5 (0.41%) Adobe After Effects
11 3 (0.25%) Adobe Captivate
11 3 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
11 3 (0.25%) Trello
11 3 (0.25%) UserZoom
11 3 (0.25%) UXPin
12 2 (0.17%) Autodesk Smoke
12 2 (0.17%) Camtasia
13 1 (0.083%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 16 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.58%) Shopify
3 7 (0.58%) Workday HCM
4 6 (0.50%) Sage X3
5 2 (0.17%) NEC Housing
5 2 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.17%) ResourceLink
5 2 (0.17%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.17%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.17%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.17%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.17%) Sprinklr
6 1 (0.083%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.083%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.083%) iTrent
6 1 (0.083%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.083%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.083%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.083%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 195 (16.12%) Azure
2 166 (13.72%) Figma
3 108 (8.93%) AWS
4 86 (7.11%) Microsoft 365
4 86 (7.11%) Power Platform
5 54 (4.46%) Entra ID
6 51 (4.21%) Azure DevOps
7 48 (3.97%) GCP
8 45 (3.72%) GitHub
9 35 (2.89%) SaaS
10 32 (2.64%) PowerApps
11 29 (2.40%) Power Automate
12 28 (2.31%) Microsoft Copilot
13 27 (2.23%) Serverless
14 26 (2.15%) GitHub Actions
15 23 (1.90%) Dynamics 365
15 23 (1.90%) Google Workspace
16 22 (1.82%) Cloud Computing
17 19 (1.57%) Google Sheets
18 16 (1.32%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.16%) LAN
2 13 (1.07%) DNS
2 13 (1.07%) Wireless
3 11 (0.91%) VPN
4 10 (0.83%) Firewall
4 10 (0.83%) Internet
4 10 (0.83%) Intranet
4 10 (0.83%) SD-WAN
4 10 (0.83%) TCP/IP
4 10 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
5 9 (0.74%) WAN
6 8 (0.66%) DHCP
6 8 (0.66%) SSL
7 6 (0.50%) Cisco Wireless
7 6 (0.50%) HTTP
7 6 (0.50%) Network Security
7 6 (0.50%) WLAN
8 5 (0.41%) 5G
8 5 (0.41%) BGP
8 5 (0.41%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (4.71%) Power BI
2 25 (2.07%) NoSQL
3 24 (1.98%) Relational Database
4 22 (1.82%) SQL Server
5 21 (1.74%) Data Warehouse
5 21 (1.74%) MySQL
5 21 (1.74%) PostgreSQL
6 17 (1.40%) Tableau
7 15 (1.24%) Metadata
8 12 (0.99%) MongoDB
9 9 (0.74%) BigQuery
10 7 (0.58%) Looker
10 7 (0.58%) Pinecone
10 7 (0.58%) Power Query
11 6 (0.50%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 6 (0.50%) ZAP BI
12 5 (0.41%) DynamoDB
12 5 (0.41%) Hadoop
12 5 (0.41%) Redis
13 4 (0.33%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 95 (7.85%) JIRA
2 68 (5.62%) Git
3 39 (3.22%) GitLab
4 24 (1.98%) Jenkins
5 22 (1.82%) Cypress.io
5 22 (1.82%) JUnit
6 14 (1.16%) Axure RP
6 14 (1.16%) Gradle
7 12 (0.99%) CircleCI
8 11 (0.91%) Android Studio
9 10 (0.83%) Browser DevTools
10 9 (0.74%) Postman
10 9 (0.74%) Selenium
10 9 (0.74%) Xcode
11 7 (0.58%) Eclipse
11 7 (0.58%) Vite
12 6 (0.50%) Artifactory
12 6 (0.50%) Mocha
13 5 (0.41%) Cucumber
13 5 (0.41%) Visual Studio
General
1 396 (32.73%) Social Skills
2 242 (20.00%) Finance
3 152 (12.56%) Public Sector
4 150 (12.40%) Analytical Skills
5 99 (8.18%) Banking
6 50 (4.13%) Marketing
7 46 (3.80%) Retail
8 31 (2.56%) Legal
9 29 (2.40%) Presentation Skills
10 28 (2.31%) Influencing Skills
11 20 (1.65%) Manufacturing
12 19 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
13 13 (1.07%) Front Office
13 13 (1.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 13 (1.07%) Organisational Skills
13 13 (1.07%) Publishing
14 12 (0.99%) Investment Banking
15 11 (0.91%) Telecoms
16 9 (0.74%) Financial Institution
16 9 (0.74%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 236 (19.50%) Designer
2 184 (15.21%) Senior
3 173 (14.30%) Developer
4 121 (10.00%) UX Designer
5 116 (9.59%) Analyst
6 64 (5.29%) Lead
7 57 (4.71%) Consultant
8 55 (4.55%) Product Designer
9 53 (4.38%) Business Analyst
10 52 (4.30%) Architect
11 50 (4.13%) Senior Designer
12 44 (3.64%) UI Designer
13 36 (2.98%) User Researcher
14 35 (2.89%) IT Support
14 35 (2.89%) Support Engineer
14 35 (2.89%) UI/UX Designer
15 33 (2.73%) Senior Developer
15 33 (2.73%) Software Engineer
16 32 (2.64%) Content Designer
16 32 (2.64%) Service Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 145 (11.98%) React
2 126 (10.41%) CSS
3 114 (9.42%) HTML
4 95 (7.85%) REST
5 73 (6.03%) AngularJS
6 69 (5.70%) RESTful
7 57 (4.71%) Spring
8 56 (4.63%) Spring Boot
9 43 (3.55%) .NET
10 38 (3.14%) Node.js
11 34 (2.81%) GraphQL
12 33 (2.73%) HTML5
13 31 (2.56%) CSS3
14 29 (2.40%) Redux
15 24 (1.98%) Next.js
15 24 (1.98%) Vue
16 22 (1.82%) Jest
17 20 (1.65%) JSON
17 20 (1.65%) Kafka
18 17 (1.40%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 110 (9.09%) Product Ownership
2 67 (5.54%) Mobile App
3 45 (3.72%) Onboarding
4 29 (2.40%) Enterprise Software
5 27 (2.23%) AI Agents
6 24 (1.98%) Analytical Mindset
7 22 (1.82%) Data Structures
8 18 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
9 17 (1.40%) Cloud Native
9 17 (1.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 13 (1.07%) Distributed Systems
10 13 (1.07%) Legacy Systems
11 12 (0.99%) Algorithms
11 12 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
12 11 (0.91%) Augmented Reality
12 11 (0.91%) Data Centre
12 11 (0.91%) NHS
12 11 (0.91%) Virtual Reality
12 11 (0.91%) Virtual Team
13 9 (0.74%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 106 (8.76%) Windows
2 41 (3.39%) Windows 10
3 39 (3.22%) Android
4 29 (2.40%) Apple iOS
5 20 (1.65%) Mac OS
6 19 (1.57%) Linux
7 7 (0.58%) Unix
7 7 (0.58%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.083%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.083%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.083%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.083%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 387 (31.98%) Agile
2 374 (30.91%) UX Design
3 202 (16.69%) Problem-Solving
4 193 (15.95%) Analytics
5 177 (14.63%) AI
6 165 (13.64%) User Research
7 152 (12.56%) Stakeholder Management
8 147 (12.15%) CI/CD
9 143 (11.82%) Continuous Improvement
9 143 (11.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 138 (11.40%) DevOps
11 122 (10.08%) Roadmaps
12 110 (9.09%) Prototyping
13 107 (8.84%) UX Research
13 107 (8.84%) Wireframes
14 105 (8.68%) Decision-Making
15 104 (8.60%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
16 95 (7.85%) Service Design
17 88 (7.27%) Usability Testing
18 79 (6.53%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 158 (13.06%) JavaScript
2 121 (10.00%) SQL
3 113 (9.34%) Java
4 99 (8.18%) Python
5 94 (7.77%) TypeScript
6 51 (4.21%) PowerShell
7 46 (3.80%) C#
8 28 (2.31%) Kotlin
9 18 (1.49%) Bash
10 12 (0.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 10 (0.83%) Perl
12 9 (0.74%) Swift
13 8 (0.66%) PHP
14 6 (0.50%) Go
14 6 (0.50%) Korn
14 6 (0.50%) PL/SQL
14 6 (0.50%) VBA
15 4 (0.33%) R
16 3 (0.25%) Apex Code
16 3 (0.25%) Rust
Qualifications
1 154 (12.73%) Security Cleared
2 114 (9.42%) SC Cleared
3 102 (8.43%) Degree
4 27 (2.23%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
6 18 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
7 17 (1.40%) DV Cleared
8 13 (1.07%) Azure Certification
9 11 (0.91%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (0.74%) CCNP
10 9 (0.74%) Master's Degree
11 7 (0.58%) PMI Certification
12 6 (0.50%) Citrix Certification
12 6 (0.50%) OCA
12 6 (0.50%) Oracle Certification
13 5 (0.41%) CCA
13 5 (0.41%) CCIE
13 5 (0.41%) MOS
14 4 (0.33%) PMP
15 3 (0.25%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 189 (15.62%) Accessibility
2 114 (9.42%) QA
3 57 (4.71%) WCAG
4 42 (3.47%) Data Quality
5 38 (3.14%) GDPR
6 19 (1.57%) Actionable Recommendations
7 12 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (0.91%) SLA
9 7 (0.58%) PMO
10 5 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (0.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 3 (0.25%) GMP
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%) NCSC
13 2 (0.17%) COBIT
13 2 (0.17%) ISO 20022
13 2 (0.17%) NIST
System Software
1 70 (5.79%) Active Directory
2 51 (4.21%) Docker
3 20 (1.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (1.40%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.41%) Firmware
6 4 (0.33%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.17%) ProxySG
8 1 (0.083%) ISA Server
8 1 (0.083%) Varnish
8 1 (0.083%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.083%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.083%) XenApp
8 1 (0.083%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 55 (4.55%) Kubernetes
2 35 (2.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 35 (2.89%) Terraform
3 25 (2.07%) SCCM
4 18 (1.49%) Grafana
5 14 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (0.83%) Ansible
7 6 (0.50%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.41%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.25%) Argo
9 3 (0.25%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.25%) HP ALM
9 3 (0.25%) Nagios
9 3 (0.25%) Podman
9 3 (0.25%) Rancher
10 2 (0.17%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 2 (0.17%) SysTrack
11 1 (0.083%) AirWatch
11 1 (0.083%) Kibana
11 1 (0.083%) WMI
Vendors
1 194 (16.03%) Microsoft
2 72 (5.95%) Adobe
3 63 (5.21%) Google
4 55 (4.55%) ServiceNow
5 40 (3.31%) Oracle
6 39 (3.22%) SAP
7 33 (2.73%) Salesforce
8 23 (1.90%) Citrix
9 20 (1.65%) VMware
10 17 (1.40%) Cisco
11 15 (1.24%) Splunk
11 15 (1.24%) Workday
12 13 (1.07%) Apple
13 10 (0.83%) Zscaler
14 9 (0.74%) MuleSoft
14 9 (0.74%) Sitecore
15 8 (0.66%) Ekahau
15 8 (0.66%) Foundry
15 8 (0.66%) Red Hat
16 7 (0.58%) Aruba