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 30 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 64 73
Rank change year-on-year -14 +9 -8
Contract jobs citing User Experience 1,209 864 1,029
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.19% 3.53% 2.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.70% 3.89% 3.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 833 582 684
10th Percentile £310 £300 £292
25th Percentile £390 £400 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -2.91%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £601
90th Percentile £655 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £488 £488 £500
% change year-on-year - -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 21 44
10th Percentile £15.85 £25.26 £16.25
25th Percentile £17.69 £41.91 £23.75
Median hourly rate £39.72 £49.50 £29.14
Median % change year-on-year -19.76% +69.90% -35.26%
75th Percentile £62.94 £82.96 £62.45
90th Percentile £82.30 £95.50 £73.49
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £49.50 £31.71
% change year-on-year -14.14% +56.10% -19.21%

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 32,652 22,196 32,688
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.09% 90.77% 86.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,899 14,634 21,608
10th Percentile £313 £311 £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 £614 £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 2,012 866 2,163
10th Percentile £15.34 £15.00 £13.00
25th Percentile £19.04 £20.03 £15.97
Median hourly rate £36.71 £32.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.95% - -13.33%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.67 £57.91
90th Percentile £77.50 £76.25 £71.13
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £31.88 £32.50
% change year-on-year +11.36% -1.91% -9.72%

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 30 March 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 30 March 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 30 March 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 -17 620 £500 -3.85% 296
North of England +7 211 £450 - 176
North West +6 132 £420 -6.67% 94
South East -17 126 £490 -2.97% 122
Midlands -21 114 £500 +25.00% 93
West Midlands -30 73 £475 +9.51% 62
South West -11 67 £450 +20.00% 59
Yorkshire -25 55 £506 +26.56% 45
East Midlands -10 41 £550 +54.49% 31
East of England -20 29 £425 -10.53% 33
North East +2 23 £405 -4.71% 39
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 50 (4.14%) SharePoint
2 42 (3.47%) Confluence
3 36 (2.98%) CMS
4 19 (1.57%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 16 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
6 10 (0.83%) Headless CMS
7 7 (0.58%) Apache
7 7 (0.58%) Sitecore CMS
8 6 (0.50%) Umbraco
9 4 (0.33%) Camunda
9 4 (0.33%) Ethereum
9 4 (0.33%) Hyperledger
10 3 (0.25%) Anypoint
10 3 (0.25%) Apache Spark
10 3 (0.25%) Drupal
10 3 (0.25%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.17%) Appian
11 2 (0.17%) Mendix
12 1 (0.083%) Cloud Foundry
12 1 (0.083%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 34 (2.81%) Sketch
2 27 (2.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 25 (2.07%) Adobe XD
4 24 (1.99%) Chatbot
5 20 (1.65%) MS Visio
6 15 (1.24%) Microsoft Office
7 11 (0.91%) Photoshop
8 8 (0.66%) InVision
9 7 (0.58%) Adobe Illustrator
9 7 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 6 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
11 4 (0.33%) Adobe After Effects
11 4 (0.33%) UXPin
12 3 (0.25%) Adobe Captivate
12 3 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
12 3 (0.25%) Trello
12 3 (0.25%) UserZoom
13 2 (0.17%) Autodesk Smoke
13 2 (0.17%) Camtasia
13 2 (0.17%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 16 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.83%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.58%) Workday HCM
4 6 (0.50%) Sage X3
4 6 (0.50%) Shopify
5 3 (0.25%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.25%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.25%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.17%) iTrent
6 2 (0.17%) Magento
6 2 (0.17%) NEC Housing
6 2 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.17%) ResourceLink
6 2 (0.17%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.17%) Sprinklr
7 1 (0.083%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.083%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.083%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.083%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.083%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 204 (16.87%) Azure
2 161 (13.32%) Figma
3 118 (9.76%) AWS
4 92 (7.61%) Power Platform
5 81 (6.70%) Microsoft 365
6 54 (4.47%) Azure DevOps
7 52 (4.30%) GCP
8 48 (3.97%) Entra ID
9 43 (3.56%) GitHub
9 43 (3.56%) SaaS
10 34 (2.81%) PowerApps
11 28 (2.32%) Power Automate
12 27 (2.23%) GitHub Actions
13 25 (2.07%) Microsoft Copilot
13 25 (2.07%) Serverless
14 23 (1.90%) Google Workspace
15 22 (1.82%) Cloud Computing
16 21 (1.74%) Dynamics 365
17 19 (1.57%) Google Sheets
18 18 (1.49%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.41%) DNS
2 16 (1.32%) Wireless
3 14 (1.16%) Internet
4 12 (0.99%) Wi-Fi
5 11 (0.91%) LAN
6 10 (0.83%) Intranet
6 10 (0.83%) VPN
7 9 (0.74%) DHCP
7 9 (0.74%) TCP/IP
8 8 (0.66%) Firewall
8 8 (0.66%) SD-WAN
8 8 (0.66%) WAN
9 7 (0.58%) BGP
9 7 (0.58%) Cisco ISE
9 7 (0.58%) Cisco Wireless
10 6 (0.50%) HTTP
10 6 (0.50%) SSL
11 5 (0.41%) NX-OS
11 5 (0.41%) VXLAN
11 5 (0.41%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (4.88%) Power BI
2 28 (2.32%) NoSQL
3 27 (2.23%) Relational Database
4 22 (1.82%) MySQL
5 21 (1.74%) Data Warehouse
5 21 (1.74%) PostgreSQL
5 21 (1.74%) SQL Server
6 17 (1.41%) Tableau
7 14 (1.16%) Metadata
8 12 (0.99%) MongoDB
9 10 (0.83%) BigQuery
10 8 (0.66%) Looker
11 7 (0.58%) Pinecone
11 7 (0.58%) Power Query
12 6 (0.50%) Redis
12 6 (0.50%) ZAP BI
13 5 (0.41%) DynamoDB
13 5 (0.41%) Hadoop
14 4 (0.33%) Oracle BI Publisher
15 3 (0.25%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 100 (8.27%) JIRA
2 73 (6.04%) Git
3 42 (3.47%) GitLab
4 28 (2.32%) Jenkins
5 24 (1.99%) Cypress.io
6 22 (1.82%) JUnit
7 15 (1.24%) Axure RP
8 14 (1.16%) Gradle
9 13 (1.08%) Android Studio
10 12 (0.99%) CircleCI
11 11 (0.91%) Xcode
12 10 (0.83%) Eclipse
13 9 (0.74%) Browser DevTools
13 9 (0.74%) Postman
13 9 (0.74%) Selenium
14 8 (0.66%) Artifactory
14 8 (0.66%) Mocha
15 7 (0.58%) Vite
16 6 (0.50%) Cucumber
17 5 (0.41%) Visual Studio
General
1 404 (33.42%) Social Skills
2 239 (19.77%) Finance
3 157 (12.99%) Public Sector
4 152 (12.57%) Analytical Skills
5 99 (8.19%) Banking
6 53 (4.38%) Marketing
7 41 (3.39%) Retail
8 29 (2.40%) Presentation Skills
9 28 (2.32%) Legal
10 26 (2.15%) Influencing Skills
11 20 (1.65%) Manufacturing
12 18 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
13 12 (0.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 12 (0.99%) Investment Banking
13 12 (0.99%) Publishing
14 11 (0.91%) Financial Institution
14 11 (0.91%) Front Office
14 11 (0.91%) Organisational Skills
14 11 (0.91%) Telecoms
15 10 (0.83%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 229 (18.94%) Designer
2 185 (15.30%) Senior
3 181 (14.97%) Developer
4 127 (10.50%) Analyst
5 118 (9.76%) UX Designer
6 62 (5.13%) Lead
7 57 (4.71%) Product Designer
8 55 (4.55%) Business Analyst
9 54 (4.47%) Consultant
10 52 (4.30%) Senior Designer
11 48 (3.97%) Architect
12 39 (3.23%) UI Designer
13 38 (3.14%) Support Engineer
14 36 (2.98%) IT Support
14 36 (2.98%) Senior Developer
14 36 (2.98%) User Researcher
15 35 (2.89%) Full-Stack Developer
15 35 (2.89%) Software Engineer
16 33 (2.73%) Service Designer
17 31 (2.56%) Senior UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 155 (12.82%) React
2 138 (11.41%) CSS
3 123 (10.17%) HTML
4 93 (7.69%) REST
5 80 (6.62%) AngularJS
6 72 (5.96%) RESTful
7 57 (4.71%) Spring
8 56 (4.63%) Spring Boot
9 47 (3.89%) Node.js
10 44 (3.64%) .NET
11 36 (2.98%) HTML5
12 33 (2.73%) CSS3
13 32 (2.65%) GraphQL
14 27 (2.23%) Redux
15 24 (1.99%) Jest
15 24 (1.99%) JSON
15 24 (1.99%) Next.js
16 23 (1.90%) Vue
17 21 (1.74%) Playwright
18 19 (1.57%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 112 (9.26%) Product Ownership
2 74 (6.12%) Mobile App
3 46 (3.80%) Onboarding
4 27 (2.23%) AI Agents
5 26 (2.15%) Enterprise Software
6 23 (1.90%) Analytical Mindset
7 22 (1.82%) Data Structures
8 18 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
9 16 (1.32%) Cloud Native
9 16 (1.32%) Virtual Team
10 14 (1.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 14 (1.16%) Legacy Systems
11 13 (1.08%) Data Centre
12 12 (0.99%) Algorithms
12 12 (0.99%) Distributed Systems
13 11 (0.91%) NHS
14 10 (0.83%) CMDB
14 10 (0.83%) Greenfield Project
15 9 (0.74%) Augmented Reality
15 9 (0.74%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 115 (9.51%) Windows
2 42 (3.47%) Windows 10
3 41 (3.39%) Android
4 29 (2.40%) Apple iOS
5 23 (1.90%) Linux
6 17 (1.41%) Mac OS
7 10 (0.83%) Unix
8 6 (0.50%) Windows Server
9 2 (0.17%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.083%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.083%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.083%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 392 (32.42%) Agile
2 379 (31.35%) UX Design
3 203 (16.79%) Problem-Solving
4 191 (15.80%) Analytics
5 174 (14.39%) AI
6 167 (13.81%) User Research
7 153 (12.66%) CI/CD
8 152 (12.57%) Stakeholder Management
9 145 (11.99%) Continuous Improvement
10 143 (11.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 142 (11.75%) DevOps
12 113 (9.35%) Roadmaps
13 110 (9.10%) Prototyping
14 109 (9.02%) Decision-Making
14 109 (9.02%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
15 106 (8.77%) Wireframes
16 102 (8.44%) UX Research
17 96 (7.94%) Service Design
18 88 (7.28%) Usability Testing
19 81 (6.70%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 172 (14.23%) JavaScript
2 123 (10.17%) SQL
3 110 (9.10%) Java
4 106 (8.77%) Python
5 97 (8.02%) TypeScript
6 57 (4.71%) PowerShell
7 48 (3.97%) C#
8 26 (2.15%) Kotlin
9 17 (1.41%) Bash
10 13 (1.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 12 (0.99%) Perl
12 9 (0.74%) Swift
13 7 (0.58%) PHP
14 6 (0.50%) Go
14 6 (0.50%) Korn
14 6 (0.50%) PL/SQL
14 6 (0.50%) VBA
15 5 (0.41%) Lisp
16 4 (0.33%) C++
16 4 (0.33%) R
Qualifications
1 156 (12.90%) Security Cleared
2 113 (9.35%) SC Cleared
3 108 (8.93%) Degree
4 27 (2.23%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (1.90%) BPSS Clearance
6 18 (1.49%) DV Cleared
7 17 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (0.91%) Cisco Certification
9 10 (0.83%) CCNP
10 9 (0.74%) Azure Certification
10 9 (0.74%) Master's Degree
11 8 (0.66%) MOS
12 7 (0.58%) PMI Certification
13 6 (0.50%) Citrix Certification
13 6 (0.50%) OCA
13 6 (0.50%) Oracle Certification
14 5 (0.41%) CCA
15 4 (0.33%) CCIE
16 3 (0.25%) CESG Certified Professional
16 3 (0.25%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 191 (15.80%) Accessibility
2 113 (9.35%) QA
3 67 (5.54%) WCAG
4 44 (3.64%) Data Quality
5 35 (2.89%) GDPR
6 18 (1.49%) Actionable Recommendations
7 15 (1.24%) SLA
8 13 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 7 (0.58%) PMO
10 6 (0.50%) NCSC
11 4 (0.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 4 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.25%) GMP
12 3 (0.25%) Government Security Classifications
12 3 (0.25%) GxP
12 3 (0.25%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 3 (0.25%) NIST
13 2 (0.17%) COBIT
13 2 (0.17%) GRC
System Software
1 69 (5.71%) Active Directory
2 55 (4.55%) Docker
3 19 (1.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.32%) 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%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.083%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.083%) XenApp
8 1 (0.083%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 57 (4.71%) Kubernetes
2 36 (2.98%) Microsoft Intune
2 36 (2.98%) Terraform
3 26 (2.15%) SCCM
4 19 (1.57%) Grafana
5 12 (0.99%) Ansible
6 10 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (0.50%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.41%) FortiGate
9 4 (0.33%) Argo
9 4 (0.33%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.25%) HP ALM
10 3 (0.25%) Nagios
10 3 (0.25%) Rancher
11 2 (0.17%) Podman
11 2 (0.17%) SysTrack
12 1 (0.083%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.083%) Consul
12 1 (0.083%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 1 (0.083%) WMI
Vendors
1 207 (17.12%) Microsoft
2 70 (5.79%) Adobe
3 68 (5.62%) Google
4 65 (5.38%) ServiceNow
5 40 (3.31%) Oracle
6 39 (3.23%) SAP
7 31 (2.56%) Salesforce
8 21 (1.74%) Citrix
9 20 (1.65%) VMware
10 17 (1.41%) Cisco
10 17 (1.41%) Splunk
11 14 (1.16%) Apple
12 13 (1.08%) Workday
13 11 (0.91%) Red Hat
14 9 (0.74%) Ekahau
14 9 (0.74%) MuleSoft
14 9 (0.74%) Sitecore
14 9 (0.74%) Zscaler
15 7 (0.58%) Foundry
16 6 (0.50%) Aruba