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

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 64 79
Rank change year-on-year -12 +15 -17
Contract jobs citing User Experience 1,297 875 962
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.10% 3.66% 2.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.65% 4.00% 3.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 840 575 650
10th Percentile £313 £302 £300
25th Percentile £400 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £499 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.30% -0.20% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £620
90th Percentile £681 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £492 £480 £500
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.00% -2.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 23 45
10th Percentile £16.00 £33.45 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.91 £45.88 £23.75
Median hourly rate £33.99 £53.50 £26.56
Median % change year-on-year -36.47% +101.43% +0.23%
75th Percentile £61.25 £77.73 £64.53
90th Percentile £74.80 £93.50 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £33.99 £53.50 £31.71
% change year-on-year -36.47% +68.72% -3.00%

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 35,508 21,848 31,547
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.90% 91.31% 85.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,529 14,223 20,659
10th Percentile £325 £305 £300
25th Percentile £413 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £622 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £512 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -0.10% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,216 949 2,294
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.84
25th Percentile £20.50 £18.10 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.00 £28.18 £36.84
Median % change year-on-year +66.78% -23.51% -1.29%
75th Percentile £68.00 £60.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £81.05 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.30 £27.59 £36.50
% change year-on-year +53.34% -24.42% +1.04%

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 May 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 29 May 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 29 May 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 -22 657 £513 -0.49% 384
North of England -7 201 £450 +0.67% 132
Midlands +7 167 £475 +17.72% 60
North West +6 128 £420 -6.67% 86
South East -2 126 £490 +8.89% 134
West Midlands -4 116 £475 -7.32% 40
South West -9 71 £475 +26.67% 45
Yorkshire -21 54 £525 +31.25% 24
East Midlands +7 51 £550 +54.49% 19
East of England -11 32 £410 -14.14% 61
North East -21 19 £450 -0.55% 24
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 53 (4.09%) SharePoint
2 41 (3.16%) Confluence
3 39 (3.01%) CMS
4 22 (1.70%) Microsoft Exchange
5 13 (1.00%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 7 (0.54%) WordPress
7 5 (0.39%) Apache
7 5 (0.39%) Drupal
7 5 (0.39%) Skype for Business
8 4 (0.31%) Camunda
8 4 (0.31%) Ethereum
8 4 (0.31%) Hyperledger
8 4 (0.31%) Kentico
9 3 (0.23%) Anypoint
9 3 (0.23%) Mendix
9 3 (0.23%) nginx
9 3 (0.23%) Umbraco
10 2 (0.15%) Appian
10 2 (0.15%) HCL Notes
10 2 (0.15%) IIS
Applications
1 26 (2.00%) Sketch
2 24 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 23 (1.77%) Photoshop
4 19 (1.46%) Chatbot
5 18 (1.39%) Adobe Illustrator
6 17 (1.31%) Adobe XD
7 15 (1.16%) Adobe After Effects
7 15 (1.16%) Microsoft Office
8 11 (0.85%) MS Visio
9 8 (0.62%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 8 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 4 (0.31%) Adobe Captivate
10 4 (0.31%) InVision
11 3 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
11 3 (0.23%) Trello
11 3 (0.23%) UserZoom
11 3 (0.23%) UXPin
12 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
12 2 (0.15%) Oracle Smart View
13 1 (0.077%) Blender
Business Applications
1 10 (0.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.62%) Shopify
2 8 (0.62%) Workday HCM
3 6 (0.46%) Sage X3
4 4 (0.31%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.15%) NEC Housing
5 2 (0.15%) Oracle iProcurement
5 2 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.15%) ResourceLink
5 2 (0.15%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.077%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.077%) Eloqua
6 1 (0.077%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.077%) Magento
6 1 (0.077%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.077%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.077%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 193 (14.88%) Azure
2 178 (13.72%) Figma
3 108 (8.33%) AWS
4 105 (8.10%) Microsoft 365
5 90 (6.94%) Power Platform
6 55 (4.24%) Entra ID
7 42 (3.24%) Azure DevOps
8 41 (3.16%) GCP
9 40 (3.08%) Microsoft Copilot
9 40 (3.08%) SaaS
10 36 (2.78%) GitHub
11 31 (2.39%) PowerApps
12 27 (2.08%) Power Automate
13 24 (1.85%) Google Workspace
13 24 (1.85%) OneDrive
14 22 (1.70%) GitHub Actions
14 22 (1.70%) Serverless
15 20 (1.54%) Copilot Studio
15 20 (1.54%) Google Sheets
16 19 (1.46%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 19 (1.46%) Wi-Fi
2 16 (1.23%) DNS
2 16 (1.23%) Wireless
3 15 (1.16%) DHCP
4 14 (1.08%) LAN
5 13 (1.00%) Internet
6 12 (0.93%) Intranet
7 10 (0.77%) SD-WAN
8 9 (0.69%) TCP/IP
9 8 (0.62%) Cisco Wireless
9 8 (0.62%) VPN
10 7 (0.54%) 5G
10 7 (0.54%) Skype
10 7 (0.54%) WAN
10 7 (0.54%) WLAN
11 5 (0.39%) 802.11
11 5 (0.39%) HTTP
11 5 (0.39%) SMS
12 4 (0.31%) SNMP
12 4 (0.31%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (4.39%) Power BI
2 20 (1.54%) Relational Database
3 19 (1.46%) Metadata
3 19 (1.46%) SQL Server
4 17 (1.31%) NoSQL
4 17 (1.31%) PostgreSQL
5 15 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
5 15 (1.16%) MySQL
6 13 (1.00%) Power Query
7 11 (0.85%) Tableau
8 9 (0.69%) MongoDB
9 7 (0.54%) DynamoDB
10 6 (0.46%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 6 (0.46%) Pinecone
10 6 (0.46%) ZAP BI
11 5 (0.39%) BigQuery
11 5 (0.39%) Oracle Database
11 5 (0.39%) Redis
11 5 (0.39%) Star Schema
12 4 (0.31%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 85 (6.55%) JIRA
2 62 (4.78%) Git
3 30 (2.31%) GitLab
4 21 (1.62%) Cypress.io
5 17 (1.31%) Jenkins
6 15 (1.16%) JUnit
7 14 (1.08%) Gradle
8 12 (0.93%) Android Studio
8 12 (0.93%) Browser DevTools
9 11 (0.85%) Vite
9 11 (0.85%) Xcode
10 10 (0.77%) CircleCI
11 8 (0.62%) fastlane
12 7 (0.54%) Axure RP
13 6 (0.46%) Eclipse
13 6 (0.46%) Mocha
13 6 (0.46%) Postman
14 5 (0.39%) Artifactory
14 5 (0.39%) Selenium
14 5 (0.39%) Visual Studio
General
1 391 (30.15%) Social Skills
2 236 (18.20%) Finance
3 155 (11.95%) Public Sector
4 124 (9.56%) Analytical Skills
5 98 (7.56%) Banking
6 65 (5.01%) Retail
7 59 (4.55%) Marketing
8 33 (2.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 31 (2.39%) Influencing Skills
9 31 (2.39%) Presentation Skills
10 29 (2.24%) Legal
11 27 (2.08%) Automotive
12 23 (1.77%) Manufacturing
13 21 (1.62%) Publishing
14 17 (1.31%) Organisational Skills
15 12 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
15 12 (0.93%) Investment Banking
15 12 (0.93%) Local Government
16 9 (0.69%) Front Office
17 8 (0.62%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 278 (21.43%) Designer
2 199 (15.34%) Senior
3 169 (13.03%) Developer
4 125 (9.64%) UX Designer
5 108 (8.33%) Analyst
6 85 (6.55%) Lead
7 69 (5.32%) UI Designer
8 61 (4.70%) Consultant
9 57 (4.39%) Senior Designer
10 55 (4.24%) Product Designer
11 51 (3.93%) Architect
12 50 (3.86%) Business Analyst
13 48 (3.70%) Content Designer
14 47 (3.62%) User Experience Researcher
15 43 (3.32%) IT Support
15 43 (3.32%) UI/UX Designer
16 41 (3.16%) Product Manager
17 35 (2.70%) User Researcher
18 33 (2.54%) Service Designer
18 33 (2.54%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 141 (10.87%) React
2 121 (9.33%) CSS
3 107 (8.25%) HTML
4 86 (6.63%) REST
5 68 (5.24%) AngularJS
6 57 (4.39%) RESTful
7 48 (3.70%) Spring
8 47 (3.62%) Spring Boot
9 41 (3.16%) .NET
10 36 (2.78%) GraphQL
11 30 (2.31%) Node.js
12 28 (2.16%) HTML5
13 27 (2.08%) CSS3
14 25 (1.93%) JSON
15 24 (1.85%) Redux
16 21 (1.62%) Next.js
16 21 (1.62%) SOAP
17 20 (1.54%) Jest
17 20 (1.54%) OAuth
18 18 (1.39%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 122 (9.41%) Product Ownership
2 60 (4.63%) Mobile App
3 54 (4.16%) Onboarding
4 27 (2.08%) AI Agents
5 26 (2.00%) Enterprise Software
6 24 (1.85%) Cloud Native
7 21 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
8 18 (1.39%) Data Protection Act
8 18 (1.39%) Data Structures
9 17 (1.31%) Analytical Mindset
9 17 (1.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 16 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
11 15 (1.16%) Social Media
11 15 (1.16%) Virtual Reality
12 14 (1.08%) Graphic Design
13 13 (1.00%) Augmented Reality
13 13 (1.00%) Data Centre
13 13 (1.00%) Greenfield Project
13 13 (1.00%) Taxonomies
14 12 (0.93%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 101 (7.79%) Windows
2 40 (3.08%) Android
3 38 (2.93%) Apple iOS
4 36 (2.78%) Windows 10
5 22 (1.70%) Mac OS
6 14 (1.08%) Linux
7 7 (0.54%) Windows Server
8 6 (0.46%) Unix
8 6 (0.46%) Windows 7
9 4 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.077%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 424 (32.69%) UX Design
2 385 (29.68%) Agile
3 197 (15.19%) Problem-Solving
4 196 (15.11%) AI
5 182 (14.03%) Analytics
6 166 (12.80%) Stakeholder Management
7 163 (12.57%) User Research
8 161 (12.41%) Continuous Improvement
9 143 (11.03%) Roadmaps
10 142 (10.95%) CI/CD
11 138 (10.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 119 (9.18%) UX Research
13 118 (9.10%) DevOps
14 116 (8.94%) Decision-Making
15 115 (8.87%) Prototyping
16 103 (7.94%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
16 103 (7.94%) Wireframes
17 96 (7.40%) Service Design
18 88 (6.78%) Usability Testing
19 86 (6.63%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 147 (11.33%) JavaScript
2 106 (8.17%) Java
3 94 (7.25%) SQL
4 92 (7.09%) TypeScript
5 89 (6.86%) Python
6 47 (3.62%) PowerShell
7 40 (3.08%) C#
8 29 (2.24%) Kotlin
9 19 (1.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 16 (1.23%) Bash
11 13 (1.00%) Swift
12 8 (0.62%) Korn
13 6 (0.46%) Perl
13 6 (0.46%) VBA
13 6 (0.46%) VBScript
14 5 (0.39%) Apex Code
14 5 (0.39%) R
14 5 (0.39%) VB
15 3 (0.23%) Go
15 3 (0.23%) Rust
Qualifications
1 157 (12.10%) Security Cleared
2 125 (9.64%) Degree
3 115 (8.87%) SC Cleared
4 27 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (1.77%) BPSS Clearance
5 23 (1.77%) DV Cleared
6 19 (1.46%) Microsoft Certification
7 13 (1.00%) Azure Certification
8 10 (0.77%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (0.62%) ITIL Certification
9 8 (0.62%) Master's Degree
10 7 (0.54%) CCIE
10 7 (0.54%) CCNP
11 6 (0.46%) DBS Check
12 5 (0.39%) CCA
12 5 (0.39%) Citrix Certification
12 5 (0.39%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 4 (0.31%) CWNA
13 4 (0.31%) PMI Certification
13 4 (0.31%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 208 (16.04%) Accessibility
2 97 (7.48%) QA
3 71 (5.47%) WCAG
4 43 (3.32%) Data Quality
5 29 (2.24%) GDPR
6 18 (1.39%) Actionable Recommendations
7 12 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (0.46%) SLA
10 5 (0.39%) PMO
11 3 (0.23%) GMP
11 3 (0.23%) GRC
11 3 (0.23%) GxP
11 3 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 2 (0.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 2 (0.15%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.15%) NCSC
12 2 (0.15%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.077%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.077%) NIST
System Software
1 63 (4.86%) Active Directory
2 40 (3.08%) Docker
3 21 (1.62%) Virtual Desktop
4 16 (1.23%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.46%) Firmware
6 5 (0.39%) BitLocker
7 4 (0.31%) Microsoft App-V
8 3 (0.23%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.15%) VMware Workstation
9 2 (0.15%) XenApp
9 2 (0.15%) XenDesktop
10 1 (0.077%) ISA Server
10 1 (0.077%) Varnish
10 1 (0.077%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 49 (3.78%) Kubernetes
2 41 (3.16%) Terraform
3 39 (3.01%) Microsoft Intune
4 33 (2.54%) SCCM
5 19 (1.46%) Grafana
6 16 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
7 14 (1.08%) Ansible
8 8 (0.62%) Jamf Pro
8 8 (0.62%) Prometheus
9 4 (0.31%) Podman
10 3 (0.23%) Clonezilla
10 3 (0.23%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 2 (0.15%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.15%) HP ALM
11 2 (0.15%) Packer
11 2 (0.15%) WSUS
12 1 (0.077%) Argo
12 1 (0.077%) Nagios
12 1 (0.077%) Rancher
12 1 (0.077%) WMI
Vendors
1 207 (15.96%) Microsoft
2 78 (6.01%) Adobe
3 58 (4.47%) ServiceNow
4 57 (4.39%) Google
5 39 (3.01%) Oracle
5 39 (3.01%) Salesforce
6 35 (2.70%) SAP
7 21 (1.62%) Citrix
8 17 (1.31%) Workday
9 16 (1.23%) Apple
9 16 (1.23%) Cisco
9 16 (1.23%) Splunk
9 16 (1.23%) VMware
10 14 (1.08%) Dynatrace
11 12 (0.93%) Aruba
12 9 (0.69%) MuleSoft
13 7 (0.54%) Databricks
13 7 (0.54%) Foundry
13 7 (0.54%) Zscaler
14 6 (0.46%) Ekahau