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

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 71 71
Rank change year-on-year +5 0 -4
Contract jobs citing User Experience 1,143 881 1,059
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.53% 3.28% 2.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.01% 3.67% 3.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 770 518 724
10th Percentile £300 £307 £311
25th Percentile £371 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £568 £601 £600
90th Percentile £660 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -6.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 24 32
10th Percentile £15.50 £25.26 £20.40
25th Percentile £17.69 £30.33 £25.00
Median hourly rate £35.60 £42.21 £55.25
Median % change year-on-year -15.65% -23.61% -11.60%
75th Percentile £61.25 £53.75 £73.11
90th Percentile £72.45 £74.31 £81.25
UK median hourly rate £35.60 £41.46 £55.25
% change year-on-year -14.12% -24.97% -11.60%

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 28,535 23,973 32,137
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.13% 89.35% 87.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,262 14,701 21,581
10th Percentile £305 £310 £300
25th Percentile £410 £413 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £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 1,781 779 1,693
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.00 £17.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.50 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.10% -9.21% +8.57%
75th Percentile £58.00 £63.75 £63.29
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £75.16
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -13.33% +17.19%

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 22 January 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 22 January 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 22 January 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 -12 596 £475 -9.52% 259
North of England +9 202 £425 -5.56% 182
North West +16 133 £400 -11.11% 85
Midlands -5 108 £488 +3.17% 105
South East -14 108 £436 -12.80% 297
West Midlands -21 67 £450 -14.29% 54
South West +7 66 £450 -20.70% 107
Yorkshire -18 53 £500 +11.11% 65
East Midlands +3 41 £520 +46.07% 49
East of England -7 33 £468 +3.43% 118
North East 0 15 £410 +17.14% 32
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 57 (4.99%) Confluence
2 50 (4.37%) SharePoint
3 41 (3.59%) CMS
4 22 (1.92%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 13 (1.14%) Microsoft Exchange
6 12 (1.05%) Headless CMS
7 8 (0.70%) Apache
7 8 (0.70%) Sitecore CMS
8 7 (0.61%) Umbraco
9 5 (0.44%) SugarCRM
10 3 (0.26%) Anypoint
10 3 (0.26%) Apache Spark
10 3 (0.26%) Camunda
10 3 (0.26%) Ethereum
10 3 (0.26%) Hyperledger
10 3 (0.26%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.26%) WordPress
11 2 (0.17%) Appian
11 2 (0.17%) Drupal
12 1 (0.087%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 36 (3.15%) Sketch
2 23 (2.01%) Adobe XD
3 22 (1.92%) Microsoft Office
4 21 (1.84%) MS Visio
5 19 (1.66%) Chatbot
6 12 (1.05%) Microsoft Excel
7 10 (0.87%) Adobe Illustrator
7 10 (0.87%) Photoshop
8 8 (0.70%) InVision
9 6 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 6 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
10 4 (0.35%) Adobe After Effects
10 4 (0.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 4 (0.35%) Camtasia
10 4 (0.35%) Trello
10 4 (0.35%) UXPin
11 3 (0.26%) Snagit
11 3 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
12 2 (0.17%) Autodesk Smoke
12 2 (0.17%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 19 (1.66%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (1.40%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.26%) SAP CO
3 3 (0.26%) SAP FI
3 3 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
3 3 (0.26%) Shopify
3 3 (0.26%) Teamcenter
4 2 (0.17%) iTrent
4 2 (0.17%) Magento
4 2 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.087%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.087%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.087%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.087%) Oracle Payroll
5 1 (0.087%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.087%) SAP PP
5 1 (0.087%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.087%) Sprinklr
5 1 (0.087%) WebTrends
Cloud Services
1 202 (17.67%) Azure
2 133 (11.64%) Figma
3 127 (11.11%) AWS
4 78 (6.82%) Power Platform
5 76 (6.65%) SaaS
6 71 (6.21%) Microsoft 365
7 58 (5.07%) GCP
8 51 (4.46%) Entra ID
9 41 (3.59%) GitHub
10 40 (3.50%) Azure DevOps
11 23 (2.01%) Google Analytics
12 22 (1.92%) GitHub Actions
12 22 (1.92%) Serverless
13 19 (1.66%) Miro
14 18 (1.57%) Google Workspace
14 18 (1.57%) PowerApps
15 17 (1.49%) Sauce Labs
16 16 (1.40%) Dynamics 365
16 16 (1.40%) Power Automate
17 15 (1.31%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 27 (2.36%) DNS
2 25 (2.19%) Wireless
3 14 (1.22%) Internet
4 10 (0.87%) HTTP
4 10 (0.87%) VPN
4 10 (0.87%) Wi-Fi
5 9 (0.79%) DHCP
5 9 (0.79%) TCP/IP
6 8 (0.70%) BGP
6 8 (0.70%) Cisco ISE
7 7 (0.61%) Cisco Wireless
7 7 (0.61%) Firewall
7 7 (0.61%) NX-OS
7 7 (0.61%) VXLAN
8 6 (0.52%) Intranet
8 6 (0.52%) Unified Communications
8 6 (0.52%) WAN
9 5 (0.44%) SSL
10 4 (0.35%) HTTPS
10 4 (0.35%) PPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (4.20%) Power BI
2 36 (3.15%) MySQL
3 33 (2.89%) Relational Database
4 27 (2.36%) SQL Server
5 25 (2.19%) PostgreSQL
6 23 (2.01%) NoSQL
7 16 (1.40%) Data Warehouse
8 15 (1.31%) Tableau
9 12 (1.05%) BigQuery
9 12 (1.05%) MongoDB
10 11 (0.96%) Looker
11 8 (0.70%) Metadata
12 7 (0.61%) Mixpanel
12 7 (0.61%) SAP HANA
13 6 (0.52%) Redis
14 4 (0.35%) Big Data
14 4 (0.35%) DynamoDB
14 4 (0.35%) Pinecone
15 3 (0.26%) Amazon Athena
15 3 (0.26%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 115 (10.06%) JIRA
2 80 (7.00%) Git
3 45 (3.94%) GitLab
4 33 (2.89%) Jenkins
5 28 (2.45%) Xcode
6 25 (2.19%) Android Studio
6 25 (2.19%) Eclipse
7 22 (1.92%) Cypress.io
8 19 (1.66%) Browser DevTools
9 18 (1.57%) Gradle
10 17 (1.49%) JUnit
11 15 (1.31%) Axure RP
12 13 (1.14%) Postman
13 10 (0.87%) CircleCI
14 9 (0.79%) Artifactory
14 9 (0.79%) Visual Website Optimizer
15 8 (0.70%) Cucumber
15 8 (0.70%) IntelliJ
15 8 (0.70%) Selenium
16 7 (0.61%) Mocha
General
1 396 (34.65%) Social Skills
2 207 (18.11%) Finance
3 147 (12.86%) Analytical Skills
4 137 (11.99%) Public Sector
5 81 (7.09%) Banking
6 77 (6.74%) Marketing
7 36 (3.15%) Influencing Skills
8 26 (2.27%) Legal
9 25 (2.19%) Retail
10 21 (1.84%) Presentation Skills
11 20 (1.75%) Manufacturing
12 17 (1.49%) Pharmaceutical
13 15 (1.31%) Documentation Skills
13 15 (1.31%) Telecoms
14 13 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 13 (1.14%) Investment Banking
15 12 (1.05%) Automotive
16 10 (0.87%) Financial Institution
17 8 (0.70%) Front Office
17 8 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 189 (16.54%) Developer
2 186 (16.27%) Designer
3 157 (13.74%) Senior
4 104 (9.10%) UX Designer
5 99 (8.66%) Analyst
6 89 (7.79%) Lead
7 51 (4.46%) Business Analyst
8 43 (3.76%) Consultant
8 43 (3.76%) Product Designer
8 43 (3.76%) Senior Designer
9 40 (3.50%) Architect
10 36 (3.15%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 36 (3.15%) Support Engineer
11 34 (2.97%) Full-Stack Developer
12 32 (2.80%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
13 30 (2.62%) UI Designer
14 28 (2.45%) Service Designer
14 28 (2.45%) Software Engineer
15 27 (2.36%) Senior Developer
15 27 (2.36%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 157 (13.74%) React
2 156 (13.65%) CSS
3 140 (12.25%) HTML
4 86 (7.52%) AngularJS
4 86 (7.52%) REST
5 74 (6.47%) RESTful
6 48 (4.20%) Node.js
7 47 (4.11%) GraphQL
8 42 (3.67%) HTML5
9 39 (3.41%) .NET
10 38 (3.32%) Spring
11 35 (3.06%) Spring Boot
12 33 (2.89%) CSS3
13 32 (2.80%) Jest
14 27 (2.36%) Playwright
15 26 (2.27%) Next.js
16 23 (2.01%) Redux
17 21 (1.84%) OAuth
18 20 (1.75%) SOAP
19 18 (1.57%) Ajax
Miscellaneous
1 102 (8.92%) Product Ownership
2 94 (8.22%) Mobile App
3 63 (5.51%) Onboarding
4 27 (2.36%) Enterprise Software
5 24 (2.10%) Analytical Mindset
6 17 (1.49%) AI Agents
6 17 (1.49%) e-Learning
7 15 (1.31%) Data Centre
7 15 (1.31%) Data Structures
7 15 (1.31%) Management Information System
8 14 (1.22%) Learning Management System
8 14 (1.22%) Low-Code
8 14 (1.22%) NHS
9 13 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
9 13 (1.14%) Virtual Team
10 12 (1.05%) CMDB
10 12 (1.05%) Data Protection Act
11 11 (0.96%) Cloud Native
11 11 (0.96%) Distributed Systems
11 11 (0.96%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 121 (10.59%) Windows
2 70 (6.12%) Android
3 52 (4.55%) Apple iOS
4 36 (3.15%) Linux
4 36 (3.15%) Windows 10
5 22 (1.92%) Unix
6 20 (1.75%) Mac OS
7 7 (0.61%) Windows Server
8 4 (0.35%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.17%) VMS
10 1 (0.087%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 414 (36.22%) Agile
2 371 (32.46%) UX Design
3 203 (17.76%) Analytics
4 196 (17.15%) Problem-Solving
5 149 (13.04%) CI/CD
6 143 (12.51%) Stakeholder Management
7 136 (11.90%) User Research
8 132 (11.55%) DevOps
9 128 (11.20%) AI
10 127 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
11 124 (10.85%) Roadmaps
12 116 (10.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 104 (9.10%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
14 92 (8.05%) Decision-Making
15 89 (7.79%) Wireframes
16 87 (7.61%) Front End Development
16 87 (7.61%) Usability Testing
16 87 (7.61%) UX Research
17 81 (7.09%) Service Design
18 80 (7.00%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 193 (16.89%) JavaScript
2 113 (9.89%) Java
3 110 (9.62%) SQL
4 109 (9.54%) Python
5 98 (8.57%) TypeScript
6 59 (5.16%) PowerShell
7 44 (3.85%) C#
8 34 (2.97%) Kotlin
9 22 (1.92%) Bash
9 22 (1.92%) Perl
9 22 (1.92%) Swift
10 14 (1.22%) PHP
11 12 (1.05%) C++
12 11 (0.96%) PL/SQL
13 10 (0.87%) Go
13 10 (0.87%) Objective-C
14 7 (0.61%) Lisp
15 6 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 5 (0.44%) C
16 5 (0.44%) Scala
Qualifications
1 146 (12.77%) Security Cleared
2 104 (9.10%) Degree
2 104 (9.10%) SC Cleared
3 25 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
4 21 (1.84%) BPSS Clearance
5 14 (1.22%) DV Cleared
6 13 (1.14%) Master's Degree
7 11 (0.96%) MOS
7 11 (0.96%) PMI Certification
8 9 (0.79%) CCNP
8 9 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (0.79%) OCA
8 9 (0.79%) Oracle Certification
9 6 (0.52%) MCP
9 6 (0.52%) PMP
10 3 (0.26%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.26%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.17%) CCA
11 2 (0.17%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 186 (16.27%) Accessibility
2 115 (10.06%) QA
3 63 (5.51%) GDPR
4 59 (5.16%) WCAG
5 33 (2.89%) Data Quality
6 25 (2.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 17 (1.49%) Actionable Recommendations
7 17 (1.49%) SLA
8 7 (0.61%) GxP
9 6 (0.52%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 6 (0.52%) NCSC
10 5 (0.44%) PMO
10 5 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.26%) Government Security Classifications
11 3 (0.26%) NIST
11 3 (0.26%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.17%) GMP
12 2 (0.17%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.17%) ISO 20022
12 2 (0.17%) PSD2
System Software
1 68 (5.95%) Active Directory
2 54 (4.72%) Docker
3 20 (1.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.26%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.17%) ProxySG
7 1 (0.087%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.087%) ISA Server
7 1 (0.087%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.087%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.087%) XenApp
7 1 (0.087%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 49 (4.29%) Kubernetes
2 42 (3.67%) Microsoft Intune
3 33 (2.89%) SCCM
4 27 (2.36%) Terraform
5 15 (1.31%) Grafana
5 15 (1.31%) Single Sign-On
6 12 (1.05%) Ansible
7 7 (0.61%) FortiGate
8 6 (0.52%) Prometheus
9 4 (0.35%) Argo
9 4 (0.35%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.26%) HP ALM
10 3 (0.26%) Nagios
10 3 (0.26%) Rancher
11 2 (0.17%) PingFederate
11 2 (0.17%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 2 (0.17%) SysTrack
12 1 (0.087%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.087%) Kibana
12 1 (0.087%) SCOM
Vendors
1 200 (17.50%) Microsoft
2 76 (6.65%) Google
3 75 (6.56%) Adobe
4 67 (5.86%) ServiceNow
5 49 (4.29%) Oracle
6 43 (3.76%) Salesforce
7 41 (3.59%) SAP
8 27 (2.36%) Splunk
9 21 (1.84%) VMware
10 17 (1.49%) Apple
11 16 (1.40%) Citrix
12 13 (1.14%) Cisco
13 12 (1.05%) Red Hat
14 11 (0.96%) Hotjar
14 11 (0.96%) Optimizely
14 11 (0.96%) Zscaler
15 10 (0.87%) Amplitude
16 9 (0.79%) MuleSoft
17 8 (0.70%) Ekahau
17 8 (0.70%) OpenAI