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

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 65 78
Rank change year-on-year -10 +13 -16
Contract jobs citing User Experience 1,290 874 963
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.09% 3.67% 2.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.64% 4.02% 3.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 841 574 652
10th Percentile £313 £305 £300
25th Percentile £400 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £497 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.91% -0.60% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £613
90th Percentile £688 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £492 £480 £500
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.00% -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 23 44
10th Percentile £16.00 £33.45 £16.25
25th Percentile £21.22 £45.88 £22.82
Median hourly rate £33.99 £53.50 £26.03
Median % change year-on-year -36.47% +105.53% -12.05%
75th Percentile £61.25 £77.73 £65.40
90th Percentile £76.00 £93.50 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £33.99 £53.50 £29.14
% change year-on-year -36.47% +83.63% -13.92%

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 35,433 21,759 31,490
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.85% 91.31% 85.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,494 14,185 20,632
10th Percentile £325 £305 £300
25th Percentile £413 £411 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.25% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £512 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -0.19% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,215 937 2,283
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.84
25th Percentile £20.50 £18.13 £16.00
Median hourly rate £46.43 £28.18 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +64.76% -22.79% -2.46%
75th Percentile £68.00 £60.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £81.05 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.28 £27.52 £36.00
% change year-on-year +53.64% -23.57% -1.09%

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 28 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 28 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 28 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 -23 652 £514 -0.24% 495
North of England -10 199 £450 +0.67% 142
Midlands +5 166 £475 +17.72% 58
North West +4 126 £420 -6.67% 90
South East -9 125 £490 +8.89% 132
West Midlands -9 115 £475 -5.00% 38
South West -5 71 £475 +26.67% 47
Yorkshire -25 54 £513 +28.13% 28
East Midlands +9 51 £550 +54.49% 19
East of England -12 32 £410 -14.14% 62
North East -22 19 £450 -0.55% 26
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 52 (4.03%) SharePoint
2 41 (3.18%) Confluence
3 38 (2.95%) CMS
4 22 (1.71%) Microsoft Exchange
5 13 (1.01%) 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 (0.16%) Appian
10 2 (0.16%) HCL Notes
10 2 (0.16%) IIS
Applications
1 26 (2.02%) Sketch
2 23 (1.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (1.78%) Photoshop
3 19 (1.47%) Chatbot
4 18 (1.40%) Adobe Illustrator
5 17 (1.32%) Adobe XD
6 15 (1.16%) Adobe After Effects
7 14 (1.09%) Microsoft Office
8 11 (0.85%) MS Visio
9 7 (0.54%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 7 (0.54%) 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 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
12 2 (0.16%) Oracle Smart View
13 1 (0.078%) Blender
Business Applications
1 10 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.62%) Shopify
2 8 (0.62%) Workday HCM
3 6 (0.47%) Sage X3
4 5 (0.39%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.16%) NEC Housing
5 2 (0.16%) Oracle iProcurement
5 2 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.16%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.16%) ResourceLink
5 2 (0.16%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.078%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.078%) Eloqua
6 1 (0.078%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.078%) Magento
6 1 (0.078%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.078%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.078%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 197 (15.27%) Azure
2 178 (13.80%) Figma
3 110 (8.53%) AWS
4 102 (7.91%) Microsoft 365
5 89 (6.90%) Power Platform
6 54 (4.19%) Entra ID
7 43 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
7 43 (3.33%) GCP
8 39 (3.02%) SaaS
9 38 (2.95%) Microsoft Copilot
10 36 (2.79%) GitHub
11 30 (2.33%) PowerApps
12 27 (2.09%) Power Automate
13 25 (1.94%) OneDrive
14 24 (1.86%) Google Workspace
15 22 (1.71%) GitHub Actions
15 22 (1.71%) Serverless
16 20 (1.55%) Copilot Studio
16 20 (1.55%) Google Sheets
17 19 (1.47%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 19 (1.47%) Wi-Fi
2 16 (1.24%) DNS
2 16 (1.24%) Wireless
3 15 (1.16%) DHCP
4 14 (1.09%) LAN
5 13 (1.01%) Internet
6 12 (0.93%) Intranet
7 10 (0.78%) SD-WAN
7 10 (0.78%) TCP/IP
8 8 (0.62%) Cisco Wireless
8 8 (0.62%) VPN
9 7 (0.54%) 5G
9 7 (0.54%) Skype
9 7 (0.54%) WAN
9 7 (0.54%) WLAN
10 5 (0.39%) 802.11
10 5 (0.39%) HTTP
10 5 (0.39%) SMS
11 4 (0.31%) SNMP
11 4 (0.31%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (4.42%) Power BI
2 20 (1.55%) Relational Database
3 19 (1.47%) SQL Server
4 18 (1.40%) Metadata
4 18 (1.40%) NoSQL
5 17 (1.32%) PostgreSQL
6 16 (1.24%) Data Warehouse
7 15 (1.16%) MySQL
8 13 (1.01%) Power Query
9 11 (0.85%) Tableau
10 9 (0.70%) MongoDB
11 7 (0.54%) DynamoDB
12 6 (0.47%) BigQuery
12 6 (0.47%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 6 (0.47%) Pinecone
12 6 (0.47%) ZAP BI
13 5 (0.39%) Oracle Database
13 5 (0.39%) Redis
13 5 (0.39%) Star Schema
14 4 (0.31%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 84 (6.51%) JIRA
2 63 (4.88%) Git
3 30 (2.33%) GitLab
4 22 (1.71%) Cypress.io
5 17 (1.32%) Jenkins
6 15 (1.16%) JUnit
7 14 (1.09%) 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 (0.78%) CircleCI
11 8 (0.62%) fastlane
12 7 (0.54%) Axure RP
13 6 (0.47%) Eclipse
13 6 (0.47%) Mocha
13 6 (0.47%) Postman
14 5 (0.39%) Artifactory
14 5 (0.39%) Selenium
14 5 (0.39%) Visual Studio
General
1 388 (30.08%) Social Skills
2 237 (18.37%) Finance
3 153 (11.86%) Public Sector
4 124 (9.61%) Analytical Skills
5 97 (7.52%) Banking
6 64 (4.96%) Retail
7 58 (4.50%) Marketing
8 33 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 32 (2.48%) Influencing Skills
10 30 (2.33%) Legal
10 30 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
11 26 (2.02%) Automotive
12 23 (1.78%) Manufacturing
13 21 (1.63%) Publishing
14 17 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
15 12 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
15 12 (0.93%) Investment Banking
15 12 (0.93%) Local Government
16 9 (0.70%) Front Office
17 8 (0.62%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 275 (21.32%) Designer
2 199 (15.43%) Senior
3 167 (12.95%) Developer
4 125 (9.69%) UX Designer
5 108 (8.37%) Analyst
6 84 (6.51%) Lead
7 69 (5.35%) UI Designer
8 61 (4.73%) Consultant
9 57 (4.42%) Senior Designer
10 55 (4.26%) Product Designer
11 52 (4.03%) Architect
12 49 (3.80%) Business Analyst
13 47 (3.64%) User Experience Researcher
14 46 (3.57%) Content Designer
15 43 (3.33%) UI/UX Designer
16 41 (3.18%) IT Support
16 41 (3.18%) Product Manager
17 35 (2.71%) User Researcher
18 33 (2.56%) Service Designer
19 32 (2.48%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 142 (11.01%) React
2 121 (9.38%) CSS
3 106 (8.22%) HTML
4 86 (6.67%) REST
5 67 (5.19%) AngularJS
6 59 (4.57%) RESTful
7 48 (3.72%) Spring
8 47 (3.64%) Spring Boot
9 42 (3.26%) .NET
10 37 (2.87%) GraphQL
11 31 (2.40%) Node.js
12 28 (2.17%) HTML5
13 27 (2.09%) CSS3
14 25 (1.94%) JSON
15 24 (1.86%) Redux
16 22 (1.71%) Next.js
17 21 (1.63%) Jest
17 21 (1.63%) SOAP
18 20 (1.55%) OAuth
19 18 (1.40%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 123 (9.53%) Product Ownership
2 60 (4.65%) Mobile App
3 54 (4.19%) Onboarding
4 27 (2.09%) AI Agents
5 26 (2.02%) Enterprise Software
6 24 (1.86%) Cloud Native
7 21 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
8 18 (1.40%) Data Protection Act
8 18 (1.40%) Data Structures
9 17 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
9 17 (1.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 15 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
10 15 (1.16%) Social Media
10 15 (1.16%) Virtual Reality
11 14 (1.09%) Graphic Design
12 13 (1.01%) Augmented Reality
12 13 (1.01%) Data Centre
12 13 (1.01%) Greenfield Project
13 12 (0.93%) Taxonomies
13 12 (0.93%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 101 (7.83%) Windows
2 40 (3.10%) Android
3 37 (2.87%) Apple iOS
4 36 (2.79%) Windows 10
5 24 (1.86%) Mac OS
6 14 (1.09%) Linux
7 7 (0.54%) Windows Server
8 6 (0.47%) Unix
8 6 (0.47%) Windows 7
9 4 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.078%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 421 (32.64%) UX Design
2 385 (29.84%) Agile
3 195 (15.12%) AI
3 195 (15.12%) Problem-Solving
4 181 (14.03%) Analytics
5 163 (12.64%) Stakeholder Management
6 162 (12.56%) User Research
7 161 (12.48%) Continuous Improvement
8 144 (11.16%) Roadmaps
9 143 (11.09%) CI/CD
10 135 (10.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 119 (9.22%) DevOps
11 119 (9.22%) UX Research
12 117 (9.07%) Decision-Making
13 115 (8.91%) Prototyping
14 102 (7.91%) Wireframes
15 101 (7.83%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
16 94 (7.29%) Service Design
17 87 (6.74%) Usability Testing
18 85 (6.59%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 146 (11.32%) JavaScript
2 105 (8.14%) Java
3 94 (7.29%) SQL
4 93 (7.21%) TypeScript
5 90 (6.98%) Python
6 48 (3.72%) PowerShell
7 40 (3.10%) C#
8 29 (2.25%) Kotlin
9 19 (1.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 16 (1.24%) Bash
11 13 (1.01%) Swift
12 8 (0.62%) Korn
13 6 (0.47%) Perl
13 6 (0.47%) VBA
13 6 (0.47%) 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 (12.17%) Security Cleared
2 126 (9.77%) Degree
3 115 (8.91%) SC Cleared
4 28 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (1.78%) BPSS Clearance
5 23 (1.78%) DV Cleared
6 20 (1.55%) Microsoft Certification
7 13 (1.01%) Azure Certification
8 10 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (0.62%) Master's Degree
10 7 (0.54%) CCIE
10 7 (0.54%) CCNP
10 7 (0.54%) ITIL Certification
11 6 (0.47%) 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
1 206 (15.97%) Accessibility
2 98 (7.60%) QA
3 70 (5.43%) WCAG
4 43 (3.33%) Data Quality
5 29 (2.25%) GDPR
6 18 (1.40%) Actionable Recommendations
7 12 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (0.47%) 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
11 3 (0.23%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 2 (0.16%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.16%) NCSC
13 1 (0.078%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.078%) NIST
System Software
1 63 (4.88%) Active Directory
2 41 (3.18%) Docker
3 21 (1.63%) Virtual Desktop
4 16 (1.24%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.47%) Firmware
6 5 (0.39%) BitLocker
7 4 (0.31%) Microsoft App-V
8 3 (0.23%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.16%) VMware Workstation
9 2 (0.16%) XenApp
9 2 (0.16%) XenDesktop
10 1 (0.078%) ISA Server
10 1 (0.078%) Varnish
10 1 (0.078%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 50 (3.88%) Kubernetes
2 41 (3.18%) Terraform
3 39 (3.02%) Microsoft Intune
4 34 (2.64%) SCCM
5 19 (1.47%) Grafana
6 16 (1.24%) Single Sign-On
7 14 (1.09%) Ansible
8 8 (0.62%) Jamf Pro
8 8 (0.62%) Prometheus
9 4 (0.31%) Podman
10 3 (0.23%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 2 (0.16%) Clonezilla
11 2 (0.16%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.16%) HP ALM
11 2 (0.16%) Packer
11 2 (0.16%) WSUS
12 1 (0.078%) AirWatch
12 1 (0.078%) Argo
12 1 (0.078%) Rancher
12 1 (0.078%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 202 (15.66%) Microsoft
2 77 (5.97%) Adobe
3 59 (4.57%) ServiceNow
4 57 (4.42%) Google
5 40 (3.10%) Salesforce
6 39 (3.02%) Oracle
7 35 (2.71%) SAP
8 21 (1.63%) Citrix
9 17 (1.32%) Workday
10 16 (1.24%) Apple
10 16 (1.24%) Cisco
10 16 (1.24%) Splunk
10 16 (1.24%) VMware
11 14 (1.09%) Dynatrace
12 12 (0.93%) Aruba
13 9 (0.70%) MuleSoft
14 7 (0.54%) Databricks
14 7 (0.54%) Foundry
14 7 (0.54%) Zscaler
15 6 (0.47%) Red Hat