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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 70 84
Rank change year-on-year -12 +14 -26
Contract jobs citing User Experience 1,371 979 901
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.06% 3.59% 2.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.58% 3.96% 2.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 847 628 599
10th Percentile £313 £300 £313
25th Percentile £400 £380 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £624
90th Percentile £680 £725 £720
UK median daily rate £490 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +3.16% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 33 35
10th Percentile £16.00 £22.78 £16.25
25th Percentile £23.08 £34.48 £25.00
Median hourly rate £33.99 £49.00 £33.07
Median % change year-on-year -30.63% +48.17% +22.48%
75th Percentile £67.86 £63.75 £61.50
90th Percentile £85.86 £80.87 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £33.99 £49.25 £33.07
% change year-on-year -30.98% +48.93% +9.89%

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 38,258 24,707 30,336
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.32% 90.66% 85.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,997 15,833 19,804
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £421 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £645
90th Percentile £735 £745 £751
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,373 1,323 1,986
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.22 £13.25
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.88 £17.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +88.87% -37.13% -6.43%
75th Percentile £69.50 £53.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £83.00 £71.03 £74.22
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% -10.31%

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 21 July 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 21 July 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 21 July 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 -21 690 £525 +3.96% 390
North of England -12 221 £440 -2.22% 117
Midlands +9 156 £475 +11.24% 53
South East -28 133 £490 +3.16% 118
West Midlands -5 117 £475 -5.00% 39
North West -26 115 £425 -5.56% 61
South West -9 80 £475 +18.75% 52
Yorkshire -36 59 £500 +23.08% 34
North East -12 47 £381 -20.57% 22
East of England +7 45 £410 -13.68% 48
East Midlands +2 39 £550 +54.49% 14
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 61 (4.45%) SharePoint
2 51 (3.72%) CMS
3 35 (2.55%) Confluence
4 25 (1.82%) Microsoft Exchange
5 13 (0.95%) WordPress
6 8 (0.58%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 6 (0.44%) Drupal
8 5 (0.36%) Skype for Business
9 4 (0.29%) Apache
9 4 (0.29%) Ethereum
9 4 (0.29%) Hyperledger
9 4 (0.29%) Kentico
9 4 (0.29%) Mendix
10 3 (0.22%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.15%) Camunda
11 2 (0.15%) HCL Notes
11 2 (0.15%) IIS
11 2 (0.15%) Moodle
11 2 (0.15%) Umbraco
Applications
1 28 (2.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (1.68%) Sketch
3 20 (1.46%) Chatbot
3 20 (1.46%) Photoshop
4 18 (1.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 16 (1.17%) Microsoft Office
6 15 (1.09%) Adobe Illustrator
7 13 (0.95%) Adobe After Effects
8 12 (0.88%) Adobe XD
9 11 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 9 (0.66%) MS Visio
11 4 (0.29%) Adobe Captivate
12 3 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
12 3 (0.22%) UserZoom
13 2 (0.15%) InVision
13 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
13 2 (0.15%) Oracle Smart View
14 1 (0.073%) Blender
14 1 (0.073%) Camtasia
14 1 (0.073%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (0.80%) SAP S/4HANA
1 11 (0.80%) Workday HCM
2 7 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.51%) Shopify
3 6 (0.44%) Sage X3
4 4 (0.29%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.29%) Oracle iProcurement
5 3 (0.22%) iTrent
5 3 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.15%) ResourceLink
7 1 (0.073%) Eloqua
7 1 (0.073%) Magento
7 1 (0.073%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.073%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.073%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 214 (15.61%) Azure
2 185 (13.49%) Figma
3 119 (8.68%) Microsoft 365
4 111 (8.10%) AWS
5 98 (7.15%) Power Platform
6 57 (4.16%) Entra ID
7 49 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
8 48 (3.50%) Microsoft Copilot
9 47 (3.43%) SaaS
10 46 (3.36%) GitHub
11 42 (3.06%) GCP
12 38 (2.77%) PowerApps
13 30 (2.19%) OneDrive
14 29 (2.12%) Power Automate
15 26 (1.90%) Copilot Studio
16 20 (1.46%) GitHub Actions
17 19 (1.39%) Azure AI
17 19 (1.39%) Serverless
18 13 (0.95%) Google Workspace
19 11 (0.80%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 38 (2.77%) DNS
2 32 (2.33%) DHCP
3 28 (2.04%) TCP/IP
4 23 (1.68%) Wi-Fi
5 20 (1.46%) Wireless
6 19 (1.39%) LAN
7 13 (0.95%) Internet
8 12 (0.88%) Firewall
8 12 (0.88%) VPN
8 12 (0.88%) WAN
9 10 (0.73%) Intranet
10 9 (0.66%) SD-WAN
11 8 (0.58%) Cisco Wireless
12 7 (0.51%) Skype
13 6 (0.44%) 5G
13 6 (0.44%) Network Security
13 6 (0.44%) WLAN
14 5 (0.36%) 802.11
14 5 (0.36%) HTTP
14 5 (0.36%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (4.08%) Power BI
2 22 (1.60%) Metadata
3 18 (1.31%) NoSQL
3 18 (1.31%) PostgreSQL
3 18 (1.31%) Power Query
3 18 (1.31%) Relational Database
4 12 (0.88%) SQL Server
5 11 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (0.73%) MongoDB
6 10 (0.73%) MySQL
6 10 (0.73%) Tableau
7 6 (0.44%) DynamoDB
7 6 (0.44%) Oracle Database
7 6 (0.44%) ZAP BI
8 5 (0.36%) Looker
8 5 (0.36%) Redis
8 5 (0.36%) Star Schema
9 4 (0.29%) Db2
9 4 (0.29%) EDRMS
9 4 (0.29%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 79 (5.76%) JIRA
2 56 (4.08%) Git
3 23 (1.68%) Cypress.io
4 22 (1.60%) Jenkins
5 18 (1.31%) Vite
6 16 (1.17%) GitLab
7 11 (0.80%) JUnit
7 11 (0.80%) Storybook
8 10 (0.73%) Android Studio
8 10 (0.73%) Browser DevTools
8 10 (0.73%) fastlane
9 9 (0.66%) Xcode
10 8 (0.58%) Gradle
11 6 (0.44%) Postman
11 6 (0.44%) Selenium
12 5 (0.36%) Bitbucket
12 5 (0.36%) Claude Code
12 5 (0.36%) Crashlytics
12 5 (0.36%) Fiddler
12 5 (0.36%) REST Assured
General
1 434 (31.66%) Social Skills
2 260 (18.96%) Finance
3 178 (12.98%) Public Sector
4 137 (9.99%) Analytical Skills
5 114 (8.32%) Banking
6 82 (5.98%) Retail
7 67 (4.89%) Marketing
8 44 (3.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 35 (2.55%) Legal
10 32 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
11 30 (2.19%) Presentation Skills
12 29 (2.12%) Publishing
13 27 (1.97%) Automotive
14 22 (1.60%) Manufacturing
15 21 (1.53%) Organisational Skills
16 18 (1.31%) Documentation Skills
17 13 (0.95%) Investment Banking
18 11 (0.80%) Front Office
18 11 (0.80%) Military
19 8 (0.58%) Law
Job Titles
1 298 (21.74%) Designer
2 190 (13.86%) Senior
3 179 (13.06%) Developer
4 129 (9.41%) UX Designer
5 109 (7.95%) Lead
6 106 (7.73%) Analyst
7 76 (5.54%) UI Designer
8 70 (5.11%) Consultant
9 56 (4.08%) Architect
10 54 (3.94%) Senior Designer
11 51 (3.72%) Content Designer
12 50 (3.65%) Business Analyst
12 50 (3.65%) User Researcher
13 47 (3.43%) Product Designer
14 46 (3.36%) Product Manager
14 46 (3.36%) User Experience Researcher
15 45 (3.28%) IT Support
15 45 (3.28%) UI/UX Designer
16 40 (2.92%) Support Engineer
17 32 (2.33%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 126 (9.19%) React
2 104 (7.59%) CSS
3 91 (6.64%) REST
4 89 (6.49%) HTML
5 56 (4.08%) RESTful
6 50 (3.65%) AngularJS
7 41 (2.99%) .NET
8 37 (2.70%) Spring
9 36 (2.63%) GraphQL
9 36 (2.63%) Spring Boot
10 33 (2.41%) HTML5
11 32 (2.33%) CSS3
12 23 (1.68%) Next.js
12 23 (1.68%) Node.js
13 22 (1.60%) Jest
13 22 (1.60%) JSON
14 21 (1.53%) Kafka
14 21 (1.53%) Redux
15 20 (1.46%) Playwright
16 19 (1.39%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 142 (10.36%) Product Ownership
2 76 (5.54%) Mobile App
3 71 (5.18%) Onboarding
4 37 (2.70%) Cloud Native
5 36 (2.63%) AI Agents
6 30 (2.19%) Enterprise Software
7 28 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
8 27 (1.97%) Data Protection Act
9 24 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
10 21 (1.53%) Data Centre
10 21 (1.53%) Data Structures
11 19 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
11 19 (1.39%) Social Media
12 17 (1.24%) Graphic Design
13 16 (1.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 15 (1.09%) Algorithms
14 15 (1.09%) Taxonomies
15 14 (1.02%) Educational Technology
15 14 (1.02%) Greenfield Project
15 14 (1.02%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 122 (8.90%) Windows
2 49 (3.57%) Android
3 48 (3.50%) Apple iOS
4 38 (2.77%) Windows 10
5 25 (1.82%) Mac OS
6 17 (1.24%) Windows Server
7 15 (1.09%) Linux
8 9 (0.66%) Unix
9 7 (0.51%) Windows 7
10 4 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 444 (32.39%) UX Design
2 405 (29.54%) Agile
3 253 (18.45%) AI
4 229 (16.70%) Problem-Solving
5 205 (14.95%) Stakeholder Management
6 185 (13.49%) Continuous Improvement
7 181 (13.20%) Analytics
8 178 (12.98%) User Research
9 164 (11.96%) CI/CD
10 157 (11.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 148 (10.80%) Roadmaps
12 137 (9.99%) Decision-Making
13 124 (9.04%) Prototyping
14 123 (8.97%) DevOps
15 116 (8.46%) UX Research
16 111 (8.10%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
17 108 (7.88%) Service Design
17 108 (7.88%) Wireframes
18 98 (7.15%) Scrum
19 97 (7.08%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 122 (8.90%) JavaScript
2 102 (7.44%) TypeScript
3 100 (7.29%) Java
4 95 (6.93%) SQL
5 87 (6.35%) Python
6 47 (3.43%) PowerShell
7 37 (2.70%) C#
8 30 (2.19%) Kotlin
9 25 (1.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 14 (1.02%) Swift
11 11 (0.80%) Bash
12 8 (0.58%) Korn
13 7 (0.51%) Apex Code
13 7 (0.51%) Go
13 7 (0.51%) R
14 6 (0.44%) VBA
14 6 (0.44%) VBScript
15 5 (0.36%) PHP
15 5 (0.36%) VB
16 4 (0.29%) Scala
Qualifications
1 201 (14.66%) Security Cleared
2 152 (11.09%) SC Cleared
3 131 (9.56%) Degree
4 28 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (1.68%) BPSS Clearance
5 23 (1.68%) DV Cleared
6 21 (1.53%) Azure Certification
6 21 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (0.73%) PMP
8 9 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (0.66%) ITIL Certification
9 8 (0.58%) AWS Certification
10 7 (0.51%) Citrix Certification
10 7 (0.51%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 6 (0.44%) CCA
11 6 (0.44%) CCIE
11 6 (0.44%) CCNP
11 6 (0.44%) DBS Check
12 5 (0.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 5 (0.36%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 222 (16.19%) Accessibility
2 93 (6.78%) QA
3 68 (4.96%) WCAG
4 44 (3.21%) Data Quality
5 23 (1.68%) GDPR
6 17 (1.24%) Actionable Recommendations
7 8 (0.58%) PMO
8 7 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 6 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 6 (0.44%) SLA
10 4 (0.29%) GRC
11 2 (0.15%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.15%) PSD2
12 1 (0.073%) GMP
12 1 (0.073%) GxP
12 1 (0.073%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.073%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.073%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.073%) WAI
System Software
1 75 (5.47%) Active Directory
2 40 (2.92%) Docker
3 27 (1.97%) Virtual Desktop
4 15 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.44%) Firmware
5 6 (0.44%) vSphere
6 5 (0.36%) BitLocker
6 5 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.29%) Microsoft App-V
8 3 (0.22%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.22%) UAG
8 3 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.15%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.15%) VMware Workstation
9 2 (0.15%) XenApp
9 2 (0.15%) XenDesktop
10 1 (0.073%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 44 (3.21%) Kubernetes
2 43 (3.14%) Microsoft Intune
3 41 (2.99%) Terraform
4 34 (2.48%) SCCM
5 20 (1.46%) Grafana
6 16 (1.17%) Single Sign-On
7 13 (0.95%) Jamf Pro
8 12 (0.88%) Ansible
9 11 (0.80%) Prometheus
10 5 (0.36%) vCenter Server
11 4 (0.29%) Clonezilla
12 3 (0.22%) Podman
12 3 (0.22%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 3 (0.22%) WSUS
13 2 (0.15%) Argo
13 2 (0.15%) Failover Clustering
13 2 (0.15%) Packer
13 2 (0.15%) SCOM
13 2 (0.15%) vMotion
14 1 (0.073%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 239 (17.43%) Microsoft
2 73 (5.32%) Adobe
3 69 (5.03%) ServiceNow
4 53 (3.87%) Google
5 43 (3.14%) SAP
6 39 (2.84%) Oracle
7 34 (2.48%) Salesforce
8 23 (1.68%) Citrix
9 21 (1.53%) Workday
10 19 (1.39%) Dynatrace
11 18 (1.31%) Splunk
11 18 (1.31%) VMware
12 17 (1.24%) Apple
13 16 (1.17%) Cisco
14 15 (1.09%) Foundry
15 13 (0.95%) Zscaler
16 11 (0.80%) Aruba
16 11 (0.80%) OpenAI
17 9 (0.66%) Databricks
18 8 (0.58%) Solace