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

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 66 89
Rank change year-on-year -27 +23 -28
Contract jobs citing User Experience 1,330 1,047 837
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.91% 3.80% 2.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.43% 4.19% 2.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 794 660 526
10th Percentile £288 £300 £300
25th Percentile £376 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £612
90th Percentile £679 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 45 29
10th Percentile £16.73 £25.06 £15.70
25th Percentile £25.75 £34.48 £30.00
Median hourly rate £33.99 £47.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.44% -5.00% +53.85%
75th Percentile £67.84 £63.75 £74.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.30 £74.55
UK median hourly rate £33.99 £47.50 £45.84
% change year-on-year -28.44% +3.63% +22.23%

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 38,747 25,016 28,488
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.82% 90.80% 85.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,944 15,923 18,325
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £630 £626 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £753
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,579 1,477 1,517
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.23 £14.05
25th Percentile £18.80 £17.87 £18.13
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.05 £69.79 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.06 £25.15 £40.50
% change year-on-year +63.26% -37.90% -4.71%

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 26 August 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 26 August 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 26 August 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 -34 672 £513 +2.50% 330
North of England -20 240 £425 - 94
Midlands -5 151 £475 +9.83% 53
West Midlands -15 122 £475 -8.57% 36
North West -34 118 £393 -9.86% 44
South East -58 106 £408 -8.84% 49
South West -16 79 £475 +1.28% 84
Yorkshire -18 72 £500 +25.00% 33
North East -5 49 £363 -24.48% 19
East of England 0 45 £410 -14.14% 24
East Midlands -13 29 £500 +39.66% 17
South Coast - 1 £450 -
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 63 (4.74%) SharePoint
2 52 (3.91%) CMS
3 35 (2.63%) Confluence
4 28 (2.11%) Microsoft Exchange
5 15 (1.13%) WordPress
6 7 (0.53%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 7 (0.53%) Skype for Business
7 6 (0.45%) Apache
8 5 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
8 5 (0.38%) Drupal
8 5 (0.38%) Oracle Workflow
9 4 (0.30%) Headless CMS
9 4 (0.30%) Kentico
10 3 (0.23%) Mendix
11 2 (0.15%) HCL Notes
11 2 (0.15%) IIS
11 2 (0.15%) Moodle
11 2 (0.15%) nginx
11 2 (0.15%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.075%) MTS
Applications
1 20 (1.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 20 (1.50%) Chatbot
1 20 (1.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (1.43%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (1.43%) Photoshop
3 18 (1.35%) Sketch
4 15 (1.13%) Adobe Illustrator
5 12 (0.90%) Adobe After Effects
6 9 (0.68%) Adobe XD
7 8 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 8 (0.60%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.15%) InVision
8 2 (0.15%) Oracle Smart View
8 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.15%) UserZoom
9 1 (0.075%) Adobe Captivate
9 1 (0.075%) Blender
9 1 (0.075%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.075%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (0.53%) Workday HCM
2 6 (0.45%) Shopify
3 5 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.30%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.30%) Oracle iProcurement
4 4 (0.30%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.23%) iTrent
5 3 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.15%) ResourceLink
6 2 (0.15%) Sage X3
7 1 (0.075%) Bloomberg TOMS
7 1 (0.075%) Eloqua
7 1 (0.075%) Magento
7 1 (0.075%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.075%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 195 (14.66%) Azure
2 158 (11.88%) Figma
3 140 (10.53%) Microsoft 365
4 113 (8.50%) AWS
5 95 (7.14%) Power Platform
6 62 (4.66%) Entra ID
7 54 (4.06%) Microsoft Copilot
8 44 (3.31%) GitHub
9 43 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
10 41 (3.08%) SaaS
11 37 (2.78%) GCP
12 31 (2.33%) OneDrive
12 31 (2.33%) PowerApps
13 24 (1.80%) Copilot Studio
13 24 (1.80%) Power Automate
14 18 (1.35%) Azure AI
15 17 (1.28%) Serverless
16 14 (1.05%) GitHub Actions
17 12 (0.90%) GitHub Copilot
18 11 (0.83%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 43 (3.23%) DNS
2 37 (2.78%) DHCP
3 32 (2.41%) TCP/IP
4 30 (2.26%) Wi-Fi
5 22 (1.65%) Wireless
6 21 (1.58%) LAN
7 17 (1.28%) VPN
8 16 (1.20%) Firewall
8 16 (1.20%) WAN
9 13 (0.98%) Internet
10 11 (0.83%) SD-WAN
11 9 (0.68%) Cisco Wireless
11 9 (0.68%) NetScaler
11 9 (0.68%) Skype
12 8 (0.60%) Intranet
12 8 (0.60%) Network Security
13 7 (0.53%) 5G
13 7 (0.53%) WLAN
14 6 (0.45%) SSL
15 5 (0.38%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (3.91%) Power BI
2 24 (1.80%) Metadata
3 14 (1.05%) Power Query
4 13 (0.98%) Tableau
5 12 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (0.90%) Relational Database
5 12 (0.90%) SQL Server
6 11 (0.83%) NoSQL
7 9 (0.68%) Elasticsearch
7 9 (0.68%) Looker
8 8 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (0.60%) MongoDB
9 7 (0.53%) MySQL
9 7 (0.53%) Redis
10 6 (0.45%) Qlik Sense
10 6 (0.45%) Star Schema
11 5 (0.38%) BigQuery
11 5 (0.38%) Flink
11 5 (0.38%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 4 (0.30%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 77 (5.79%) JIRA
2 59 (4.44%) Git
3 24 (1.80%) Jenkins
4 21 (1.58%) Cypress.io
5 17 (1.28%) Vite
6 14 (1.05%) GitLab
7 10 (0.75%) Android Studio
7 10 (0.75%) Browser DevTools
7 10 (0.75%) fastlane
7 10 (0.75%) Storybook
8 9 (0.68%) Xcode
9 7 (0.53%) Gradle
10 6 (0.45%) Postman
11 5 (0.38%) Claude Code
11 5 (0.38%) Crashlytics
11 5 (0.38%) Fiddler
11 5 (0.38%) MSI
11 5 (0.38%) Oracle Forms
11 5 (0.38%) REST Assured
12 4 (0.30%) JMeter
General
1 426 (32.03%) Social Skills
2 236 (17.74%) Finance
3 180 (13.53%) Public Sector
4 130 (9.77%) Analytical Skills
5 104 (7.82%) Banking
6 78 (5.86%) Retail
7 65 (4.89%) Marketing
8 47 (3.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 34 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
9 34 (2.56%) Legal
10 28 (2.11%) Automotive
11 26 (1.95%) Publishing
12 25 (1.88%) Presentation Skills
13 24 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
14 19 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
15 18 (1.35%) Manufacturing
16 13 (0.98%) Investment Banking
16 13 (0.98%) Military
17 9 (0.68%) Law
17 9 (0.68%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 286 (21.50%) Designer
2 178 (13.38%) Developer
3 174 (13.08%) Senior
4 119 (8.95%) UX Designer
5 113 (8.50%) Lead
6 92 (6.92%) Analyst
7 68 (5.11%) UI Designer
8 67 (5.04%) Consultant
9 53 (3.98%) IT Support
9 53 (3.98%) Support Engineer
9 53 (3.98%) User Researcher
10 51 (3.83%) Architect
10 51 (3.83%) Senior Designer
11 48 (3.61%) Product Manager
12 47 (3.53%) Content Designer
13 44 (3.31%) Business Analyst
14 40 (3.01%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 40 (3.01%) User Experience Researcher
15 37 (2.78%) IT Support Engineer
15 37 (2.78%) UI/UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 123 (9.25%) React
2 100 (7.52%) CSS
3 87 (6.54%) HTML
4 80 (6.02%) REST
5 45 (3.38%) RESTful
6 43 (3.23%) AngularJS
7 38 (2.86%) Terraform
8 37 (2.78%) GraphQL
9 36 (2.71%) .NET
10 35 (2.63%) CSS3
10 35 (2.63%) HTML5
11 29 (2.18%) Next.js
12 22 (1.65%) Spring
13 21 (1.58%) Jest
13 21 (1.58%) OAuth
13 21 (1.58%) Spring Boot
14 18 (1.35%) ASP.NET
14 18 (1.35%) Playwright
14 18 (1.35%) SOAP
15 17 (1.28%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 118 (8.87%) Product Ownership
2 82 (6.17%) Onboarding
3 77 (5.79%) Mobile App
4 43 (3.23%) Cloud Native
5 36 (2.71%) AI Agents
6 29 (2.18%) Data Protection Act
7 27 (2.03%) Enterprise Software
7 27 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
8 25 (1.88%) Legacy Systems
9 22 (1.65%) Management Information System
10 20 (1.50%) Data Centre
10 20 (1.50%) Social Media
11 19 (1.43%) NHS
12 18 (1.35%) Educational Technology
13 17 (1.28%) Graphic Design
14 15 (1.13%) Analytical Mindset
14 15 (1.13%) Data Structures
14 15 (1.13%) Virtual Reality
15 14 (1.05%) Taxonomies
16 13 (0.98%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 148 (11.13%) Windows
2 57 (4.29%) Android
3 56 (4.21%) Windows 10
4 54 (4.06%) Apple iOS
5 31 (2.33%) Mac OS
6 29 (2.18%) Windows Server
7 18 (1.35%) Linux
8 11 (0.83%) Unix
9 9 (0.68%) Windows 7
10 4 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 432 (32.48%) UX Design
2 381 (28.65%) Agile
3 251 (18.87%) AI
4 231 (17.37%) Problem-Solving
5 226 (16.99%) Stakeholder Management
6 181 (13.61%) Continuous Improvement
7 180 (13.53%) Analytics
8 163 (12.26%) User Research
9 153 (11.50%) CI/CD
10 144 (10.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 133 (10.00%) Roadmaps
12 130 (9.77%) Decision-Making
13 107 (8.05%) Prototyping
14 106 (7.97%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
15 104 (7.82%) DevOps
16 102 (7.67%) Service Design
17 101 (7.59%) Scrum
18 100 (7.52%) Workshop Facilitation
19 97 (7.29%) ITIL
20 95 (7.14%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 124 (9.32%) JavaScript
2 92 (6.92%) TypeScript
3 84 (6.32%) Python
4 82 (6.17%) Java
5 80 (6.02%) SQL
6 50 (3.76%) PowerShell
7 28 (2.11%) C#
8 26 (1.95%) Kotlin
9 19 (1.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 16 (1.20%) Bash
11 13 (0.98%) Swift
12 8 (0.60%) VBScript
13 7 (0.53%) Go
13 7 (0.53%) PHP
13 7 (0.53%) VB
14 6 (0.45%) Apex Code
14 6 (0.45%) Scala
14 6 (0.45%) Shell Script
15 5 (0.38%) Korn
16 4 (0.30%) R
Qualifications
1 211 (15.86%) Security Cleared
2 157 (11.80%) SC Cleared
3 109 (8.20%) Degree
4 30 (2.26%) BPSS Clearance
5 29 (2.18%) Computer Science Degree
6 23 (1.73%) DV Cleared
7 20 (1.50%) Azure Certification
8 18 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
9 12 (0.90%) PMP
10 10 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
11 9 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
12 8 (0.60%) AWS Certification
12 8 (0.60%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 7 (0.53%) DBS Check
14 6 (0.45%) CCIE
14 6 (0.45%) CCNP
14 6 (0.45%) MCSE
15 5 (0.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 5 (0.38%) CISSP
15 5 (0.38%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 208 (15.64%) Accessibility
2 84 (6.32%) QA
3 71 (5.34%) WCAG
4 39 (2.93%) Data Quality
5 19 (1.43%) GDPR
6 14 (1.05%) Actionable Recommendations
7 7 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 7 (0.53%) PMO
7 7 (0.53%) SLA
8 5 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.30%) GRC
10 2 (0.15%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.15%) PSD2
11 1 (0.075%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.075%) GMP
11 1 (0.075%) GxP
11 1 (0.075%) NIST
11 1 (0.075%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.075%) WAI
System Software
1 96 (7.22%) Active Directory
2 40 (3.01%) Docker
3 27 (2.03%) Virtual Desktop
4 21 (1.58%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.98%) Hyper-V
6 7 (0.53%) BitLocker
6 7 (0.53%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 6 (0.45%) vSphere
7 6 (0.45%) XenApp
7 6 (0.45%) XenDesktop
8 5 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (0.30%) Firmware
9 4 (0.30%) Microsoft App-V
10 3 (0.23%) UAG
11 2 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
11 2 (0.15%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.15%) VMware Workstation
12 1 (0.075%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 47 (3.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 44 (3.31%) Kubernetes
3 32 (2.41%) SCCM
4 21 (1.58%) Single Sign-On
5 18 (1.35%) Grafana
6 15 (1.13%) Jamf Pro
7 13 (0.98%) Ansible
8 11 (0.83%) Prometheus
9 5 (0.38%) SysTrack
9 5 (0.38%) vCenter Server
10 4 (0.30%) Clonezilla
10 4 (0.30%) Podman
11 3 (0.23%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 3 (0.23%) WSUS
12 2 (0.15%) Argo
12 2 (0.15%) Failover Clustering
12 2 (0.15%) Packer
12 2 (0.15%) SCOM
12 2 (0.15%) vMotion
13 1 (0.075%) PingFederate
Vendors
1 233 (17.52%) Microsoft
2 78 (5.86%) ServiceNow
3 67 (5.04%) Adobe
4 43 (3.23%) Google
4 43 (3.23%) Oracle
5 30 (2.26%) SAP
6 28 (2.11%) Salesforce
7 26 (1.95%) Citrix
8 24 (1.80%) VMware
9 22 (1.65%) Dynatrace
10 20 (1.50%) Splunk
11 19 (1.43%) Apple
11 19 (1.43%) Cisco
12 17 (1.28%) Workday
13 14 (1.05%) Foundry
13 14 (1.05%) Zscaler
14 12 (0.90%) Aruba
14 12 (0.90%) OpenAI
15 10 (0.75%) Okta
16 8 (0.60%) Databricks