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

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 63 73
Rank change year-on-year -16 +10 -10
Contract jobs citing User Experience 1,217 883 1,024
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.09% 3.61% 2.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.62% 3.97% 3.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 833 592 686
10th Percentile £307 £305 £291
25th Percentile £390 £400 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% - -4.08%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £601
90th Percentile £688 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £488 £480 £500
% change year-on-year +1.56% -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 19 47
10th Percentile £16.44 £25.16 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.89 £41.58 £24.38
Median hourly rate £51.44 £49.50 £31.71
Median % change year-on-year +3.92% +56.10% -21.70%
75th Percentile £67.84 £84.23 £63.14
90th Percentile £82.40 £95.70 £73.24
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £51.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -2.91% +58.46% -13.91%

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 33,609 22,244 32,354
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.41% 91.01% 86.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,526 14,625 21,310
10th Percentile £313 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £524 £525
% change year-on-year -4.51% -0.26% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,074 884 2,215
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.84 £12.84
25th Percentile £20.27 £18.51 £15.75
Median hourly rate £41.90 £31.70 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year +32.17% -6.76% -9.33%
75th Percentile £67.19 £63.94 £58.69
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.18 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £30.43 £33.07
% change year-on-year +23.25% -7.98% -8.15%

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 17 April 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 17 April 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 17 April 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 -23 630 £500 -2.68% 576
North of England -1 201 £450 - 349
Midlands -18 132 £488 +21.88% 138
North West +7 125 £420 -6.67% 249
South East -14 118 £490 -2.00% 275
West Midlands -21 89 £475 +2.70% 81
South West -15 66 £475 +26.67% 73
Yorkshire -23 52 £500 +24.84% 73
East Midlands -4 43 £550 +53.63% 57
East of England -20 26 £413 -13.16% 153
North East -7 22 £405 -15.63% 29
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 50 (4.11%) SharePoint
2 42 (3.45%) Confluence
3 32 (2.63%) CMS
4 19 (1.56%) Microsoft Exchange
5 18 (1.48%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 6 (0.49%) Apache
6 6 (0.49%) Sitecore CMS
7 5 (0.41%) Headless CMS
7 5 (0.41%) Umbraco
8 4 (0.33%) Camunda
8 4 (0.33%) Ethereum
8 4 (0.33%) Hyperledger
9 3 (0.25%) Anypoint
9 3 (0.25%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.25%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.25%) nginx
10 2 (0.16%) Appian
10 2 (0.16%) Drupal
10 2 (0.16%) IIS
10 2 (0.16%) Mendix
Applications
1 33 (2.71%) Sketch
2 24 (1.97%) Adobe XD
2 24 (1.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (1.56%) Chatbot
4 18 (1.48%) MS Visio
5 14 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
6 10 (0.82%) Photoshop
7 8 (0.66%) InVision
8 6 (0.49%) Adobe Illustrator
8 6 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 5 (0.41%) Adobe After Effects
9 5 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
10 4 (0.33%) Trello
10 4 (0.33%) UserZoom
11 3 (0.25%) Adobe Captivate
11 3 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
11 3 (0.25%) UXPin
12 2 (0.16%) Autodesk Smoke
12 2 (0.16%) Camtasia
13 1 (0.082%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 16 (1.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (0.66%) Shopify
3 8 (0.66%) Workday HCM
4 6 (0.49%) Sage X3
5 2 (0.16%) NEC Housing
5 2 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.16%) ResourceLink
5 2 (0.16%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.16%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.16%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.16%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.16%) Sprinklr
6 1 (0.082%) assyst
6 1 (0.082%) Magento
6 1 (0.082%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.082%) Oracle Payroll
6 1 (0.082%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.082%) SAP PP
6 1 (0.082%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 193 (15.86%) Azure
2 168 (13.80%) Figma
3 106 (8.71%) AWS
4 89 (7.31%) Microsoft 365
5 87 (7.15%) Power Platform
6 53 (4.35%) Entra ID
7 50 (4.11%) Azure DevOps
8 47 (3.86%) GCP
9 46 (3.78%) GitHub
10 35 (2.88%) SaaS
11 31 (2.55%) Microsoft Copilot
11 31 (2.55%) PowerApps
12 28 (2.30%) Power Automate
13 27 (2.22%) GitHub Actions
14 26 (2.14%) Serverless
15 23 (1.89%) Google Workspace
16 22 (1.81%) Cloud Computing
16 22 (1.81%) Dynamics 365
17 19 (1.56%) Google Sheets
18 18 (1.48%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.23%) DNS
2 14 (1.15%) LAN
2 14 (1.15%) Wireless
3 11 (0.90%) DHCP
3 11 (0.90%) Internet
4 10 (0.82%) Intranet
4 10 (0.82%) SD-WAN
4 10 (0.82%) Wi-Fi
5 9 (0.74%) WAN
6 8 (0.66%) SSL
6 8 (0.66%) VPN
7 7 (0.58%) Cisco Wireless
7 7 (0.58%) Firewall
7 7 (0.58%) TCP/IP
8 6 (0.49%) Cisco ISE
8 6 (0.49%) Network Security
8 6 (0.49%) WLAN
9 5 (0.41%) 5G
9 5 (0.41%) BGP
9 5 (0.41%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (4.85%) Power BI
2 24 (1.97%) Relational Database
3 23 (1.89%) NoSQL
4 22 (1.81%) SQL Server
5 21 (1.73%) PostgreSQL
6 20 (1.64%) MySQL
7 19 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
8 17 (1.40%) Tableau
9 15 (1.23%) Metadata
10 11 (0.90%) MongoDB
11 9 (0.74%) BigQuery
12 8 (0.66%) Power Query
13 7 (0.58%) Looker
13 7 (0.58%) Pinecone
14 6 (0.49%) Oracle BI Publisher
14 6 (0.49%) ZAP BI
15 5 (0.41%) DynamoDB
15 5 (0.41%) Hadoop
15 5 (0.41%) Redis
16 4 (0.33%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 94 (7.72%) JIRA
2 65 (5.34%) Git
3 38 (3.12%) GitLab
4 23 (1.89%) Jenkins
5 22 (1.81%) Cypress.io
5 22 (1.81%) JUnit
6 14 (1.15%) Axure RP
6 14 (1.15%) Gradle
7 12 (0.99%) CircleCI
8 11 (0.90%) Android Studio
8 11 (0.90%) Browser DevTools
9 9 (0.74%) Selenium
9 9 (0.74%) Xcode
10 7 (0.58%) Postman
10 7 (0.58%) Vite
11 6 (0.49%) Artifactory
11 6 (0.49%) Eclipse
11 6 (0.49%) Mocha
12 5 (0.41%) Maven
12 5 (0.41%) TestRail
General
1 396 (32.54%) Social Skills
2 241 (19.80%) Finance
3 151 (12.41%) Public Sector
4 147 (12.08%) Analytical Skills
5 102 (8.38%) Banking
6 50 (4.11%) Marketing
7 47 (3.86%) Retail
8 31 (2.55%) Legal
9 30 (2.47%) Presentation Skills
10 28 (2.30%) Influencing Skills
11 20 (1.64%) Manufacturing
12 19 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
13 14 (1.15%) Publishing
14 13 (1.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 13 (1.07%) Investment Banking
14 13 (1.07%) Organisational Skills
15 12 (0.99%) Front Office
16 11 (0.90%) Telecoms
17 10 (0.82%) Local Government
18 9 (0.74%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 243 (19.97%) Designer
2 185 (15.20%) Senior
3 165 (13.56%) Developer
4 123 (10.11%) UX Designer
5 116 (9.53%) Analyst
6 65 (5.34%) Lead
7 57 (4.68%) Consultant
8 55 (4.52%) Product Designer
9 53 (4.35%) Architect
9 53 (4.35%) Business Analyst
10 50 (4.11%) Senior Designer
11 43 (3.53%) UI Designer
12 37 (3.04%) User Researcher
13 35 (2.88%) Content Designer
13 35 (2.88%) IT Support
13 35 (2.88%) Support Engineer
14 34 (2.79%) UI/UX Designer
15 33 (2.71%) Service Designer
16 32 (2.63%) Senior Developer
17 31 (2.55%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 141 (11.59%) React
2 126 (10.35%) CSS
3 114 (9.37%) HTML
4 92 (7.56%) REST
5 72 (5.92%) AngularJS
6 66 (5.42%) RESTful
7 57 (4.68%) Spring
8 56 (4.60%) Spring Boot
9 43 (3.53%) .NET
10 34 (2.79%) GraphQL
10 34 (2.79%) Node.js
11 32 (2.63%) HTML5
12 30 (2.47%) CSS3
13 29 (2.38%) Redux
14 24 (1.97%) Next.js
15 23 (1.89%) Vue
16 22 (1.81%) Jest
17 20 (1.64%) Kafka
18 19 (1.56%) JSON
19 17 (1.40%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 111 (9.12%) Product Ownership
2 66 (5.42%) Mobile App
3 47 (3.86%) Onboarding
4 30 (2.47%) Enterprise Software
5 27 (2.22%) AI Agents
6 24 (1.97%) Analytical Mindset
7 20 (1.64%) Data Structures
8 19 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
9 18 (1.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 17 (1.40%) Cloud Native
11 14 (1.15%) Distributed Systems
12 13 (1.07%) Legacy Systems
12 13 (1.07%) Self-Motivation
13 12 (0.99%) Algorithms
13 12 (0.99%) Augmented Reality
13 12 (0.99%) Virtual Reality
14 11 (0.90%) NHS
15 10 (0.82%) Management Information System
15 10 (0.82%) Virtual Team
16 9 (0.74%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 100 (8.22%) Windows
2 39 (3.20%) Windows 10
3 38 (3.12%) Android
4 29 (2.38%) Apple iOS
5 21 (1.73%) Mac OS
6 12 (0.99%) Linux
7 8 (0.66%) Windows Server
8 6 (0.49%) Unix
9 3 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.082%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.082%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.082%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 387 (31.80%) Agile
2 375 (30.81%) UX Design
3 196 (16.11%) Problem-Solving
4 193 (15.86%) Analytics
5 181 (14.87%) AI
6 168 (13.80%) User Research
7 155 (12.74%) Stakeholder Management
8 148 (12.16%) CI/CD
9 146 (12.00%) Continuous Improvement
10 143 (11.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 137 (11.26%) DevOps
12 126 (10.35%) Roadmaps
13 113 (9.29%) Prototyping
14 109 (8.96%) UX Research
15 107 (8.79%) Wireframes
16 104 (8.55%) Decision-Making
16 104 (8.55%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
17 97 (7.97%) Service Design
18 88 (7.23%) Usability Testing
19 79 (6.49%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 156 (12.82%) JavaScript
2 116 (9.53%) SQL
3 112 (9.20%) Java
4 94 (7.72%) Python
5 93 (7.64%) TypeScript
6 47 (3.86%) PowerShell
7 45 (3.70%) C#
8 27 (2.22%) Kotlin
9 15 (1.23%) Bash
10 13 (1.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 8 (0.66%) Swift
12 7 (0.58%) Korn
12 7 (0.58%) Perl
12 7 (0.58%) PHP
13 6 (0.49%) Go
13 6 (0.49%) PL/SQL
13 6 (0.49%) VBA
14 4 (0.33%) Lisp
14 4 (0.33%) R
15 3 (0.25%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 146 (12.00%) Security Cleared
2 107 (8.79%) SC Cleared
3 101 (8.30%) Degree
4 27 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
6 18 (1.48%) Microsoft Certification
7 17 (1.40%) DV Cleared
8 13 (1.07%) Azure Certification
9 12 (0.99%) Cisco Certification
10 10 (0.82%) CCNP
11 7 (0.58%) Master's Degree
11 7 (0.58%) PMI Certification
12 6 (0.49%) CCA
12 6 (0.49%) CCIE
12 6 (0.49%) Citrix Certification
12 6 (0.49%) OCA
12 6 (0.49%) Oracle Certification
13 4 (0.33%) MOS
13 4 (0.33%) PMP
14 3 (0.25%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 192 (15.78%) Accessibility
2 113 (9.29%) QA
3 58 (4.77%) WCAG
4 41 (3.37%) Data Quality
5 38 (3.12%) GDPR
6 20 (1.64%) Actionable Recommendations
7 11 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 10 (0.82%) SLA
9 7 (0.58%) PMO
10 5 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (0.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 3 (0.25%) GMP
12 3 (0.25%) GRC
12 3 (0.25%) GxP
12 3 (0.25%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 3 (0.25%) NCSC
13 2 (0.16%) COBIT
13 2 (0.16%) ISO 20022
13 2 (0.16%) NIST
System Software
1 72 (5.92%) Active Directory
2 45 (3.70%) Docker
3 19 (1.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (1.48%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.41%) Firmware
6 4 (0.33%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.25%) XenApp
7 3 (0.25%) XenDesktop
8 2 (0.16%) ProxySG
9 1 (0.082%) ISA Server
9 1 (0.082%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.082%) Varnish
9 1 (0.082%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.082%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 55 (4.52%) Kubernetes
2 36 (2.96%) Terraform
3 35 (2.88%) Microsoft Intune
4 27 (2.22%) SCCM
5 18 (1.48%) Grafana
6 15 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
7 10 (0.82%) Ansible
8 6 (0.49%) Prometheus
9 5 (0.41%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.25%) Argo
10 3 (0.25%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.25%) HP ALM
10 3 (0.25%) Nagios
10 3 (0.25%) Podman
10 3 (0.25%) Rancher
10 3 (0.25%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 2 (0.16%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.16%) SysTrack
11 2 (0.16%) WSUS
12 1 (0.082%) HAProxy
Vendors
1 199 (16.35%) Microsoft
2 73 (6.00%) Adobe
3 61 (5.01%) Google
4 54 (4.44%) ServiceNow
5 41 (3.37%) Oracle
5 41 (3.37%) SAP
6 34 (2.79%) Salesforce
7 25 (2.05%) Citrix
8 19 (1.56%) VMware
9 16 (1.31%) Workday
10 15 (1.23%) Cisco
11 14 (1.15%) Apple
12 13 (1.07%) Splunk
13 10 (0.82%) Sitecore
13 10 (0.82%) Zscaler
14 9 (0.74%) MuleSoft
15 8 (0.66%) Aruba
15 8 (0.66%) Ekahau
15 8 (0.66%) Foundry
15 8 (0.66%) Red Hat