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

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 69 87
Rank change year-on-year -16 +18 -28
Contract jobs citing User Experience 1,365 1,000 869
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.02% 3.64% 2.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.54% 4.01% 2.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 832 642 571
10th Percentile £313 £300 £300
25th Percentile £393 £375 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £623
90th Percentile £680 £725 £725
UK median daily rate £480 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +1.05% -5.00% -1.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 36 32
10th Percentile £16.00 £26.57 £16.25
25th Percentile £23.12 £35.06 £26.17
Median hourly rate £33.99 £49.25 £41.68
Median % change year-on-year -30.98% +18.18% +57.26%
75th Percentile £67.84 £65.35 £71.29
90th Percentile £76.53 £77.73 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £33.99 £49.50 £41.68
% change year-on-year -31.33% +18.78% +51.55%

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 38,532 24,959 29,249
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.26% 90.75% 85.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,105 15,999 19,151
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £512 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £756
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,433 1,365 1,791
10th Percentile £15.05 £14.22 £13.87
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.88 £17.75
Median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year +78.93% -39.40% -2.35%
75th Percentile £68.75 £51.65 £65.00
90th Percentile £83.00 £70.10 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -37.13% -5.88%

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 30 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 30 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 30 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 -23 695 £525 +2.74% 467
North of England -16 221 £439 -2.44% 119
Midlands -10 144 £475 +12.43% 64
South East -31 129 £490 +3.16% 137
West Midlands -15 115 £475 -5.00% 51
North West -30 112 £425 -5.56% 62
South West -11 79 £475 +22.58% 76
Yorkshire -34 59 £500 +25.00% 36
North East -7 50 £375 -21.88% 21
East of England +12 49 £410 -16.33% 54
East Midlands -7 29 £468 +31.32% 13
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 62 (4.54%) SharePoint
2 52 (3.81%) CMS
3 34 (2.49%) Confluence
4 25 (1.83%) Microsoft Exchange
5 14 (1.03%) WordPress
6 8 (0.59%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 6 (0.44%) Apache
7 6 (0.44%) Drupal
7 6 (0.44%) Skype for Business
8 4 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.29%) Headless CMS
8 4 (0.29%) Kentico
8 4 (0.29%) Mendix
9 2 (0.15%) HCL Notes
9 2 (0.15%) IIS
9 2 (0.15%) Moodle
9 2 (0.15%) nginx
9 2 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.15%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.073%) IBM HTTP Server
Applications
1 28 (2.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (1.83%) Sketch
3 20 (1.47%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 20 (1.47%) Chatbot
3 20 (1.47%) Photoshop
4 16 (1.17%) Microsoft Office
5 15 (1.10%) Adobe Illustrator
6 13 (0.95%) Adobe After Effects
6 13 (0.95%) Adobe XD
7 10 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 8 (0.59%) MS Visio
9 4 (0.29%) Adobe Captivate
10 2 (0.15%) InVision
10 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
10 2 (0.15%) Oracle Smart View
10 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.15%) UserZoom
11 1 (0.073%) Blender
11 1 (0.073%) Camtasia
11 1 (0.073%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
1 11 (0.81%) Workday HCM
2 7 (0.51%) Shopify
3 6 (0.44%) Sage X3
4 4 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
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 HR
Cloud Services
1 210 (15.38%) Azure
2 182 (13.33%) Figma
3 125 (9.16%) Microsoft 365
4 113 (8.28%) AWS
5 99 (7.25%) Power Platform
6 59 (4.32%) Entra ID
7 50 (3.66%) Microsoft Copilot
8 47 (3.44%) Azure DevOps
9 45 (3.30%) GCP
10 42 (3.08%) GitHub
10 42 (3.08%) SaaS
11 35 (2.56%) PowerApps
12 30 (2.20%) OneDrive
13 27 (1.98%) Power Automate
14 26 (1.90%) Copilot Studio
15 19 (1.39%) Azure AI
16 18 (1.32%) Serverless
17 15 (1.10%) GitHub Actions
18 11 (0.81%) Firebase
19 10 (0.73%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 39 (2.86%) DNS
2 33 (2.42%) DHCP
3 28 (2.05%) TCP/IP
4 24 (1.76%) Wi-Fi
5 20 (1.47%) Wireless
6 19 (1.39%) LAN
7 12 (0.88%) Firewall
7 12 (0.88%) Internet
7 12 (0.88%) VPN
7 12 (0.88%) WAN
8 10 (0.73%) Intranet
9 9 (0.66%) SD-WAN
10 8 (0.59%) Cisco Wireless
10 8 (0.59%) Skype
11 6 (0.44%) 5G
11 6 (0.44%) Network Security
11 6 (0.44%) WLAN
12 5 (0.37%) 802.11
12 5 (0.37%) SMS
12 5 (0.37%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (4.18%) Power BI
2 23 (1.68%) Metadata
3 17 (1.25%) Power Query
3 17 (1.25%) Relational Database
4 16 (1.17%) PostgreSQL
5 14 (1.03%) NoSQL
6 13 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
6 13 (0.95%) Tableau
7 12 (0.88%) SQL Server
8 10 (0.73%) MySQL
9 7 (0.51%) Looker
10 6 (0.44%) BigQuery
10 6 (0.44%) DynamoDB
10 6 (0.44%) MongoDB
10 6 (0.44%) Star Schema
10 6 (0.44%) ZAP BI
11 5 (0.37%) Qlik Sense
11 5 (0.37%) Redis
12 4 (0.29%) Elasticsearch
12 4 (0.29%) Flink
Development Applications
1 73 (5.35%) JIRA
2 53 (3.88%) Git
3 24 (1.76%) Jenkins
4 21 (1.54%) Cypress.io
5 18 (1.32%) Vite
6 17 (1.25%) GitLab
7 10 (0.73%) Android Studio
7 10 (0.73%) Browser DevTools
7 10 (0.73%) fastlane
7 10 (0.73%) Storybook
8 9 (0.66%) Xcode
9 8 (0.59%) Gradle
10 6 (0.44%) Selenium
11 5 (0.37%) Bitbucket
11 5 (0.37%) Fiddler
11 5 (0.37%) JUnit
11 5 (0.37%) Postman
11 5 (0.37%) REST Assured
11 5 (0.37%) TeamCity
11 5 (0.37%) webpack
General
1 432 (31.65%) Social Skills
2 251 (18.39%) Finance
3 178 (13.04%) Public Sector
4 135 (9.89%) Analytical Skills
5 112 (8.21%) Banking
6 81 (5.93%) Retail
7 68 (4.98%) Marketing
8 45 (3.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 34 (2.49%) Legal
10 33 (2.42%) Influencing Skills
11 29 (2.12%) Publishing
12 28 (2.05%) Presentation Skills
13 27 (1.98%) Automotive
14 22 (1.61%) Manufacturing
14 22 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
15 18 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
16 13 (0.95%) Investment Banking
17 11 (0.81%) Front Office
17 11 (0.81%) Military
18 8 (0.59%) Law
Job Titles
1 299 (21.90%) Designer
2 185 (13.55%) Senior
3 177 (12.97%) Developer
4 127 (9.30%) UX Designer
5 111 (8.13%) Lead
6 105 (7.69%) Analyst
7 76 (5.57%) UI Designer
8 71 (5.20%) Consultant
9 53 (3.88%) User Researcher
10 51 (3.74%) Architect
10 51 (3.74%) Content Designer
10 51 (3.74%) Senior Designer
11 50 (3.66%) Business Analyst
12 44 (3.22%) IT Support
12 44 (3.22%) Product Manager
12 44 (3.22%) UI/UX Designer
13 43 (3.15%) Product Designer
14 42 (3.08%) User Experience Researcher
15 41 (3.00%) Support Engineer
16 31 (2.27%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 119 (8.72%) React
2 100 (7.33%) CSS
3 86 (6.30%) HTML
4 84 (6.15%) REST
5 49 (3.59%) RESTful
6 46 (3.37%) AngularJS
7 37 (2.71%) GraphQL
8 36 (2.64%) .NET
9 33 (2.42%) HTML5
10 32 (2.34%) CSS3
11 25 (1.83%) Spring
12 24 (1.76%) Spring Boot
13 22 (1.61%) Node.js
14 21 (1.54%) Next.js
15 20 (1.47%) Jest
15 20 (1.47%) JSON
16 19 (1.39%) OAuth
16 19 (1.39%) Redux
17 18 (1.32%) ASP.NET
17 18 (1.32%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 130 (9.52%) Product Ownership
2 83 (6.08%) Mobile App
3 76 (5.57%) Onboarding
4 37 (2.71%) Cloud Native
5 36 (2.64%) AI Agents
6 29 (2.12%) Enterprise Software
7 27 (1.98%) Data Protection Act
7 27 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
8 24 (1.76%) Legacy Systems
9 21 (1.54%) Data Centre
9 21 (1.54%) Data Structures
10 20 (1.47%) Social Media
11 19 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
12 17 (1.25%) Graphic Design
13 16 (1.17%) Educational Technology
13 16 (1.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 15 (1.10%) Management Information System
15 14 (1.03%) Algorithms
15 14 (1.03%) NHS
15 14 (1.03%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 127 (9.30%) Windows
2 53 (3.88%) Android
3 50 (3.66%) Apple iOS
4 43 (3.15%) Windows 10
5 26 (1.90%) Mac OS
6 18 (1.32%) Windows Server
7 16 (1.17%) Linux
8 9 (0.66%) Unix
8 9 (0.66%) Windows 7
9 4 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.22%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 436 (31.94%) UX Design
2 390 (28.57%) Agile
3 255 (18.68%) AI
4 227 (16.63%) Problem-Solving
5 205 (15.02%) Stakeholder Management
6 185 (13.55%) Analytics
7 182 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
8 174 (12.75%) User Research
9 160 (11.72%) CI/CD
10 149 (10.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 143 (10.48%) Roadmaps
12 132 (9.67%) Decision-Making
13 119 (8.72%) Prototyping
14 117 (8.57%) DevOps
15 110 (8.06%) UX Research
16 109 (7.99%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
17 107 (7.84%) Wireframes
18 103 (7.55%) Service Design
19 98 (7.18%) Workshop Facilitation
20 96 (7.03%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 120 (8.79%) JavaScript
2 92 (6.74%) Java
3 91 (6.67%) Python
3 91 (6.67%) TypeScript
4 89 (6.52%) SQL
5 50 (3.66%) PowerShell
6 32 (2.34%) Kotlin
7 31 (2.27%) C#
8 24 (1.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 14 (1.03%) Swift
10 13 (0.95%) Bash
11 8 (0.59%) Korn
12 7 (0.51%) Apex Code
12 7 (0.51%) Go
12 7 (0.51%) R
12 7 (0.51%) VBScript
13 6 (0.44%) PHP
13 6 (0.44%) Scala
13 6 (0.44%) VB
13 6 (0.44%) VBA
Qualifications
1 207 (15.16%) Security Cleared
2 158 (11.58%) SC Cleared
3 122 (8.94%) Degree
4 30 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (1.83%) DV Cleared
6 24 (1.76%) BPSS Clearance
7 21 (1.54%) Azure Certification
7 21 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
8 10 (0.73%) PMP
9 9 (0.66%) ITIL Certification
10 8 (0.59%) AWS Certification
10 8 (0.59%) Citrix Certification
10 8 (0.59%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 7 (0.51%) CCA
12 6 (0.44%) CCIE
12 6 (0.44%) CCNP
12 6 (0.44%) DBS Check
12 6 (0.44%) MCSE
13 5 (0.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 222 (16.26%) Accessibility
2 94 (6.89%) QA
3 69 (5.05%) WCAG
4 47 (3.44%) Data Quality
5 20 (1.47%) GDPR
6 14 (1.03%) Actionable Recommendations
7 8 (0.59%) PMO
8 7 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
8 7 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 7 (0.51%) SLA
9 4 (0.29%) GRC
10 2 (0.15%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.15%) PSD2
11 1 (0.073%) COBIT
11 1 (0.073%) GMP
11 1 (0.073%) GxP
11 1 (0.073%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.073%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.073%) WAI
System Software
1 81 (5.93%) Active Directory
2 39 (2.86%) Docker
3 29 (2.12%) Virtual Desktop
4 16 (1.17%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.44%) BitLocker
5 6 (0.44%) Firmware
5 6 (0.44%) vSphere
6 5 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.29%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.29%) Microsoft App-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 (3.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 42 (3.08%) Kubernetes
3 41 (3.00%) Terraform
4 35 (2.56%) SCCM
5 22 (1.61%) Grafana
6 17 (1.25%) Single Sign-On
7 13 (0.95%) Ansible
7 13 (0.95%) Jamf Pro
8 11 (0.81%) Prometheus
9 5 (0.37%) vCenter Server
10 4 (0.29%) Clonezilla
10 4 (0.29%) Podman
11 3 (0.22%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 3 (0.22%) 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 (0.073%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 236 (17.29%) Microsoft
2 76 (5.57%) Adobe
3 74 (5.42%) ServiceNow
4 47 (3.44%) Google
5 41 (3.00%) SAP
6 37 (2.71%) Oracle
7 31 (2.27%) Salesforce
8 26 (1.90%) Citrix
9 22 (1.61%) Splunk
10 21 (1.54%) Dynatrace
10 21 (1.54%) Workday
11 19 (1.39%) VMware
12 17 (1.25%) Cisco
13 16 (1.17%) Apple
14 15 (1.10%) Foundry
15 13 (0.95%) Zscaler
16 11 (0.81%) Aruba
16 11 (0.81%) OpenAI
17 9 (0.66%) Databricks
18 8 (0.59%) Okta