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

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 64 89
Rank change year-on-year -27 +25 -27
Contract jobs citing User Experience 1,336 1,062 844
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.92% 3.83% 2.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.44% 4.22% 2.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 793 677 520
10th Percentile £288 £300 £305
25th Percentile £380 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £613
90th Percentile £679 £690 £713
UK median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 45 27
10th Percentile £16.73 £22.15 £16.28
25th Percentile £26.13 £33.00 £30.00
Median hourly rate £33.99 £43.50 £41.68
Median % change year-on-year -21.86% +4.38% +51.55%
75th Percentile £67.86 £63.75 £69.20
90th Percentile £77.00 £71.78 £74.18
UK median hourly rate £33.99 £45.50 £40.84
% change year-on-year -25.30% +11.42% +8.90%

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 38,818 25,195 28,384
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.84% 90.79% 85.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,932 16,050 18,115
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £631 £625 £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 2,599 1,473 1,445
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.25 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.87 £18.75
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +2.63%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +63.02% -40.82% +3.56%

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 31 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 31 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 31 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 -32 675 £513 +2.50% 690
North of England -18 246 £425 +3.66% 153
Midlands -8 153 £475 +10.27% 74
West Midlands -2 123 £475 -6.77% 48
North West -34 123 £397 -6.71% 81
South East -56 103 £403 -9.96% 142
South West -12 80 £475 - 89
Yorkshire -20 74 £500 +25.00% 54
North East -3 48 £350 -27.08% 21
East of England +5 43 £425 -15.00% 41
East Midlands -12 30 £500 +39.66% 26
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 64 (4.79%) SharePoint
2 53 (3.97%) CMS
3 35 (2.62%) Confluence
4 27 (2.02%) Microsoft Exchange
5 15 (1.12%) WordPress
6 9 (0.67%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 7 (0.52%) Skype for Business
8 6 (0.45%) Apache
9 5 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
9 5 (0.37%) Drupal
9 5 (0.37%) Oracle Workflow
10 4 (0.30%) Headless CMS
10 4 (0.30%) Kentico
11 3 (0.22%) Mendix
12 2 (0.15%) HCL Notes
12 2 (0.15%) IIS
12 2 (0.15%) Moodle
12 2 (0.15%) nginx
12 2 (0.15%) Umbraco
13 1 (0.075%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 20 (1.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 20 (1.50%) Chatbot
1 20 (1.50%) Microsoft Office
1 20 (1.50%) Photoshop
2 18 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (1.35%) Sketch
3 16 (1.20%) Adobe Illustrator
4 12 (0.90%) Adobe After Effects
5 10 (0.75%) MS Visio
6 9 (0.67%) Adobe XD
6 9 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (0.15%) InVision
7 2 (0.15%) Oracle Smart View
7 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.15%) UserZoom
8 1 (0.075%) Adobe Captivate
8 1 (0.075%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.075%) Blender
8 1 (0.075%) Final Cut Pro
8 1 (0.075%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (0.60%) Workday HCM
2 6 (0.45%) Shopify
3 5 (0.37%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.30%) Oracle iProcurement
4 4 (0.30%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.22%) iTrent
5 3 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.15%) ResourceLink
7 1 (0.075%) Bloomberg TOMS
7 1 (0.075%) Eloqua
7 1 (0.075%) Exchequer
7 1 (0.075%) Magento
7 1 (0.075%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.075%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 196 (14.67%) Azure
2 156 (11.68%) Figma
3 140 (10.48%) Microsoft 365
4 112 (8.38%) AWS
5 95 (7.11%) Power Platform
6 59 (4.42%) Entra ID
7 55 (4.12%) Microsoft Copilot
8 46 (3.44%) GitHub
9 44 (3.29%) Azure DevOps
10 42 (3.14%) SaaS
11 36 (2.69%) GCP
12 32 (2.40%) OneDrive
13 30 (2.25%) PowerApps
14 24 (1.80%) Copilot Studio
14 24 (1.80%) Power Automate
15 19 (1.42%) Azure AI
16 16 (1.20%) Serverless
17 15 (1.12%) GitHub Actions
18 13 (0.97%) Firebase
19 12 (0.90%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 43 (3.22%) DNS
2 37 (2.77%) DHCP
3 32 (2.40%) TCP/IP
4 30 (2.25%) Wi-Fi
5 22 (1.65%) Wireless
6 21 (1.57%) LAN
7 18 (1.35%) VPN
8 16 (1.20%) Firewall
8 16 (1.20%) WAN
9 13 (0.97%) Internet
10 11 (0.82%) SD-WAN
11 9 (0.67%) Cisco Wireless
11 9 (0.67%) NetScaler
11 9 (0.67%) Skype
12 8 (0.60%) Intranet
12 8 (0.60%) Network Security
13 7 (0.52%) 5G
13 7 (0.52%) WLAN
14 6 (0.45%) SSL
15 5 (0.37%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (3.97%) Power BI
2 25 (1.87%) Metadata
3 13 (0.97%) Power Query
4 12 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (0.90%) SQL Server
4 12 (0.90%) Tableau
5 11 (0.82%) NoSQL
5 11 (0.82%) Relational Database
6 9 (0.67%) Elasticsearch
6 9 (0.67%) Looker
7 8 (0.60%) MongoDB
8 7 (0.52%) MySQL
8 7 (0.52%) Redis
9 6 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (0.45%) Qlik Sense
9 6 (0.45%) Star Schema
10 5 (0.37%) BigQuery
10 5 (0.37%) Flink
10 5 (0.37%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 4 (0.30%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 77 (5.76%) JIRA
2 60 (4.49%) Git
3 24 (1.80%) Jenkins
4 21 (1.57%) Cypress.io
5 17 (1.27%) Vite
6 13 (0.97%) GitLab
7 12 (0.90%) fastlane
8 11 (0.82%) Storybook
9 10 (0.75%) Android Studio
9 10 (0.75%) Browser DevTools
10 9 (0.67%) Xcode
11 7 (0.52%) Postman
12 6 (0.45%) Gradle
13 5 (0.37%) Claude Code
13 5 (0.37%) Crashlytics
13 5 (0.37%) Fiddler
13 5 (0.37%) JMeter
13 5 (0.37%) MSI
13 5 (0.37%) Oracle Forms
13 5 (0.37%) REST Assured
General
1 426 (31.89%) Social Skills
2 236 (17.66%) Finance
3 179 (13.40%) Public Sector
4 134 (10.03%) Analytical Skills
5 105 (7.86%) Banking
6 79 (5.91%) Retail
7 65 (4.87%) Marketing
8 46 (3.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 36 (2.69%) Influencing Skills
10 34 (2.54%) Legal
11 28 (2.10%) Automotive
12 27 (2.02%) Publishing
13 24 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
13 24 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
14 19 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
15 17 (1.27%) Manufacturing
16 13 (0.97%) Investment Banking
16 13 (0.97%) Military
17 9 (0.67%) Front Office
17 9 (0.67%) Law
Job Titles
1 284 (21.26%) Designer
2 176 (13.17%) Developer
3 172 (12.87%) Senior
4 118 (8.83%) UX Designer
5 115 (8.61%) Lead
6 94 (7.04%) Analyst
7 68 (5.09%) UI Designer
8 66 (4.94%) Consultant
9 54 (4.04%) IT Support
10 53 (3.97%) Architect
10 53 (3.97%) Support Engineer
11 52 (3.89%) User Researcher
12 51 (3.82%) Product Manager
13 50 (3.74%) Senior Designer
14 46 (3.44%) Content Designer
15 45 (3.37%) Business Analyst
16 41 (3.07%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
17 39 (2.92%) User Experience Researcher
18 38 (2.84%) IT Engineer
18 38 (2.84%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 124 (9.28%) React
2 102 (7.63%) CSS
3 89 (6.66%) HTML
4 77 (5.76%) REST
5 45 (3.37%) RESTful
6 43 (3.22%) AngularJS
7 38 (2.84%) Terraform
8 37 (2.77%) CSS3
8 37 (2.77%) HTML5
9 36 (2.69%) GraphQL
10 35 (2.62%) .NET
11 30 (2.25%) Next.js
12 22 (1.65%) Jest
12 22 (1.65%) Spring
13 21 (1.57%) Spring Boot
14 20 (1.50%) OAuth
15 19 (1.42%) Playwright
16 18 (1.35%) ASP.NET
16 18 (1.35%) Node.js
17 17 (1.27%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 122 (9.13%) Product Ownership
2 79 (5.91%) Onboarding
3 77 (5.76%) Mobile App
4 43 (3.22%) Cloud Native
5 36 (2.69%) AI Agents
6 28 (2.10%) Data Protection Act
7 27 (2.02%) Enterprise Software
7 27 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
8 25 (1.87%) Management Information System
9 24 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
10 20 (1.50%) Data Centre
10 20 (1.50%) Social Media
11 19 (1.42%) NHS
12 18 (1.35%) Educational Technology
12 18 (1.35%) Graphic Design
13 15 (1.12%) Data Structures
13 15 (1.12%) Virtual Reality
14 14 (1.05%) Taxonomies
15 13 (0.97%) Algorithms
15 13 (0.97%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 145 (10.85%) Windows
2 57 (4.27%) Android
3 56 (4.19%) Apple iOS
4 54 (4.04%) Windows 10
5 31 (2.32%) Mac OS
6 30 (2.25%) Windows Server
7 18 (1.35%) Linux
8 11 (0.82%) Unix
9 9 (0.67%) 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
1 431 (32.26%) UX Design
2 384 (28.74%) Agile
3 252 (18.86%) AI
4 231 (17.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 227 (16.99%) Problem-Solving
6 185 (13.85%) Continuous Improvement
7 182 (13.62%) Analytics
8 159 (11.90%) User Research
9 154 (11.53%) CI/CD
10 145 (10.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 137 (10.25%) Roadmaps
12 135 (10.10%) Decision-Making
13 106 (7.93%) Prototyping
13 106 (7.93%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
14 104 (7.78%) DevOps
15 102 (7.63%) Scrum
16 101 (7.56%) Workshop Facilitation
17 100 (7.49%) Service Design
18 96 (7.19%) ITIL
19 94 (7.04%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 126 (9.43%) JavaScript
2 93 (6.96%) TypeScript
3 86 (6.44%) Python
4 81 (6.06%) Java
5 76 (5.69%) SQL
6 47 (3.52%) PowerShell
7 28 (2.10%) C#
8 25 (1.87%) Kotlin
9 18 (1.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 16 (1.20%) Bash
11 15 (1.12%) Swift
12 8 (0.60%) VBScript
13 7 (0.52%) Go
13 7 (0.52%) PHP
13 7 (0.52%) VB
14 6 (0.45%) Scala
14 6 (0.45%) Shell Script
15 5 (0.37%) Apex Code
15 5 (0.37%) Korn
16 4 (0.30%) R
Qualifications
1 208 (15.57%) Security Cleared
2 156 (11.68%) SC Cleared
3 108 (8.08%) Degree
4 30 (2.25%) BPSS Clearance
5 28 (2.10%) Computer Science Degree
6 23 (1.72%) DV Cleared
7 21 (1.57%) Azure Certification
8 19 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
9 13 (0.97%) PMP
10 10 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
10 10 (0.75%) ITIL Certification
11 8 (0.60%) AWS Certification
11 8 (0.60%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 7 (0.52%) DBS Check
13 6 (0.45%) CCIE
13 6 (0.45%) CCNP
13 6 (0.45%) MCSE
14 5 (0.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 5 (0.37%) CISSP
14 5 (0.37%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 210 (15.72%) Accessibility
2 86 (6.44%) QA
3 72 (5.39%) WCAG
4 39 (2.92%) Data Quality
5 20 (1.50%) GDPR
6 13 (0.97%) Actionable Recommendations
7 8 (0.60%) SLA
8 7 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 6 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (0.45%) PMO
10 5 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 4 (0.30%) GRC
12 2 (0.15%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.15%) PSD2
13 1 (0.075%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.075%) ISO 20022
13 1 (0.075%) NIST
13 1 (0.075%) SEPA
13 1 (0.075%) WAI
13 1 (0.075%) WAI-ARIA
System Software
1 97 (7.26%) Active Directory
2 41 (3.07%) Docker
3 27 (2.02%) Virtual Desktop
4 20 (1.50%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (0.97%) Hyper-V
6 7 (0.52%) BitLocker
6 7 (0.52%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 6 (0.45%) vSphere
7 6 (0.45%) XenApp
7 6 (0.45%) XenDesktop
8 5 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (0.30%) Microsoft App-V
10 3 (0.22%) UAG
11 2 (0.15%) Firmware
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 44 (3.29%) Kubernetes
1 44 (3.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 32 (2.40%) SCCM
3 21 (1.57%) Single Sign-On
4 19 (1.42%) Grafana
5 15 (1.12%) Jamf Pro
6 13 (0.97%) Ansible
7 11 (0.82%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.37%) SysTrack
8 5 (0.37%) vCenter Server
9 4 (0.30%) Clonezilla
9 4 (0.30%) Podman
10 3 (0.22%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 3 (0.22%) WSUS
11 2 (0.15%) Argo
11 2 (0.15%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.15%) Packer
11 2 (0.15%) SCOM
11 2 (0.15%) vMotion
12 1 (0.075%) PingFederate
Vendors
1 231 (17.29%) Microsoft
2 80 (5.99%) ServiceNow
3 69 (5.16%) Adobe
4 44 (3.29%) Oracle
5 43 (3.22%) Google
6 31 (2.32%) SAP
7 28 (2.10%) Salesforce
8 25 (1.87%) Citrix
9 24 (1.80%) Dynatrace
10 23 (1.72%) VMware
11 21 (1.57%) Splunk
12 19 (1.42%) Apple
12 19 (1.42%) Cisco
13 18 (1.35%) Workday
14 15 (1.12%) Foundry
15 14 (1.05%) Zscaler
16 12 (0.90%) Aruba
16 12 (0.90%) OpenAI
17 10 (0.75%) Okta
18 8 (0.60%) Databricks