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 3 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 65 71
Rank change year-on-year -6 +6 -3
Contract jobs citing User Experience 1,160 872 1,088
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.51% 3.35% 2.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.00% 3.73% 3.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 788 516 752
10th Percentile £300 £313 £310
25th Percentile £375 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -7.41%
75th Percentile £568 £600 £594
90th Percentile £650 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 22 38
10th Percentile £15.50 £25.26 £22.63
25th Percentile £17.69 £30.48 £25.00
Median hourly rate £37.27 £42.21 £46.78
Median % change year-on-year -11.69% -9.77% -25.16%
75th Percentile £61.25 £53.00 £72.80
90th Percentile £72.98 £72.52 £81.25
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £41.46 £46.06
% change year-on-year -14.36% -9.99% -26.31%

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 28,984 23,348 33,451
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.65% 89.57% 87.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,549 14,241 22,377
10th Percentile £306 £310 £300
25th Percentile £410 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £640 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,798 747 1,965
10th Percentile £15.06 £15.62 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.00 £16.74
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -1.41% +1.43%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.75 £61.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -7.14% +8.53%

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 3 February 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 3 February 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 3 February 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 -13 606 £488 -6.02% 293
North of England +15 206 £425 -5.56% 133
North West +19 136 £400 -11.11% 76
South East -11 114 £450 -10.00% 178
Midlands -13 111 £500 +17.65% 63
South West +1 63 £450 -14.29% 70
West Midlands -22 62 £450 -10.00% 37
Yorkshire -17 52 £506 +12.50% 42
East Midlands +5 49 £545 +53.09% 26
East of England -12 28 £457 +1.11% 38
North East -2 17 £410 +2.50% 16
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 55 (4.74%) Confluence
2 51 (4.40%) SharePoint
3 41 (3.53%) CMS
4 23 (1.98%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 13 (1.12%) Microsoft Exchange
6 12 (1.03%) Headless CMS
7 8 (0.69%) Sitecore CMS
8 7 (0.60%) Apache
8 7 (0.60%) Umbraco
9 5 (0.43%) SugarCRM
10 4 (0.34%) Camunda
10 4 (0.34%) Ethereum
10 4 (0.34%) Hyperledger
11 3 (0.26%) Anypoint
11 3 (0.26%) Apache Spark
11 3 (0.26%) Jupyter
12 2 (0.17%) Appian
12 2 (0.17%) Drupal
12 2 (0.17%) WordPress
13 1 (0.086%) Mendix
Applications
1 35 (3.02%) Sketch
2 23 (1.98%) Adobe XD
2 23 (1.98%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (1.72%) MS Visio
4 18 (1.55%) Chatbot
5 13 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
6 9 (0.78%) Adobe Illustrator
6 9 (0.78%) Photoshop
7 8 (0.69%) InVision
8 6 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 5 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
10 4 (0.34%) Adobe After Effects
10 4 (0.34%) Trello
10 4 (0.34%) UXPin
11 3 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
11 3 (0.26%) UserZoom
12 2 (0.17%) Autodesk Smoke
12 2 (0.17%) Camtasia
12 2 (0.17%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 18 (1.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (1.38%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.26%) SAP CO
3 3 (0.26%) SAP FI
3 3 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
3 3 (0.26%) Shopify
3 3 (0.26%) Teamcenter
4 2 (0.17%) iTrent
4 2 (0.17%) Magento
4 2 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.086%) assyst
5 1 (0.086%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.086%) Eloqua
5 1 (0.086%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.086%) Oracle Payroll
5 1 (0.086%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.086%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.086%) Sprinklr
5 1 (0.086%) WebTrends
Cloud Services
1 206 (17.76%) Azure
2 141 (12.16%) Figma
3 125 (10.78%) AWS
4 80 (6.90%) Power Platform
5 77 (6.64%) SaaS
6 72 (6.21%) Microsoft 365
7 58 (5.00%) GCP
8 52 (4.48%) Entra ID
9 47 (4.05%) GitHub
10 43 (3.71%) Azure DevOps
11 27 (2.33%) GitHub Actions
12 24 (2.07%) Google Workspace
13 23 (1.98%) Google Analytics
13 23 (1.98%) PowerApps
14 22 (1.90%) Cloud Computing
14 22 (1.90%) Serverless
15 21 (1.81%) Power Automate
16 20 (1.72%) Miro
17 18 (1.55%) Dynamics 365
17 18 (1.55%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 26 (2.24%) DNS
2 23 (1.98%) Wireless
3 15 (1.29%) Internet
4 11 (0.95%) HTTP
5 10 (0.86%) VPN
5 10 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
6 9 (0.78%) DHCP
6 9 (0.78%) TCP/IP
7 8 (0.69%) BGP
7 8 (0.69%) Cisco ISE
8 7 (0.60%) Cisco Wireless
8 7 (0.60%) Firewall
8 7 (0.60%) NX-OS
8 7 (0.60%) VXLAN
9 6 (0.52%) Intranet
9 6 (0.52%) Unified Communications
9 6 (0.52%) WAN
10 5 (0.43%) SSL
11 4 (0.34%) HTTPS
11 4 (0.34%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (4.22%) Power BI
2 35 (3.02%) MySQL
3 34 (2.93%) Relational Database
4 26 (2.24%) SQL Server
5 24 (2.07%) NoSQL
5 24 (2.07%) PostgreSQL
6 15 (1.29%) Data Warehouse
7 14 (1.21%) Tableau
8 11 (0.95%) BigQuery
8 11 (0.95%) Looker
8 11 (0.95%) MongoDB
9 9 (0.78%) Metadata
10 7 (0.60%) Mixpanel
11 6 (0.52%) Redis
12 5 (0.43%) DynamoDB
12 5 (0.43%) Pinecone
13 4 (0.34%) SAP HANA
14 3 (0.26%) Hadoop
14 3 (0.26%) Oracle BI Publisher
14 3 (0.26%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 111 (9.57%) JIRA
2 78 (6.72%) Git
3 44 (3.79%) GitLab
4 32 (2.76%) Jenkins
5 26 (2.24%) Xcode
6 23 (1.98%) Android Studio
6 23 (1.98%) Cypress.io
6 23 (1.98%) Eclipse
7 20 (1.72%) JUnit
8 18 (1.55%) Browser DevTools
8 18 (1.55%) Gradle
9 15 (1.29%) Axure RP
10 12 (1.03%) Postman
11 11 (0.95%) CircleCI
12 9 (0.78%) Visual Website Optimizer
13 8 (0.69%) Artifactory
13 8 (0.69%) IntelliJ
13 8 (0.69%) Mocha
14 7 (0.60%) Cucumber
14 7 (0.60%) Selenium
General
1 400 (34.48%) Social Skills
2 216 (18.62%) Finance
3 147 (12.67%) Analytical Skills
4 138 (11.90%) Public Sector
5 80 (6.90%) Banking
6 72 (6.21%) Marketing
7 34 (2.93%) Influencing Skills
8 28 (2.41%) Retail
9 24 (2.07%) Legal
10 23 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
11 16 (1.38%) Manufacturing
12 15 (1.29%) Telecoms
13 14 (1.21%) Documentation Skills
13 14 (1.21%) Pharmaceutical
14 13 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 13 (1.12%) Investment Banking
15 11 (0.95%) Financial Institution
16 9 (0.78%) Automotive
17 8 (0.69%) Front Office
17 8 (0.69%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 189 (16.29%) Designer
2 188 (16.21%) Developer
3 163 (14.05%) Senior
4 107 (9.22%) UX Designer
5 104 (8.97%) Analyst
6 83 (7.16%) Lead
7 52 (4.48%) Business Analyst
8 50 (4.31%) Senior Designer
9 48 (4.14%) Product Designer
10 42 (3.62%) Architect
10 42 (3.62%) Consultant
11 38 (3.28%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 37 (3.19%) Support Engineer
13 36 (3.10%) Full-Stack Developer
14 32 (2.76%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
14 32 (2.76%) UI Designer
15 31 (2.67%) Software Engineer
16 29 (2.50%) IT Support
16 29 (2.50%) User Researcher
17 28 (2.41%) Senior UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 160 (13.79%) React
2 155 (13.36%) CSS
3 135 (11.64%) HTML
4 90 (7.76%) REST
5 87 (7.50%) AngularJS
6 75 (6.47%) RESTful
7 51 (4.40%) Node.js
8 47 (4.05%) Spring
9 45 (3.88%) GraphQL
9 45 (3.88%) Spring Boot
10 41 (3.53%) .NET
11 37 (3.19%) HTML5
12 30 (2.59%) CSS3
12 30 (2.59%) Jest
13 28 (2.41%) Next.js
13 28 (2.41%) Playwright
14 24 (2.07%) Redux
15 22 (1.90%) OAuth
16 20 (1.72%) SOAP
17 19 (1.64%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 106 (9.14%) Product Ownership
2 92 (7.93%) Mobile App
3 58 (5.00%) Onboarding
4 28 (2.41%) Enterprise Software
5 25 (2.16%) Analytical Mindset
6 19 (1.64%) AI Agents
7 15 (1.29%) Cloud Native
8 14 (1.21%) Data Structures
8 14 (1.21%) e-Learning
8 14 (1.21%) Virtual Team
9 13 (1.12%) Data Centre
9 13 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
9 13 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
9 13 (1.12%) Low-Code
10 12 (1.03%) CMDB
10 12 (1.03%) NHS
11 11 (0.95%) Distributed Systems
11 11 (0.95%) Management Information System
11 11 (0.95%) Mobile Banking
12 10 (0.86%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 123 (10.60%) Windows
2 66 (5.69%) Android
3 48 (4.14%) Apple iOS
4 36 (3.10%) Windows 10
5 35 (3.02%) Linux
6 22 (1.90%) Mac OS
7 21 (1.81%) Unix
8 6 (0.52%) Windows Server
9 3 (0.26%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.17%) VMS
11 1 (0.086%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 401 (34.57%) Agile
2 374 (32.24%) UX Design
3 203 (17.50%) Analytics
4 196 (16.90%) Problem-Solving
5 155 (13.36%) Stakeholder Management
6 149 (12.84%) User Research
7 147 (12.67%) CI/CD
8 134 (11.55%) AI
9 132 (11.38%) Continuous Improvement
9 132 (11.38%) DevOps
10 128 (11.03%) Roadmaps
11 119 (10.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 107 (9.22%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
13 99 (8.53%) Decision-Making
14 97 (8.36%) UX Research
15 92 (7.93%) Wireframes
16 90 (7.76%) Prototyping
16 90 (7.76%) Usability Testing
17 86 (7.41%) Front End Development
18 82 (7.07%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 191 (16.47%) JavaScript
2 117 (10.09%) SQL
3 115 (9.91%) Java
4 108 (9.31%) TypeScript
5 105 (9.05%) Python
6 59 (5.09%) PowerShell
7 47 (4.05%) C#
8 29 (2.50%) Kotlin
9 22 (1.90%) Bash
10 21 (1.81%) Perl
11 18 (1.55%) Swift
12 14 (1.21%) PHP
13 11 (0.95%) PL/SQL
14 10 (0.86%) C++
15 9 (0.78%) Go
16 7 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 7 (0.60%) Lisp
16 7 (0.60%) Objective-C
17 5 (0.43%) C
17 5 (0.43%) Scala
Qualifications
1 144 (12.41%) Security Cleared
2 104 (8.97%) Degree
3 103 (8.88%) SC Cleared
4 21 (1.81%) BPSS Clearance
5 19 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (1.21%) Master's Degree
7 11 (0.95%) MOS
8 10 (0.86%) DV Cleared
9 9 (0.78%) CCNP
9 9 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (0.78%) OCA
9 9 (0.78%) Oracle Certification
10 7 (0.60%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.26%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.17%) A+ Certification
12 2 (0.17%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.17%) CISM
12 2 (0.17%) CISSP
12 2 (0.17%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 192 (16.55%) Accessibility
2 112 (9.66%) QA
3 63 (5.43%) WCAG
4 59 (5.09%) GDPR
5 37 (3.19%) Data Quality
6 25 (2.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 18 (1.55%) Actionable Recommendations
8 17 (1.47%) SLA
9 6 (0.52%) NCSC
10 5 (0.43%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 5 (0.43%) PMO
11 4 (0.34%) GxP
12 3 (0.26%) Government Security Classifications
12 3 (0.26%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.26%) NIST
12 3 (0.26%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.17%) GMP
13 2 (0.17%) ISO 20022
13 2 (0.17%) PSD2
13 2 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 69 (5.95%) Active Directory
2 55 (4.74%) Docker
3 22 (1.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.26%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.17%) ProxySG
7 1 (0.086%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.086%) ISA Server
7 1 (0.086%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.086%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.086%) XenApp
7 1 (0.086%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 52 (4.48%) Kubernetes
2 44 (3.79%) Microsoft Intune
3 37 (3.19%) SCCM
4 30 (2.59%) Terraform
5 15 (1.29%) Grafana
5 15 (1.29%) Single Sign-On
6 11 (0.95%) Ansible
7 7 (0.60%) FortiGate
8 6 (0.52%) Prometheus
9 4 (0.34%) Argo
9 4 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.26%) HP ALM
10 3 (0.26%) Nagios
10 3 (0.26%) Rancher
11 2 (0.17%) PingFederate
11 2 (0.17%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 2 (0.17%) SysTrack
12 1 (0.086%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.086%) Istio
12 1 (0.086%) Podman
Vendors
1 209 (18.02%) Microsoft
2 79 (6.81%) Google
3 73 (6.29%) Adobe
4 66 (5.69%) ServiceNow
5 48 (4.14%) Oracle
6 42 (3.62%) SAP
7 40 (3.45%) Salesforce
8 26 (2.24%) Splunk
9 23 (1.98%) VMware
10 18 (1.55%) Citrix
11 13 (1.12%) Apple
11 13 (1.12%) Cisco
12 11 (0.95%) Hotjar
12 11 (0.95%) Optimizely
12 11 (0.95%) Red Hat
12 11 (0.95%) Zscaler
13 10 (0.86%) Amplitude
14 8 (0.69%) Ekahau
14 8 (0.69%) MuleSoft
14 8 (0.69%) Sitecore