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 4 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 72 71
Rank change year-on-year +3 -1 -6
Contract jobs citing User Experience 1,131 875 1,070
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.60% 3.18% 2.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.06% 3.58% 3.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 758 512 728
10th Percentile £290 £300 £325
25th Percentile £369 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £559 £600 £600
90th Percentile £663 £736 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 23 25
10th Percentile £15.50 £25.26 £21.55
25th Percentile £17.69 £30.22 £31.71
Median hourly rate £35.60 £41.91 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -30.15% -7.69%
75th Percentile £61.25 £52.25 £72.90
90th Percentile £70.42 £70.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £35.60 £41.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -13.17% -31.67% -7.69%

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 27,843 24,416 31,995
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.51% 88.85% 88.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,784 15,001 21,658
10th Percentile £304 £310 £306
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £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 1,756 802 1,433
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.96 £20.34 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.90
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -20.27% +23.66%
75th Percentile £57.50 £64.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -23.53% +21.43%

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 4 January 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 4 January 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 4 January 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 -7 589 £480 -8.57% 558
North of England +22 203 £410 -8.89% 233
North West +17 132 £400 -11.11% 111
South East 0 108 £386 -19.74% 411
Midlands -2 108 £465 +9.41% 214
West Midlands -14 72 £435 -15.12% 110
South West +11 64 £513 -10.87% 135
Yorkshire -11 55 £500 +11.11% 97
East Midlands -3 36 £488 +36.94% 89
East of England -4 33 £460 -6.03% 177
North East +2 15 £410 - 25
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 (4.86%) Confluence
2 47 (4.16%) SharePoint
3 43 (3.80%) CMS
4 22 (1.95%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 12 (1.06%) Headless CMS
5 12 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (0.80%) Apache
7 7 (0.62%) Sitecore CMS
7 7 (0.62%) Umbraco
8 5 (0.44%) SugarCRM
9 4 (0.35%) WordPress
10 3 (0.27%) Anypoint
10 3 (0.27%) Apache Spark
10 3 (0.27%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.18%) Appian
11 2 (0.18%) Camunda
11 2 (0.18%) Drupal
12 1 (0.088%) Moodle
12 1 (0.088%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 39 (3.45%) Sketch
2 23 (2.03%) MS Visio
3 22 (1.95%) Microsoft Office
4 21 (1.86%) Adobe XD
5 20 (1.77%) Chatbot
6 14 (1.24%) Microsoft Excel
7 12 (1.06%) Adobe Illustrator
7 12 (1.06%) Photoshop
8 11 (0.97%) InVision
9 7 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
10 6 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
11 5 (0.44%) Trello
12 4 (0.35%) Adobe After Effects
12 4 (0.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 4 (0.35%) Camtasia
13 3 (0.27%) OmniGraffle
13 3 (0.27%) Snagit
13 3 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
14 2 (0.18%) Autodesk Smoke
14 2 (0.18%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 19 (1.68%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.27%) SAP CO
3 3 (0.27%) SAP FI
3 3 (0.27%) SAP FI/CO
3 3 (0.27%) Teamcenter
4 2 (0.18%) iTrent
4 2 (0.18%) Magento
4 2 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.088%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.088%) Eloqua
5 1 (0.088%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.088%) Oracle Payroll
5 1 (0.088%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.088%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.088%) SAP PP
5 1 (0.088%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.088%) Shopify
5 1 (0.088%) WebTrends
Cloud Services
1 193 (17.06%) Azure
2 126 (11.14%) AWS
3 122 (10.79%) Figma
4 78 (6.90%) Power Platform
5 76 (6.72%) SaaS
6 72 (6.37%) Microsoft 365
7 60 (5.31%) GCP
8 46 (4.07%) Entra ID
9 39 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
10 38 (3.36%) GitHub
11 25 (2.21%) Miro
12 24 (2.12%) Google Analytics
12 24 (2.12%) Serverless
13 20 (1.77%) GitHub Actions
13 20 (1.77%) Sauce Labs
14 18 (1.59%) Google Workspace
15 17 (1.50%) PowerApps
16 16 (1.41%) Power Automate
17 15 (1.33%) Dynamics 365
17 15 (1.33%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 28 (2.48%) DNS
2 27 (2.39%) Wireless
3 14 (1.24%) Internet
4 10 (0.88%) VPN
5 9 (0.80%) DHCP
5 9 (0.80%) TCP/IP
5 9 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
6 7 (0.62%) BGP
6 7 (0.62%) Cisco ISE
6 7 (0.62%) Cisco Wireless
6 7 (0.62%) Firewall
6 7 (0.62%) HTTP
6 7 (0.62%) NX-OS
6 7 (0.62%) VXLAN
7 6 (0.53%) Intranet
7 6 (0.53%) Unified Communications
8 5 (0.44%) SSL
8 5 (0.44%) WAN
9 4 (0.35%) HTTPS
9 4 (0.35%) PPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (4.42%) Power BI
2 39 (3.45%) MySQL
2 39 (3.45%) Relational Database
3 31 (2.74%) PostgreSQL
4 28 (2.48%) SQL Server
5 22 (1.95%) NoSQL
6 20 (1.77%) Tableau
7 15 (1.33%) Data Warehouse
7 15 (1.33%) MongoDB
8 11 (0.97%) BigQuery
8 11 (0.97%) Looker
8 11 (0.97%) Redis
9 8 (0.71%) Metadata
10 7 (0.62%) Mixpanel
10 7 (0.62%) SAP HANA
11 5 (0.44%) DynamoDB
12 4 (0.35%) Big Data
12 4 (0.35%) Pinecone
13 3 (0.27%) Amazon Athena
13 3 (0.27%) CockroachDB
Development Applications
1 114 (10.08%) JIRA
2 76 (6.72%) Git
3 43 (3.80%) GitLab
4 33 (2.92%) Jenkins
5 32 (2.83%) Xcode
6 28 (2.48%) Android Studio
6 28 (2.48%) Eclipse
7 22 (1.95%) Browser DevTools
8 20 (1.77%) Cypress.io
9 18 (1.59%) Gradle
10 17 (1.50%) Axure RP
11 12 (1.06%) JUnit
11 12 (1.06%) Postman
12 11 (0.97%) webpack
13 10 (0.88%) Artifactory
13 10 (0.88%) CircleCI
14 9 (0.80%) Visual Website Optimizer
15 8 (0.71%) Cucumber
15 8 (0.71%) IntelliJ
15 8 (0.71%) Selenium
General
1 403 (35.63%) Social Skills
2 216 (19.10%) Finance
3 152 (13.44%) Analytical Skills
4 137 (12.11%) Public Sector
5 82 (7.25%) Banking
6 75 (6.63%) Marketing
7 38 (3.36%) Influencing Skills
8 26 (2.30%) Legal
9 25 (2.21%) Retail
10 24 (2.12%) Presentation Skills
11 22 (1.95%) Manufacturing
12 20 (1.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 17 (1.50%) Documentation Skills
13 17 (1.50%) Pharmaceutical
14 13 (1.15%) Investment Banking
14 13 (1.15%) Telecoms
15 12 (1.06%) Automotive
16 10 (0.88%) Financial Institution
17 9 (0.80%) Organisational Skills
18 8 (0.71%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 184 (16.27%) Designer
2 182 (16.09%) Developer
3 154 (13.62%) Senior
4 102 (9.02%) UX Designer
5 97 (8.58%) Analyst
6 88 (7.78%) Lead
7 51 (4.51%) Business Analyst
8 49 (4.33%) Consultant
9 40 (3.54%) Senior Designer
9 40 (3.54%) Support Engineer
10 38 (3.36%) Product Designer
11 36 (3.18%) Architect
12 35 (3.09%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
13 33 (2.92%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
13 33 (2.92%) Service Designer
14 31 (2.74%) UI Designer
15 30 (2.65%) Full-Stack Developer
16 27 (2.39%) Software Engineer
16 27 (2.39%) UX Engineer
17 26 (2.30%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 162 (14.32%) CSS
2 153 (13.53%) React
3 144 (12.73%) HTML
4 84 (7.43%) AngularJS
5 83 (7.34%) REST
6 75 (6.63%) RESTful
7 51 (4.51%) GraphQL
8 46 (4.07%) HTML5
8 46 (4.07%) Node.js
9 37 (3.27%) .NET
10 30 (2.65%) CSS3
10 30 (2.65%) Spring
11 29 (2.56%) Jest
12 27 (2.39%) Spring Boot
13 24 (2.12%) Next.js
13 24 (2.12%) Playwright
14 22 (1.95%) Redux
15 21 (1.86%) Ajax
15 21 (1.86%) Bootstrap
16 20 (1.77%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 106 (9.37%) Mobile App
2 97 (8.58%) Product Ownership
3 66 (5.84%) Onboarding
4 27 (2.39%) Enterprise Software
5 25 (2.21%) Analytical Mindset
6 20 (1.77%) e-Learning
7 19 (1.68%) Management Information System
8 16 (1.41%) Data Structures
9 15 (1.33%) Cloud Native
9 15 (1.33%) Data Centre
9 15 (1.33%) Learning Management System
10 14 (1.24%) Low-Code
10 14 (1.24%) NHS
11 13 (1.15%) CMDB
12 12 (1.06%) AI Agents
12 12 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
12 12 (1.06%) Virtual Team
13 10 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
13 10 (0.88%) Life Science
13 10 (0.88%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 130 (11.49%) Windows
2 73 (6.45%) Android
3 58 (5.13%) Apple iOS
4 38 (3.36%) Linux
5 35 (3.09%) Windows 10
6 25 (2.21%) Unix
7 22 (1.95%) Mac OS
8 7 (0.62%) Windows Server
9 4 (0.35%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.18%) tvOS
10 2 (0.18%) VMS
11 1 (0.088%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.088%) watchOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 403 (35.63%) Agile
2 360 (31.83%) UX Design
3 203 (17.95%) Analytics
4 198 (17.51%) Problem-Solving
5 144 (12.73%) CI/CD
6 135 (11.94%) Stakeholder Management
7 134 (11.85%) User Research
8 127 (11.23%) Roadmaps
9 126 (11.14%) Continuous Improvement
9 126 (11.14%) DevOps
10 124 (10.96%) AI
11 120 (10.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 101 (8.93%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
13 95 (8.40%) Front End Development
13 95 (8.40%) Service Design
14 90 (7.96%) Decision-Making
15 81 (7.16%) UX Research
16 80 (7.07%) Test Automation
16 80 (7.07%) Usability Testing
16 80 (7.07%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 186 (16.45%) JavaScript
2 117 (10.34%) Python
3 105 (9.28%) Java
3 105 (9.28%) SQL
4 89 (7.87%) TypeScript
5 58 (5.13%) PowerShell
6 39 (3.45%) C#
7 35 (3.09%) Kotlin
8 28 (2.48%) Swift
9 25 (2.21%) Perl
10 21 (1.86%) Bash
11 14 (1.24%) PHP
12 13 (1.15%) Objective-C
13 11 (0.97%) C++
13 11 (0.97%) PL/SQL
14 10 (0.88%) Go
15 7 (0.62%) Lisp
16 5 (0.44%) C
16 5 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 5 (0.44%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 154 (13.62%) Security Cleared
2 106 (9.37%) Degree
2 106 (9.37%) SC Cleared
3 26 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
4 21 (1.86%) BPSS Clearance
5 18 (1.59%) DV Cleared
6 13 (1.15%) Master's Degree
7 12 (1.06%) PMI Certification
8 11 (0.97%) MOS
9 9 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (0.80%) OCA
9 9 (0.80%) Oracle Certification
10 8 (0.71%) CCNP
10 8 (0.71%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (0.53%) MCP
11 6 (0.53%) PMP
12 3 (0.27%) ISTQB
12 3 (0.27%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.18%) A+ Certification
13 2 (0.18%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 184 (16.27%) Accessibility
2 117 (10.34%) QA
3 60 (5.31%) GDPR
4 54 (4.77%) WCAG
5 34 (3.01%) Data Quality
6 25 (2.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 21 (1.86%) SLA
8 14 (1.24%) Actionable Recommendations
9 7 (0.62%) GxP
10 6 (0.53%) NCSC
11 5 (0.44%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 5 (0.44%) PMO
11 5 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.27%) Government Security Classifications
12 3 (0.27%) NIST
12 3 (0.27%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.27%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.18%) FIPS 140-2
13 2 (0.18%) ISO 20022
13 2 (0.18%) PSD2
System Software
1 67 (5.92%) Active Directory
2 49 (4.33%) Docker
3 21 (1.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.80%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.27%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.18%) ProxySG
6 2 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.088%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.088%) Firmware
7 1 (0.088%) ISA Server
7 1 (0.088%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.088%) XenApp
7 1 (0.088%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 46 (4.07%) Kubernetes
1 46 (4.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 36 (3.18%) SCCM
3 28 (2.48%) Terraform
4 16 (1.41%) Single Sign-On
5 15 (1.33%) Grafana
6 13 (1.15%) Ansible
7 7 (0.62%) FortiGate
7 7 (0.62%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.44%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.35%) Argo
10 3 (0.27%) HP ALM
10 3 (0.27%) Nagios
10 3 (0.27%) Rancher
11 2 (0.18%) PingFederate
11 2 (0.18%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 2 (0.18%) SysTrack
12 1 (0.088%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.088%) Istio
12 1 (0.088%) Podman
Vendors
1 205 (18.13%) Microsoft
2 78 (6.90%) Google
3 76 (6.72%) Adobe
4 74 (6.54%) ServiceNow
5 55 (4.86%) Oracle
6 41 (3.63%) SAP
7 40 (3.54%) Salesforce
8 30 (2.65%) Splunk
9 22 (1.95%) VMware
10 18 (1.59%) Apple
11 16 (1.41%) Citrix
12 13 (1.15%) Cisco
12 13 (1.15%) Red Hat
13 11 (0.97%) Hotjar
13 11 (0.97%) Optimizely
14 10 (0.88%) Amplitude
14 10 (0.88%) Zscaler
15 9 (0.80%) MuleSoft
16 8 (0.71%) OpenAI
17 7 (0.62%) Ekahau