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 1 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 63 76
Rank change year-on-year -16 +13 -13
Contract jobs citing User Experience 1,250 886 1,000
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.10% 3.64% 2.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.64% 3.99% 3.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 847 584 677
10th Percentile £313 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - -2.91%
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 39 19 47
10th Percentile £16.00 £25.16 £16.25
25th Percentile £19.29 £43.75 £23.75
Median hourly rate £44.50 £53.50 £31.71
Median % change year-on-year -16.82% +68.72% -6.31%
75th Percentile £65.67 £84.23 £63.14
90th Percentile £82.20 £95.70 £73.51
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £53.50 £31.71
% change year-on-year -6.54% +68.72% -9.40%

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 34,314 22,202 32,201
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.00% 91.20% 86.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,947 14,537 21,107
10th Percentile £318 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.95% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £617 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,131 918 2,248
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.69 £12.92
25th Percentile £20.38 £18.50 £16.02
Median hourly rate £45.46 £30.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.53% -16.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £67.50 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £79.50 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £41.56 £29.00 £35.65
% change year-on-year +43.29% -18.65% -4.42%

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 1 May 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 1 May 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 1 May 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 -18 646 £513 -0.49% 322
North of England +4 198 £450 +0.39% 122
Midlands -9 146 £500 +25.00% 84
North West +5 122 £420 -6.67% 78
South East -17 113 £480 +4.75% 125
West Midlands -19 96 £475 +1.33% 61
South West -11 71 £475 +26.67% 46
Yorkshire -20 52 £513 +28.04% 26
East Midlands +4 50 £550 +53.63% 23
East of England -15 30 £418 -12.11% 48
North East -9 22 £418 -7.73% 20
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 46 (3.68%) SharePoint
2 44 (3.52%) Confluence
3 36 (2.88%) CMS
4 16 (1.28%) Microsoft Exchange
5 15 (1.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 6 (0.48%) WordPress
7 5 (0.40%) Apache
7 5 (0.40%) Drupal
8 4 (0.32%) Camunda
8 4 (0.32%) Ethereum
8 4 (0.32%) Headless CMS
8 4 (0.32%) Hyperledger
8 4 (0.32%) Mendix
8 4 (0.32%) Sitecore CMS
9 3 (0.24%) Anypoint
9 3 (0.24%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.24%) nginx
9 3 (0.24%) Umbraco
10 2 (0.16%) HCL Notes
10 2 (0.16%) Kentico
Applications
1 27 (2.16%) Sketch
2 23 (1.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (1.60%) Adobe XD
3 20 (1.60%) Chatbot
4 14 (1.12%) MS Visio
5 13 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
6 12 (0.96%) Photoshop
7 8 (0.64%) Adobe After Effects
8 7 (0.56%) Adobe Illustrator
9 6 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 5 (0.40%) InVision
10 5 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
11 4 (0.32%) Trello
11 4 (0.32%) UserZoom
12 3 (0.24%) Adobe Captivate
12 3 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 3 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
12 3 (0.24%) UXPin
13 2 (0.16%) Autodesk Smoke
13 2 (0.16%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 12 (0.96%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (0.72%) Shopify
4 8 (0.64%) Workday HCM
5 6 (0.48%) Sage X3
6 2 (0.16%) NEC Housing
6 2 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.16%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.16%) ResourceLink
6 2 (0.16%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.16%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.16%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.16%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.080%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.080%) Oracle Payroll
7 1 (0.080%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.080%) SAP PP
7 1 (0.080%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 194 (15.52%) Azure
2 172 (13.76%) Figma
3 103 (8.24%) AWS
4 90 (7.20%) Microsoft 365
4 90 (7.20%) Power Platform
5 49 (3.92%) Entra ID
6 44 (3.52%) GCP
7 42 (3.36%) Azure DevOps
8 36 (2.88%) GitHub
8 36 (2.88%) Microsoft Copilot
9 33 (2.64%) PowerApps
9 33 (2.64%) SaaS
10 30 (2.40%) Power Automate
11 23 (1.84%) Google Workspace
12 22 (1.76%) Serverless
13 21 (1.68%) Copilot Studio
14 19 (1.52%) Cloud Computing
14 19 (1.52%) GitHub Actions
14 19 (1.52%) Google Sheets
15 17 (1.36%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.04%) DNS
2 12 (0.96%) Internet
2 12 (0.96%) Intranet
2 12 (0.96%) LAN
3 11 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
3 11 (0.88%) Wireless
4 10 (0.80%) SD-WAN
5 9 (0.72%) DHCP
6 8 (0.64%) VPN
7 7 (0.56%) TCP/IP
7 7 (0.56%) WAN
8 6 (0.48%) Cisco Wireless
8 6 (0.48%) WLAN
9 5 (0.40%) 5G
9 5 (0.40%) Firewall
9 5 (0.40%) HTTP
9 5 (0.40%) SMS
9 5 (0.40%) SSL
10 4 (0.32%) 802.11
10 4 (0.32%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (4.72%) Power BI
2 20 (1.60%) Relational Database
3 19 (1.52%) NoSQL
3 19 (1.52%) SQL Server
4 17 (1.36%) MySQL
4 17 (1.36%) PostgreSQL
5 16 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
6 15 (1.20%) Metadata
7 12 (0.96%) Tableau
8 10 (0.80%) MongoDB
9 9 (0.72%) Power Query
10 8 (0.64%) BigQuery
11 7 (0.56%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 7 (0.56%) Pinecone
12 6 (0.48%) Looker
12 6 (0.48%) ZAP BI
13 5 (0.40%) DynamoDB
13 5 (0.40%) Hadoop
13 5 (0.40%) Oracle Database
13 5 (0.40%) Redis
Development Applications
1 93 (7.44%) JIRA
2 62 (4.96%) Git
3 33 (2.64%) GitLab
4 23 (1.84%) Cypress.io
5 18 (1.44%) JUnit
6 16 (1.28%) Jenkins
7 13 (1.04%) Gradle
8 11 (0.88%) Axure RP
8 11 (0.88%) Browser DevTools
8 11 (0.88%) CircleCI
9 10 (0.80%) Android Studio
10 9 (0.72%) Xcode
11 8 (0.64%) Selenium
11 8 (0.64%) Vite
12 6 (0.48%) Eclipse
12 6 (0.48%) Mocha
12 6 (0.48%) Postman
13 5 (0.40%) Artifactory
13 5 (0.40%) Cucumber
13 5 (0.40%) Visual Studio
General
1 396 (31.68%) Social Skills
2 244 (19.52%) Finance
3 157 (12.56%) Public Sector
4 135 (10.80%) Analytical Skills
5 97 (7.76%) Banking
6 54 (4.32%) Marketing
7 49 (3.92%) Retail
8 34 (2.72%) Legal
9 32 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
10 29 (2.32%) Influencing Skills
11 18 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 18 (1.44%) Manufacturing
11 18 (1.44%) Publishing
12 16 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
13 15 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
14 14 (1.12%) Automotive
15 11 (0.88%) Investment Banking
16 10 (0.80%) Front Office
16 10 (0.80%) Local Government
16 10 (0.80%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 261 (20.88%) Designer
2 197 (15.76%) Senior
3 158 (12.64%) Developer
4 126 (10.08%) UX Designer
5 117 (9.36%) Analyst
6 69 (5.52%) Lead
7 63 (5.04%) Consultant
8 58 (4.64%) Product Designer
9 56 (4.48%) Architect
10 55 (4.40%) Business Analyst
11 53 (4.24%) Senior Designer
12 51 (4.08%) UI Designer
13 45 (3.60%) Content Designer
14 42 (3.36%) User Experience Researcher
14 42 (3.36%) User Researcher
15 38 (3.04%) UI/UX Designer
16 37 (2.96%) IT Support
17 35 (2.80%) Support Engineer
18 34 (2.72%) Service Designer
19 32 (2.56%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 140 (11.20%) React
2 123 (9.84%) CSS
3 109 (8.72%) HTML
4 83 (6.64%) REST
5 63 (5.04%) AngularJS
6 56 (4.48%) RESTful
7 50 (4.00%) Spring
8 49 (3.92%) Spring Boot
9 37 (2.96%) .NET
10 36 (2.88%) Node.js
11 33 (2.64%) GraphQL
12 28 (2.24%) HTML5
12 28 (2.24%) Redux
13 27 (2.16%) CSS3
14 25 (2.00%) Next.js
15 22 (1.76%) JSON
16 20 (1.60%) Jest
17 18 (1.44%) Playwright
17 18 (1.44%) SOAP
17 18 (1.44%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 114 (9.12%) Product Ownership
2 61 (4.88%) Mobile App
3 51 (4.08%) Onboarding
4 32 (2.56%) AI Agents
5 29 (2.32%) Enterprise Software
6 22 (1.76%) Cloud Native
6 22 (1.76%) Data Structures
7 21 (1.68%) Analytical Mindset
8 17 (1.36%) Data Protection Act
8 17 (1.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 16 (1.28%) Virtual Reality
10 15 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
11 14 (1.12%) Augmented Reality
12 13 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
13 12 (0.96%) Distributed Systems
14 11 (0.88%) Algorithms
14 11 (0.88%) Management Information System
15 10 (0.80%) NHS
15 10 (0.80%) Social Media
15 10 (0.80%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 93 (7.44%) Windows
2 37 (2.96%) Android
3 36 (2.88%) Windows 10
4 30 (2.40%) Apple iOS
5 19 (1.52%) Mac OS
6 12 (0.96%) Linux
7 8 (0.64%) Windows Server
8 6 (0.48%) Unix
9 4 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.080%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.080%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 395 (31.60%) UX Design
2 389 (31.12%) Agile
3 196 (15.68%) Problem-Solving
4 193 (15.44%) AI
5 189 (15.12%) Analytics
6 175 (14.00%) User Research
7 156 (12.48%) Stakeholder Management
8 150 (12.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 146 (11.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 141 (11.28%) CI/CD
11 139 (11.12%) Roadmaps
12 128 (10.24%) DevOps
13 123 (9.84%) UX Research
14 117 (9.36%) Prototyping
15 105 (8.40%) Decision-Making
16 104 (8.32%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
16 104 (8.32%) Wireframes
17 99 (7.92%) Service Design
18 92 (7.36%) Usability Testing
18 92 (7.36%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 150 (12.00%) JavaScript
2 109 (8.72%) Java
3 104 (8.32%) SQL
4 95 (7.60%) TypeScript
5 93 (7.44%) Python
6 42 (3.36%) PowerShell
7 39 (3.12%) C#
8 25 (2.00%) Kotlin
9 16 (1.28%) Bash
10 15 (1.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 9 (0.72%) Swift
12 7 (0.56%) Korn
13 6 (0.48%) Go
13 6 (0.48%) Perl
13 6 (0.48%) VBA
14 5 (0.40%) R
15 4 (0.32%) PHP
15 4 (0.32%) PL/SQL
16 3 (0.24%) Objective-C
16 3 (0.24%) Rust
Qualifications
1 159 (12.72%) Security Cleared
2 118 (9.44%) SC Cleared
3 109 (8.72%) Degree
4 30 (2.40%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (1.84%) DV Cleared
6 22 (1.76%) BPSS Clearance
7 19 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
8 13 (1.04%) Azure Certification
9 11 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (0.64%) CCNP
10 8 (0.64%) Master's Degree
11 7 (0.56%) PMI Certification
12 6 (0.48%) CCA
12 6 (0.48%) CCIE
12 6 (0.48%) Citrix Certification
13 4 (0.32%) CCNA
13 4 (0.32%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (0.32%) OCA
13 4 (0.32%) Oracle Certification
13 4 (0.32%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 202 (16.16%) Accessibility
2 112 (8.96%) QA
3 62 (4.96%) WCAG
4 41 (3.28%) Data Quality
5 37 (2.96%) GDPR
6 22 (1.76%) Actionable Recommendations
7 12 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 9 (0.72%) SLA
9 7 (0.56%) PMO
10 6 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (0.32%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 3 (0.24%) GMP
12 3 (0.24%) GRC
12 3 (0.24%) GxP
12 3 (0.24%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 3 (0.24%) NCSC
13 2 (0.16%) COBIT
13 2 (0.16%) EU AI Act
13 2 (0.16%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 68 (5.44%) Active Directory
2 40 (3.20%) Docker
3 19 (1.52%) Virtual Desktop
4 18 (1.44%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.48%) Firmware
6 5 (0.40%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.24%) XenApp
7 3 (0.24%) XenDesktop
8 2 (0.16%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.080%) ISA Server
9 1 (0.080%) Varnish
9 1 (0.080%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 51 (4.08%) Kubernetes
2 39 (3.12%) Terraform
3 32 (2.56%) Microsoft Intune
4 27 (2.16%) SCCM
5 22 (1.76%) Grafana
6 15 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
7 14 (1.12%) Ansible
8 10 (0.80%) Prometheus
9 4 (0.32%) Podman
10 3 (0.24%) Argo
10 3 (0.24%) HP ALM
10 3 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.24%) Nagios
10 3 (0.24%) Rancher
10 3 (0.24%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 2 (0.16%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.16%) SysTrack
11 2 (0.16%) WSUS
12 1 (0.080%) AirWatch
12 1 (0.080%) WMI
Vendors
1 195 (15.60%) Microsoft
2 69 (5.52%) Adobe
3 62 (4.96%) Google
4 49 (3.92%) ServiceNow
5 46 (3.68%) SAP
6 45 (3.60%) Oracle
7 40 (3.20%) Salesforce
8 23 (1.84%) Citrix
9 18 (1.44%) VMware
10 17 (1.36%) Splunk
10 17 (1.36%) Workday
11 14 (1.12%) Cisco
12 13 (1.04%) Apple
13 9 (0.72%) Aruba
13 9 (0.72%) MuleSoft
14 8 (0.64%) Foundry
14 8 (0.64%) Sitecore
14 8 (0.64%) Zscaler
15 7 (0.56%) Dynatrace
16 6 (0.48%) Solace