User Experience Contracts in England

UX
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring User Experience skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited User Experience over the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 83 58
Rank change year-on-year +16 -25 +2
Contract jobs citing User Experience 939 952 1,774
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.63% 2.55% 3.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.99% 2.98% 4.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 602 642 1,247
10th Percentile £300 £300 £342
25th Percentile £381 £400 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.50% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £598 £623 £625
90th Percentile £720 £711 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £510
% change year-on-year -5.00% -1.96% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 45 32
10th Percentile £24.04 £16.25 £16.85
25th Percentile £34.67 £25.00 £17.67
Median hourly rate £49.25 £30.00 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year +64.17% +13.21% -50.70%
75th Percentile £68.56 £68.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £85.50 £74.44 £70.11
UK median hourly rate £49.50 £31.71 £29.60
% change year-on-year +56.10% +7.15% -45.32%

All Process and 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 23,546 31,936 42,525
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.13% 85.56% 89.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,157 20,719 29,767
10th Percentile £300 £305 £325
25th Percentile £406 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £775
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.86% -4.55% +1.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,176 2,324 1,553
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.79 £11.87
25th Percentile £17.87 £16.06 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.02% +1.65% +44.23%
75th Percentile £55.00 £61.60 £64.63
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.14 £75.82
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -32.93% +4.17% +38.46%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing User Experience as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for User Experience in England

User Experience
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing User Experience in England.

Daily rate trend for User Experience in England

User Experience
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Experience in England over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for User Experience in England

User Experience
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing User Experience in England.

Hourly rate trend for User Experience in England

User Experience
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing User Experience in England over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

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 2 July 2025. 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 +6 571 £500 - 4,320
North of England +30 136 £450 -7.69% 1,098
North West +34 86 £450 -2.70% 709
South East +37 80 £475 +13.43% 929
Midlands +9 63 £402 -19.60% 560
South West +29 44 £375 -14.29% 463
West Midlands +1 40 £525 - 347
Yorkshire +2 36 £401 -23.71% 315
East Midlands +16 23 £356 -14.83% 211
East of England +25 17 £475 +15.15% 426
North East +1 14 £480 +6.67% 77
User Experience
UK

User Experience
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 37 (3.94%) CMS
2 35 (3.73%) Confluence
3 29 (3.09%) SharePoint
4 12 (1.28%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (0.85%) Apache
6 7 (0.75%) Drupal
7 5 (0.53%) IBM Domino
7 5 (0.53%) SharePoint 2010
8 4 (0.43%) Headless CMS
8 4 (0.43%) IIS
8 4 (0.43%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.32%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.32%) JBoss
10 2 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.21%) CICS
10 2 (0.21%) Moodle
10 2 (0.21%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.11%) Camunda
11 1 (0.11%) Mendix
Applications
1 34 (3.62%) Sketch
2 22 (2.34%) Chatbot
3 20 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
4 18 (1.92%) Adobe XD
5 17 (1.81%) Microsoft Excel
5 17 (1.81%) Siemens NX
6 14 (1.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 9 (0.96%) InVision
8 8 (0.85%) Photoshop
8 8 (0.85%) Trello
9 7 (0.75%) Adobe Illustrator
10 6 (0.64%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 6 (0.64%) Autodesk Smoke
11 5 (0.53%) InfoPath
12 4 (0.43%) MS Visio
12 4 (0.43%) OmniGraffle
12 4 (0.43%) UserZoom
12 4 (0.43%) UXPin
13 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
13 2 (0.21%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 17 (1.81%) Teamcenter
2 16 (1.70%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.43%) Magento
4 4 (0.43%) Shopify
4 4 (0.43%) Workday HCM
5 3 (0.32%) Maximo
5 3 (0.32%) Oracle Assets
5 3 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.32%) Oracle EBS R12
5 3 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.21%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.21%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.21%) Oracle iProcurement
6 2 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.21%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.21%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.11%) Advent Portfolio Exchange
7 1 (0.11%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 138 (14.70%) Figma
2 124 (13.21%) Azure
3 121 (12.89%) AWS
4 71 (7.56%) GCP
5 55 (5.86%) Microsoft 365
5 55 (5.86%) Power Platform
6 46 (4.90%) SaaS
7 40 (4.26%) Entra ID
8 20 (2.13%) GitHub
8 20 (2.13%) Serverless
9 18 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
9 18 (1.92%) Google Workspace
10 16 (1.70%) Dynamics 365
10 16 (1.70%) Google Analytics
10 16 (1.70%) PowerApps
11 15 (1.60%) Power Automate
12 13 (1.38%) Amazon S3
12 13 (1.38%) AWS Lambda
13 10 (1.06%) Amazon SQS
14 9 (0.96%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 9 (0.96%) HTTP
2 8 (0.85%) Remote Desktop
2 8 (0.85%) VPN
3 7 (0.75%) Internet
4 6 (0.64%) DNS
4 6 (0.64%) Firewall
5 5 (0.53%) NFC
5 5 (0.53%) PPP
5 5 (0.53%) Unified Communications
5 5 (0.53%) Wireless
6 4 (0.43%) DHCP
6 4 (0.43%) Intranet
6 4 (0.43%) Network Security
6 4 (0.43%) SMTP
7 3 (0.32%) Bluetooth
7 3 (0.32%) LAN
7 3 (0.32%) SSL
7 3 (0.32%) WAN
7 3 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.21%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (4.69%) PostgreSQL
2 39 (4.15%) Power BI
3 19 (2.02%) Data Warehouse
3 19 (2.02%) SQL Server
4 17 (1.81%) Tableau
5 15 (1.60%) MongoDB
6 11 (1.17%) DynamoDB
6 11 (1.17%) Metadata
6 11 (1.17%) NoSQL
7 9 (0.96%) Relational Database
7 9 (0.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 8 (0.85%) MySQL
9 7 (0.75%) BigQuery
9 7 (0.75%) BusinessObjects
9 7 (0.75%) Redis
10 6 (0.64%) Elasticsearch
10 6 (0.64%) Looker
10 6 (0.64%) Mixpanel
11 5 (0.53%) Crystal Reports
11 5 (0.53%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 69 (7.35%) JIRA
2 56 (5.96%) Git
3 27 (2.88%) Jenkins
4 22 (2.34%) Axure RP
5 18 (1.92%) Cypress.io
6 12 (1.28%) webpack
7 11 (1.17%) GitLab
8 10 (1.06%) Xcode
9 9 (0.96%) Bitbucket
9 9 (0.96%) Eclipse
9 9 (0.96%) Gradle
9 9 (0.96%) REST Assured
9 9 (0.96%) Selenium
10 8 (0.85%) Visual Studio Code
11 7 (0.75%) TeamCity
12 6 (0.64%) Android Studio
12 6 (0.64%) Babel
12 6 (0.64%) CircleCI
12 6 (0.64%) JUnit
12 6 (0.64%) Vite
General
1 280 (29.82%) Social Skills
2 212 (22.58%) Finance
3 108 (11.50%) Banking
4 101 (10.76%) Analytical Skills
5 83 (8.84%) Marketing
6 69 (7.35%) Public Sector
7 44 (4.69%) Retail
8 42 (4.47%) Front Office
9 34 (3.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 34 (3.62%) Presentation Skills
10 30 (3.19%) Legal
11 18 (1.92%) Telecoms
12 17 (1.81%) Documentation Skills
13 15 (1.60%) Retail Banking
14 14 (1.49%) Games
15 13 (1.38%) Back Office
15 13 (1.38%) Manufacturing
16 11 (1.17%) Influencing Skills
17 10 (1.06%) Electronics
17 10 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 238 (25.35%) Developer
2 169 (18.00%) Designer
3 126 (13.42%) Senior
4 78 (8.31%) UX Designer
5 76 (8.09%) React Developer
6 73 (7.77%) Analyst
7 59 (6.28%) Software Engineer
8 49 (5.22%) Lead
9 39 (4.15%) Developer/Software Engineer
10 38 (4.05%) Business Analyst
11 36 (3.83%) Product Designer
12 34 (3.62%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 34 (3.62%) UI Designer
13 31 (3.30%) Architect
14 29 (3.09%) Senior Designer
15 28 (2.98%) Consultant
16 27 (2.88%) Product Owner
17 26 (2.77%) UI/UX Designer
18 25 (2.66%) Full-Stack Developer
18 25 (2.66%) User Experience Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 130 (13.84%) React
2 121 (12.89%) HTML
3 118 (12.57%) CSS
4 85 (9.05%) Node.js
5 70 (7.45%) Redux
6 50 (5.32%) RESTful
7 48 (5.11%) AngularJS
8 39 (4.15%) REST
9 38 (4.05%) .NET
10 32 (3.41%) XML
11 30 (3.19%) HTML5
12 29 (3.09%) GraphQL
13 23 (2.45%) CSS3
14 22 (2.34%) Jest
15 19 (2.02%) Web Services
16 18 (1.92%) React Native
17 17 (1.81%) jQuery
18 15 (1.60%) Next.js
18 15 (1.60%) Playwright
19 14 (1.49%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 90 (9.58%) Product Ownership
2 79 (8.41%) Mobile App
3 39 (4.15%) Fixed Income
4 37 (3.94%) Onboarding
5 25 (2.66%) Hybrid Cloud
6 19 (2.02%) Management Information System
6 19 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
7 15 (1.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 14 (1.49%) Algorithms
8 14 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
9 13 (1.38%) e-Learning
9 13 (1.38%) Learning Management System
9 13 (1.38%) Social Media
10 12 (1.28%) Cloud Native
11 11 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
11 11 (1.17%) Equities
12 9 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
12 9 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
12 9 (0.96%) Low-Code
12 9 (0.96%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 58 (6.18%) Android
2 54 (5.75%) Windows
3 50 (5.32%) Apple iOS
4 17 (1.81%) Windows Server
5 15 (1.60%) Windows 10
6 11 (1.17%) Linux
6 11 (1.17%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.53%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.53%) Windows 7
8 3 (0.32%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.11%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 329 (35.04%) UX Design
2 303 (32.27%) Agile
3 188 (20.02%) Problem-Solving
4 107 (11.40%) Software Engineering
5 103 (10.97%) CI/CD
6 100 (10.65%) Roadmaps
7 99 (10.54%) Analytics
8 95 (10.12%) User Research
9 94 (10.01%) DevOps
10 91 (9.69%) Stakeholder Management
10 91 (9.69%) Wireframes
11 85 (9.05%) Front End Development
12 84 (8.95%) Continuous Improvement
12 84 (8.95%) Prototyping
13 76 (8.09%) Artificial Intelligence
14 75 (7.99%) UX Research
15 67 (7.14%) Project Management
16 65 (6.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 63 (6.71%) Decision-Making
18 61 (6.50%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 178 (18.96%) JavaScript
2 105 (11.18%) Python
3 103 (10.97%) TypeScript
4 76 (8.09%) SQL
5 54 (5.75%) Java
6 46 (4.90%) C#
7 28 (2.98%) Kotlin
8 22 (2.34%) PowerShell
9 12 (1.28%) Bash
10 11 (1.17%) Swift
11 9 (0.96%) C++
11 9 (0.96%) Objective-C
12 8 (0.85%) Scala
13 5 (0.53%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.43%) Apex Code
14 4 (0.43%) C
14 4 (0.43%) Go
14 4 (0.43%) PHP
14 4 (0.43%) R
14 4 (0.43%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 101 (10.76%) Security Cleared
2 99 (10.54%) Degree
3 73 (7.77%) SC Cleared
4 37 (3.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (1.60%) Master's Degree
6 13 (1.38%) BPSS Clearance
6 13 (1.38%) DV Cleared
7 10 (1.06%) Azure Certification
8 6 (0.64%) CBAP
8 6 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
8 6 (0.64%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.43%) A+ Certification
9 4 (0.43%) CISSP
9 4 (0.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 4 (0.43%) PhD
9 4 (0.43%) PMI Certification
9 4 (0.43%) PMP
9 4 (0.43%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 2 (0.21%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.21%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (11.82%) Accessibility
2 50 (5.32%) QA
3 29 (3.09%) WCAG
4 28 (2.98%) Data Quality
5 19 (2.02%) GDPR
6 12 (1.28%) SLA
7 6 (0.64%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 4 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.32%) GRC
10 2 (0.21%) PERC
10 2 (0.21%) Section 508
10 2 (0.21%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.21%) Software Quality Assurance
11 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.11%) NIST
11 1 (0.11%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.11%) PMO
11 1 (0.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 57 (6.07%) Active Directory
2 15 (1.60%) Docker
3 13 (1.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.43%) OpenAM
4 4 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.32%) BitLocker
6 2 (0.21%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.11%) vSphere
7 1 (0.11%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 25 (2.66%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (1.92%) Terraform
3 14 (1.49%) Kubernetes
3 14 (1.49%) Single Sign-On
4 11 (1.17%) Prometheus
5 9 (0.96%) SCCM
6 6 (0.64%) Grafana
6 6 (0.64%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 5 (0.53%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (0.43%) Ansible
9 2 (0.21%) Kibana
9 2 (0.21%) McAfee ePO
10 1 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.11%) Apache Ranger
10 1 (0.11%) HP Data Protector
10 1 (0.11%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.11%) Network Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.11%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.11%) Puppet
Vendors
1 128 (13.63%) Microsoft
2 58 (6.18%) Google
3 48 (5.11%) Adobe
4 37 (3.94%) SAP
4 37 (3.94%) ServiceNow
5 29 (3.09%) Salesforce
6 15 (1.60%) Oracle
7 14 (1.49%) VMware
8 13 (1.38%) Workday
9 11 (1.17%) Citrix
10 9 (0.96%) Apple
11 8 (0.85%) Cisco
11 8 (0.85%) Databricks
11 8 (0.85%) Genesys
11 8 (0.85%) Hotjar
12 7 (0.75%) OutSystems
12 7 (0.75%) Zscaler
13 6 (0.64%) IBM
13 6 (0.64%) Optimizely
14 5 (0.53%) CheckPoint