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 18 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 67 80
Rank change year-on-year -12 +13 -22
Contract jobs citing User Experience 1,271 919 966
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.96% 3.70% 2.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.47% 4.06% 3.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 809 592 647
10th Percentile £316 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £380 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% -4.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £623
90th Percentile £680 £738 £715
UK median daily rate £493 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +3.68% -5.00% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 28 45
10th Percentile £16.00 £32.97 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.69 £35.25 £25.00
Median hourly rate £33.98 £53.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.89% +76.67% +14.29%
75th Percentile £60.35 £70.75 £68.00
90th Percentile £87.16 £88.50 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £33.99 £53.50 £31.71
% change year-on-year -36.47% +68.72% +19.66%

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 36,618 22,657 32,179
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.18% 91.33% 85.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,120 14,657 20,816
10th Percentile £325 £303 £300
25th Percentile £415 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.23% -1.00% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £727 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +1.46% -3.79% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,297 1,070 2,391
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.11 £16.04
Median hourly rate £47.00 £27.40 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +71.53% -26.93% +5.19%
75th Percentile £68.00 £57.19 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £26.21 £37.18
% change year-on-year +67.72% -29.51% +6.14%

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 18 June 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 18 June 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 18 June 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 -29 647 £520 +4.00% 368
North of England -26 184 £450 +3.21% 138
Midlands +5 155 £475 +18.16% 45
South East -10 135 £490 +3.16% 141
North West -12 112 £437 -2.35% 90
West Midlands +2 108 £475 -7.32% 29
South West +4 73 £475 +26.67% 41
Yorkshire -42 50 £519 +31.50% 18
East Midlands +4 47 £550 +55.81% 16
East of England -9 35 £410 -13.68% 42
North East -28 22 £450 -6.25% 31
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 57 (4.48%) SharePoint
2 42 (3.30%) CMS
3 39 (3.07%) Confluence
4 24 (1.89%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (0.63%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 7 (0.55%) WordPress
7 5 (0.39%) Drupal
7 5 (0.39%) Skype for Business
8 4 (0.31%) Camunda
8 4 (0.31%) Ethereum
8 4 (0.31%) Hyperledger
8 4 (0.31%) Kentico
8 4 (0.31%) Mendix
9 3 (0.24%) nginx
9 3 (0.24%) Umbraco
10 2 (0.16%) Apache
10 2 (0.16%) HCL Notes
10 2 (0.16%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.16%) IIS
11 1 (0.079%) Appian
Applications
1 23 (1.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (1.73%) Photoshop
3 21 (1.65%) Sketch
4 20 (1.57%) Chatbot
5 17 (1.34%) Adobe Illustrator
6 14 (1.10%) Adobe After Effects
7 13 (1.02%) Microsoft Office
8 12 (0.94%) Adobe XD
9 11 (0.87%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 10 (0.79%) MS Visio
11 9 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
12 4 (0.31%) Adobe Captivate
13 3 (0.24%) InVision
13 3 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
13 3 (0.24%) UserZoom
13 3 (0.24%) UXPin
14 2 (0.16%) Oracle Smart View
14 2 (0.16%) Trello
15 1 (0.079%) Blender
15 1 (0.079%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 11 (0.87%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (0.71%) Workday HCM
3 8 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.63%) Shopify
4 6 (0.47%) Sage X3
5 4 (0.31%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.24%) Oracle iProcurement
7 2 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.16%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.16%) ResourceLink
8 1 (0.079%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 1 (0.079%) NEC Housing
8 1 (0.079%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.079%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.079%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.079%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.079%) SAP QM
8 1 (0.079%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 202 (15.89%) Azure
2 173 (13.61%) Figma
3 107 (8.42%) AWS
3 107 (8.42%) Microsoft 365
4 91 (7.16%) Power Platform
5 56 (4.41%) Entra ID
6 47 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
7 45 (3.54%) Microsoft Copilot
8 37 (2.91%) GitHub
9 35 (2.75%) SaaS
10 34 (2.68%) GCP
10 34 (2.68%) PowerApps
11 32 (2.52%) OneDrive
12 29 (2.28%) Power Automate
13 23 (1.81%) Copilot Studio
13 23 (1.81%) GitHub Actions
14 21 (1.65%) Google Workspace
14 21 (1.65%) Serverless
15 18 (1.42%) Google Sheets
16 17 (1.34%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 27 (2.12%) DNS
2 25 (1.97%) DHCP
3 22 (1.73%) Wi-Fi
4 20 (1.57%) Wireless
5 19 (1.49%) TCP/IP
6 15 (1.18%) LAN
7 13 (1.02%) Internet
8 11 (0.87%) Intranet
9 9 (0.71%) SD-WAN
10 8 (0.63%) Cisco Wireless
10 8 (0.63%) WAN
11 7 (0.55%) 5G
11 7 (0.55%) Firewall
11 7 (0.55%) Skype
11 7 (0.55%) VPN
11 7 (0.55%) WLAN
12 5 (0.39%) 802.11
12 5 (0.39%) HTTP
12 5 (0.39%) SMS
13 4 (0.31%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (4.41%) Power BI
2 20 (1.57%) Metadata
3 19 (1.49%) PostgreSQL
3 19 (1.49%) SQL Server
4 18 (1.42%) Relational Database
5 16 (1.26%) Power Query
6 15 (1.18%) NoSQL
7 14 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
8 12 (0.94%) MySQL
9 9 (0.71%) MongoDB
9 9 (0.71%) Tableau
10 6 (0.47%) DynamoDB
10 6 (0.47%) Pinecone
10 6 (0.47%) Redis
10 6 (0.47%) ZAP BI
11 5 (0.39%) Oracle Database
12 4 (0.31%) EDRMS
12 4 (0.31%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 4 (0.31%) Star Schema
13 3 (0.24%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 79 (6.22%) JIRA
2 58 (4.56%) Git
3 20 (1.57%) GitLab
3 20 (1.57%) Jenkins
4 19 (1.49%) Cypress.io
5 14 (1.10%) JUnit
6 11 (0.87%) Vite
7 10 (0.79%) fastlane
7 10 (0.79%) Gradle
8 9 (0.71%) Android Studio
8 9 (0.71%) Browser DevTools
8 9 (0.71%) Xcode
9 7 (0.55%) CircleCI
10 6 (0.47%) Postman
11 5 (0.39%) Axure RP
11 5 (0.39%) Crashlytics
11 5 (0.39%) Mocha
11 5 (0.39%) Selenium
11 5 (0.39%) Visual Studio
12 4 (0.31%) Cucumber
General
1 382 (30.06%) Social Skills
2 236 (18.57%) Finance
3 149 (11.72%) Public Sector
4 120 (9.44%) Analytical Skills
5 99 (7.79%) Banking
6 75 (5.90%) Retail
7 55 (4.33%) Marketing
8 37 (2.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 29 (2.28%) Automotive
9 29 (2.28%) Influencing Skills
10 28 (2.20%) Legal
11 27 (2.12%) Presentation Skills
12 23 (1.81%) Publishing
13 19 (1.49%) Manufacturing
14 15 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
15 14 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
16 12 (0.94%) Investment Banking
17 10 (0.79%) Front Office
18 8 (0.63%) Local Government
19 7 (0.55%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 270 (21.24%) Designer
2 181 (14.24%) Senior
3 168 (13.22%) Developer
4 119 (9.36%) UX Designer
5 102 (8.03%) Analyst
6 88 (6.92%) Lead
7 71 (5.59%) UI Designer
8 66 (5.19%) Consultant
9 52 (4.09%) Architect
9 52 (4.09%) Senior Designer
10 49 (3.86%) Product Designer
11 48 (3.78%) Content Designer
12 45 (3.54%) Business Analyst
12 45 (3.54%) User Experience Researcher
13 43 (3.38%) IT Support
14 42 (3.30%) UI/UX Designer
15 37 (2.91%) Product Manager
16 34 (2.68%) User Researcher
17 30 (2.36%) Senior Developer
18 29 (2.28%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 123 (9.68%) React
2 104 (8.18%) CSS
3 91 (7.16%) HTML
4 77 (6.06%) REST
5 55 (4.33%) AngularJS
6 50 (3.93%) RESTful
7 44 (3.46%) .NET
8 43 (3.38%) Spring
9 42 (3.30%) Spring Boot
10 28 (2.20%) GraphQL
11 24 (1.89%) Node.js
12 23 (1.81%) JSON
13 22 (1.73%) HTML5
14 21 (1.65%) CSS3
14 21 (1.65%) Next.js
14 21 (1.65%) OAuth
14 21 (1.65%) Redux
15 20 (1.57%) ASP.NET
16 19 (1.49%) SOAP
17 18 (1.42%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 128 (10.07%) Product Ownership
2 60 (4.72%) Mobile App
3 58 (4.56%) Onboarding
4 30 (2.36%) AI Agents
5 28 (2.20%) Cloud Native
5 28 (2.20%) Enterprise Software
6 25 (1.97%) Legacy Systems
7 20 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
7 20 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
8 18 (1.42%) Data Centre
8 18 (1.42%) Data Structures
9 17 (1.34%) Analytical Mindset
10 16 (1.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 16 (1.26%) Taxonomies
11 15 (1.18%) Graphic Design
12 14 (1.10%) Social Media
13 13 (1.02%) Algorithms
13 13 (1.02%) Greenfield Project
13 13 (1.02%) Virtual Reality
14 12 (0.94%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 101 (7.95%) Windows
2 44 (3.46%) Apple iOS
3 38 (2.99%) Android
4 30 (2.36%) Windows 10
5 22 (1.73%) Mac OS
6 12 (0.94%) Linux
7 11 (0.87%) Windows Server
8 6 (0.47%) Windows 7
9 4 (0.31%) Unix
9 4 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.079%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 414 (32.57%) UX Design
2 375 (29.50%) Agile
3 215 (16.92%) AI
4 196 (15.42%) Problem-Solving
5 173 (13.61%) Analytics
6 172 (13.53%) Stakeholder Management
7 152 (11.96%) Continuous Improvement
8 148 (11.64%) User Research
9 142 (11.17%) Roadmaps
10 136 (10.70%) CI/CD
11 134 (10.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 120 (9.44%) DevOps
13 116 (9.13%) Prototyping
14 108 (8.50%) Decision-Making
14 108 (8.50%) UX Research
15 103 (8.10%) Wireframes
16 97 (7.63%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
17 89 (7.00%) Service Design
18 87 (6.85%) Scrum
19 84 (6.61%) Usability Testing
Programming Languages
1 131 (10.31%) JavaScript
2 95 (7.47%) Java
3 93 (7.32%) SQL
3 93 (7.32%) TypeScript
4 85 (6.69%) Python
5 47 (3.70%) PowerShell
6 43 (3.38%) C#
7 23 (1.81%) Kotlin
8 20 (1.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 13 (1.02%) Swift
10 10 (0.79%) Bash
11 8 (0.63%) Korn
12 6 (0.47%) Apex Code
12 6 (0.47%) R
12 6 (0.47%) VBA
12 6 (0.47%) VBScript
13 5 (0.39%) VB
14 3 (0.24%) Perl
14 3 (0.24%) PHP
14 3 (0.24%) Rust
Qualifications
1 161 (12.67%) Security Cleared
2 128 (10.07%) Degree
3 124 (9.76%) SC Cleared
4 27 (2.12%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (1.73%) Microsoft Certification
6 21 (1.65%) DV Cleared
7 20 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
8 18 (1.42%) Azure Certification
9 10 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (0.71%) ITIL Certification
11 7 (0.55%) CCA
11 7 (0.55%) CCIE
11 7 (0.55%) CCNP
11 7 (0.55%) Citrix Certification
11 7 (0.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 6 (0.47%) AWS Certification
12 6 (0.47%) DBS Check
12 6 (0.47%) PMP
13 5 (0.39%) Master's Degree
13 5 (0.39%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 192 (15.11%) Accessibility
2 88 (6.92%) QA
3 65 (5.11%) WCAG
4 40 (3.15%) Data Quality
5 25 (1.97%) GDPR
6 17 (1.34%) Actionable Recommendations
7 6 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 6 (0.47%) PMO
8 5 (0.39%) SLA
9 3 (0.24%) GRC
10 2 (0.16%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.16%) NCSC
10 2 (0.16%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.079%) COBIT
11 1 (0.079%) GMP
11 1 (0.079%) GxP
11 1 (0.079%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.079%) WAI
System Software
1 64 (5.04%) Active Directory
2 37 (2.91%) Docker
3 23 (1.81%) Virtual Desktop
4 13 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.47%) Firmware
6 5 (0.39%) BitLocker
7 4 (0.31%) Microsoft App-V
8 3 (0.24%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.16%) VMware Workstation
9 2 (0.16%) vSphere
9 2 (0.16%) XenApp
9 2 (0.16%) XenDesktop
10 1 (0.079%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 42 (3.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 41 (3.23%) Kubernetes
3 37 (2.91%) Terraform
4 33 (2.60%) SCCM
5 18 (1.42%) Single Sign-On
6 15 (1.18%) Grafana
7 13 (1.02%) Jamf Pro
8 10 (0.79%) Ansible
9 7 (0.55%) Prometheus
10 4 (0.31%) Clonezilla
11 3 (0.24%) Podman
11 3 (0.24%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 3 (0.24%) WSUS
12 2 (0.16%) Failover Clustering
12 2 (0.16%) HP ALM
12 2 (0.16%) Packer
12 2 (0.16%) SCOM
12 2 (0.16%) vCenter Server
12 2 (0.16%) vMotion
13 1 (0.079%) Argo
Vendors
1 213 (16.76%) Microsoft
2 70 (5.51%) Adobe
3 67 (5.27%) ServiceNow
4 49 (3.86%) Google
5 39 (3.07%) Salesforce
5 39 (3.07%) SAP
6 33 (2.60%) Oracle
7 19 (1.49%) Citrix
8 18 (1.42%) Dynatrace
9 17 (1.34%) Apple
9 17 (1.34%) Workday
10 16 (1.26%) Cisco
11 13 (1.02%) VMware
12 12 (0.94%) Aruba
12 12 (0.94%) Splunk
13 11 (0.87%) Foundry
14 8 (0.63%) OpenAI
15 7 (0.55%) Databricks
15 7 (0.55%) Okta
15 7 (0.55%) Zscaler