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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 71 71
Rank change year-on-year +4 0 -6
Contract jobs citing User Experience 1,144 896 1,060
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.61% 3.19% 2.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.08% 3.59% 3.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 765 521 725
10th Percentile £290 £300 £325
25th Percentile £371 £400 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £560 £600 £600
90th Percentile £663 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 23 24
10th Percentile £15.50 £25.26 £20.98
25th Percentile £17.69 £30.22 £31.60
Median hourly rate £35.60 £41.91 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -30.15% -5.88%
75th Percentile £61.25 £52.25 £73.11
90th Percentile £70.55 £70.25 £80.50
UK median hourly rate £35.60 £41.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -13.17% -31.67% -4.00%

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 28,064 24,952 32,014
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.52% 88.77% 88.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,908 15,353 21,703
10th Percentile £304 £310 £306
25th Percentile £408 £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 1,766 818 1,417
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £14.39
25th Percentile £17.96 £20.30 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +26.76%
75th Percentile £56.69 £64.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -26.97% +27.14%

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 1 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 1 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 1 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 -11 591 £480 -8.57% 346
North of England +16 204 £405 -10.00% 148
North West +15 133 £400 -11.11% 87
Midlands +5 115 £450 +5.88% 91
South East +2 110 £400 -13.51% 163
West Midlands +1 80 £435 -15.12% 63
South West +10 65 £525 -8.70% 52
Yorkshire -16 55 £500 +5.26% 46
East Midlands 0 35 £488 +36.94% 28
East of England -6 34 £460 -6.03% 52
North East +6 15 £410 - 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 (4.81%) Confluence
2 48 (4.20%) SharePoint
3 45 (3.93%) CMS
4 22 (1.92%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 12 (1.05%) Headless CMS
5 12 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (0.79%) Apache
6 9 (0.79%) Sitecore CMS
7 7 (0.61%) Umbraco
8 5 (0.44%) SugarCRM
9 4 (0.35%) WordPress
10 3 (0.26%) Anypoint
10 3 (0.26%) Apache Spark
10 3 (0.26%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.17%) Appian
11 2 (0.17%) Drupal
12 1 (0.087%) Cloud Foundry
12 1 (0.087%) Moodle
12 1 (0.087%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 40 (3.50%) Sketch
2 22 (1.92%) Adobe XD
2 22 (1.92%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (1.92%) MS Visio
3 21 (1.84%) Chatbot
4 14 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
5 12 (1.05%) Adobe Illustrator
5 12 (1.05%) InVision
5 12 (1.05%) Photoshop
6 9 (0.79%) Microsoft Project
7 7 (0.61%) Trello
8 6 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 4 (0.35%) Adobe After Effects
9 4 (0.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 4 (0.35%) Camtasia
10 3 (0.26%) OmniGraffle
10 3 (0.26%) Snagit
10 3 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
11 2 (0.17%) Autodesk Smoke
11 2 (0.17%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 19 (1.66%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (1.31%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.26%) SAP CO
3 3 (0.26%) SAP FI
3 3 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
3 3 (0.26%) Teamcenter
4 2 (0.17%) iTrent
4 2 (0.17%) Magento
4 2 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.087%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.087%) Eloqua
5 1 (0.087%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.087%) Oracle Payroll
5 1 (0.087%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.087%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.087%) SAP PP
5 1 (0.087%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.087%) Shopify
5 1 (0.087%) WebTrends
Cloud Services
1 193 (16.87%) Azure
2 124 (10.84%) AWS
3 122 (10.66%) Figma
4 79 (6.91%) Power Platform
5 76 (6.64%) SaaS
6 74 (6.47%) Microsoft 365
7 62 (5.42%) GCP
8 47 (4.11%) Entra ID
9 38 (3.32%) Azure DevOps
10 37 (3.23%) GitHub
11 25 (2.19%) Miro
12 24 (2.10%) Google Analytics
12 24 (2.10%) Serverless
13 20 (1.75%) GitHub Actions
13 20 (1.75%) Sauce Labs
14 17 (1.49%) Google Workspace
14 17 (1.49%) Power Automate
14 17 (1.49%) PowerApps
15 15 (1.31%) Dynamics 365
15 15 (1.31%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 28 (2.45%) DNS
2 27 (2.36%) Wireless
3 14 (1.22%) Internet
4 10 (0.87%) VPN
5 9 (0.79%) DHCP
5 9 (0.79%) TCP/IP
5 9 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
6 7 (0.61%) BGP
6 7 (0.61%) Cisco ISE
6 7 (0.61%) Cisco Wireless
6 7 (0.61%) Firewall
6 7 (0.61%) HTTP
6 7 (0.61%) NX-OS
6 7 (0.61%) VXLAN
7 6 (0.52%) Intranet
7 6 (0.52%) 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 51 (4.46%) Power BI
2 39 (3.41%) Relational Database
3 38 (3.32%) MySQL
4 31 (2.71%) PostgreSQL
5 28 (2.45%) SQL Server
6 22 (1.92%) NoSQL
6 22 (1.92%) Tableau
7 17 (1.49%) MongoDB
8 15 (1.31%) Data Warehouse
9 11 (0.96%) BigQuery
9 11 (0.96%) Looker
9 11 (0.96%) Redis
10 8 (0.70%) Metadata
11 7 (0.61%) Mixpanel
11 7 (0.61%) SAP HANA
12 5 (0.44%) DynamoDB
13 4 (0.35%) Big Data
13 4 (0.35%) Pinecone
14 3 (0.26%) Amazon Athena
14 3 (0.26%) CockroachDB
Development Applications
1 117 (10.23%) JIRA
2 75 (6.56%) Git
3 43 (3.76%) GitLab
4 33 (2.88%) Jenkins
5 32 (2.80%) Xcode
6 28 (2.45%) Android Studio
6 28 (2.45%) Eclipse
7 22 (1.92%) Browser DevTools
8 19 (1.66%) Cypress.io
9 18 (1.57%) Axure RP
10 17 (1.49%) Gradle
11 13 (1.14%) webpack
12 12 (1.05%) Postman
13 11 (0.96%) JUnit
14 10 (0.87%) Artifactory
14 10 (0.87%) CircleCI
15 9 (0.79%) Visual Website Optimizer
16 8 (0.70%) IntelliJ
16 8 (0.70%) Selenium
17 7 (0.61%) Cucumber
General
1 413 (36.10%) Social Skills
2 216 (18.88%) Finance
3 152 (13.29%) Analytical Skills
4 137 (11.98%) Public Sector
5 85 (7.43%) Banking
6 77 (6.73%) Marketing
7 38 (3.32%) Influencing Skills
8 29 (2.53%) Legal
9 26 (2.27%) Retail
10 25 (2.19%) Presentation Skills
11 22 (1.92%) Manufacturing
12 20 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 17 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
13 17 (1.49%) Pharmaceutical
14 14 (1.22%) Automotive
14 14 (1.22%) Investment Banking
14 14 (1.22%) Telecoms
15 10 (0.87%) Financial Institution
16 9 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
17 8 (0.70%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 190 (16.61%) Designer
2 187 (16.35%) Developer
3 152 (13.29%) Senior
4 102 (8.92%) UX Designer
5 94 (8.22%) Analyst
6 89 (7.78%) Lead
7 50 (4.37%) Business Analyst
8 49 (4.28%) Consultant
9 40 (3.50%) Senior Designer
9 40 (3.50%) Support Engineer
10 37 (3.23%) Architect
11 36 (3.15%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 36 (3.15%) Product Designer
11 36 (3.15%) Service Designer
12 33 (2.88%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
13 31 (2.71%) Full-Stack Developer
14 30 (2.62%) UI Designer
15 27 (2.36%) UX Engineer
16 26 (2.27%) Software Engineer
16 26 (2.27%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 163 (14.25%) CSS
2 157 (13.72%) React
3 145 (12.67%) HTML
4 84 (7.34%) AngularJS
5 82 (7.17%) REST
6 77 (6.73%) RESTful
7 51 (4.46%) GraphQL
8 48 (4.20%) HTML5
9 47 (4.11%) Node.js
10 37 (3.23%) .NET
11 31 (2.71%) CSS3
12 29 (2.53%) Jest
12 29 (2.53%) Spring
13 26 (2.27%) Next.js
13 26 (2.27%) Spring Boot
14 24 (2.10%) Playwright
15 22 (1.92%) Redux
16 21 (1.84%) Ajax
16 21 (1.84%) Bootstrap
17 20 (1.75%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 107 (9.35%) Mobile App
2 100 (8.74%) Product Ownership
3 67 (5.86%) Onboarding
4 27 (2.36%) Enterprise Software
5 25 (2.19%) Analytical Mindset
6 20 (1.75%) e-Learning
7 19 (1.66%) Management Information System
8 16 (1.40%) Data Structures
9 15 (1.31%) Cloud Native
9 15 (1.31%) Data Centre
9 15 (1.31%) Learning Management System
9 15 (1.31%) Low-Code
10 14 (1.22%) NHS
11 13 (1.14%) CMDB
12 12 (1.05%) AI Agents
12 12 (1.05%) Data Protection Act
12 12 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
12 12 (1.05%) Virtual Team
13 10 (0.87%) Distributed Systems
13 10 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 131 (11.45%) Windows
2 73 (6.38%) Android
3 58 (5.07%) Apple iOS
4 38 (3.32%) Linux
5 36 (3.15%) Windows 10
6 25 (2.19%) Unix
7 23 (2.01%) Mac OS
8 7 (0.61%) Windows Server
9 4 (0.35%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.17%) tvOS
10 2 (0.17%) VMS
11 1 (0.087%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.087%) watchOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 414 (36.19%) Agile
2 362 (31.64%) UX Design
3 203 (17.74%) Analytics
4 202 (17.66%) Problem-Solving
5 145 (12.67%) CI/CD
6 137 (11.98%) User Research
7 135 (11.80%) Stakeholder Management
8 132 (11.54%) Roadmaps
9 128 (11.19%) Continuous Improvement
10 127 (11.10%) DevOps
11 126 (11.01%) AI
12 119 (10.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 104 (9.09%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
14 101 (8.83%) Service Design
15 99 (8.65%) Front End Development
16 94 (8.22%) Decision-Making
17 80 (6.99%) Test Automation
17 80 (6.99%) Usability Testing
17 80 (6.99%) User Stories
18 79 (6.91%) UX Research
Programming Languages
1 188 (16.43%) JavaScript
2 118 (10.31%) Python
3 106 (9.27%) Java
4 103 (9.00%) SQL
5 90 (7.87%) TypeScript
6 58 (5.07%) PowerShell
7 39 (3.41%) C#
8 35 (3.06%) Kotlin
9 28 (2.45%) Swift
10 25 (2.19%) Perl
11 21 (1.84%) Bash
12 14 (1.22%) PHP
13 13 (1.14%) Objective-C
14 11 (0.96%) C++
14 11 (0.96%) PL/SQL
15 9 (0.79%) Go
16 7 (0.61%) Lisp
17 5 (0.44%) C
17 5 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 5 (0.44%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 154 (13.46%) Security Cleared
2 107 (9.35%) Degree
3 106 (9.27%) SC Cleared
4 26 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (1.66%) BPSS Clearance
6 18 (1.57%) DV Cleared
7 14 (1.22%) Master's Degree
7 14 (1.22%) PMI Certification
8 11 (0.96%) MOS
9 10 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
10 9 (0.79%) OCA
10 9 (0.79%) Oracle Certification
11 8 (0.70%) CCNP
11 8 (0.70%) Cisco Certification
11 8 (0.70%) PMP
12 6 (0.52%) MCP
13 4 (0.35%) ITIL Certification
14 3 (0.26%) CSPO
14 3 (0.26%) ISTQB
15 2 (0.17%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 187 (16.35%) Accessibility
2 120 (10.49%) QA
3 61 (5.33%) GDPR
4 54 (4.72%) WCAG
5 34 (2.97%) Data Quality
6 26 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 21 (1.84%) SLA
8 14 (1.22%) Actionable Recommendations
9 7 (0.61%) GxP
10 6 (0.52%) PMO
11 5 (0.44%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 5 (0.44%) NCSC
11 5 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.26%) Government Security Classifications
12 3 (0.26%) NIST
12 3 (0.26%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.26%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.17%) FIPS 140-2
13 2 (0.17%) ISO 20022
13 2 (0.17%) PSD2
System Software
1 67 (5.86%) Active Directory
2 48 (4.20%) Docker
3 22 (1.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.79%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.26%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.17%) ProxySG
6 2 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.087%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.087%) Firmware
7 1 (0.087%) ISA Server
7 1 (0.087%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.087%) XenApp
7 1 (0.087%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 46 (4.02%) Microsoft Intune
2 45 (3.93%) Kubernetes
3 37 (3.23%) SCCM
4 27 (2.36%) Terraform
5 16 (1.40%) Single Sign-On
6 14 (1.22%) Grafana
7 13 (1.14%) Ansible
8 7 (0.61%) FortiGate
9 6 (0.52%) Prometheus
10 5 (0.44%) Jamf Pro
11 4 (0.35%) Argo
12 3 (0.26%) HP ALM
12 3 (0.26%) Nagios
12 3 (0.26%) Rancher
13 2 (0.17%) PingFederate
13 2 (0.17%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
13 2 (0.17%) SysTrack
14 1 (0.087%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 1 (0.087%) Istio
14 1 (0.087%) Podman
Vendors
1 208 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 78 (6.82%) Google
3 77 (6.73%) Adobe
4 74 (6.47%) ServiceNow
5 56 (4.90%) Oracle
6 41 (3.58%) SAP
7 40 (3.50%) Salesforce
8 30 (2.62%) Splunk
9 23 (2.01%) VMware
10 17 (1.49%) Apple
10 17 (1.49%) Citrix
11 13 (1.14%) Cisco
12 12 (1.05%) Red Hat
13 11 (0.96%) Hotjar
13 11 (0.96%) Optimizely
14 10 (0.87%) Amplitude
14 10 (0.87%) Zscaler
15 9 (0.79%) MuleSoft
15 9 (0.79%) OpenAI
15 9 (0.79%) Sitecore