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

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 69 71
Rank change year-on-year +1 +2 -6
Contract jobs citing User Experience 1,129 869 1,063
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.53% 3.28% 2.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.01% 3.68% 3.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 757 511 725
10th Percentile £300 £306 £311
25th Percentile £371 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £568 £600 £599
90th Percentile £654 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -6.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 24 30
10th Percentile £15.50 £25.26 £23.75
25th Percentile £17.69 £30.33 £27.50
Median hourly rate £35.60 £42.21 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.65% -29.66% -4.00%
75th Percentile £59.00 £53.75 £73.54
90th Percentile £70.05 £74.31 £81.38
UK median hourly rate £35.55 £41.46 £60.00
% change year-on-year -14.24% -30.91% -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 28,150 23,642 32,326
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.12% 89.29% 87.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,007 14,469 21,732
10th Percentile £304 £310 £300
25th Percentile £409 £413 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £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 1,749 768 1,647
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £14.10
25th Percentile £17.89 £21.00 £17.68
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -12.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £57.50 £64.50 £63.75
90th Percentile £69.49 £75.00 £75.42
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £38.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -14.47% +16.92%

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 20 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 20 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 20 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 -12 584 £475 -9.52% 288
North of England +11 202 £410 -8.89% 205
North West +16 132 £400 -11.11% 87
Midlands +1 107 £490 +20.99% 127
South East -7 107 £436 -12.80% 335
West Midlands -9 67 £450 -10.00% 58
South West +14 66 £475 -16.30% 132
Yorkshire -17 54 £500 +11.11% 79
East Midlands -1 40 £523 +46.77% 66
East of England -7 33 £468 +3.43% 153
North East +1 15 £410 +17.14% 39
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 (4.87%) Confluence
2 49 (4.34%) SharePoint
3 41 (3.63%) 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 8 (0.71%) Sitecore CMS
8 7 (0.62%) Umbraco
9 5 (0.44%) SugarCRM
10 3 (0.27%) Anypoint
10 3 (0.27%) Apache Spark
10 3 (0.27%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.27%) WordPress
11 2 (0.18%) Appian
11 2 (0.18%) Camunda
11 2 (0.18%) Drupal
12 1 (0.089%) Moodle
12 1 (0.089%) nginx
12 1 (0.089%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 35 (3.10%) Sketch
2 23 (2.04%) Adobe XD
3 22 (1.95%) Microsoft Office
4 21 (1.86%) MS Visio
5 19 (1.68%) Chatbot
6 12 (1.06%) Microsoft Excel
7 10 (0.89%) Adobe Illustrator
7 10 (0.89%) Photoshop
8 8 (0.71%) 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
12 4 (0.35%) UXPin
13 3 (0.27%) Snagit
13 3 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
14 2 (0.18%) Autodesk Smoke
14 2 (0.18%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 19 (1.68%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.27%) SAP CO
3 3 (0.27%) SAP FI
3 3 (0.27%) SAP FI/CO
3 3 (0.27%) Shopify
3 3 (0.27%) Teamcenter
4 2 (0.18%) iTrent
4 2 (0.18%) Magento
4 2 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.089%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.089%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.089%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.089%) Oracle Payroll
5 1 (0.089%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.089%) SAP PP
5 1 (0.089%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.089%) Sprinklr
5 1 (0.089%) WebTrends
Cloud Services
1 196 (17.36%) Azure
2 131 (11.60%) Figma
3 125 (11.07%) AWS
4 77 (6.82%) Power Platform
5 75 (6.64%) SaaS
6 70 (6.20%) Microsoft 365
7 57 (5.05%) GCP
8 50 (4.43%) Entra ID
9 40 (3.54%) Azure DevOps
9 40 (3.54%) GitHub
10 23 (2.04%) Google Analytics
10 23 (2.04%) Serverless
11 21 (1.86%) GitHub Actions
12 19 (1.68%) Miro
13 18 (1.59%) Google Workspace
13 18 (1.59%) PowerApps
13 18 (1.59%) Sauce Labs
14 16 (1.42%) Dynamics 365
14 16 (1.42%) Power Automate
15 15 (1.33%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 28 (2.48%) DNS
2 26 (2.30%) Wireless
3 14 (1.24%) Internet
4 10 (0.89%) VPN
4 10 (0.89%) Wi-Fi
5 9 (0.80%) DHCP
5 9 (0.80%) TCP/IP
6 8 (0.71%) BGP
6 8 (0.71%) Cisco ISE
7 7 (0.62%) Cisco Wireless
7 7 (0.62%) Firewall
7 7 (0.62%) HTTP
7 7 (0.62%) NX-OS
7 7 (0.62%) VXLAN
8 6 (0.53%) Intranet
8 6 (0.53%) Unified Communications
8 6 (0.53%) WAN
9 5 (0.44%) SSL
10 4 (0.35%) HTTPS
10 4 (0.35%) PPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (4.16%) Power BI
2 37 (3.28%) MySQL
3 35 (3.10%) Relational Database
4 27 (2.39%) SQL Server
5 26 (2.30%) PostgreSQL
6 20 (1.77%) NoSQL
7 16 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
8 15 (1.33%) Tableau
9 12 (1.06%) BigQuery
10 11 (0.97%) Looker
11 10 (0.89%) MongoDB
12 8 (0.71%) Metadata
13 7 (0.62%) Mixpanel
13 7 (0.62%) Redis
13 7 (0.62%) SAP HANA
14 4 (0.35%) Big Data
14 4 (0.35%) DynamoDB
14 4 (0.35%) Pinecone
15 3 (0.27%) Amazon Athena
15 3 (0.27%) CockroachDB
Development Applications
1 113 (10.01%) JIRA
2 76 (6.73%) Git
3 46 (4.07%) GitLab
4 34 (3.01%) Jenkins
5 29 (2.57%) Xcode
6 26 (2.30%) Android Studio
6 26 (2.30%) Eclipse
7 22 (1.95%) Cypress.io
8 20 (1.77%) Browser DevTools
9 18 (1.59%) Gradle
10 15 (1.33%) Axure RP
11 14 (1.24%) JUnit
11 14 (1.24%) Postman
12 10 (0.89%) Artifactory
12 10 (0.89%) CircleCI
13 9 (0.80%) Visual Website Optimizer
14 8 (0.71%) Cucumber
14 8 (0.71%) IntelliJ
14 8 (0.71%) Selenium
14 8 (0.71%) webpack
General
1 396 (35.08%) Social Skills
2 205 (18.16%) Finance
3 142 (12.58%) Analytical Skills
4 133 (11.78%) Public Sector
5 79 (7.00%) Banking
6 77 (6.82%) Marketing
7 36 (3.19%) Influencing Skills
8 27 (2.39%) Legal
9 25 (2.21%) Retail
10 22 (1.95%) Presentation Skills
11 20 (1.77%) Manufacturing
12 17 (1.51%) Pharmaceutical
13 16 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
14 15 (1.33%) Telecoms
15 13 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 13 (1.15%) Investment Banking
16 12 (1.06%) Automotive
17 10 (0.89%) Financial Institution
18 8 (0.71%) Front Office
18 8 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 184 (16.30%) Designer
2 181 (16.03%) Developer
3 154 (13.64%) Senior
4 104 (9.21%) UX Designer
5 98 (8.68%) Analyst
6 88 (7.79%) Lead
7 51 (4.52%) Business Analyst
8 43 (3.81%) Consultant
9 42 (3.72%) Senior Designer
10 40 (3.54%) Product Designer
11 39 (3.45%) Architect
12 37 (3.28%) Support Engineer
13 35 (3.10%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 33 (2.92%) Full-Stack Developer
15 31 (2.75%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
16 29 (2.57%) Service Designer
16 29 (2.57%) UI Designer
17 27 (2.39%) Software Engineer
18 26 (2.30%) User Researcher
19 25 (2.21%) UX Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 156 (13.82%) CSS
2 154 (13.64%) React
3 139 (12.31%) HTML
4 84 (7.44%) AngularJS
5 83 (7.35%) REST
6 69 (6.11%) RESTful
7 48 (4.25%) GraphQL
7 48 (4.25%) Node.js
8 41 (3.63%) HTML5
9 37 (3.28%) .NET
10 34 (3.01%) Spring
11 31 (2.75%) CSS3
11 31 (2.75%) Jest
11 31 (2.75%) Spring Boot
12 26 (2.30%) Playwright
13 24 (2.13%) Next.js
14 22 (1.95%) Redux
15 21 (1.86%) OAuth
16 20 (1.77%) SOAP
17 19 (1.68%) Ajax
Miscellaneous
1 99 (8.77%) Product Ownership
2 96 (8.50%) Mobile App
3 63 (5.58%) Onboarding
4 26 (2.30%) Enterprise Software
5 24 (2.13%) Analytical Mindset
6 17 (1.51%) e-Learning
7 16 (1.42%) Data Structures
7 16 (1.42%) Management Information System
8 15 (1.33%) AI Agents
8 15 (1.33%) Data Centre
9 14 (1.24%) Learning Management System
9 14 (1.24%) Low-Code
9 14 (1.24%) NHS
10 13 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
11 12 (1.06%) CMDB
11 12 (1.06%) Data Protection Act
11 12 (1.06%) Virtual Team
12 11 (0.97%) Distributed Systems
12 11 (0.97%) Mobile Banking
13 10 (0.89%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 123 (10.89%) Windows
2 71 (6.29%) Android
3 53 (4.69%) Apple iOS
4 37 (3.28%) Linux
5 36 (3.19%) Windows 10
6 23 (2.04%) Unix
7 20 (1.77%) Mac OS
8 7 (0.62%) Windows Server
9 4 (0.35%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.18%) VMS
11 1 (0.089%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 407 (36.05%) Agile
2 365 (32.33%) UX Design
3 204 (18.07%) Analytics
4 192 (17.01%) Problem-Solving
5 144 (12.75%) CI/CD
6 143 (12.67%) Stakeholder Management
7 134 (11.87%) User Research
8 130 (11.51%) DevOps
9 126 (11.16%) Continuous Improvement
10 124 (10.98%) Roadmaps
11 123 (10.89%) AI
12 117 (10.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 102 (9.03%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
14 93 (8.24%) Decision-Making
15 88 (7.79%) Wireframes
16 86 (7.62%) Front End Development
16 86 (7.62%) Usability Testing
17 84 (7.44%) UX Research
18 82 (7.26%) Service Design
19 81 (7.17%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 189 (16.74%) JavaScript
2 111 (9.83%) Python
3 110 (9.74%) Java
4 107 (9.48%) SQL
5 89 (7.88%) TypeScript
6 60 (5.31%) PowerShell
7 41 (3.63%) C#
8 34 (3.01%) Kotlin
9 23 (2.04%) Perl
9 23 (2.04%) Swift
10 22 (1.95%) Bash
11 14 (1.24%) PHP
12 12 (1.06%) C++
13 11 (0.97%) Objective-C
13 11 (0.97%) PL/SQL
14 10 (0.89%) Go
15 7 (0.62%) Lisp
16 5 (0.44%) C
16 5 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 5 (0.44%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 147 (13.02%) Security Cleared
2 106 (9.39%) Degree
3 103 (9.12%) SC Cleared
4 26 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (1.77%) BPSS Clearance
6 15 (1.33%) DV Cleared
7 13 (1.15%) Master's Degree
8 11 (0.97%) MOS
8 11 (0.97%) PMI Certification
9 9 (0.80%) CCNP
9 9 (0.80%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (0.80%) OCA
9 9 (0.80%) Oracle Certification
10 7 (0.62%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (0.53%) MCP
11 6 (0.53%) PMP
12 3 (0.27%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.18%) A+ Certification
13 2 (0.18%) CCA
13 2 (0.18%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 187 (16.56%) Accessibility
2 117 (10.36%) QA
3 61 (5.40%) GDPR
4 59 (5.23%) WCAG
5 33 (2.92%) Data Quality
6 25 (2.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 17 (1.51%) SLA
8 16 (1.42%) Actionable Recommendations
9 7 (0.62%) GxP
10 6 (0.53%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 6 (0.53%) NCSC
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%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.18%) GMP
13 2 (0.18%) ISO 20022
13 2 (0.18%) PSD2
14 1 (0.089%) COBIT
System Software
1 67 (5.93%) Active Directory
2 52 (4.61%) Docker
3 20 (1.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.53%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.27%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.18%) ProxySG
7 1 (0.089%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.089%) Firmware
7 1 (0.089%) ISA Server
7 1 (0.089%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.089%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.089%) XenApp
7 1 (0.089%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 48 (4.25%) Kubernetes
2 42 (3.72%) Microsoft Intune
3 33 (2.92%) SCCM
4 27 (2.39%) Terraform
5 16 (1.42%) Single Sign-On
6 15 (1.33%) Grafana
7 13 (1.15%) Ansible
8 7 (0.62%) FortiGate
9 6 (0.53%) Prometheus
10 4 (0.35%) Argo
10 4 (0.35%) Jamf Pro
11 3 (0.27%) HP ALM
11 3 (0.27%) Nagios
11 3 (0.27%) Rancher
12 2 (0.18%) PingFederate
12 2 (0.18%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 2 (0.18%) SysTrack
13 1 (0.089%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 1 (0.089%) Kibana
13 1 (0.089%) SCOM
Vendors
1 197 (17.45%) Microsoft
2 76 (6.73%) Google
3 74 (6.55%) Adobe
4 68 (6.02%) ServiceNow
5 50 (4.43%) Oracle
6 42 (3.72%) Salesforce
7 40 (3.54%) SAP
8 28 (2.48%) Splunk
9 21 (1.86%) VMware
10 16 (1.42%) Apple
10 16 (1.42%) Citrix
11 13 (1.15%) Cisco
11 13 (1.15%) Red Hat
12 11 (0.97%) Hotjar
12 11 (0.97%) Optimizely
12 11 (0.97%) Zscaler
13 10 (0.89%) Amplitude
14 9 (0.80%) MuleSoft
15 8 (0.71%) Ekahau
15 8 (0.71%) Sitecore