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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 67 90
Rank change year-on-year -26 +23 -29
Contract jobs citing User Experience 1,317 1,026 831
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.89% 3.72% 2.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.40% 4.09% 2.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 793 643 525
10th Percentile £291 £300 £300
25th Percentile £385 £375 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £619
90th Percentile £680 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -1.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 45 31
10th Percentile £16.58 £25.06 £16.25
25th Percentile £25.50 £34.48 £28.28
Median hourly rate £33.99 £47.50 £41.68
Median % change year-on-year -28.44% +13.98% +57.26%
75th Percentile £67.84 £63.75 £72.20
90th Percentile £75.60 £72.30 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £33.99 £47.50 £40.84
% change year-on-year -28.44% +16.31% +54.10%

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 38,776 25,061 28,469
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.95% 90.80% 85.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,043 15,975 18,472
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £530
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -3.77% -3.64%
75th Percentile £630 £626 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £756
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,543 1,444 1,583
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.22 £14.05
25th Percentile £19.25 £17.88 £18.12
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +4.83%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.21 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.63 £25.15 £40.94
% change year-on-year +65.54% -38.57% -0.24%

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 August 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 August 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 August 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 -25 672 £520 +4.00% 514
North of England -13 230 £425 -4.92% 132
Midlands -12 142 £475 +9.83% 75
West Midlands -17 113 £475 -8.65% 54
North West -24 112 £393 -12.08% 73
South East -42 109 £413 -8.33% 148
South West -15 76 £475 +11.76% 58
Yorkshire -21 69 £500 +25.00% 38
North East -3 48 £375 -21.88% 22
East of England +7 47 £410 -14.14% 37
East Midlands -14 29 £500 +40.85% 21
South Coast - 1 £450 -
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 64 (4.86%) SharePoint
2 52 (3.95%) CMS
3 34 (2.58%) Confluence
4 29 (2.20%) Microsoft Exchange
5 15 (1.14%) WordPress
6 8 (0.61%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 7 (0.53%) Skype for Business
8 6 (0.46%) Apache
8 6 (0.46%) Drupal
9 5 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
9 5 (0.38%) Oracle Workflow
10 4 (0.30%) Headless CMS
10 4 (0.30%) Kentico
10 4 (0.30%) Mendix
11 2 (0.15%) HCL Notes
11 2 (0.15%) IIS
11 2 (0.15%) Moodle
11 2 (0.15%) nginx
11 2 (0.15%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.076%) MTS
Applications
1 22 (1.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (1.52%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 20 (1.52%) Chatbot
3 19 (1.44%) Photoshop
3 19 (1.44%) Sketch
4 18 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
5 15 (1.14%) Adobe Illustrator
6 12 (0.91%) Adobe After Effects
7 10 (0.76%) Adobe XD
8 8 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 6 (0.46%) MS Visio
10 2 (0.15%) InVision
10 2 (0.15%) Oracle Smart View
10 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.15%) UserZoom
11 1 (0.076%) Adobe Captivate
11 1 (0.076%) Blender
11 1 (0.076%) Microsoft Project
11 1 (0.076%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (0.53%) Workday HCM
2 6 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.46%) Shopify
3 4 (0.30%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.30%) Oracle iProcurement
3 4 (0.30%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (0.30%) Sage X3
4 3 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.23%) iTrent
4 3 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.15%) ResourceLink
6 1 (0.076%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 1 (0.076%) Eloqua
6 1 (0.076%) Magento
6 1 (0.076%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.076%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 198 (15.03%) Azure
2 157 (11.92%) Figma
3 139 (10.55%) Microsoft 365
4 117 (8.88%) AWS
5 98 (7.44%) Power Platform
6 65 (4.94%) Entra ID
7 55 (4.18%) Microsoft Copilot
8 43 (3.26%) Azure DevOps
9 42 (3.19%) GitHub
10 40 (3.04%) GCP
10 40 (3.04%) SaaS
11 32 (2.43%) OneDrive
12 31 (2.35%) PowerApps
13 25 (1.90%) Copilot Studio
13 25 (1.90%) Power Automate
14 18 (1.37%) Azure AI
14 18 (1.37%) Serverless
15 14 (1.06%) GitHub Actions
16 12 (0.91%) GitHub Copilot
17 11 (0.84%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 42 (3.19%) DNS
2 36 (2.73%) DHCP
3 31 (2.35%) TCP/IP
4 30 (2.28%) Wi-Fi
5 22 (1.67%) Wireless
6 21 (1.59%) LAN
7 16 (1.21%) Firewall
7 16 (1.21%) VPN
7 16 (1.21%) WAN
8 12 (0.91%) Internet
9 11 (0.84%) SD-WAN
10 9 (0.68%) Cisco Wireless
10 9 (0.68%) Intranet
10 9 (0.68%) Skype
11 8 (0.61%) Network Security
12 7 (0.53%) 5G
12 7 (0.53%) NetScaler
12 7 (0.53%) WLAN
13 6 (0.46%) SSL
14 5 (0.38%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (4.25%) Power BI
2 24 (1.82%) Metadata
3 16 (1.21%) Power Query
4 15 (1.14%) Tableau
5 12 (0.91%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (0.91%) Relational Database
5 12 (0.91%) SQL Server
6 11 (0.84%) NoSQL
7 10 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
7 10 (0.76%) Looker
8 8 (0.61%) MongoDB
8 8 (0.61%) Redis
9 7 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
9 7 (0.53%) MySQL
10 6 (0.46%) BigQuery
10 6 (0.46%) Qlik Sense
10 6 (0.46%) Star Schema
11 5 (0.38%) Flink
11 5 (0.38%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 4 (0.30%) ZAP BI
Development Applications
1 76 (5.77%) JIRA
2 56 (4.25%) Git
3 23 (1.75%) Jenkins
4 21 (1.59%) Cypress.io
5 17 (1.29%) Vite
6 15 (1.14%) GitLab
7 10 (0.76%) Android Studio
7 10 (0.76%) Browser DevTools
7 10 (0.76%) fastlane
7 10 (0.76%) Storybook
8 9 (0.68%) Xcode
9 7 (0.53%) Gradle
10 6 (0.46%) Postman
11 5 (0.38%) Claude Code
11 5 (0.38%) Crashlytics
11 5 (0.38%) Fiddler
11 5 (0.38%) MSI
11 5 (0.38%) Oracle Forms
12 4 (0.30%) JMeter
12 4 (0.30%) JUnit
General
1 417 (31.66%) Social Skills
2 238 (18.07%) Finance
3 170 (12.91%) Public Sector
4 128 (9.72%) Analytical Skills
5 105 (7.97%) Banking
6 78 (5.92%) Retail
7 65 (4.94%) Marketing
8 46 (3.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 33 (2.51%) Influencing Skills
10 31 (2.35%) Legal
11 27 (2.05%) Automotive
11 27 (2.05%) Presentation Skills
12 26 (1.97%) Publishing
13 24 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
14 21 (1.59%) Manufacturing
15 19 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
16 13 (0.99%) Investment Banking
17 12 (0.91%) Military
18 9 (0.68%) Law
18 9 (0.68%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 284 (21.56%) Designer
2 175 (13.29%) Senior
3 174 (13.21%) Developer
4 115 (8.73%) UX Designer
5 110 (8.35%) Lead
6 90 (6.83%) Analyst
7 69 (5.24%) UI Designer
8 68 (5.16%) Consultant
9 53 (4.02%) User Researcher
10 51 (3.87%) IT Support
10 51 (3.87%) Support Engineer
11 50 (3.80%) Architect
11 50 (3.80%) Senior Designer
12 48 (3.64%) Content Designer
13 46 (3.49%) Product Manager
14 42 (3.19%) Business Analyst
15 40 (3.04%) User Experience Researcher
16 38 (2.89%) UI/UX Designer
17 35 (2.66%) IT Engineer
17 35 (2.66%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 117 (8.88%) React
2 97 (7.37%) CSS
3 83 (6.30%) HTML
3 83 (6.30%) REST
4 46 (3.49%) RESTful
5 43 (3.26%) AngularJS
6 39 (2.96%) Terraform
7 37 (2.81%) GraphQL
8 35 (2.66%) .NET
8 35 (2.66%) HTML5
9 34 (2.58%) CSS3
10 27 (2.05%) Next.js
11 21 (1.59%) OAuth
12 20 (1.52%) Jest
12 20 (1.52%) SOAP
12 20 (1.52%) Spring
13 19 (1.44%) Spring Boot
14 18 (1.37%) ASP.NET
14 18 (1.37%) Playwright
15 17 (1.29%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 116 (8.81%) Product Ownership
2 78 (5.92%) Mobile App
2 78 (5.92%) Onboarding
3 43 (3.26%) Cloud Native
4 37 (2.81%) AI Agents
5 29 (2.20%) Enterprise Software
6 27 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
7 26 (1.97%) Data Protection Act
8 24 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
9 21 (1.59%) Management Information System
10 20 (1.52%) Data Centre
10 20 (1.52%) Social Media
11 19 (1.44%) NHS
12 18 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
12 18 (1.37%) Educational Technology
13 17 (1.29%) Graphic Design
14 16 (1.21%) Data Structures
15 15 (1.14%) Virtual Reality
16 13 (0.99%) Algorithms
16 13 (0.99%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 144 (10.93%) Windows
2 55 (4.18%) Android
3 54 (4.10%) Windows 10
4 51 (3.87%) Apple iOS
5 30 (2.28%) Mac OS
6 26 (1.97%) Windows Server
7 18 (1.37%) Linux
8 11 (0.84%) Unix
9 9 (0.68%) Windows 7
10 4 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 417 (31.66%) UX Design
2 375 (28.47%) Agile
3 252 (19.13%) AI
4 229 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
5 215 (16.32%) Stakeholder Management
6 177 (13.44%) Analytics
7 176 (13.36%) Continuous Improvement
8 164 (12.45%) User Research
9 152 (11.54%) CI/CD
10 146 (11.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 134 (10.17%) Roadmaps
12 130 (9.87%) Decision-Making
13 107 (8.12%) Prototyping
14 105 (7.97%) DevOps
15 104 (7.90%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
16 100 (7.59%) Scrum
17 98 (7.44%) ITIL
17 98 (7.44%) Service Design
18 97 (7.37%) Wireframes
18 97 (7.37%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 121 (9.19%) JavaScript
2 90 (6.83%) TypeScript
3 87 (6.61%) Python
4 82 (6.23%) Java
4 82 (6.23%) SQL
5 52 (3.95%) PowerShell
6 29 (2.20%) C#
7 26 (1.97%) Kotlin
8 21 (1.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 16 (1.21%) Bash
10 13 (0.99%) Swift
11 8 (0.61%) VBScript
12 7 (0.53%) Go
12 7 (0.53%) PHP
12 7 (0.53%) VB
13 6 (0.46%) Apex Code
13 6 (0.46%) Scala
13 6 (0.46%) Shell Script
14 5 (0.38%) Korn
14 5 (0.38%) VBA
Qualifications
1 208 (15.79%) Security Cleared
2 156 (11.85%) SC Cleared
3 112 (8.50%) Degree
4 30 (2.28%) Computer Science Degree
5 24 (1.82%) DV Cleared
6 23 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
7 20 (1.52%) Azure Certification
8 19 (1.44%) Microsoft Certification
9 12 (0.91%) PMP
10 10 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
11 9 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
12 8 (0.61%) AWS Certification
12 8 (0.61%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 7 (0.53%) DBS Check
14 6 (0.46%) CCIE
14 6 (0.46%) CCNP
14 6 (0.46%) MCSE
15 5 (0.38%) CCA
15 5 (0.38%) CISSP
15 5 (0.38%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 202 (15.34%) Accessibility
2 82 (6.23%) QA
3 68 (5.16%) WCAG
4 43 (3.26%) Data Quality
5 19 (1.44%) GDPR
6 13 (0.99%) Actionable Recommendations
7 7 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 7 (0.53%) PMO
8 6 (0.46%) SLA
9 5 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
9 5 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 4 (0.30%) GRC
11 2 (0.15%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.15%) PSD2
12 1 (0.076%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.076%) GMP
12 1 (0.076%) GxP
12 1 (0.076%) NIST
12 1 (0.076%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.076%) WAI
System Software
1 94 (7.14%) Active Directory
2 41 (3.11%) Docker
3 27 (2.05%) Virtual Desktop
4 19 (1.44%) VMware Infrastructure
5 11 (0.84%) Hyper-V
6 7 (0.53%) BitLocker
7 6 (0.46%) Firmware
7 6 (0.46%) vSphere
8 5 (0.38%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 5 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (0.38%) XenApp
8 5 (0.38%) XenDesktop
9 4 (0.30%) Microsoft App-V
10 3 (0.23%) UAG
11 2 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
11 2 (0.15%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.15%) VMware Workstation
12 1 (0.076%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 49 (3.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 45 (3.42%) Kubernetes
3 33 (2.51%) SCCM
4 21 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
5 19 (1.44%) Grafana
6 15 (1.14%) Jamf Pro
7 13 (0.99%) Ansible
8 12 (0.91%) Prometheus
9 5 (0.38%) vCenter Server
10 4 (0.30%) Clonezilla
10 4 (0.30%) Podman
10 4 (0.30%) SysTrack
11 3 (0.23%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 3 (0.23%) WSUS
12 2 (0.15%) Argo
12 2 (0.15%) Failover Clustering
12 2 (0.15%) Packer
12 2 (0.15%) SCOM
12 2 (0.15%) vMotion
13 1 (0.076%) Istio
Vendors
1 234 (17.77%) Microsoft
2 77 (5.85%) ServiceNow
3 70 (5.32%) Adobe
4 44 (3.34%) Google
5 43 (3.26%) Oracle
6 31 (2.35%) SAP
7 29 (2.20%) Salesforce
8 25 (1.90%) Citrix
9 22 (1.67%) Dynatrace
9 22 (1.67%) VMware
10 20 (1.52%) Splunk
11 19 (1.44%) Apple
12 18 (1.37%) Cisco
13 17 (1.29%) Workday
14 14 (1.06%) Foundry
14 14 (1.06%) Zscaler
15 12 (0.91%) Aruba
15 12 (0.91%) OpenAI
16 10 (0.76%) Okta
17 8 (0.61%) Databricks