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 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 77 72
Rank change year-on-year +10 -5 -13
Contract jobs citing User Experience 1,106 899 1,181
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.72% 2.89% 2.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.11% 3.33% 3.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 706 530 813
10th Percentile £290 £307 £325
25th Percentile £371 £385 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £575 £608 £630
90th Percentile £675 £688 £713
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -8.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 23 26
10th Percentile £15.50 £30.00 £17.72
25th Percentile £17.69 £30.51 £25.31
Median hourly rate £35.04 £41.91 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.39% -23.80% -15.38%
75th Percentile £49.25 £63.88 £72.83
90th Percentile £68.24 £74.35 £81.25
UK median hourly rate £34.99 £39.46 £55.00
% change year-on-year -11.32% -28.26% -15.38%

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 26,934 26,984 35,457
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.48% 86.62% 88.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,108 16,470 24,373
10th Percentile £298 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £416 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,747 976 1,492
10th Percentile £14.69 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.74 £20.00 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.03% -16.85% +27.14%
75th Percentile £45.46 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.35 £74.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.79
% change year-on-year -28.14% -20.08% +25.12%

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 8 November 2025.

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 8 November 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 8 November 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 +1 589 £475 -9.52% 1,341
North of England +34 195 £425 -5.56% 356
North West +21 124 £410 -8.89% 256
Midlands +17 109 £463 -7.50% 116
South East -2 106 £475 +16.14% 1,161
West Midlands +4 76 £495 -12.00% 58
South West +20 63 £500 -13.04% 162
Yorkshire +10 61 £450 -10.00% 70
East Midlands -2 33 £425 +10.61% 54
East of England -2 33 £475 +10.14% 88
North East 0 11 £375 - 30
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 (5.15%) Confluence
2 52 (4.70%) CMS
3 45 (4.07%) SharePoint
4 15 (1.36%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (1.08%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 11 (0.99%) Headless CMS
7 10 (0.90%) Sitecore CMS
8 9 (0.81%) Apache
9 7 (0.63%) Umbraco
10 5 (0.45%) SugarCRM
10 5 (0.45%) WordPress
11 4 (0.36%) Drupal
12 3 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
12 3 (0.27%) Jupyter
13 2 (0.18%) Moodle
13 2 (0.18%) SharePoint Server
14 1 (0.090%) CICS
14 1 (0.090%) IIS
14 1 (0.090%) SharePoint 2010
14 1 (0.090%) Tomcat
Applications
1 42 (3.80%) Sketch
2 24 (2.17%) Chatbot
3 20 (1.81%) Microsoft Office
4 18 (1.63%) MS Visio
5 14 (1.27%) Adobe XD
6 13 (1.18%) Microsoft Excel
6 13 (1.18%) Photoshop
7 12 (1.08%) Adobe Illustrator
8 11 (0.99%) InVision
9 7 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 7 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
9 7 (0.63%) Siemens NX
10 4 (0.36%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 4 (0.36%) Camtasia
10 4 (0.36%) OmniGraffle
10 4 (0.36%) Trello
10 4 (0.36%) UXPin
11 3 (0.27%) Snagit
11 3 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
11 3 (0.27%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 18 (1.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (1.54%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (0.81%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.36%) Magento
4 4 (0.36%) Workday HCM
5 3 (0.27%) Oracle Assets
5 3 (0.27%) Oracle EBS R12
5 3 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.27%) Shopify
6 2 (0.18%) Maximo
6 2 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.18%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.18%) Oracle iProcurement
6 2 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.18%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.18%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.18%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.18%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.090%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 172 (15.55%) Azure
2 123 (11.12%) AWS
3 122 (11.03%) Figma
4 87 (7.87%) SaaS
5 76 (6.87%) Microsoft 365
6 69 (6.24%) GCP
6 69 (6.24%) Power Platform
7 52 (4.70%) Entra ID
8 37 (3.35%) GitHub
9 31 (2.80%) Azure DevOps
10 25 (2.26%) Serverless
11 24 (2.17%) Miro
12 21 (1.90%) Google Analytics
13 20 (1.81%) GitHub Actions
13 20 (1.81%) Google Workspace
14 18 (1.63%) Power Automate
14 18 (1.63%) Sauce Labs
15 17 (1.54%) Firebase
16 16 (1.45%) Dynamics 365
17 14 (1.27%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 29 (2.62%) Wireless
2 28 (2.53%) DNS
3 18 (1.63%) Internet
4 10 (0.90%) DHCP
5 9 (0.81%) NFC
5 9 (0.81%) PPP
6 8 (0.72%) HTTP
6 8 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (0.63%) BGP
7 7 (0.63%) Cisco ISE
7 7 (0.63%) Cisco Wireless
7 7 (0.63%) Firewall
7 7 (0.63%) Network Security
7 7 (0.63%) NX-OS
7 7 (0.63%) SSL
7 7 (0.63%) VPN
7 7 (0.63%) VXLAN
8 6 (0.54%) TCP/IP
9 5 (0.45%) Unified Communications
10 4 (0.36%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (3.89%) Power BI
2 42 (3.80%) PostgreSQL
3 37 (3.35%) Relational Database
4 35 (3.16%) MySQL
5 26 (2.35%) SQL Server
6 25 (2.26%) Tableau
7 18 (1.63%) MongoDB
7 18 (1.63%) NoSQL
8 15 (1.36%) Redis
9 14 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
10 10 (0.90%) Mixpanel
11 9 (0.81%) BigQuery
11 9 (0.81%) Looker
12 8 (0.72%) Metadata
13 7 (0.63%) DynamoDB
13 7 (0.63%) SAP HANA
14 4 (0.36%) DB2
14 4 (0.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 3 (0.27%) Elasticsearch
15 3 (0.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 107 (9.67%) JIRA
2 83 (7.50%) Git
3 42 (3.80%) Jenkins
4 36 (3.25%) Xcode
5 32 (2.89%) Eclipse
6 30 (2.71%) GitLab
7 28 (2.53%) Android Studio
8 20 (1.81%) Browser DevTools
9 18 (1.63%) webpack
10 16 (1.45%) Axure RP
10 16 (1.45%) Gradle
11 13 (1.18%) Cypress.io
11 13 (1.18%) Postman
12 9 (0.81%) Valgrind
12 9 (0.81%) Visual Website Optimizer
13 8 (0.72%) Artifactory
13 8 (0.72%) JUnit
13 8 (0.72%) Selenium
14 7 (0.63%) Bitbucket
14 7 (0.63%) Cucumber
General
1 369 (33.36%) Social Skills
2 228 (20.61%) Finance
3 134 (12.12%) Analytical Skills
4 108 (9.76%) Banking
5 104 (9.40%) Public Sector
6 88 (7.96%) Marketing
7 38 (3.44%) Retail
8 31 (2.80%) Legal
9 29 (2.62%) Influencing Skills
10 25 (2.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 21 (1.90%) Front Office
12 20 (1.81%) Documentation Skills
13 19 (1.72%) Investment Banking
13 19 (1.72%) Manufacturing
14 18 (1.63%) Presentation Skills
15 14 (1.27%) Automotive
16 13 (1.18%) Pharmaceutical
16 13 (1.18%) Telecoms
17 12 (1.08%) Back Office
17 12 (1.08%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 209 (18.90%) Developer
2 172 (15.55%) Designer
3 136 (12.30%) Senior
4 97 (8.77%) Lead
5 90 (8.14%) UX Designer
6 79 (7.14%) Analyst
7 49 (4.43%) Business Analyst
8 45 (4.07%) Consultant
9 37 (3.35%) React Developer
10 35 (3.16%) Support Engineer
10 35 (3.16%) UI Designer
11 33 (2.98%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 32 (2.89%) Software Engineer
13 30 (2.71%) Architect
14 29 (2.62%) Full-Stack Developer
15 28 (2.53%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
15 28 (2.53%) Senior Designer
16 27 (2.44%) UI/UX Designer
17 26 (2.35%) Product Owner
18 25 (2.26%) Product Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 147 (13.29%) CSS
2 144 (13.02%) React
3 136 (12.30%) HTML
4 79 (7.14%) REST
5 72 (6.51%) RESTful
6 66 (5.97%) AngularJS
7 63 (5.70%) Node.js
8 51 (4.61%) HTML5
9 48 (4.34%) GraphQL
10 39 (3.53%) .NET
11 38 (3.44%) Redux
12 33 (2.98%) CSS3
13 32 (2.89%) Jest
14 28 (2.53%) Web Services
14 28 (2.53%) XML
15 26 (2.35%) Bootstrap
16 23 (2.08%) React Native
17 21 (1.90%) jQuery
18 20 (1.81%) Next.js
19 19 (1.72%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 119 (10.76%) Mobile App
2 107 (9.67%) Product Ownership
3 69 (6.24%) Onboarding
4 23 (2.08%) Analytical Mindset
5 22 (1.99%) Enterprise Software
6 20 (1.81%) Hybrid Cloud
7 18 (1.63%) Management Information System
8 16 (1.45%) Learning Management System
8 16 (1.45%) Virtual Team
9 15 (1.36%) Data Centre
9 15 (1.36%) e-Learning
9 15 (1.36%) Low-Code
10 14 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
11 13 (1.18%) Cloud Native
11 13 (1.18%) Fixed Income
11 13 (1.18%) Greenfield Project
11 13 (1.18%) Mobile Banking
12 12 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
13 11 (0.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 11 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 117 (10.58%) Windows
2 87 (7.87%) Android
3 70 (6.33%) Apple iOS
4 45 (4.07%) Linux
5 26 (2.35%) Windows 10
6 23 (2.08%) Unix
7 22 (1.99%) Mac OS
8 10 (0.90%) Windows Server
9 9 (0.81%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.18%) tvOS
10 2 (0.18%) VMS
11 1 (0.090%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.090%) watchOS
11 1 (0.090%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.090%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 398 (35.99%) Agile
2 364 (32.91%) UX Design
3 199 (17.99%) Problem-Solving
4 173 (15.64%) Analytics
5 135 (12.21%) CI/CD
6 134 (12.12%) Roadmaps
7 127 (11.48%) DevOps
8 115 (10.40%) Stakeholder Management
9 110 (9.95%) AI
9 110 (9.95%) Continuous Improvement
10 108 (9.76%) Front End Development
11 100 (9.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 96 (8.68%) User Research
13 84 (7.59%) Decision-Making
14 80 (7.23%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
15 77 (6.96%) Service Design
16 76 (6.87%) Scrum
17 71 (6.42%) User Stories
18 70 (6.33%) CRM
19 69 (6.24%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 191 (17.27%) JavaScript
2 135 (12.21%) Python
3 101 (9.13%) Java
3 101 (9.13%) SQL
4 94 (8.50%) TypeScript
5 56 (5.06%) PowerShell
6 46 (4.16%) C#
7 38 (3.44%) Kotlin
8 33 (2.98%) Swift
9 23 (2.08%) Perl
10 22 (1.99%) Bash
11 19 (1.72%) C++
11 19 (1.72%) Objective-C
12 13 (1.18%) PHP
13 10 (0.90%) Scala
14 9 (0.81%) C
14 9 (0.81%) PL/SQL
14 9 (0.81%) Ruby
15 7 (0.63%) Lisp
16 6 (0.54%) Go
Qualifications
1 152 (13.74%) Security Cleared
2 109 (9.86%) Degree
3 105 (9.49%) SC Cleared
4 26 (2.35%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (1.99%) DV Cleared
6 16 (1.45%) BPSS Clearance
7 13 (1.18%) Master's Degree
8 11 (0.99%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (0.81%) MOS
9 9 (0.81%) PMI Certification
10 8 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (0.72%) PMP
11 7 (0.63%) CCNP
11 7 (0.63%) ITIL Certification
12 5 (0.45%) OCA
12 5 (0.45%) Oracle Certification
13 4 (0.36%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 3 (0.27%) A+ Certification
14 3 (0.27%) Citrix Certification
14 3 (0.27%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 162 (14.65%) Accessibility
2 88 (7.96%) QA
3 55 (4.97%) GDPR
4 39 (3.53%) WCAG
5 33 (2.98%) Data Quality
6 24 (2.17%) SLA
7 22 (1.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 9 (0.81%) Actionable Recommendations
9 7 (0.63%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 6 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 5 (0.45%) GxP
12 3 (0.27%) Government Security Classifications
12 3 (0.27%) NCSC
12 3 (0.27%) PMO
13 2 (0.18%) FIPS 140-2
13 2 (0.18%) NIST
13 2 (0.18%) PERC
13 2 (0.18%) PSD2
13 2 (0.18%) Section 508
13 2 (0.18%) SOC 2
System Software
1 67 (6.06%) Active Directory
2 42 (3.80%) Docker
3 21 (1.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.18%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.18%) ProxySG
7 1 (0.090%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.090%) Firmware
7 1 (0.090%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 48 (4.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 35 (3.16%) SCCM
3 33 (2.98%) Kubernetes
4 24 (2.17%) Terraform
5 15 (1.36%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (0.90%) Ansible
6 10 (0.90%) Jamf Pro
7 7 (0.63%) FortiGate
8 6 (0.54%) Prometheus
9 5 (0.45%) Grafana
10 2 (0.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.18%) Argo
10 2 (0.18%) McAfee ePO
10 2 (0.18%) PingFederate
10 2 (0.18%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 1 (0.090%) Kibana
11 1 (0.090%) Nagios
11 1 (0.090%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.090%) Puppet
11 1 (0.090%) SCOM
Vendors
1 196 (17.72%) Microsoft
2 80 (7.23%) Google
3 64 (5.79%) ServiceNow
4 61 (5.52%) Adobe
5 48 (4.34%) Oracle
6 38 (3.44%) SAP
7 36 (3.25%) Salesforce
8 28 (2.53%) Splunk
9 23 (2.08%) VMware
10 19 (1.72%) Apple
11 16 (1.45%) Citrix
11 16 (1.45%) Hotjar
12 15 (1.36%) Cisco
13 12 (1.08%) Optimizely
14 10 (0.90%) Sitecore
15 9 (0.81%) Amplitude
15 9 (0.81%) OpenAI
15 9 (0.81%) Zscaler
16 8 (0.72%) Red Hat
16 8 (0.72%) Workday