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

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 66 70
Rank change year-on-year 0 +4 -4
Contract jobs citing User Experience 1,149 883 1,086
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.56% 3.34% 2.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.05% 3.73% 3.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 777 519 745
10th Percentile £300 £306 £308
25th Percentile £375 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £571 £600 £599
90th Percentile £650 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -5.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 23 37
10th Percentile £15.50 £25.26 £22.26
25th Percentile £17.69 £30.51 £25.00
Median hourly rate £35.60 £42.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.24% -10.53% -24.00%
75th Percentile £61.25 £53.75 £72.90
90th Percentile £72.68 £74.35 £81.25
UK median hourly rate £35.55 £41.91 £47.50
% change year-on-year -15.18% -11.77% -24.00%

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 28,352 23,648 32,972
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.85% 89.40% 87.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,131 14,458 22,099
10th Percentile £305 £310 £300
25th Percentile £410 £413 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% -0.94% -3.64%
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 1,777 764 1,811
10th Percentile £15.05 £15.62 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.00 £17.13
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.06 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.15% -6.70% +7.35%
75th Percentile £58.75 £63.75 £62.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £36.02
% change year-on-year -22.62% -9.78% +12.89%

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 26 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 26 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 26 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 -9 598 £478 -9.05% 274
North of England +15 204 £429 -4.67% 177
North West +20 134 £400 -11.11% 82
Midlands -3 114 £500 +17.65% 101
South East -17 107 £447 -10.60% 298
West Midlands -20 65 £463 -7.50% 48
South West +4 63 £500 -9.09% 104
Yorkshire -11 54 £500 +11.11% 65
East Midlands +6 49 £537 +50.84% 50
East of England -4 31 £460 +1.77% 116
North East -3 15 £410 -4.93% 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 55 (4.79%) Confluence
2 49 (4.26%) SharePoint
3 43 (3.74%) CMS
4 23 (2.00%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 13 (1.13%) Microsoft Exchange
6 12 (1.04%) Headless CMS
7 8 (0.70%) Sitecore CMS
8 7 (0.61%) Apache
8 7 (0.61%) Umbraco
9 5 (0.44%) SugarCRM
10 4 (0.35%) Camunda
10 4 (0.35%) Ethereum
10 4 (0.35%) Hyperledger
11 3 (0.26%) Anypoint
11 3 (0.26%) Apache Spark
11 3 (0.26%) Jupyter
12 2 (0.17%) Appian
12 2 (0.17%) Drupal
12 2 (0.17%) WordPress
13 1 (0.087%) Mendix
Applications
1 36 (3.13%) Sketch
2 23 (2.00%) Adobe XD
3 22 (1.91%) Microsoft Office
4 20 (1.74%) MS Visio
5 18 (1.57%) Chatbot
6 12 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
7 9 (0.78%) Adobe Illustrator
7 9 (0.78%) Photoshop
8 8 (0.70%) InVision
9 6 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 5 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
11 4 (0.35%) Adobe After Effects
11 4 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
11 4 (0.35%) Trello
11 4 (0.35%) UXPin
12 3 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 3 (0.26%) Camtasia
12 3 (0.26%) UserZoom
13 2 (0.17%) OmniGraffle
13 2 (0.17%) Snagit
Business Applications
1 17 (1.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (1.39%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.26%) SAP CO
3 3 (0.26%) SAP FI
3 3 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
3 3 (0.26%) Shopify
3 3 (0.26%) Teamcenter
4 2 (0.17%) iTrent
4 2 (0.17%) Magento
4 2 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.087%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.087%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.087%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.087%) Oracle Payroll
5 1 (0.087%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.087%) SAP PP
5 1 (0.087%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.087%) Sprinklr
5 1 (0.087%) WebTrends
Cloud Services
1 203 (17.67%) Azure
2 139 (12.10%) Figma
3 126 (10.97%) AWS
4 75 (6.53%) Power Platform
4 75 (6.53%) SaaS
5 68 (5.92%) Microsoft 365
6 59 (5.13%) GCP
7 51 (4.44%) Entra ID
8 45 (3.92%) GitHub
9 42 (3.66%) Azure DevOps
10 26 (2.26%) GitHub Actions
11 23 (2.00%) Google Analytics
11 23 (2.00%) Google Workspace
12 22 (1.91%) Serverless
13 21 (1.83%) Cloud Computing
14 20 (1.74%) Miro
15 19 (1.65%) PowerApps
16 17 (1.48%) Google Sheets
16 17 (1.48%) Power Automate
17 16 (1.39%) Sauce Labs
Communications & Networking
1 27 (2.35%) DNS
2 23 (2.00%) Wireless
3 15 (1.31%) Internet
4 11 (0.96%) HTTP
5 10 (0.87%) VPN
5 10 (0.87%) Wi-Fi
6 9 (0.78%) DHCP
6 9 (0.78%) TCP/IP
7 8 (0.70%) BGP
7 8 (0.70%) Cisco ISE
8 7 (0.61%) Cisco Wireless
8 7 (0.61%) Firewall
8 7 (0.61%) NX-OS
8 7 (0.61%) VXLAN
9 6 (0.52%) Intranet
9 6 (0.52%) Unified Communications
9 6 (0.52%) WAN
10 5 (0.44%) SSL
11 4 (0.35%) HTTPS
11 4 (0.35%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (4.00%) Power BI
2 35 (3.05%) MySQL
3 34 (2.96%) Relational Database
4 25 (2.18%) PostgreSQL
4 25 (2.18%) SQL Server
5 23 (2.00%) NoSQL
6 15 (1.31%) Data Warehouse
7 14 (1.22%) Tableau
8 13 (1.13%) MongoDB
9 12 (1.04%) BigQuery
10 11 (0.96%) Looker
11 8 (0.70%) Metadata
12 7 (0.61%) Mixpanel
13 6 (0.52%) Redis
14 5 (0.44%) SAP HANA
15 4 (0.35%) DynamoDB
15 4 (0.35%) Pinecone
16 3 (0.26%) Amazon Athena
16 3 (0.26%) CockroachDB
16 3 (0.26%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 114 (9.92%) JIRA
2 80 (6.96%) Git
3 45 (3.92%) GitLab
4 33 (2.87%) Jenkins
5 26 (2.26%) Xcode
6 24 (2.09%) Cypress.io
7 23 (2.00%) Android Studio
7 23 (2.00%) Eclipse
8 20 (1.74%) JUnit
9 18 (1.57%) Browser DevTools
9 18 (1.57%) Gradle
10 15 (1.31%) Axure RP
11 14 (1.22%) Postman
12 11 (0.96%) CircleCI
13 9 (0.78%) Visual Website Optimizer
14 8 (0.70%) Artifactory
14 8 (0.70%) IntelliJ
14 8 (0.70%) Mocha
15 7 (0.61%) Cucumber
15 7 (0.61%) Selenium
General
1 401 (34.90%) Social Skills
2 212 (18.45%) Finance
3 148 (12.88%) Analytical Skills
4 137 (11.92%) Public Sector
5 80 (6.96%) Banking
6 78 (6.79%) Marketing
7 36 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
8 28 (2.44%) Retail
9 26 (2.26%) Legal
10 22 (1.91%) Presentation Skills
11 17 (1.48%) Manufacturing
12 15 (1.31%) Documentation Skills
12 15 (1.31%) Pharmaceutical
12 15 (1.31%) Telecoms
13 13 (1.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 13 (1.13%) Investment Banking
14 11 (0.96%) Automotive
15 10 (0.87%) Financial Institution
16 8 (0.70%) Front Office
16 8 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 192 (16.71%) Developer
2 189 (16.45%) Designer
3 160 (13.93%) Senior
4 107 (9.31%) UX Designer
5 102 (8.88%) Analyst
6 84 (7.31%) Lead
7 52 (4.53%) Business Analyst
8 45 (3.92%) Senior Designer
9 44 (3.83%) Product Designer
10 43 (3.74%) Consultant
11 40 (3.48%) Architect
12 38 (3.31%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
13 37 (3.22%) Full-Stack Developer
14 35 (3.05%) Support Engineer
15 33 (2.87%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
16 31 (2.70%) UI Designer
17 28 (2.44%) Software Engineer
17 28 (2.44%) User Researcher
18 27 (2.35%) Senior Developer
19 26 (2.26%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 162 (14.10%) React
2 157 (13.66%) CSS
3 141 (12.27%) HTML
4 88 (7.66%) AngularJS
4 88 (7.66%) REST
5 76 (6.61%) RESTful
6 50 (4.35%) Node.js
7 46 (4.00%) GraphQL
8 41 (3.57%) HTML5
8 41 (3.57%) Spring
9 40 (3.48%) .NET
10 39 (3.39%) Spring Boot
11 33 (2.87%) Jest
12 32 (2.79%) CSS3
13 28 (2.44%) Playwright
14 27 (2.35%) Next.js
15 24 (2.09%) Redux
16 21 (1.83%) OAuth
17 20 (1.74%) SOAP
18 18 (1.57%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 105 (9.14%) Product Ownership
2 93 (8.09%) Mobile App
3 62 (5.40%) Onboarding
4 27 (2.35%) Enterprise Software
5 24 (2.09%) Analytical Mindset
6 17 (1.48%) AI Agents
7 15 (1.31%) Data Structures
7 15 (1.31%) e-Learning
8 14 (1.22%) Low-Code
8 14 (1.22%) Management Information System
8 14 (1.22%) NHS
9 13 (1.13%) Data Centre
9 13 (1.13%) Data Protection Act
9 13 (1.13%) Legacy Systems
9 13 (1.13%) Virtual Team
10 12 (1.04%) Cloud Native
10 12 (1.04%) CMDB
10 12 (1.04%) Learning Management System
11 11 (0.96%) Distributed Systems
11 11 (0.96%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 120 (10.44%) Windows
2 69 (6.01%) Android
3 51 (4.44%) Apple iOS
4 36 (3.13%) Windows 10
5 35 (3.05%) Linux
6 21 (1.83%) Unix
7 20 (1.74%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.52%) Windows Server
9 3 (0.26%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.17%) VMS
11 1 (0.087%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 410 (35.68%) Agile
2 375 (32.64%) UX Design
3 204 (17.75%) Analytics
4 198 (17.23%) Problem-Solving
5 153 (13.32%) CI/CD
6 149 (12.97%) Stakeholder Management
7 142 (12.36%) User Research
8 134 (11.66%) DevOps
9 127 (11.05%) AI
10 126 (10.97%) Continuous Improvement
11 122 (10.62%) Roadmaps
11 122 (10.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 107 (9.31%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
13 93 (8.09%) Decision-Making
14 91 (7.92%) UX Research
15 90 (7.83%) Wireframes
16 87 (7.57%) Front End Development
16 87 (7.57%) Usability Testing
17 85 (7.40%) Prototyping
18 81 (7.05%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 192 (16.71%) JavaScript
2 116 (10.10%) SQL
3 112 (9.75%) Java
4 105 (9.14%) TypeScript
5 103 (8.96%) Python
6 58 (5.05%) PowerShell
7 45 (3.92%) C#
8 33 (2.87%) Kotlin
9 22 (1.91%) Bash
9 22 (1.91%) Swift
10 21 (1.83%) Perl
11 14 (1.22%) PHP
12 11 (0.96%) C++
12 11 (0.96%) PL/SQL
13 10 (0.87%) Go
13 10 (0.87%) Objective-C
14 7 (0.61%) Lisp
15 6 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 5 (0.44%) C
16 5 (0.44%) Scala
Qualifications
1 140 (12.18%) Security Cleared
2 110 (9.57%) Degree
3 101 (8.79%) SC Cleared
4 25 (2.18%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (1.74%) BPSS Clearance
6 14 (1.22%) Master's Degree
7 11 (0.96%) MOS
8 10 (0.87%) DV Cleared
8 10 (0.87%) PMI Certification
9 9 (0.78%) CCNP
9 9 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (0.78%) OCA
9 9 (0.78%) Oracle Certification
10 6 (0.52%) MCP
11 5 (0.44%) PMP
12 3 (0.26%) Azure Certification
13 2 (0.17%) CCA
13 2 (0.17%) CISSP
13 2 (0.17%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 190 (16.54%) Accessibility
2 117 (10.18%) QA
3 63 (5.48%) WCAG
4 62 (5.40%) GDPR
5 32 (2.79%) Data Quality
6 25 (2.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 17 (1.48%) Actionable Recommendations
8 16 (1.39%) SLA
9 6 (0.52%) NCSC
10 5 (0.44%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 5 (0.44%) GxP
10 5 (0.44%) PMO
11 3 (0.26%) Government Security Classifications
11 3 (0.26%) NIST
11 3 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.26%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.17%) GMP
12 2 (0.17%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.17%) ISO 20022
12 2 (0.17%) PSD2
System Software
1 67 (5.83%) Active Directory
2 55 (4.79%) Docker
3 20 (1.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.26%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.17%) ProxySG
7 1 (0.087%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.087%) ISA Server
7 1 (0.087%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.087%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.087%) XenApp
7 1 (0.087%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 48 (4.18%) Kubernetes
2 42 (3.66%) Microsoft Intune
3 33 (2.87%) SCCM
4 26 (2.26%) Terraform
5 15 (1.31%) Grafana
5 15 (1.31%) Single Sign-On
6 11 (0.96%) Ansible
7 7 (0.61%) FortiGate
8 6 (0.52%) Prometheus
9 4 (0.35%) Argo
9 4 (0.35%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.26%) HP ALM
10 3 (0.26%) Nagios
10 3 (0.26%) Rancher
11 2 (0.17%) PingFederate
11 2 (0.17%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 2 (0.17%) SysTrack
12 1 (0.087%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.087%) Kibana
12 1 (0.087%) SCOM
Vendors
1 198 (17.23%) Microsoft
2 80 (6.96%) Google
3 74 (6.44%) Adobe
4 66 (5.74%) ServiceNow
5 48 (4.18%) Oracle
6 43 (3.74%) Salesforce
7 40 (3.48%) SAP
8 26 (2.26%) Splunk
9 21 (1.83%) VMware
10 16 (1.39%) Apple
10 16 (1.39%) Citrix
11 13 (1.13%) Cisco
12 11 (0.96%) Hotjar
12 11 (0.96%) Optimizely
12 11 (0.96%) Red Hat
12 11 (0.96%) Zscaler
13 10 (0.87%) Amplitude
14 9 (0.78%) MuleSoft
15 8 (0.70%) Ekahau
15 8 (0.70%) Sitecore