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

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 67 70
Rank change year-on-year +2 +3 -2
Contract jobs citing User Experience 1,212 879 1,084
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.54% 3.37% 2.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.05% 3.76% 3.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 831 540 745
10th Percentile £310 £307 £306
25th Percentile £381 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -5.48%
75th Percentile £575 £613 £600
90th Percentile £650 £738 £695
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 21 39
10th Percentile £15.50 £25.26 £23.01
25th Percentile £17.69 £31.50 £25.00
Median hourly rate £38.94 £42.50 £46.06
Median % change year-on-year -8.38% -7.72% -22.60%
75th Percentile £61.25 £53.75 £72.70
90th Percentile £72.98 £74.44 £81.25
UK median hourly rate £38.94 £42.50 £43.03
% change year-on-year -8.38% -1.23% -21.05%

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 29,953 23,398 33,216
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.52% 89.80% 87.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,141 14,488 22,145
10th Percentile £310 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £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 1,876 738 1,974
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £13.31
25th Percentile £18.21 £21.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.77 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.37% - -
75th Percentile £60.30 £64.50 £60.36
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £73.42
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £33.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -2.99% +2.15%

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 14 February 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 14 February 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 14 February 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 -6 639 £500 -2.91% 250
North of England +24 214 £450 - 133
North West +25 146 £405 -10.00% 73
South East +1 119 £475 -5.00% 179
Midlands -14 107 £510 +27.50% 83
South West +5 67 £450 -14.29% 63
West Midlands -35 59 £456 -3.95% 52
Yorkshire -26 49 £513 +20.52% 46
East Midlands +6 48 £550 +54.49% 31
East of England -16 29 £438 -3.21% 33
North East -2 18 £388 -8.82% 15
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 52 (4.29%) Confluence
1 52 (4.29%) SharePoint
2 38 (3.14%) CMS
3 23 (1.90%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 12 (0.99%) Headless CMS
4 12 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (0.66%) Sitecore CMS
6 7 (0.58%) Apache
6 7 (0.58%) Umbraco
7 5 (0.41%) SugarCRM
8 4 (0.33%) Camunda
8 4 (0.33%) Ethereum
8 4 (0.33%) Hyperledger
9 3 (0.25%) Anypoint
9 3 (0.25%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.25%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.17%) Appian
10 2 (0.17%) Drupal
10 2 (0.17%) WordPress
11 1 (0.083%) Mendix
Applications
1 37 (3.05%) Sketch
2 25 (2.06%) Adobe XD
3 21 (1.73%) MS Visio
4 19 (1.57%) Chatbot
4 19 (1.57%) Microsoft Office
5 17 (1.40%) Microsoft Excel
6 10 (0.83%) Photoshop
7 9 (0.74%) Adobe Illustrator
8 8 (0.66%) InVision
9 6 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 6 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
10 4 (0.33%) Adobe After Effects
10 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
10 4 (0.33%) Trello
10 4 (0.33%) UXPin
11 3 (0.25%) UserZoom
12 2 (0.17%) Adobe Captivate
12 2 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 2 (0.17%) Autodesk Smoke
12 2 (0.17%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 17 (1.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.33%) Shopify
3 4 (0.33%) Workday HCM
4 3 (0.25%) SAP CO
4 3 (0.25%) SAP FI
4 3 (0.25%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.17%) iTrent
5 2 (0.17%) Magento
5 2 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.17%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.17%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.083%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.083%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.083%) Eloqua
6 1 (0.083%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.083%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.083%) Sage X3
6 1 (0.083%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.083%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 207 (17.08%) Azure
2 159 (13.12%) Figma
3 128 (10.56%) AWS
4 87 (7.18%) Power Platform
5 76 (6.27%) SaaS
6 70 (5.78%) Microsoft 365
7 62 (5.12%) GCP
8 52 (4.29%) Entra ID
9 49 (4.04%) GitHub
10 45 (3.71%) Azure DevOps
11 29 (2.39%) GitHub Actions
12 26 (2.15%) PowerApps
13 24 (1.98%) Google Workspace
14 23 (1.90%) Power Automate
15 22 (1.82%) Cloud Computing
15 22 (1.82%) Google Analytics
15 22 (1.82%) Miro
15 22 (1.82%) Serverless
16 19 (1.57%) Dynamics 365
17 18 (1.49%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 26 (2.15%) DNS
2 22 (1.82%) Wireless
3 14 (1.16%) Internet
4 10 (0.83%) HTTP
4 10 (0.83%) VPN
4 10 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
5 9 (0.74%) DHCP
5 9 (0.74%) TCP/IP
6 8 (0.66%) BGP
6 8 (0.66%) Cisco ISE
7 7 (0.58%) Cisco Wireless
7 7 (0.58%) Firewall
7 7 (0.58%) Intranet
7 7 (0.58%) NX-OS
7 7 (0.58%) VXLAN
8 6 (0.50%) Unified Communications
8 6 (0.50%) WAN
9 5 (0.41%) SSL
10 4 (0.33%) HTTPS
10 4 (0.33%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (4.54%) Power BI
2 36 (2.97%) MySQL
3 35 (2.89%) Relational Database
4 26 (2.15%) PostgreSQL
5 25 (2.06%) NoSQL
6 23 (1.90%) SQL Server
7 14 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
7 14 (1.16%) Tableau
8 12 (0.99%) BigQuery
8 12 (0.99%) MongoDB
9 11 (0.91%) Looker
10 9 (0.74%) Metadata
11 7 (0.58%) Mixpanel
12 6 (0.50%) DynamoDB
13 5 (0.41%) Hadoop
13 5 (0.41%) Pinecone
13 5 (0.41%) Redis
14 4 (0.33%) Oracle Reports
14 4 (0.33%) SAP HANA
15 3 (0.25%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 108 (8.91%) JIRA
2 77 (6.35%) Git
3 44 (3.63%) GitLab
4 29 (2.39%) Jenkins
5 24 (1.98%) Cypress.io
6 22 (1.82%) Android Studio
6 22 (1.82%) Eclipse
6 22 (1.82%) Xcode
7 21 (1.73%) JUnit
8 17 (1.40%) Axure RP
8 17 (1.40%) Browser DevTools
9 16 (1.32%) Gradle
10 12 (0.99%) CircleCI
11 10 (0.83%) Postman
12 9 (0.74%) Visual Website Optimizer
13 8 (0.66%) Artifactory
13 8 (0.66%) Mocha
13 8 (0.66%) Selenium
14 7 (0.58%) Cucumber
14 7 (0.58%) IntelliJ
General
1 416 (34.32%) Social Skills
2 224 (18.48%) Finance
3 150 (12.38%) Analytical Skills
4 149 (12.29%) Public Sector
5 82 (6.77%) Banking
6 73 (6.02%) Marketing
7 36 (2.97%) Retail
8 33 (2.72%) Influencing Skills
9 26 (2.15%) Legal
10 24 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
11 18 (1.49%) Manufacturing
12 16 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
13 15 (1.24%) Investment Banking
13 15 (1.24%) Telecoms
14 14 (1.16%) Pharmaceutical
15 12 (0.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 11 (0.91%) Financial Institution
17 10 (0.83%) Front Office
18 8 (0.66%) Local Government
18 8 (0.66%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 206 (17.00%) Designer
2 187 (15.43%) Developer
3 177 (14.60%) Senior
4 115 (9.49%) Analyst
4 115 (9.49%) UX Designer
5 80 (6.60%) Lead
6 58 (4.79%) Product Designer
7 57 (4.70%) Senior Designer
8 51 (4.21%) Business Analyst
9 46 (3.80%) Consultant
10 42 (3.47%) Architect
11 37 (3.05%) Full-Stack Developer
12 36 (2.97%) Support Engineer
13 35 (2.89%) Software Engineer
13 35 (2.89%) UI Designer
14 34 (2.81%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
15 33 (2.72%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
15 33 (2.72%) Senior UX Designer
16 32 (2.64%) User Researcher
17 30 (2.48%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 161 (13.28%) React
2 152 (12.54%) CSS
3 133 (10.97%) HTML
4 93 (7.67%) REST
5 87 (7.18%) AngularJS
6 74 (6.11%) RESTful
7 55 (4.54%) Spring
8 53 (4.37%) Node.js
8 53 (4.37%) Spring Boot
9 43 (3.55%) GraphQL
10 41 (3.38%) .NET
11 36 (2.97%) HTML5
12 30 (2.48%) CSS3
13 28 (2.31%) Jest
14 25 (2.06%) Next.js
14 25 (2.06%) Redux
15 22 (1.82%) Playwright
16 21 (1.73%) JSON
16 21 (1.73%) OAuth
16 21 (1.73%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 113 (9.32%) Product Ownership
2 91 (7.51%) Mobile App
3 54 (4.46%) Onboarding
4 29 (2.39%) Enterprise Software
5 26 (2.15%) Analytical Mindset
6 21 (1.73%) AI Agents
7 18 (1.49%) Data Structures
8 15 (1.24%) Virtual Team
9 14 (1.16%) Data Centre
9 14 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
9 14 (1.16%) Legacy Systems
9 14 (1.16%) Low-Code
10 13 (1.07%) Cloud Native
10 13 (1.07%) Distributed Systems
11 12 (0.99%) CMDB
11 12 (0.99%) e-Learning
11 12 (0.99%) NHS
12 11 (0.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 10 (0.83%) Video Conferencing
14 9 (0.74%) Synthetic Data
Operating Systems
1 123 (10.15%) Windows
2 61 (5.03%) Android
3 43 (3.55%) Apple iOS
4 36 (2.97%) Windows 10
5 34 (2.81%) Linux
6 22 (1.82%) Mac OS
7 20 (1.65%) Unix
8 6 (0.50%) Windows Server
9 3 (0.25%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.17%) VMS
11 1 (0.083%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 409 (33.75%) Agile
2 380 (31.35%) UX Design
3 212 (17.49%) Analytics
4 197 (16.25%) Problem-Solving
5 160 (13.20%) User Research
6 159 (13.12%) CI/CD
7 158 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
8 144 (11.88%) AI
9 143 (11.80%) DevOps
10 140 (11.55%) Continuous Improvement
11 131 (10.81%) Roadmaps
12 125 (10.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 113 (9.32%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
14 106 (8.75%) UX Research
15 103 (8.50%) Decision-Making
16 102 (8.42%) Prototyping
17 98 (8.09%) Wireframes
18 95 (7.84%) Usability Testing
19 88 (7.26%) Service Design
20 80 (6.60%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 192 (15.84%) JavaScript
2 125 (10.31%) SQL
3 116 (9.57%) Java
4 108 (8.91%) TypeScript
5 104 (8.58%) Python
6 58 (4.79%) PowerShell
7 47 (3.88%) C#
8 33 (2.72%) Kotlin
9 21 (1.73%) Bash
10 20 (1.65%) Perl
11 15 (1.24%) Swift
12 14 (1.16%) PHP
13 11 (0.91%) PL/SQL
14 9 (0.74%) Go
15 8 (0.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 7 (0.58%) Lisp
17 6 (0.50%) C++
18 4 (0.33%) Korn
18 4 (0.33%) Objective-C
19 3 (0.25%) R
Qualifications
1 150 (12.38%) Security Cleared
2 110 (9.08%) Degree
2 110 (9.08%) SC Cleared
3 22 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
4 18 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (1.07%) Master's Degree
6 12 (0.99%) DV Cleared
7 11 (0.91%) MOS
8 9 (0.74%) CCNP
8 9 (0.74%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (0.74%) OCA
8 9 (0.74%) Oracle Certification
9 7 (0.58%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.25%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.25%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.17%) A+ Certification
11 2 (0.17%) CCA
11 2 (0.17%) CISSP
11 2 (0.17%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 201 (16.58%) Accessibility
2 125 (10.31%) QA
3 64 (5.28%) WCAG
4 54 (4.46%) GDPR
5 40 (3.30%) Data Quality
6 25 (2.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 20 (1.65%) Actionable Recommendations
8 18 (1.49%) SLA
9 6 (0.50%) NCSC
9 6 (0.50%) PMO
10 5 (0.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 4 (0.33%) GxP
12 3 (0.25%) Government Security Classifications
12 3 (0.25%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.25%) NIST
12 3 (0.25%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.17%) EU AI Act
13 2 (0.17%) GMP
13 2 (0.17%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 68 (5.61%) Active Directory
2 56 (4.62%) Docker
3 22 (1.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.74%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.25%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.17%) ProxySG
7 1 (0.083%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.083%) ISA Server
7 1 (0.083%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.083%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.083%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.083%) XenApp
7 1 (0.083%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 53 (4.37%) Kubernetes
2 42 (3.47%) Microsoft Intune
3 36 (2.97%) SCCM
4 29 (2.39%) Terraform
5 20 (1.65%) Grafana
6 15 (1.24%) Single Sign-On
7 11 (0.91%) Ansible
8 7 (0.58%) FortiGate
9 6 (0.50%) Prometheus
10 4 (0.33%) Argo
10 4 (0.33%) HP ALM
10 4 (0.33%) Jamf Pro
11 3 (0.25%) Nagios
11 3 (0.25%) Rancher
12 2 (0.17%) PingFederate
12 2 (0.17%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 2 (0.17%) SysTrack
13 1 (0.083%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 1 (0.083%) Kibana
13 1 (0.083%) SCOM
Vendors
1 214 (17.66%) Microsoft
2 83 (6.85%) Google
3 76 (6.27%) Adobe
4 71 (5.86%) ServiceNow
5 46 (3.80%) Oracle
6 42 (3.47%) SAP
7 39 (3.22%) Salesforce
8 29 (2.39%) Splunk
9 23 (1.90%) VMware
10 18 (1.49%) Citrix
11 14 (1.16%) Cisco
12 12 (0.99%) Apple
12 12 (0.99%) Optimizely
13 11 (0.91%) Hotjar
13 11 (0.91%) Red Hat
13 11 (0.91%) Zscaler
14 10 (0.83%) Amplitude
15 8 (0.66%) Ekahau
15 8 (0.66%) OpenAI
15 8 (0.66%) Workday