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

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 65 72
Rank change year-on-year -14 +7 -9
Contract jobs citing User Experience 1,218 880 1,012
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.11% 3.61% 2.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.64% 3.96% 3.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 834 589 679
10th Percentile £307 £304 £290
25th Percentile £390 £400 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £601
90th Percentile £679 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £485 £483 £500
% change year-on-year +0.52% -3.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 20 47
10th Percentile £16.51 £25.21 £16.25
25th Percentile £18.49 £41.75 £24.38
Median hourly rate £47.97 £51.00 £31.71
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% +60.83% -21.70%
75th Percentile £66.75 £83.60 £63.14
90th Percentile £82.30 £95.60 £73.24
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £52.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -4.76% +61.54% -13.91%

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 33,504 22,203 32,130
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.48% 91.02% 86.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,453 14,593 21,161
10th Percentile £313 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £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 2,080 880 2,196
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.83 £12.85
25th Percentile £20.07 £18.51 £15.75
Median hourly rate £41.56 £31.76 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.84% -6.59% -9.33%
75th Percentile £66.50 £64.50 £58.69
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.28 £71.75
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £30.78 £33.07
% change year-on-year +20.21% -6.91% -8.79%

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 15 April 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 15 April 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 15 April 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 -20 629 £500 -2.91% 311
North of England +1 204 £447 -0.67% 147
North West +5 131 £420 -6.67% 71
Midlands -11 127 £500 +24.69% 112
South East -18 119 £488 -2.50% 132
West Midlands -27 86 £475 +2.70% 78
South West -13 68 £475 +26.67% 46
Yorkshire -25 49 £500 +24.84% 53
East Midlands -3 41 £550 +53.63% 34
East of England -18 28 £425 -10.99% 49
North East -8 22 £405 -15.63% 25
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 49 (4.02%) SharePoint
2 41 (3.37%) Confluence
3 33 (2.71%) CMS
4 18 (1.48%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 18 (1.48%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.49%) Apache
5 6 (0.49%) Sitecore CMS
6 5 (0.41%) Headless CMS
6 5 (0.41%) Umbraco
7 4 (0.33%) Camunda
7 4 (0.33%) Drupal
7 4 (0.33%) Ethereum
7 4 (0.33%) Hyperledger
8 3 (0.25%) Anypoint
8 3 (0.25%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.25%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.25%) nginx
9 2 (0.16%) Appian
9 2 (0.16%) Mendix
9 2 (0.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 33 (2.71%) Sketch
2 26 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 24 (1.97%) Adobe XD
4 20 (1.64%) Chatbot
5 17 (1.40%) MS Visio
6 14 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
7 10 (0.82%) Photoshop
8 8 (0.66%) InVision
9 6 (0.49%) Adobe Illustrator
9 6 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 6 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
10 5 (0.41%) Adobe After Effects
11 4 (0.33%) Trello
12 3 (0.25%) Adobe Captivate
12 3 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
12 3 (0.25%) UserZoom
12 3 (0.25%) UXPin
13 2 (0.16%) Autodesk Smoke
13 2 (0.16%) Camtasia
14 1 (0.082%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 16 (1.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (0.66%) Shopify
4 7 (0.57%) Workday HCM
5 6 (0.49%) Sage X3
6 2 (0.16%) NEC Housing
6 2 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.16%) ResourceLink
6 2 (0.16%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.16%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.16%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.16%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.16%) Sprinklr
7 1 (0.082%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.082%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.082%) iTrent
7 1 (0.082%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.082%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.082%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.082%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 194 (15.93%) Azure
2 166 (13.63%) Figma
3 107 (8.78%) AWS
4 88 (7.22%) Power Platform
5 86 (7.06%) Microsoft 365
6 54 (4.43%) Entra ID
7 51 (4.19%) Azure DevOps
8 48 (3.94%) GCP
9 45 (3.69%) GitHub
10 35 (2.87%) SaaS
11 32 (2.63%) PowerApps
12 29 (2.38%) Power Automate
13 28 (2.30%) Microsoft Copilot
14 27 (2.22%) Serverless
15 26 (2.13%) GitHub Actions
16 23 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
16 23 (1.89%) Google Workspace
17 22 (1.81%) Cloud Computing
18 19 (1.56%) Google Sheets
19 16 (1.31%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.15%) LAN
2 13 (1.07%) DNS
2 13 (1.07%) Wireless
3 11 (0.90%) VPN
4 10 (0.82%) Firewall
4 10 (0.82%) Internet
4 10 (0.82%) Intranet
4 10 (0.82%) SD-WAN
4 10 (0.82%) TCP/IP
4 10 (0.82%) Wi-Fi
5 9 (0.74%) WAN
6 8 (0.66%) DHCP
6 8 (0.66%) SSL
7 6 (0.49%) Cisco Wireless
7 6 (0.49%) Network Security
7 6 (0.49%) WLAN
8 5 (0.41%) 5G
8 5 (0.41%) BGP
8 5 (0.41%) Cisco ISE
8 5 (0.41%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (4.84%) Power BI
2 24 (1.97%) NoSQL
2 24 (1.97%) Relational Database
3 22 (1.81%) SQL Server
4 21 (1.72%) Data Warehouse
4 21 (1.72%) MySQL
4 21 (1.72%) PostgreSQL
5 17 (1.40%) Tableau
6 15 (1.23%) Metadata
7 12 (0.99%) MongoDB
8 9 (0.74%) BigQuery
9 8 (0.66%) Power Query
10 7 (0.57%) Looker
10 7 (0.57%) Pinecone
11 6 (0.49%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 6 (0.49%) ZAP BI
12 5 (0.41%) DynamoDB
12 5 (0.41%) Hadoop
12 5 (0.41%) Redis
13 4 (0.33%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 95 (7.80%) JIRA
2 67 (5.50%) Git
3 39 (3.20%) GitLab
4 24 (1.97%) Jenkins
5 22 (1.81%) Cypress.io
5 22 (1.81%) JUnit
6 14 (1.15%) Axure RP
6 14 (1.15%) Gradle
7 12 (0.99%) CircleCI
8 11 (0.90%) Android Studio
9 10 (0.82%) Browser DevTools
10 9 (0.74%) Selenium
10 9 (0.74%) Xcode
11 8 (0.66%) Postman
12 7 (0.57%) Eclipse
12 7 (0.57%) Vite
13 6 (0.49%) Artifactory
13 6 (0.49%) Mocha
14 5 (0.41%) Cucumber
14 5 (0.41%) Visual Studio
General
1 398 (32.68%) Social Skills
2 242 (19.87%) Finance
3 154 (12.64%) Public Sector
4 152 (12.48%) Analytical Skills
5 100 (8.21%) Banking
6 50 (4.11%) Marketing
7 46 (3.78%) Retail
8 31 (2.55%) Legal
9 29 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
10 28 (2.30%) Influencing Skills
11 20 (1.64%) Manufacturing
12 19 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
13 14 (1.15%) Publishing
14 13 (1.07%) Front Office
14 13 (1.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 13 (1.07%) Organisational Skills
15 12 (0.99%) Investment Banking
16 11 (0.90%) Telecoms
17 9 (0.74%) Financial Institution
17 9 (0.74%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 240 (19.70%) Designer
2 184 (15.11%) Senior
3 174 (14.29%) Developer
4 123 (10.10%) UX Designer
5 117 (9.61%) Analyst
6 65 (5.34%) Lead
7 57 (4.68%) Consultant
8 55 (4.52%) Product Designer
9 52 (4.27%) Architect
9 52 (4.27%) Business Analyst
10 50 (4.11%) Senior Designer
11 44 (3.61%) UI Designer
12 37 (3.04%) User Researcher
13 35 (2.87%) IT Support
13 35 (2.87%) Support Engineer
13 35 (2.87%) UI/UX Designer
14 33 (2.71%) Content Designer
14 33 (2.71%) Senior Developer
14 33 (2.71%) Service Designer
15 32 (2.63%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 144 (11.82%) React
2 126 (10.34%) CSS
3 114 (9.36%) HTML
4 95 (7.80%) REST
5 73 (5.99%) AngularJS
6 68 (5.58%) RESTful
7 57 (4.68%) Spring
8 56 (4.60%) Spring Boot
9 43 (3.53%) .NET
10 37 (3.04%) Node.js
11 34 (2.79%) GraphQL
12 33 (2.71%) HTML5
13 31 (2.55%) CSS3
14 29 (2.38%) Redux
15 24 (1.97%) Next.js
15 24 (1.97%) Vue
16 22 (1.81%) Jest
17 20 (1.64%) JSON
17 20 (1.64%) Kafka
18 17 (1.40%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 110 (9.03%) Product Ownership
2 65 (5.34%) Mobile App
3 45 (3.69%) Onboarding
4 29 (2.38%) Enterprise Software
5 27 (2.22%) AI Agents
6 24 (1.97%) Analytical Mindset
7 22 (1.81%) Data Structures
8 18 (1.48%) Data Protection Act
9 17 (1.40%) Cloud Native
9 17 (1.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 13 (1.07%) Distributed Systems
10 13 (1.07%) Legacy Systems
10 13 (1.07%) Self-Motivation
11 12 (0.99%) Algorithms
11 12 (0.99%) Augmented Reality
11 12 (0.99%) Virtual Reality
12 11 (0.90%) Data Centre
12 11 (0.90%) NHS
12 11 (0.90%) Virtual Team
13 9 (0.74%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 106 (8.70%) Windows
2 40 (3.28%) Windows 10
3 38 (3.12%) Android
4 28 (2.30%) Apple iOS
5 20 (1.64%) Mac OS
6 19 (1.56%) Linux
7 7 (0.57%) Unix
7 7 (0.57%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.082%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.082%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.082%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.082%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 388 (31.86%) Agile
2 378 (31.03%) UX Design
3 205 (16.83%) Problem-Solving
4 194 (15.93%) Analytics
5 180 (14.78%) AI
6 167 (13.71%) User Research
7 152 (12.48%) Stakeholder Management
8 147 (12.07%) CI/CD
9 144 (11.82%) Continuous Improvement
10 143 (11.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 138 (11.33%) DevOps
12 124 (10.18%) Roadmaps
13 112 (9.20%) Prototyping
14 108 (8.87%) UX Research
15 107 (8.78%) Wireframes
16 106 (8.70%) Decision-Making
17 105 (8.62%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
18 96 (7.88%) Service Design
19 88 (7.22%) Usability Testing
20 80 (6.57%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 159 (13.05%) JavaScript
2 121 (9.93%) SQL
3 114 (9.36%) Java
4 100 (8.21%) Python
5 94 (7.72%) TypeScript
6 50 (4.11%) PowerShell
7 46 (3.78%) C#
8 27 (2.22%) Kotlin
9 18 (1.48%) Bash
10 13 (1.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 10 (0.82%) Perl
12 8 (0.66%) PHP
12 8 (0.66%) Swift
13 6 (0.49%) Go
13 6 (0.49%) Korn
13 6 (0.49%) PL/SQL
13 6 (0.49%) VBA
14 4 (0.33%) R
15 3 (0.25%) Apex Code
15 3 (0.25%) Rust
Qualifications
1 153 (12.56%) Security Cleared
2 113 (9.28%) SC Cleared
3 102 (8.37%) Degree
4 27 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (1.81%) BPSS Clearance
6 18 (1.48%) Microsoft Certification
7 17 (1.40%) DV Cleared
8 13 (1.07%) Azure Certification
9 11 (0.90%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (0.74%) CCNP
11 8 (0.66%) Master's Degree
12 7 (0.57%) PMI Certification
13 6 (0.49%) Citrix Certification
13 6 (0.49%) OCA
13 6 (0.49%) Oracle Certification
14 5 (0.41%) CCA
14 5 (0.41%) CCIE
14 5 (0.41%) MOS
15 4 (0.33%) PMP
16 3 (0.25%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 189 (15.52%) Accessibility
2 115 (9.44%) QA
3 58 (4.76%) WCAG
4 42 (3.45%) Data Quality
5 38 (3.12%) GDPR
6 19 (1.56%) Actionable Recommendations
7 11 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (0.90%) SLA
8 7 (0.57%) PMO
9 5 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (0.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 3 (0.25%) GMP
11 3 (0.25%) GRC
11 3 (0.25%) GxP
11 3 (0.25%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 3 (0.25%) NCSC
12 2 (0.16%) COBIT
12 2 (0.16%) EU AI Act
12 2 (0.16%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 70 (5.75%) Active Directory
2 50 (4.11%) Docker
3 20 (1.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (1.40%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.41%) Firmware
6 4 (0.33%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.16%) ProxySG
8 1 (0.082%) ISA Server
8 1 (0.082%) Varnish
8 1 (0.082%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.082%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.082%) XenApp
8 1 (0.082%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 55 (4.52%) Kubernetes
2 35 (2.87%) Terraform
3 34 (2.79%) Microsoft Intune
4 24 (1.97%) SCCM
5 18 (1.48%) Grafana
6 14 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
7 10 (0.82%) Ansible
8 6 (0.49%) Prometheus
9 5 (0.41%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.25%) Argo
10 3 (0.25%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.25%) HP ALM
10 3 (0.25%) Nagios
10 3 (0.25%) Podman
10 3 (0.25%) Rancher
11 2 (0.16%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 2 (0.16%) SysTrack
12 1 (0.082%) AirWatch
12 1 (0.082%) Kibana
12 1 (0.082%) WMI
Vendors
1 194 (15.93%) Microsoft
2 73 (5.99%) Adobe
3 63 (5.17%) Google
4 55 (4.52%) ServiceNow
5 41 (3.37%) Oracle
6 40 (3.28%) SAP
7 34 (2.79%) Salesforce
8 23 (1.89%) Citrix
9 20 (1.64%) VMware
10 17 (1.40%) Cisco
11 15 (1.23%) Workday
12 14 (1.15%) Splunk
13 13 (1.07%) Apple
14 10 (0.82%) Sitecore
14 10 (0.82%) Zscaler
15 9 (0.74%) MuleSoft
16 8 (0.66%) Ekahau
16 8 (0.66%) Foundry
16 8 (0.66%) Red Hat
17 7 (0.57%) Aruba