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

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 66 81
Rank change year-on-year -10 +15 -21
Contract jobs citing User Experience 1,284 886 964
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.08% 3.70% 2.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.62% 4.05% 3.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 826 574 649
10th Percentile £313 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.93% -1.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £625
90th Percentile £675 £738 £703
UK median daily rate £489 £480 £500
% change year-on-year +1.82% -4.00% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 24 44
10th Percentile £16.00 £33.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £21.12 £42.94 £22.82
Median hourly rate £33.99 £53.50 £26.03
Median % change year-on-year -36.47% +105.53% -1.77%
75th Percentile £61.25 £75.12 £62.94
90th Percentile £82.20 £92.50 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £33.99 £53.50 £29.14
% change year-on-year -36.47% +83.63% -1.55%

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 35,462 21,869 31,644
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.04% 91.35% 85.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,467 14,201 20,640
10th Percentile £325 £305 £300
25th Percentile £413 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £513 £525
% change year-on-year - -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,230 965 2,327
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.85
25th Percentile £20.69 £18.10 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.00 £28.60 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +64.34% -23.73% +0.54%
75th Percentile £68.00 £60.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £81.91 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.69 £27.85 £36.50
% change year-on-year +53.27% -23.70% +1.39%

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 3 June 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 3 June 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 3 June 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 -21 643 £513 -0.24% 595
North of England -12 201 £450 +0.67% 179
Midlands +6 166 £475 +17.72% 77
South East -10 128 £490 +7.93% 168
North West +2 126 £420 -6.67% 119
West Midlands -12 115 £475 -7.32% 57
South West -5 72 £475 +26.67% 48
Yorkshire -27 55 £525 +34.96% 39
East Midlands +5 51 £550 +54.49% 19
East of England -16 31 £410 -14.14% 68
North East -24 20 £450 -6.25% 23
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 56 (4.36%) SharePoint
2 41 (3.19%) Confluence
3 39 (3.04%) CMS
4 23 (1.79%) Microsoft Exchange
5 13 (1.01%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 7 (0.55%) WordPress
7 5 (0.39%) Apache
7 5 (0.39%) Drupal
7 5 (0.39%) Skype for Business
8 4 (0.31%) Camunda
8 4 (0.31%) Ethereum
8 4 (0.31%) Hyperledger
8 4 (0.31%) Kentico
9 3 (0.23%) Anypoint
9 3 (0.23%) Mendix
9 3 (0.23%) nginx
9 3 (0.23%) Umbraco
10 2 (0.16%) HCL Notes
10 2 (0.16%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.16%) IIS
Applications
1 26 (2.02%) Sketch
2 23 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (1.79%) Photoshop
3 19 (1.48%) Chatbot
4 18 (1.40%) Adobe Illustrator
5 17 (1.32%) Adobe XD
6 15 (1.17%) Adobe After Effects
7 14 (1.09%) Microsoft Office
8 11 (0.86%) MS Visio
9 8 (0.62%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 8 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 4 (0.31%) Adobe Captivate
10 4 (0.31%) InVision
11 3 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
11 3 (0.23%) Trello
11 3 (0.23%) UserZoom
11 3 (0.23%) UXPin
12 2 (0.16%) Oracle Smart View
13 1 (0.078%) Autodesk Smoke
13 1 (0.078%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 10 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (0.70%) Workday HCM
3 8 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.62%) Shopify
4 6 (0.47%) Sage X3
5 4 (0.31%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.16%) Oracle iProcurement
6 2 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.16%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.16%) ResourceLink
6 2 (0.16%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.078%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.078%) Eloqua
7 1 (0.078%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.078%) Magento
7 1 (0.078%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.078%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.078%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.078%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 196 (15.26%) Azure
2 177 (13.79%) Figma
3 110 (8.57%) AWS
4 106 (8.26%) Microsoft 365
5 88 (6.85%) Power Platform
6 56 (4.36%) Entra ID
7 43 (3.35%) Azure DevOps
8 41 (3.19%) Microsoft Copilot
9 40 (3.12%) GCP
10 38 (2.96%) GitHub
10 38 (2.96%) SaaS
11 32 (2.49%) PowerApps
12 27 (2.10%) OneDrive
12 27 (2.10%) Power Automate
13 24 (1.87%) Google Workspace
14 23 (1.79%) GitHub Actions
15 22 (1.71%) Serverless
16 21 (1.64%) Copilot Studio
17 20 (1.56%) Google Sheets
18 19 (1.48%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 19 (1.48%) DNS
1 19 (1.48%) Wi-Fi
2 18 (1.40%) DHCP
3 16 (1.25%) Wireless
4 14 (1.09%) LAN
5 13 (1.01%) Internet
6 12 (0.93%) Intranet
6 12 (0.93%) TCP/IP
7 9 (0.70%) SD-WAN
8 8 (0.62%) Cisco Wireless
9 7 (0.55%) 5G
9 7 (0.55%) Skype
9 7 (0.55%) VPN
9 7 (0.55%) WAN
9 7 (0.55%) WLAN
10 5 (0.39%) 802.11
10 5 (0.39%) Firewall
10 5 (0.39%) HTTP
10 5 (0.39%) SMS
11 4 (0.31%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (4.21%) Power BI
2 20 (1.56%) Metadata
2 20 (1.56%) Relational Database
3 19 (1.48%) SQL Server
4 17 (1.32%) PostgreSQL
5 16 (1.25%) NoSQL
6 14 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
6 14 (1.09%) MySQL
7 13 (1.01%) Power Query
8 10 (0.78%) Tableau
9 9 (0.70%) MongoDB
10 7 (0.55%) DynamoDB
11 6 (0.47%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 6 (0.47%) Pinecone
11 6 (0.47%) ZAP BI
12 5 (0.39%) Oracle Database
12 5 (0.39%) Redis
12 5 (0.39%) Star Schema
13 4 (0.31%) BigQuery
14 3 (0.23%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 83 (6.46%) JIRA
2 62 (4.83%) Git
3 30 (2.34%) GitLab
4 21 (1.64%) Cypress.io
5 18 (1.40%) Jenkins
6 15 (1.17%) Gradle
6 15 (1.17%) JUnit
7 12 (0.93%) Android Studio
8 11 (0.86%) Browser DevTools
8 11 (0.86%) Vite
9 10 (0.78%) CircleCI
9 10 (0.78%) Xcode
10 9 (0.70%) fastlane
11 7 (0.55%) Axure RP
12 6 (0.47%) Mocha
12 6 (0.47%) Postman
13 5 (0.39%) Artifactory
13 5 (0.39%) Crashlytics
13 5 (0.39%) Eclipse
13 5 (0.39%) Selenium
General
1 387 (30.14%) Social Skills
2 231 (17.99%) Finance
3 155 (12.07%) Public Sector
4 123 (9.58%) Analytical Skills
5 95 (7.40%) Banking
6 63 (4.91%) Retail
7 57 (4.44%) Marketing
8 34 (2.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 31 (2.41%) Presentation Skills
10 29 (2.26%) Influencing Skills
11 28 (2.18%) Legal
12 27 (2.10%) Automotive
13 23 (1.79%) Manufacturing
14 21 (1.64%) Publishing
15 17 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
16 13 (1.01%) Documentation Skills
17 12 (0.93%) Investment Banking
17 12 (0.93%) Local Government
18 9 (0.70%) Front Office
19 7 (0.55%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 276 (21.50%) Designer
2 194 (15.11%) Senior
3 169 (13.16%) Developer
4 124 (9.66%) UX Designer
5 107 (8.33%) Analyst
6 85 (6.62%) Lead
7 69 (5.37%) UI Designer
8 62 (4.83%) Consultant
9 55 (4.28%) Senior Designer
10 54 (4.21%) Product Designer
11 50 (3.89%) Architect
12 48 (3.74%) Business Analyst
12 48 (3.74%) Content Designer
13 46 (3.58%) User Experience Researcher
14 44 (3.43%) IT Support
15 43 (3.35%) UI/UX Designer
16 40 (3.12%) Product Manager
17 35 (2.73%) User Researcher
18 32 (2.49%) Service Designer
19 31 (2.41%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 139 (10.83%) React
2 120 (9.35%) CSS
3 107 (8.33%) HTML
4 86 (6.70%) REST
5 68 (5.30%) AngularJS
6 58 (4.52%) RESTful
7 49 (3.82%) Spring
8 48 (3.74%) Spring Boot
9 42 (3.27%) .NET
10 34 (2.65%) GraphQL
11 30 (2.34%) Node.js
12 28 (2.18%) HTML5
13 27 (2.10%) CSS3
14 25 (1.95%) JSON
15 23 (1.79%) Redux
16 21 (1.64%) SOAP
17 20 (1.56%) Jest
17 20 (1.56%) Next.js
18 19 (1.48%) OAuth
19 18 (1.40%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 123 (9.58%) Product Ownership
2 61 (4.75%) Mobile App
3 54 (4.21%) Onboarding
4 26 (2.02%) AI Agents
4 26 (2.02%) Cloud Native
4 26 (2.02%) Enterprise Software
5 22 (1.71%) Legacy Systems
6 19 (1.48%) Data Protection Act
7 18 (1.40%) Data Structures
8 17 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
8 17 (1.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 16 (1.25%) Data Centre
9 16 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
10 15 (1.17%) Virtual Reality
11 14 (1.09%) Graphic Design
11 14 (1.09%) Social Media
12 13 (1.01%) Augmented Reality
12 13 (1.01%) Greenfield Project
12 13 (1.01%) Taxonomies
13 12 (0.93%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 102 (7.94%) Windows
2 41 (3.19%) Android
3 40 (3.12%) Apple iOS
4 35 (2.73%) Windows 10
5 24 (1.87%) Mac OS
6 13 (1.01%) Linux
7 7 (0.55%) Windows Server
8 6 (0.47%) Windows 7
9 5 (0.39%) Unix
10 4 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.078%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 422 (32.87%) UX Design
2 384 (29.91%) Agile
3 197 (15.34%) Problem-Solving
4 196 (15.26%) AI
5 179 (13.94%) Analytics
6 165 (12.85%) Stakeholder Management
7 161 (12.54%) User Research
8 159 (12.38%) Continuous Improvement
9 146 (11.37%) CI/CD
10 139 (10.83%) Roadmaps
10 139 (10.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 120 (9.35%) DevOps
12 117 (9.11%) Prototyping
13 115 (8.96%) UX Research
14 112 (8.72%) Decision-Making
15 105 (8.18%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
16 103 (8.02%) Wireframes
17 94 (7.32%) Service Design
18 89 (6.93%) Usability Testing
19 85 (6.62%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 146 (11.37%) JavaScript
2 105 (8.18%) Java
3 95 (7.40%) SQL
4 93 (7.24%) TypeScript
5 88 (6.85%) Python
6 48 (3.74%) PowerShell
7 40 (3.12%) C#
8 31 (2.41%) Kotlin
9 18 (1.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 15 (1.17%) Bash
11 13 (1.01%) Swift
12 8 (0.62%) Korn
13 6 (0.47%) VBA
13 6 (0.47%) VBScript
14 5 (0.39%) Apex Code
14 5 (0.39%) Perl
14 5 (0.39%) R
14 5 (0.39%) VB
15 3 (0.23%) Objective-C
15 3 (0.23%) Rust
Qualifications
1 157 (12.23%) Security Cleared
2 125 (9.74%) Degree
3 115 (8.96%) SC Cleared
4 27 (2.10%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
6 22 (1.71%) DV Cleared
7 19 (1.48%) Microsoft Certification
8 13 (1.01%) Azure Certification
9 10 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (0.62%) ITIL Certification
10 8 (0.62%) Master's Degree
11 7 (0.55%) CCIE
11 7 (0.55%) CCNP
12 6 (0.47%) DBS Check
13 5 (0.39%) CCA
13 5 (0.39%) Citrix Certification
13 5 (0.39%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 4 (0.31%) CWNA
14 4 (0.31%) PMI Certification
14 4 (0.31%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 204 (15.89%) Accessibility
2 95 (7.40%) QA
3 72 (5.61%) WCAG
4 40 (3.12%) Data Quality
5 30 (2.34%) GDPR
6 17 (1.32%) Actionable Recommendations
7 12 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
9 5 (0.39%) SLA
10 4 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 4 (0.31%) PMO
11 3 (0.23%) GMP
11 3 (0.23%) GxP
12 2 (0.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 2 (0.16%) GRC
12 2 (0.16%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.16%) NCSC
12 2 (0.16%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.078%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.078%) NIST
System Software
1 63 (4.91%) Active Directory
2 41 (3.19%) Docker
3 20 (1.56%) Virtual Desktop
4 16 (1.25%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.47%) Firmware
6 5 (0.39%) BitLocker
7 4 (0.31%) Microsoft App-V
8 3 (0.23%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.16%) VMware Workstation
9 2 (0.16%) XenApp
9 2 (0.16%) XenDesktop
10 1 (0.078%) ISA Server
10 1 (0.078%) Varnish
10 1 (0.078%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 49 (3.82%) Kubernetes
2 41 (3.19%) Microsoft Intune
3 40 (3.12%) Terraform
4 33 (2.57%) SCCM
5 18 (1.40%) Grafana
6 17 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
7 13 (1.01%) Ansible
8 10 (0.78%) Jamf Pro
9 7 (0.55%) Prometheus
10 4 (0.31%) Podman
11 3 (0.23%) Clonezilla
11 3 (0.23%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 2 (0.16%) Failover Clustering
12 2 (0.16%) HP ALM
12 2 (0.16%) Packer
12 2 (0.16%) WSUS
13 1 (0.078%) AirWatch
13 1 (0.078%) HAProxy
13 1 (0.078%) WMI
Vendors
1 208 (16.20%) Microsoft
2 78 (6.07%) Adobe
3 60 (4.67%) ServiceNow
4 57 (4.44%) Google
5 38 (2.96%) Salesforce
6 36 (2.80%) Oracle
7 34 (2.65%) SAP
8 21 (1.64%) Citrix
9 17 (1.32%) Workday
10 16 (1.25%) Cisco
10 16 (1.25%) VMware
11 15 (1.17%) Apple
11 15 (1.17%) Dynatrace
11 15 (1.17%) Splunk
12 12 (0.93%) Aruba
13 9 (0.70%) MuleSoft
14 8 (0.62%) Foundry
15 7 (0.55%) Databricks
15 7 (0.55%) OpenAI
16 6 (0.47%) Zscaler