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 19 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 67 85
Rank change year-on-year -25 +18 -24
Contract jobs citing User Experience 1,320 1,024 833
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.89% 3.71% 2.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.40% 4.09% 2.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 795 644 527
10th Percentile £292 £300 £300
25th Percentile £383 £375 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £596 £621
90th Percentile £680 £700 £705
UK median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -1.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 44 31
10th Percentile £16.58 £25.05 £16.25
25th Percentile £25.50 £34.11 £28.28
Median hourly rate £33.99 £45.50 £41.68
Median % change year-on-year -25.30% +9.18% +57.26%
75th Percentile £67.84 £63.75 £72.20
90th Percentile £75.60 £72.35 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £33.99 £47.50 £40.84
% change year-on-year -28.44% +16.31% +54.10%

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 38,841 25,050 28,543
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.95% 90.82% 85.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,105 15,945 18,525
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £511 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% -2.61% -4.55%
75th Percentile £630 £626 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £756
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,548 1,450 1,590
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.20 £14.12
25th Percentile £19.25 £17.87 £18.14
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +5.81%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.45 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.56 £25.15 £40.94
% change year-on-year +65.23% -38.57% +0.61%

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 19 August 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 19 August 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 19 August 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 -23 675 £520 +4.00% 899
North of England -16 229 £425 -4.92% 207
Midlands -9 143 £475 +9.83% 101
West Midlands -18 113 £475 -8.65% 71
North West -34 111 £387 -13.53% 117
South East -56 111 £413 -8.33% 185
South West -21 73 £475 +11.76% 91
Yorkshire -22 69 £500 +25.00% 56
North East -5 48 £375 -21.88% 35
East of England 0 47 £410 -13.68% 57
East Midlands -11 30 £468 +31.69% 30
South Coast - 1 £450 -
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 63 (4.77%) SharePoint
2 52 (3.94%) CMS
3 34 (2.58%) Confluence
4 28 (2.12%) Microsoft Exchange
5 15 (1.14%) WordPress
6 8 (0.61%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 7 (0.53%) Skype for Business
8 6 (0.45%) Apache
8 6 (0.45%) Drupal
9 5 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
9 5 (0.38%) Oracle Workflow
10 4 (0.30%) Headless CMS
10 4 (0.30%) Kentico
10 4 (0.30%) Mendix
11 2 (0.15%) HCL Notes
11 2 (0.15%) IIS
11 2 (0.15%) Moodle
11 2 (0.15%) nginx
11 2 (0.15%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.076%) MTS
Applications
1 22 (1.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (1.52%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 20 (1.52%) Chatbot
3 19 (1.44%) Photoshop
3 19 (1.44%) Sketch
4 18 (1.36%) Microsoft Office
5 15 (1.14%) Adobe Illustrator
6 12 (0.91%) Adobe After Effects
7 10 (0.76%) Adobe XD
8 8 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 6 (0.45%) MS Visio
10 2 (0.15%) InVision
10 2 (0.15%) Oracle Smart View
10 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.15%) UserZoom
11 1 (0.076%) Adobe Captivate
11 1 (0.076%) Blender
11 1 (0.076%) Microsoft Project
11 1 (0.076%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (0.61%) Workday HCM
2 6 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.45%) Shopify
3 4 (0.30%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.30%) Oracle iProcurement
3 4 (0.30%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (0.30%) Sage X3
4 3 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.23%) iTrent
4 3 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.15%) ResourceLink
6 1 (0.076%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 1 (0.076%) Eloqua
6 1 (0.076%) Magento
6 1 (0.076%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.076%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 199 (15.08%) Azure
2 158 (11.97%) Figma
3 138 (10.45%) Microsoft 365
4 117 (8.86%) AWS
5 96 (7.27%) Power Platform
6 64 (4.85%) Entra ID
7 53 (4.02%) Microsoft Copilot
8 43 (3.26%) Azure DevOps
9 42 (3.18%) GitHub
10 40 (3.03%) GCP
10 40 (3.03%) SaaS
11 31 (2.35%) PowerApps
12 30 (2.27%) OneDrive
13 25 (1.89%) Copilot Studio
13 25 (1.89%) Power Automate
14 18 (1.36%) Azure AI
14 18 (1.36%) Serverless
15 14 (1.06%) GitHub Actions
16 12 (0.91%) GitHub Copilot
17 11 (0.83%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 42 (3.18%) DNS
2 36 (2.73%) DHCP
3 31 (2.35%) TCP/IP
4 30 (2.27%) Wi-Fi
5 22 (1.67%) Wireless
6 21 (1.59%) LAN
7 16 (1.21%) Firewall
7 16 (1.21%) VPN
7 16 (1.21%) WAN
8 12 (0.91%) Internet
9 11 (0.83%) SD-WAN
10 9 (0.68%) Cisco Wireless
10 9 (0.68%) Intranet
10 9 (0.68%) Skype
11 8 (0.61%) Network Security
12 7 (0.53%) 5G
12 7 (0.53%) NetScaler
12 7 (0.53%) WLAN
13 6 (0.45%) SSL
14 5 (0.38%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (4.24%) Power BI
2 24 (1.82%) Metadata
3 16 (1.21%) Power Query
4 15 (1.14%) Tableau
5 12 (0.91%) NoSQL
5 12 (0.91%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (0.91%) Relational Database
5 12 (0.91%) SQL Server
6 10 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (0.76%) Looker
7 8 (0.61%) MongoDB
7 8 (0.61%) Redis
8 7 (0.53%) MySQL
9 6 (0.45%) BigQuery
9 6 (0.45%) Elasticsearch
9 6 (0.45%) Qlik Sense
9 6 (0.45%) Star Schema
10 5 (0.38%) Flink
10 5 (0.38%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 4 (0.30%) ZAP BI
Development Applications
1 76 (5.76%) JIRA
2 55 (4.17%) Git
3 23 (1.74%) Jenkins
4 21 (1.59%) Cypress.io
5 17 (1.29%) Vite
6 15 (1.14%) GitLab
7 10 (0.76%) Android Studio
7 10 (0.76%) Browser DevTools
7 10 (0.76%) fastlane
7 10 (0.76%) Storybook
8 9 (0.68%) Xcode
9 7 (0.53%) Gradle
10 6 (0.45%) Postman
11 5 (0.38%) Claude Code
11 5 (0.38%) Crashlytics
11 5 (0.38%) Fiddler
11 5 (0.38%) MSI
11 5 (0.38%) Oracle Forms
12 4 (0.30%) JMeter
12 4 (0.30%) JUnit
General
1 418 (31.67%) Social Skills
2 239 (18.11%) Finance
3 168 (12.73%) Public Sector
4 128 (9.70%) Analytical Skills
5 104 (7.88%) Banking
6 78 (5.91%) Retail
7 65 (4.92%) Marketing
8 46 (3.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 32 (2.42%) Legal
10 31 (2.35%) Influencing Skills
11 27 (2.05%) Automotive
11 27 (2.05%) Presentation Skills
11 27 (2.05%) Publishing
12 24 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
13 21 (1.59%) Manufacturing
14 19 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
15 13 (0.98%) Investment Banking
16 12 (0.91%) Military
17 9 (0.68%) Law
17 9 (0.68%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 285 (21.59%) Designer
2 177 (13.41%) Senior
3 173 (13.11%) Developer
4 116 (8.79%) UX Designer
5 111 (8.41%) Lead
6 92 (6.97%) Analyst
7 69 (5.23%) UI Designer
8 68 (5.15%) Consultant
9 54 (4.09%) User Researcher
10 51 (3.86%) IT Support
10 51 (3.86%) Support Engineer
11 50 (3.79%) Senior Designer
12 49 (3.71%) Architect
12 49 (3.71%) Content Designer
13 46 (3.48%) Product Manager
14 43 (3.26%) Business Analyst
15 41 (3.11%) User Experience Researcher
16 38 (2.88%) UI/UX Designer
17 35 (2.65%) IT Engineer
17 35 (2.65%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 117 (8.86%) React
2 97 (7.35%) CSS
3 82 (6.21%) HTML
3 82 (6.21%) REST
4 46 (3.48%) RESTful
5 43 (3.26%) AngularJS
6 38 (2.88%) GraphQL
7 35 (2.65%) .NET
7 35 (2.65%) HTML5
8 34 (2.58%) CSS3
9 26 (1.97%) Next.js
10 21 (1.59%) Jest
10 21 (1.59%) OAuth
11 20 (1.52%) Spring
12 19 (1.44%) SOAP
12 19 (1.44%) Spring Boot
13 18 (1.36%) ASP.NET
13 18 (1.36%) Node.js
13 18 (1.36%) Playwright
14 17 (1.29%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 115 (8.71%) Product Ownership
2 79 (5.98%) Onboarding
3 78 (5.91%) Mobile App
4 42 (3.18%) Cloud Native
5 36 (2.73%) AI Agents
6 29 (2.20%) Enterprise Software
7 27 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
8 26 (1.97%) Data Protection Act
9 24 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
10 21 (1.59%) Management Information System
11 20 (1.52%) Data Centre
11 20 (1.52%) Social Media
12 19 (1.44%) NHS
13 18 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
13 18 (1.36%) Educational Technology
14 17 (1.29%) Data Structures
14 17 (1.29%) Graphic Design
15 15 (1.14%) Virtual Reality
16 14 (1.06%) Algorithms
17 13 (0.98%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 145 (10.98%) Windows
2 55 (4.17%) Android
2 55 (4.17%) Windows 10
3 51 (3.86%) Apple iOS
4 30 (2.27%) Mac OS
5 26 (1.97%) Windows Server
6 18 (1.36%) Linux
7 11 (0.83%) Unix
8 9 (0.68%) Windows 7
9 4 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 417 (31.59%) UX Design
2 374 (28.33%) Agile
3 251 (19.02%) AI
4 230 (17.42%) Problem-Solving
5 214 (16.21%) Stakeholder Management
6 177 (13.41%) Analytics
7 176 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
8 165 (12.50%) User Research
9 152 (11.52%) CI/CD
10 146 (11.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 132 (10.00%) Roadmaps
12 130 (9.85%) Decision-Making
13 108 (8.18%) Prototyping
14 105 (7.95%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
15 104 (7.88%) DevOps
16 100 (7.58%) Scrum
17 99 (7.50%) ITIL
18 98 (7.42%) Service Design
19 97 (7.35%) Wireframes
19 97 (7.35%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 121 (9.17%) JavaScript
2 90 (6.82%) TypeScript
3 87 (6.59%) Python
4 82 (6.21%) Java
4 82 (6.21%) SQL
5 52 (3.94%) PowerShell
6 29 (2.20%) C#
7 26 (1.97%) Kotlin
8 21 (1.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 16 (1.21%) Bash
10 13 (0.98%) Swift
11 8 (0.61%) VBScript
12 7 (0.53%) Go
12 7 (0.53%) PHP
12 7 (0.53%) VB
13 6 (0.45%) Apex Code
13 6 (0.45%) Scala
13 6 (0.45%) Shell Script
14 5 (0.38%) Korn
14 5 (0.38%) VBA
Qualifications
1 206 (15.61%) Security Cleared
2 154 (11.67%) SC Cleared
3 113 (8.56%) Degree
4 30 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (1.97%) DV Cleared
6 23 (1.74%) BPSS Clearance
7 20 (1.52%) Azure Certification
7 20 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (0.91%) PMP
9 10 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
11 8 (0.61%) AWS Certification
11 8 (0.61%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 7 (0.53%) CCA
12 7 (0.53%) Citrix Certification
12 7 (0.53%) DBS Check
13 6 (0.45%) CCIE
13 6 (0.45%) CCNP
13 6 (0.45%) MCSE
14 5 (0.38%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 203 (15.38%) Accessibility
2 84 (6.36%) QA
3 69 (5.23%) WCAG
4 43 (3.26%) Data Quality
5 19 (1.44%) GDPR
6 11 (0.83%) Actionable Recommendations
7 7 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 7 (0.53%) PMO
8 6 (0.45%) SLA
9 5 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
9 5 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 4 (0.30%) GRC
11 2 (0.15%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.15%) PSD2
12 1 (0.076%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.076%) GMP
12 1 (0.076%) GxP
12 1 (0.076%) NIST
12 1 (0.076%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.076%) WAI
System Software
1 97 (7.35%) Active Directory
2 41 (3.11%) Docker
3 29 (2.20%) Virtual Desktop
4 19 (1.44%) VMware Infrastructure
5 11 (0.83%) Hyper-V
6 7 (0.53%) BitLocker
7 6 (0.45%) Firmware
7 6 (0.45%) vSphere
8 5 (0.38%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 5 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (0.38%) XenApp
8 5 (0.38%) XenDesktop
9 4 (0.30%) Microsoft App-V
10 3 (0.23%) UAG
11 2 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
11 2 (0.15%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.15%) VMware Workstation
12 1 (0.076%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 50 (3.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 45 (3.41%) Kubernetes
3 39 (2.95%) Terraform
4 34 (2.58%) SCCM
5 21 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
6 19 (1.44%) Grafana
7 15 (1.14%) Jamf Pro
8 13 (0.98%) Ansible
9 12 (0.91%) Prometheus
10 5 (0.38%) vCenter Server
11 4 (0.30%) Clonezilla
11 4 (0.30%) Podman
11 4 (0.30%) SysTrack
12 3 (0.23%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 3 (0.23%) WSUS
13 2 (0.15%) Argo
13 2 (0.15%) Failover Clustering
13 2 (0.15%) Packer
13 2 (0.15%) SCOM
13 2 (0.15%) vMotion
Vendors
1 233 (17.65%) Microsoft
2 77 (5.83%) ServiceNow
3 70 (5.30%) Adobe
4 44 (3.33%) Google
5 43 (3.26%) Oracle
6 31 (2.35%) SAP
7 29 (2.20%) Salesforce
8 27 (2.05%) Citrix
9 22 (1.67%) Dynatrace
9 22 (1.67%) VMware
10 20 (1.52%) Splunk
11 19 (1.44%) Apple
12 18 (1.36%) Cisco
12 18 (1.36%) Workday
13 14 (1.06%) Foundry
13 14 (1.06%) Zscaler
14 12 (0.91%) Aruba
14 12 (0.91%) OpenAI
15 10 (0.76%) Okta
16 8 (0.61%) Databricks