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 24 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 67 80
Rank change year-on-year -5 +13 -18
Contract jobs citing User Experience 1,294 866 966
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.11% 3.61% 2.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.67% 3.95% 3.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 851 571 655
10th Percentile £313 £306 £300
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £499 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.30% -0.20% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £613
90th Percentile £688 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £490 £480 £500
% change year-on-year +2.08% -4.00% -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 22 44
10th Percentile £16.00 £33.23 £16.25
25th Percentile £21.33 £46.25 £22.82
Median hourly rate £33.99 £58.00 £26.03
Median % change year-on-year -41.40% +122.82% -1.77%
75th Percentile £61.25 £80.35 £65.40
90th Percentile £79.60 £94.50 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £33.99 £53.50 £29.14
% change year-on-year -36.47% +83.63% -10.87%

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 35,226 21,902 31,378
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.76% 91.29% 86.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,404 14,316 20,563
10th Percentile £325 £305 £300
25th Percentile £413 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £510 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -0.49% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,174 928 2,273
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.42 £12.92
25th Percentile £20.39 £18.20 £16.00
Median hourly rate £45.25 £28.48 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +58.88% -21.97% -2.14%
75th Percentile £67.84 £60.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.17 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.28 £27.94 £36.00
% change year-on-year +51.31% -22.39% -

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 24 May 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 24 May 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 24 May 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 -20 657 £513 -0.49% 434
North of England -3 201 £450 +3.21% 141
Midlands +3 161 £475 +18.16% 56
South East -12 127 £490 +12.00% 134
North West +6 123 £411 -8.05% 92
West Midlands -3 110 £475 -7.32% 35
South West -11 70 £475 +26.67% 43
Yorkshire -25 54 £513 +28.13% 28
East Midlands +8 51 £550 +53.63% 19
East of England -19 32 £410 -13.68% 53
North East -16 24 £450 -0.55% 22
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 50 (3.86%) SharePoint
2 44 (3.40%) Confluence
3 37 (2.86%) CMS
4 20 (1.55%) Microsoft Exchange
5 13 (1.00%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 7 (0.54%) WordPress
7 5 (0.39%) Apache
7 5 (0.39%) Drupal
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%) Skype for Business
10 2 (0.15%) Appian
10 2 (0.15%) HCL Notes
10 2 (0.15%) IIS
10 2 (0.15%) Umbraco
Applications
1 24 (1.85%) Sketch
2 23 (1.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (1.62%) Photoshop
4 19 (1.47%) Chatbot
5 16 (1.24%) Adobe Illustrator
5 16 (1.24%) Adobe XD
6 14 (1.08%) Adobe After Effects
6 14 (1.08%) Microsoft Office
7 11 (0.85%) MS Visio
8 7 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 5 (0.39%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 4 (0.31%) InVision
11 3 (0.23%) Adobe Captivate
11 3 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
11 3 (0.23%) Trello
11 3 (0.23%) UXPin
12 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
12 2 (0.15%) Oracle Smart View
12 2 (0.15%) UserZoom
13 1 (0.077%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 11 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.62%) Shopify
2 8 (0.62%) Workday HCM
3 6 (0.46%) Sage X3
4 5 (0.39%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.15%) NEC Housing
5 2 (0.15%) Oracle iProcurement
5 2 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.15%) ResourceLink
5 2 (0.15%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.077%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.077%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.077%) iTrent
6 1 (0.077%) Magento
6 1 (0.077%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.077%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.077%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 197 (15.22%) Azure
2 177 (13.68%) Figma
3 103 (7.96%) AWS
4 100 (7.73%) Microsoft 365
5 91 (7.03%) Power Platform
6 53 (4.10%) Entra ID
7 43 (3.32%) Azure DevOps
7 43 (3.32%) GCP
8 38 (2.94%) SaaS
9 37 (2.86%) GitHub
9 37 (2.86%) Microsoft Copilot
10 30 (2.32%) PowerApps
11 28 (2.16%) Power Automate
12 24 (1.85%) Google Workspace
12 24 (1.85%) OneDrive
13 22 (1.70%) Copilot Studio
13 22 (1.70%) GitHub Actions
14 21 (1.62%) Serverless
15 20 (1.55%) Google Sheets
16 19 (1.47%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.31%) Wi-Fi
2 16 (1.24%) DNS
3 15 (1.16%) DHCP
4 13 (1.00%) Wireless
5 12 (0.93%) Internet
5 12 (0.93%) LAN
6 11 (0.85%) Intranet
6 11 (0.85%) TCP/IP
7 9 (0.70%) SD-WAN
8 7 (0.54%) Cisco Wireless
8 7 (0.54%) VPN
9 6 (0.46%) 5G
9 6 (0.46%) WAN
9 6 (0.46%) WLAN
10 5 (0.39%) HTTP
10 5 (0.39%) Skype
10 5 (0.39%) SMS
11 4 (0.31%) 802.11
11 4 (0.31%) SNMP
11 4 (0.31%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (4.56%) Power BI
2 20 (1.55%) Relational Database
3 19 (1.47%) SQL Server
4 18 (1.39%) NoSQL
5 17 (1.31%) Metadata
5 17 (1.31%) PostgreSQL
6 16 (1.24%) Data Warehouse
7 15 (1.16%) MySQL
8 13 (1.00%) Power Query
9 11 (0.85%) Tableau
10 9 (0.70%) MongoDB
11 7 (0.54%) BigQuery
12 6 (0.46%) DynamoDB
12 6 (0.46%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 6 (0.46%) Pinecone
12 6 (0.46%) ZAP BI
13 5 (0.39%) Oracle Database
13 5 (0.39%) Redis
13 5 (0.39%) Star Schema
14 4 (0.31%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 88 (6.80%) JIRA
2 62 (4.79%) Git
3 31 (2.40%) GitLab
4 23 (1.78%) Cypress.io
5 19 (1.47%) Jenkins
6 15 (1.16%) Gradle
6 15 (1.16%) JUnit
7 12 (0.93%) Android Studio
7 12 (0.93%) Browser DevTools
8 11 (0.85%) Vite
8 11 (0.85%) Xcode
9 10 (0.77%) CircleCI
10 8 (0.62%) Axure RP
10 8 (0.62%) fastlane
11 6 (0.46%) Eclipse
11 6 (0.46%) Mocha
11 6 (0.46%) Postman
11 6 (0.46%) Selenium
12 5 (0.39%) TestRail
12 5 (0.39%) Visual Studio
General
1 385 (29.75%) Social Skills
2 239 (18.47%) Finance
3 157 (12.13%) Public Sector
4 125 (9.66%) Analytical Skills
5 98 (7.57%) Banking
6 59 (4.56%) Retail
7 58 (4.48%) Marketing
8 32 (2.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 32 (2.47%) Legal
9 30 (2.32%) Influencing Skills
9 30 (2.32%) Presentation Skills
10 24 (1.85%) Automotive
11 21 (1.62%) Manufacturing
12 19 (1.47%) Publishing
13 17 (1.31%) Organisational Skills
14 12 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
15 11 (0.85%) Investment Banking
15 11 (0.85%) Local Government
16 9 (0.70%) Front Office
17 8 (0.62%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 276 (21.33%) Designer
2 199 (15.38%) Senior
3 166 (12.83%) Developer
4 129 (9.97%) UX Designer
5 113 (8.73%) Analyst
6 79 (6.11%) Lead
7 65 (5.02%) UI Designer
8 64 (4.95%) Consultant
9 58 (4.48%) Product Designer
10 57 (4.40%) Senior Designer
11 53 (4.10%) Architect
12 50 (3.86%) Business Analyst
13 46 (3.55%) Content Designer
14 43 (3.32%) User Experience Researcher
15 42 (3.25%) UI/UX Designer
16 40 (3.09%) IT Support
16 40 (3.09%) Product Manager
17 36 (2.78%) User Researcher
18 35 (2.70%) Service Designer
19 32 (2.47%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 138 (10.66%) React
2 117 (9.04%) CSS
3 103 (7.96%) HTML
4 85 (6.57%) REST
5 64 (4.95%) AngularJS
6 58 (4.48%) RESTful
7 48 (3.71%) Spring
8 47 (3.63%) Spring Boot
9 39 (3.01%) .NET
10 38 (2.94%) GraphQL
11 31 (2.40%) Node.js
12 27 (2.09%) HTML5
13 26 (2.01%) CSS3
14 24 (1.85%) JSON
14 24 (1.85%) Redux
15 22 (1.70%) Next.js
16 21 (1.62%) SOAP
17 20 (1.55%) Jest
17 20 (1.55%) OAuth
18 17 (1.31%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 118 (9.12%) Product Ownership
2 59 (4.56%) Mobile App
3 53 (4.10%) Onboarding
4 29 (2.24%) AI Agents
5 26 (2.01%) Enterprise Software
6 23 (1.78%) Cloud Native
7 21 (1.62%) Data Structures
8 19 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
8 19 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
9 17 (1.31%) Analytical Mindset
9 17 (1.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 15 (1.16%) Virtual Reality
11 14 (1.08%) Social Media
12 13 (1.00%) Augmented Reality
12 13 (1.00%) Data Centre
12 13 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
13 12 (0.93%) Algorithms
13 12 (0.93%) Greenfield Project
13 12 (0.93%) Taxonomies
13 12 (0.93%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 101 (7.81%) Windows
2 41 (3.17%) Android
3 37 (2.86%) Apple iOS
4 34 (2.63%) Windows 10
5 25 (1.93%) Mac OS
6 14 (1.08%) Linux
7 8 (0.62%) Windows Server
8 6 (0.46%) Unix
9 4 (0.31%) Windows 7
9 4 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.077%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 417 (32.23%) UX Design
2 385 (29.75%) Agile
3 198 (15.30%) AI
4 196 (15.15%) Problem-Solving
5 182 (14.06%) Analytics
6 163 (12.60%) User Research
7 161 (12.44%) Continuous Improvement
8 160 (12.36%) Stakeholder Management
9 142 (10.97%) Roadmaps
10 140 (10.82%) CI/CD
11 136 (10.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 120 (9.27%) UX Research
13 118 (9.12%) DevOps
14 115 (8.89%) Prototyping
15 111 (8.58%) Decision-Making
16 103 (7.96%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
17 100 (7.73%) Wireframes
18 98 (7.57%) Service Design
19 89 (6.88%) Workshop Facilitation
20 85 (6.57%) Usability Testing
Programming Languages
1 143 (11.05%) JavaScript
2 106 (8.19%) Java
3 98 (7.57%) SQL
4 94 (7.26%) Python
5 89 (6.88%) TypeScript
6 47 (3.63%) PowerShell
7 36 (2.78%) C#
8 30 (2.32%) Kotlin
9 19 (1.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 16 (1.24%) Bash
11 13 (1.00%) Swift
12 8 (0.62%) Korn
13 6 (0.46%) Perl
13 6 (0.46%) VBA
14 5 (0.39%) Apex Code
14 5 (0.39%) R
15 4 (0.31%) PHP
15 4 (0.31%) VBScript
16 3 (0.23%) Objective-C
16 3 (0.23%) VB
Qualifications
1 161 (12.44%) Security Cleared
2 122 (9.43%) Degree
3 120 (9.27%) SC Cleared
4 28 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (1.78%) BPSS Clearance
5 23 (1.78%) DV Cleared
6 20 (1.55%) Microsoft Certification
7 13 (1.00%) Azure Certification
8 9 (0.70%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (0.54%) ITIL Certification
9 7 (0.54%) Master's Degree
10 6 (0.46%) CCIE
10 6 (0.46%) CCNP
11 5 (0.39%) CCA
11 5 (0.39%) Citrix Certification
11 5 (0.39%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 4 (0.31%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.31%) PMI Certification
13 3 (0.23%) CCIE Wireless
13 3 (0.23%) CESG Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 203 (15.69%) Accessibility
2 101 (7.81%) QA
3 65 (5.02%) WCAG
4 46 (3.55%) Data Quality
5 32 (2.47%) GDPR
6 18 (1.39%) Actionable Recommendations
7 13 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (0.46%) SLA
10 5 (0.39%) PMO
11 3 (0.23%) GMP
11 3 (0.23%) GRC
11 3 (0.23%) GxP
11 3 (0.23%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 3 (0.23%) NCSC
11 3 (0.23%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 2 (0.15%) COBIT
12 2 (0.15%) EU AI Act
System Software
1 64 (4.95%) Active Directory
2 41 (3.17%) Docker
3 20 (1.55%) Virtual Desktop
4 17 (1.31%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.46%) Firmware
6 4 (0.31%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.31%) Microsoft App-V
7 3 (0.23%) BitLocker
8 2 (0.15%) VMware Workstation
8 2 (0.15%) XenApp
8 2 (0.15%) XenDesktop
9 1 (0.077%) ISA Server
9 1 (0.077%) Varnish
9 1 (0.077%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 50 (3.86%) Kubernetes
2 40 (3.09%) Terraform
3 39 (3.01%) Microsoft Intune
4 33 (2.55%) SCCM
5 19 (1.47%) Grafana
6 17 (1.31%) Single Sign-On
7 14 (1.08%) Ansible
8 8 (0.62%) Jamf Pro
8 8 (0.62%) Prometheus
9 4 (0.31%) Podman
10 3 (0.23%) HP ALM
10 3 (0.23%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 2 (0.15%) Clonezilla
11 2 (0.15%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.15%) Packer
11 2 (0.15%) SysTrack
11 2 (0.15%) WSUS
12 1 (0.077%) Argo
12 1 (0.077%) Rancher
12 1 (0.077%) WMI
Vendors
1 202 (15.61%) Microsoft
2 73 (5.64%) Adobe
3 60 (4.64%) ServiceNow
4 57 (4.40%) Google
5 40 (3.09%) Oracle
6 39 (3.01%) Salesforce
7 36 (2.78%) SAP
8 22 (1.70%) Citrix
9 17 (1.31%) VMware
9 17 (1.31%) Workday
10 16 (1.24%) Apple
10 16 (1.24%) Splunk
11 15 (1.16%) Cisco
12 14 (1.08%) Dynatrace
13 11 (0.85%) Aruba
14 9 (0.70%) MuleSoft
15 8 (0.62%) Foundry
16 7 (0.54%) Databricks
16 7 (0.54%) HP
17 6 (0.46%) Zscaler