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 16 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 70 79
Rank change year-on-year -11 +9 -21
Contract jobs citing User Experience 1,370 979 942
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.06% 3.60% 2.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.58% 3.97% 3.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 846 633 632
10th Percentile £313 £300 £307
25th Percentile £400 £384 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £623
90th Percentile £680 £725 £719
UK median daily rate £488 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% -1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 33 40
10th Percentile £16.00 £22.78 £15.98
25th Percentile £23.00 £34.48 £25.00
Median hourly rate £33.99 £49.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.63% +63.33% +13.21%
75th Percentile £67.84 £63.75 £52.56
90th Percentile £86.30 £80.87 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £33.99 £49.25 £30.86
% change year-on-year -30.98% +59.62% +16.43%

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 38,234 24,648 31,320
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.43% 90.68% 85.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,071 15,798 20,362
10th Percentile £325 £300 £308
25th Percentile £420 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £645
90th Percentile £735 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,374 1,309 2,214
10th Percentile £15.57 £14.39 £13.00
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.98 £16.25
Median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +88.87% -34.02% -8.14%
75th Percentile £68.75 £54.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £83.00 £71.70 £73.60
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% -5.29%

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 16 July 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 16 July 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 16 July 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 -17 686 £525 +5.00% 340
North of England -15 218 £444 -1.44% 119
Midlands +3 156 £475 +11.90% 55
South East -21 138 £475 - 134
North West -26 117 £430 -4.44% 67
West Midlands -4 116 £475 -5.00% 38
South West +2 82 £475 +18.75% 54
Yorkshire -30 58 £500 +17.65% 33
East of England +8 46 £410 -14.14% 43
North East -11 43 £394 -17.97% 19
East Midlands +3 40 £550 +54.49% 17
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 64 (4.67%) SharePoint
2 48 (3.50%) CMS
3 36 (2.63%) Confluence
4 25 (1.82%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (0.88%) WordPress
6 8 (0.58%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 6 (0.44%) Drupal
8 5 (0.36%) Skype for Business
9 4 (0.29%) Ethereum
9 4 (0.29%) Hyperledger
9 4 (0.29%) Kentico
9 4 (0.29%) Mendix
10 3 (0.22%) Apache
10 3 (0.22%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.15%) Camunda
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
Applications
1 27 (1.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (1.68%) Sketch
3 19 (1.39%) Chatbot
3 19 (1.39%) Photoshop
4 17 (1.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 16 (1.17%) Microsoft Office
6 15 (1.09%) Adobe Illustrator
7 13 (0.95%) Adobe After Effects
8 12 (0.88%) Adobe XD
9 10 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 9 (0.66%) MS Visio
11 4 (0.29%) Adobe Captivate
12 3 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
12 3 (0.22%) UserZoom
13 2 (0.15%) InVision
13 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
13 2 (0.15%) Oracle Smart View
13 2 (0.15%) UXPin
14 1 (0.073%) Blender
14 1 (0.073%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (0.80%) SAP S/4HANA
1 11 (0.80%) Workday HCM
2 8 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.58%) Shopify
3 6 (0.44%) Sage X3
4 4 (0.29%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.29%) Oracle iProcurement
5 3 (0.22%) iTrent
5 3 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.15%) ResourceLink
7 1 (0.073%) Eloqua
7 1 (0.073%) Magento
7 1 (0.073%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.073%) SAP HR
7 1 (0.073%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 214 (15.62%) Azure
2 182 (13.28%) Figma
3 119 (8.69%) Microsoft 365
4 108 (7.88%) AWS
5 101 (7.37%) Power Platform
6 57 (4.16%) Entra ID
7 51 (3.72%) Microsoft Copilot
8 50 (3.65%) Azure DevOps
9 47 (3.43%) SaaS
10 44 (3.21%) GitHub
11 41 (2.99%) GCP
12 40 (2.92%) PowerApps
13 31 (2.26%) OneDrive
13 31 (2.26%) Power Automate
14 28 (2.04%) Copilot Studio
15 21 (1.53%) GitHub Actions
16 20 (1.46%) Serverless
17 19 (1.39%) Azure AI
18 13 (0.95%) Google Workspace
19 12 (0.88%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 38 (2.77%) DNS
2 32 (2.34%) DHCP
3 28 (2.04%) TCP/IP
4 23 (1.68%) Wi-Fi
5 20 (1.46%) Wireless
6 19 (1.39%) LAN
7 13 (0.95%) Internet
8 12 (0.88%) Firewall
8 12 (0.88%) VPN
8 12 (0.88%) WAN
9 11 (0.80%) Intranet
10 9 (0.66%) SD-WAN
11 8 (0.58%) Cisco Wireless
12 7 (0.51%) Skype
13 6 (0.44%) 5G
13 6 (0.44%) Network Security
13 6 (0.44%) WLAN
14 5 (0.36%) HTTP
14 5 (0.36%) SMS
14 5 (0.36%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (4.23%) Power BI
2 21 (1.53%) Metadata
3 19 (1.39%) PostgreSQL
4 18 (1.31%) NoSQL
4 18 (1.31%) Power Query
4 18 (1.31%) Relational Database
5 13 (0.95%) SQL Server
6 12 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
7 10 (0.73%) MongoDB
7 10 (0.73%) MySQL
7 10 (0.73%) Tableau
8 6 (0.44%) DynamoDB
8 6 (0.44%) Oracle Database
8 6 (0.44%) ZAP BI
9 5 (0.36%) Redis
9 5 (0.36%) Star Schema
10 4 (0.29%) Db2
10 4 (0.29%) EDRMS
10 4 (0.29%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 4 (0.29%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 81 (5.91%) JIRA
2 59 (4.31%) Git
3 22 (1.61%) Cypress.io
3 22 (1.61%) Jenkins
4 18 (1.31%) Vite
5 17 (1.24%) GitLab
6 12 (0.88%) JUnit
7 10 (0.73%) Android Studio
7 10 (0.73%) Browser DevTools
7 10 (0.73%) fastlane
8 9 (0.66%) Storybook
8 9 (0.66%) Xcode
9 8 (0.58%) Gradle
10 7 (0.51%) Postman
11 6 (0.44%) Selenium
12 5 (0.36%) Bitbucket
12 5 (0.36%) Crashlytics
12 5 (0.36%) Fiddler
12 5 (0.36%) REST Assured
12 5 (0.36%) webpack
General
1 432 (31.53%) Social Skills
2 256 (18.69%) Finance
3 175 (12.77%) Public Sector
4 141 (10.29%) Analytical Skills
5 111 (8.10%) Banking
6 83 (6.06%) Retail
7 67 (4.89%) Marketing
8 43 (3.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 36 (2.63%) Legal
10 30 (2.19%) Influencing Skills
10 30 (2.19%) Presentation Skills
11 28 (2.04%) Publishing
12 27 (1.97%) Automotive
13 22 (1.61%) Manufacturing
13 22 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
14 19 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
15 13 (0.95%) Investment Banking
16 11 (0.80%) Front Office
16 11 (0.80%) Military
17 8 (0.58%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 295 (21.53%) Designer
2 188 (13.72%) Senior
3 180 (13.14%) Developer
4 130 (9.49%) UX Designer
5 111 (8.10%) Lead
6 109 (7.96%) Analyst
7 77 (5.62%) UI Designer
8 71 (5.18%) Consultant
9 55 (4.01%) Architect
10 53 (3.87%) Senior Designer
11 52 (3.80%) Business Analyst
11 52 (3.80%) Content Designer
12 48 (3.50%) Product Designer
12 48 (3.50%) Product Manager
13 46 (3.36%) UI/UX Designer
14 45 (3.28%) IT Support
14 45 (3.28%) User Experience Researcher
14 45 (3.28%) User Researcher
15 39 (2.85%) Support Engineer
16 33 (2.41%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 128 (9.34%) React
2 102 (7.45%) CSS
3 88 (6.42%) REST
4 87 (6.35%) HTML
5 54 (3.94%) RESTful
6 49 (3.58%) AngularJS
7 42 (3.07%) .NET
8 37 (2.70%) Spring
9 36 (2.63%) GraphQL
9 36 (2.63%) Spring Boot
10 30 (2.19%) HTML5
11 29 (2.12%) CSS3
12 24 (1.75%) Next.js
13 23 (1.68%) JSON
13 23 (1.68%) Node.js
14 22 (1.61%) Jest
15 21 (1.53%) Redux
16 19 (1.39%) ASP.NET
16 19 (1.39%) Kafka
16 19 (1.39%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 143 (10.44%) Product Ownership
2 72 (5.26%) Mobile App
3 70 (5.11%) Onboarding
4 37 (2.70%) AI Agents
4 37 (2.70%) Cloud Native
5 31 (2.26%) Enterprise Software
6 28 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
7 27 (1.97%) Data Protection Act
8 24 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
9 21 (1.53%) Data Centre
9 21 (1.53%) Data Structures
10 20 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
11 18 (1.31%) Social Media
12 17 (1.24%) Graphic Design
13 16 (1.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 15 (1.09%) Algorithms
14 15 (1.09%) Taxonomies
15 14 (1.02%) Educational Technology
15 14 (1.02%) Greenfield Project
15 14 (1.02%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 122 (8.91%) Windows
2 47 (3.43%) Apple iOS
3 46 (3.36%) Android
4 38 (2.77%) Windows 10
5 25 (1.82%) Mac OS
6 17 (1.24%) Windows Server
7 15 (1.09%) Linux
8 9 (0.66%) Unix
9 7 (0.51%) Windows 7
10 4 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 443 (32.34%) UX Design
2 405 (29.56%) Agile
3 251 (18.32%) AI
4 227 (16.57%) Problem-Solving
5 202 (14.74%) Stakeholder Management
6 185 (13.50%) Continuous Improvement
7 181 (13.21%) Analytics
8 170 (12.41%) User Research
9 161 (11.75%) CI/CD
10 154 (11.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 148 (10.80%) Roadmaps
12 137 (10.00%) Decision-Making
13 125 (9.12%) Prototyping
14 123 (8.98%) DevOps
15 116 (8.47%) UX Research
16 107 (7.81%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
17 104 (7.59%) Service Design
17 104 (7.59%) Wireframes
18 99 (7.23%) Scrum
19 97 (7.08%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 124 (9.05%) JavaScript
2 105 (7.66%) TypeScript
3 99 (7.23%) Java
4 96 (7.01%) SQL
5 87 (6.35%) Python
6 48 (3.50%) PowerShell
7 39 (2.85%) C#
8 28 (2.04%) Kotlin
9 25 (1.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 14 (1.02%) Swift
11 11 (0.80%) Bash
12 8 (0.58%) Korn
13 7 (0.51%) Apex Code
13 7 (0.51%) Go
13 7 (0.51%) R
14 6 (0.44%) VBA
14 6 (0.44%) VBScript
15 5 (0.36%) VB
16 4 (0.29%) PHP
17 3 (0.22%) Perl
Qualifications
1 198 (14.45%) Security Cleared
2 149 (10.88%) SC Cleared
3 128 (9.34%) Degree
4 29 (2.12%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (1.68%) BPSS Clearance
5 23 (1.68%) DV Cleared
6 22 (1.61%) Azure Certification
6 22 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (0.66%) ITIL Certification
7 9 (0.66%) PMP
8 7 (0.51%) AWS Certification
8 7 (0.51%) Citrix Certification
8 7 (0.51%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 6 (0.44%) CCA
9 6 (0.44%) CCIE
9 6 (0.44%) CCNP
9 6 (0.44%) DBS Check
10 5 (0.36%) CISSP
10 5 (0.36%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 219 (15.99%) Accessibility
2 92 (6.72%) QA
3 65 (4.74%) WCAG
4 45 (3.28%) Data Quality
5 27 (1.97%) GDPR
6 16 (1.17%) Actionable Recommendations
7 8 (0.58%) PMO
8 7 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 6 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 6 (0.44%) SLA
10 4 (0.29%) GRC
11 2 (0.15%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.15%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.15%) PSD2
12 1 (0.073%) COBIT
12 1 (0.073%) ISO 20022
12 1 (0.073%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.073%) SEPA
12 1 (0.073%) WAI
System Software
1 74 (5.40%) Active Directory
2 37 (2.70%) Docker
3 25 (1.82%) Virtual Desktop
4 15 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.44%) Firmware
5 6 (0.44%) vSphere
6 5 (0.36%) BitLocker
6 5 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.29%) Microsoft App-V
8 3 (0.22%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.22%) UAG
8 3 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.15%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.15%) VMware Workstation
9 2 (0.15%) XenApp
9 2 (0.15%) XenDesktop
10 1 (0.073%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 42 (3.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 41 (2.99%) Kubernetes
3 40 (2.92%) Terraform
4 34 (2.48%) SCCM
5 18 (1.31%) Grafana
6 16 (1.17%) Single Sign-On
7 13 (0.95%) Jamf Pro
8 12 (0.88%) Ansible
9 9 (0.66%) Prometheus
10 5 (0.36%) vCenter Server
11 4 (0.29%) Clonezilla
12 3 (0.22%) Podman
12 3 (0.22%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 3 (0.22%) 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
14 1 (0.073%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 242 (17.66%) Microsoft
2 75 (5.47%) Adobe
3 67 (4.89%) ServiceNow
4 48 (3.50%) Google
5 45 (3.28%) SAP
6 40 (2.92%) Oracle
7 36 (2.63%) Salesforce
8 22 (1.61%) Citrix
9 21 (1.53%) Workday
10 19 (1.39%) Dynatrace
11 18 (1.31%) VMware
12 17 (1.24%) Apple
12 17 (1.24%) Splunk
13 16 (1.17%) Cisco
13 16 (1.17%) Foundry
14 12 (0.88%) Zscaler
15 11 (0.80%) Aruba
15 11 (0.80%) OpenAI
16 9 (0.66%) Databricks
17 8 (0.58%) Solace