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

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 69 83
Rank change year-on-year -13 +14 -25
Contract jobs citing User Experience 1,299 937 942
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.96% 3.66% 2.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.47% 4.01% 2.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 808 602 636
10th Percentile £313 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £476 £478 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.42% -4.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £581 £598 £623
90th Percentile £677 £720 £716
UK median daily rate £490 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +3.16% -5.00% -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 33 45
10th Percentile £16.00 £32.91 £16.25
25th Percentile £21.75 £35.25 £25.00
Median hourly rate £33.99 £49.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.33% +65.00% +13.21%
75th Percentile £67.84 £70.16 £68.00
90th Percentile £86.94 £85.50 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £33.99 £51.00 £31.71
% change year-on-year -33.35% +60.83% +7.15%

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 37,409 23,372 31,772
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.35% 91.17% 85.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,567 15,052 20,589
10th Percentile £325 £300 £304
25th Percentile £418 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £729 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +2.79% -4.57% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,348 1,165 2,330
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £20.97 £17.88 £16.06
Median hourly rate £46.90 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +86.48% -34.02% +1.65%
75th Percentile £68.50 £55.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £82.25 £72.50 £72.93
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% +3.81%

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 1 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 1 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 1 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 -26 654 £524 +4.80% 554
North of England -24 199 £450 - 178
Midlands +7 153 £475 +18.16% 72
South East -23 134 £500 +5.26% 157
North West -16 112 £435 -3.33% 93
West Midlands +7 111 £475 -9.52% 44
South West -3 74 £475 +26.67% 54
Yorkshire -31 55 £500 +24.84% 46
East Midlands +5 42 £550 +54.49% 28
East of England +2 39 £410 -13.68% 53
North East -14 32 £440 -8.33% 40
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 61 (4.70%) SharePoint
2 45 (3.46%) CMS
3 38 (2.93%) Confluence
4 26 (2.00%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (0.77%) WordPress
6 6 (0.46%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 5 (0.38%) Drupal
7 5 (0.38%) Skype for Business
8 4 (0.31%) Ethereum
8 4 (0.31%) Hyperledger
8 4 (0.31%) Kentico
8 4 (0.31%) Mendix
9 3 (0.23%) Camunda
9 3 (0.23%) nginx
9 3 (0.23%) Umbraco
10 2 (0.15%) Apache
10 2 (0.15%) HCL Notes
10 2 (0.15%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.15%) IIS
11 1 (0.077%) Traefik
Applications
1 25 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (1.54%) Photoshop
2 20 (1.54%) Sketch
3 18 (1.39%) Chatbot
4 16 (1.23%) Adobe Illustrator
5 14 (1.08%) Microsoft Office
6 13 (1.00%) Adobe After Effects
7 12 (0.92%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 11 (0.85%) Adobe XD
9 10 (0.77%) MS Visio
10 9 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
11 4 (0.31%) Adobe Captivate
12 3 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
12 3 (0.23%) UserZoom
12 3 (0.23%) UXPin
13 2 (0.15%) InVision
13 2 (0.15%) Oracle Smart View
14 1 (0.077%) Blender
14 1 (0.077%) Microsoft Project
14 1 (0.077%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (0.77%) Workday HCM
3 8 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.62%) Shopify
4 6 (0.46%) Sage X3
5 4 (0.31%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.31%) Oracle iProcurement
6 2 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.15%) ResourceLink
6 2 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.077%) Eloqua
7 1 (0.077%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.077%) iTrent
7 1 (0.077%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.077%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.077%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 210 (16.17%) Azure
2 176 (13.55%) Figma
3 112 (8.62%) Microsoft 365
4 107 (8.24%) AWS
5 94 (7.24%) Power Platform
6 56 (4.31%) Entra ID
7 50 (3.85%) Microsoft Copilot
8 48 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
9 44 (3.39%) SaaS
10 40 (3.08%) PowerApps
11 37 (2.85%) GCP
11 37 (2.85%) GitHub
12 33 (2.54%) OneDrive
13 31 (2.39%) Power Automate
14 28 (2.16%) Copilot Studio
15 21 (1.62%) GitHub Actions
16 20 (1.54%) Serverless
17 17 (1.31%) Azure AI
17 17 (1.31%) Google Workspace
18 14 (1.08%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 30 (2.31%) DNS
2 28 (2.16%) DHCP
3 24 (1.85%) TCP/IP
4 22 (1.69%) Wi-Fi
5 20 (1.54%) Wireless
6 18 (1.39%) LAN
7 13 (1.00%) Internet
8 11 (0.85%) WAN
9 10 (0.77%) Firewall
9 10 (0.77%) Intranet
10 9 (0.69%) SD-WAN
10 9 (0.69%) VPN
11 8 (0.62%) Cisco Wireless
12 7 (0.54%) 5G
12 7 (0.54%) Skype
12 7 (0.54%) WLAN
13 5 (0.38%) 802.11
13 5 (0.38%) HTTP
13 5 (0.38%) SMS
13 5 (0.38%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (4.16%) Power BI
2 21 (1.62%) Metadata
2 21 (1.62%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (1.54%) Relational Database
4 18 (1.39%) NoSQL
4 18 (1.39%) Power Query
4 18 (1.39%) SQL Server
5 12 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
5 12 (0.92%) MySQL
6 11 (0.85%) MongoDB
7 9 (0.69%) Tableau
8 6 (0.46%) DynamoDB
8 6 (0.46%) Oracle Database
8 6 (0.46%) Redis
8 6 (0.46%) ZAP BI
9 5 (0.38%) Star Schema
10 4 (0.31%) Db2
10 4 (0.31%) EDRMS
10 4 (0.31%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 3 (0.23%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 78 (6.00%) JIRA
2 56 (4.31%) Git
3 22 (1.69%) Jenkins
4 19 (1.46%) Cypress.io
4 19 (1.46%) GitLab
5 17 (1.31%) Vite
6 13 (1.00%) JUnit
7 10 (0.77%) fastlane
8 9 (0.69%) Android Studio
8 9 (0.69%) Browser DevTools
8 9 (0.69%) Xcode
9 8 (0.62%) Gradle
9 8 (0.62%) Postman
10 6 (0.46%) Selenium
10 6 (0.46%) Storybook
11 5 (0.38%) Bitbucket
11 5 (0.38%) Crashlytics
11 5 (0.38%) Fiddler
11 5 (0.38%) REST Assured
11 5 (0.38%) Visual Studio
General
1 398 (30.64%) Social Skills
2 241 (18.55%) Finance
3 157 (12.09%) Public Sector
4 127 (9.78%) Analytical Skills
5 108 (8.31%) Banking
6 75 (5.77%) Retail
7 55 (4.23%) Marketing
8 39 (3.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 31 (2.39%) Legal
10 28 (2.16%) Influencing Skills
10 28 (2.16%) Presentation Skills
11 27 (2.08%) Automotive
12 25 (1.92%) Publishing
13 20 (1.54%) Manufacturing
14 17 (1.31%) Organisational Skills
15 16 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
16 13 (1.00%) Investment Banking
17 11 (0.85%) Front Office
18 8 (0.62%) Law
18 8 (0.62%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 279 (21.48%) Designer
2 186 (14.32%) Senior
3 174 (13.39%) Developer
4 123 (9.47%) UX Designer
5 100 (7.70%) Analyst
6 99 (7.62%) Lead
7 71 (5.47%) UI Designer
8 68 (5.23%) Consultant
9 56 (4.31%) Senior Designer
10 54 (4.16%) Architect
11 51 (3.93%) Content Designer
11 51 (3.93%) Product Designer
12 47 (3.62%) Business Analyst
13 45 (3.46%) User Experience Researcher
14 44 (3.39%) IT Support
15 42 (3.23%) UI/UX Designer
16 40 (3.08%) Product Manager
17 39 (3.00%) User Researcher
18 34 (2.62%) Support Engineer
19 30 (2.31%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 125 (9.62%) React
2 100 (7.70%) CSS
3 85 (6.54%) HTML
4 80 (6.16%) REST
5 52 (4.00%) RESTful
6 51 (3.93%) AngularJS
7 46 (3.54%) .NET
8 41 (3.16%) Spring
9 40 (3.08%) Spring Boot
10 35 (2.69%) GraphQL
11 24 (1.85%) HTML5
12 23 (1.77%) CSS3
12 23 (1.77%) JSON
12 23 (1.77%) Next.js
13 22 (1.69%) Node.js
13 22 (1.69%) Redux
14 21 (1.62%) ASP.NET
15 18 (1.39%) Kafka
15 18 (1.39%) OAuth
15 18 (1.39%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 134 (10.32%) Product Ownership
2 62 (4.77%) Mobile App
2 62 (4.77%) Onboarding
3 37 (2.85%) Cloud Native
4 35 (2.69%) AI Agents
5 29 (2.23%) Enterprise Software
6 25 (1.92%) Data Protection Act
7 24 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
8 23 (1.77%) Self-Motivation
9 20 (1.54%) Data Centre
10 19 (1.46%) Data Structures
11 18 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
12 17 (1.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 17 (1.31%) Taxonomies
13 15 (1.15%) Graphic Design
14 14 (1.08%) Algorithms
14 14 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
14 14 (1.08%) Social Media
15 13 (1.00%) Virtual Reality
16 12 (0.92%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 110 (8.47%) Windows
2 45 (3.46%) Apple iOS
3 41 (3.16%) Android
4 33 (2.54%) Windows 10
5 23 (1.77%) Mac OS
6 13 (1.00%) Windows Server
7 12 (0.92%) Linux
8 7 (0.54%) Unix
9 6 (0.46%) Windows 7
10 4 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.077%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 422 (32.49%) UX Design
2 386 (29.72%) Agile
3 226 (17.40%) AI
4 204 (15.70%) Problem-Solving
5 183 (14.09%) Stakeholder Management
6 170 (13.09%) Analytics
7 156 (12.01%) Continuous Improvement
8 155 (11.93%) User Research
9 150 (11.55%) CI/CD
10 140 (10.78%) Roadmaps
11 139 (10.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 124 (9.55%) DevOps
13 119 (9.16%) Prototyping
14 118 (9.08%) Decision-Making
15 110 (8.47%) UX Research
16 100 (7.70%) Wireframes
17 98 (7.54%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
18 96 (7.39%) Service Design
19 93 (7.16%) Scrum
20 88 (6.77%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 124 (9.55%) JavaScript
2 98 (7.54%) Java
2 98 (7.54%) SQL
2 98 (7.54%) TypeScript
3 84 (6.47%) Python
4 48 (3.70%) PowerShell
5 44 (3.39%) C#
6 25 (1.92%) Kotlin
7 23 (1.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 13 (1.00%) Swift
9 11 (0.85%) Bash
10 8 (0.62%) Korn
11 7 (0.54%) Apex Code
11 7 (0.54%) R
12 6 (0.46%) Go
12 6 (0.46%) VBA
12 6 (0.46%) VBScript
13 5 (0.38%) VB
14 4 (0.31%) PHP
15 3 (0.23%) C++
Qualifications
1 173 (13.32%) Security Cleared
2 132 (10.16%) SC Cleared
3 128 (9.85%) Degree
4 27 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
6 21 (1.62%) Azure Certification
6 21 (1.62%) DV Cleared
7 19 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (0.77%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (0.69%) ITIL Certification
10 7 (0.54%) AWS Certification
10 7 (0.54%) CCIE
10 7 (0.54%) CCNP
10 7 (0.54%) Citrix Certification
10 7 (0.54%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 6 (0.46%) CCA
11 6 (0.46%) DBS Check
11 6 (0.46%) PMP
12 5 (0.38%) CISSP
12 5 (0.38%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 201 (15.47%) Accessibility
2 89 (6.85%) QA
3 64 (4.93%) WCAG
4 42 (3.23%) Data Quality
5 25 (1.92%) GDPR
6 17 (1.31%) Actionable Recommendations
7 7 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 7 (0.54%) PMO
8 6 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 5 (0.38%) SLA
10 3 (0.23%) GRC
11 2 (0.15%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.15%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.15%) PSD2
12 1 (0.077%) COBIT
12 1 (0.077%) GMP
12 1 (0.077%) GxP
12 1 (0.077%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.077%) WAI
System Software
1 67 (5.16%) Active Directory
2 39 (3.00%) Docker
3 23 (1.77%) Virtual Desktop
4 13 (1.00%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.46%) Firmware
6 5 (0.38%) BitLocker
7 4 (0.31%) Microsoft App-V
8 3 (0.23%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.15%) VMware Workstation
9 2 (0.15%) vSphere
9 2 (0.15%) XenApp
9 2 (0.15%) XenDesktop
10 1 (0.077%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 44 (3.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 42 (3.23%) Kubernetes
3 38 (2.93%) Terraform
4 34 (2.62%) SCCM
5 17 (1.31%) Grafana
6 15 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
7 13 (1.00%) Jamf Pro
8 11 (0.85%) Ansible
9 8 (0.62%) Prometheus
10 4 (0.31%) Clonezilla
11 3 (0.23%) Podman
11 3 (0.23%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 3 (0.23%) WSUS
12 2 (0.15%) Argo
12 2 (0.15%) Failover Clustering
12 2 (0.15%) Packer
12 2 (0.15%) SCOM
12 2 (0.15%) vCenter Server
12 2 (0.15%) vMotion
13 1 (0.077%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 224 (17.24%) Microsoft
2 67 (5.16%) Adobe
3 63 (4.85%) ServiceNow
4 44 (3.39%) Google
5 42 (3.23%) SAP
6 37 (2.85%) Oracle
7 35 (2.69%) Salesforce
8 19 (1.46%) Citrix
8 19 (1.46%) Dynatrace
8 19 (1.46%) Workday
9 17 (1.31%) Apple
10 16 (1.23%) Cisco
10 16 (1.23%) Foundry
11 15 (1.15%) Splunk
12 13 (1.00%) VMware
13 12 (0.92%) Aruba
14 9 (0.69%) OpenAI
14 9 (0.69%) Zscaler
15 7 (0.54%) Databricks
15 7 (0.54%) Okta