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

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 68 83
Rank change year-on-year -10 +15 -27
Contract jobs citing User Experience 1,348 975 957
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.03% 3.65% 2.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.55% 4.02% 3.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 835 626 639
10th Percentile £313 £300 £306
25th Percentile £400 £382 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.04% -4.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £598 £623
90th Percentile £675 £719 £719
UK median daily rate £489 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +2.89% -5.00% -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 34 44
10th Percentile £16.00 £24.04 £16.25
25th Percentile £22.88 £34.67 £24.69
Median hourly rate £33.99 £49.25 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.98% +64.17% +13.21%
75th Percentile £67.85 £68.56 £58.25
90th Percentile £86.51 £85.50 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £33.99 £49.50 £30.86
% change year-on-year -31.33% +60.43% +4.26%

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 37,991 24,251 31,775
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.46% 90.90% 85.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,934 15,590 20,626
10th Percentile £325 £300 £305
25th Percentile £419 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £524 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.65% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £645
90th Percentile £729 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £517 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +2.28% -3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,364 1,224 2,273
10th Percentile £15.32 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £20.88 £17.98 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -4.70%
75th Percentile £68.75 £54.81 £61.60
90th Percentile £82.25 £72.20 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% -6.25%

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 8 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 8 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 8 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 -27 672 £525 +5.00% 421
North of England -24 210 £450 - 165
Midlands 0 155 £475 +13.10% 77
South East -21 139 £500 +5.26% 172
West Midlands -6 114 £475 -5.00% 39
North West -23 113 £437 -3.00% 90
South West -4 80 £475 +26.67% 52
Yorkshire -19 60 £500 +11.11% 41
East of England +2 45 £410 -13.68% 57
East Midlands +4 41 £550 +54.49% 37
North East -14 37 £413 -14.06% 34
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 62 (4.60%) SharePoint
2 48 (3.56%) CMS
3 36 (2.67%) Confluence
4 26 (1.93%) Microsoft Exchange
5 11 (0.82%) WordPress
6 8 (0.59%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 6 (0.45%) Drupal
8 5 (0.37%) Skype for Business
9 4 (0.30%) Ethereum
9 4 (0.30%) Hyperledger
9 4 (0.30%) Kentico
9 4 (0.30%) Mendix
10 3 (0.22%) nginx
10 3 (0.22%) Umbraco
11 2 (0.15%) Apache
11 2 (0.15%) Camunda
11 2 (0.15%) HCL Notes
11 2 (0.15%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.15%) IIS
11 2 (0.15%) Moodle
Applications
1 27 (2.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (1.48%) Photoshop
2 20 (1.48%) Sketch
3 18 (1.34%) Chatbot
4 16 (1.19%) Adobe Illustrator
5 15 (1.11%) Microsoft Office
6 14 (1.04%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 13 (0.96%) Adobe After Effects
8 12 (0.89%) Adobe XD
9 10 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 9 (0.67%) MS Visio
11 4 (0.30%) Adobe Captivate
12 3 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
12 3 (0.22%) UserZoom
12 3 (0.22%) UXPin
13 2 (0.15%) InVision
13 2 (0.15%) Oracle Smart View
14 1 (0.074%) Blender
14 1 (0.074%) Microsoft Project
14 1 (0.074%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
1 11 (0.82%) Workday HCM
2 9 (0.67%) Shopify
3 8 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.45%) Sage X3
5 4 (0.30%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.30%) Oracle iProcurement
6 3 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
6 3 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.15%) iTrent
7 2 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.15%) ResourceLink
8 1 (0.074%) Eloqua
8 1 (0.074%) Magento
8 1 (0.074%) NEC Housing
8 1 (0.074%) Oracle EBS R12
8 1 (0.074%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 212 (15.73%) Azure
2 183 (13.58%) Figma
3 116 (8.61%) Microsoft 365
4 107 (7.94%) AWS
5 96 (7.12%) Power Platform
6 56 (4.15%) Entra ID
7 51 (3.78%) Microsoft Copilot
8 48 (3.56%) Azure DevOps
9 46 (3.41%) SaaS
10 40 (2.97%) GitHub
10 40 (2.97%) PowerApps
11 39 (2.89%) GCP
12 32 (2.37%) OneDrive
13 31 (2.30%) Power Automate
14 28 (2.08%) Copilot Studio
15 22 (1.63%) GitHub Actions
16 20 (1.48%) Serverless
17 18 (1.34%) Azure AI
18 16 (1.19%) Google Workspace
19 13 (0.96%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 35 (2.60%) DNS
2 30 (2.23%) DHCP
3 26 (1.93%) TCP/IP
4 22 (1.63%) Wi-Fi
5 20 (1.48%) Wireless
6 19 (1.41%) LAN
7 14 (1.04%) Internet
8 12 (0.89%) WAN
9 11 (0.82%) Firewall
9 11 (0.82%) VPN
10 10 (0.74%) Intranet
10 10 (0.74%) SD-WAN
11 8 (0.59%) Cisco Wireless
12 7 (0.52%) 5G
12 7 (0.52%) Skype
12 7 (0.52%) WLAN
13 5 (0.37%) 802.11
13 5 (0.37%) HTTP
13 5 (0.37%) Network Security
13 5 (0.37%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (4.15%) Power BI
2 21 (1.56%) Metadata
3 19 (1.41%) PostgreSQL
3 19 (1.41%) Relational Database
4 18 (1.34%) NoSQL
4 18 (1.34%) Power Query
5 15 (1.11%) SQL Server
6 12 (0.89%) Data Warehouse
7 11 (0.82%) MySQL
8 10 (0.74%) MongoDB
9 9 (0.67%) Tableau
10 6 (0.45%) DynamoDB
10 6 (0.45%) Oracle Database
10 6 (0.45%) ZAP BI
11 5 (0.37%) Redis
11 5 (0.37%) Star Schema
12 4 (0.30%) Db2
12 4 (0.30%) EDRMS
12 4 (0.30%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 3 (0.22%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 77 (5.71%) JIRA
2 57 (4.23%) Git
3 23 (1.71%) Jenkins
4 22 (1.63%) Cypress.io
5 19 (1.41%) GitLab
6 18 (1.34%) Vite
7 13 (0.96%) JUnit
8 10 (0.74%) Android Studio
8 10 (0.74%) Browser DevTools
8 10 (0.74%) fastlane
9 9 (0.67%) Storybook
9 9 (0.67%) Xcode
10 8 (0.59%) Gradle
10 8 (0.59%) Postman
11 6 (0.45%) Selenium
12 5 (0.37%) Bitbucket
12 5 (0.37%) Crashlytics
12 5 (0.37%) Fiddler
12 5 (0.37%) REST Assured
12 5 (0.37%) webpack
General
1 421 (31.23%) Social Skills
2 252 (18.69%) Finance
3 169 (12.54%) Public Sector
4 135 (10.01%) Analytical Skills
5 112 (8.31%) Banking
6 78 (5.79%) Retail
7 66 (4.90%) Marketing
8 40 (2.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 34 (2.52%) Legal
10 30 (2.23%) Influencing Skills
11 29 (2.15%) Presentation Skills
12 27 (2.00%) Automotive
12 27 (2.00%) Publishing
13 21 (1.56%) Manufacturing
13 21 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
14 17 (1.26%) Documentation Skills
15 13 (0.96%) Investment Banking
16 11 (0.82%) Front Office
17 8 (0.59%) Aerospace
17 8 (0.59%) Law
Job Titles
1 291 (21.59%) Designer
2 186 (13.80%) Senior
3 178 (13.20%) Developer
4 129 (9.57%) UX Designer
5 106 (7.86%) Analyst
6 105 (7.79%) Lead
7 73 (5.42%) UI Designer
8 68 (5.04%) Consultant
9 56 (4.15%) Architect
9 56 (4.15%) Senior Designer
10 52 (3.86%) Content Designer
11 50 (3.71%) Business Analyst
11 50 (3.71%) Product Designer
12 46 (3.41%) Product Manager
13 45 (3.34%) IT Support
13 45 (3.34%) User Experience Researcher
13 45 (3.34%) User Researcher
14 44 (3.26%) UI/UX Designer
15 36 (2.67%) Support Engineer
16 31 (2.30%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 125 (9.27%) React
2 100 (7.42%) CSS
3 85 (6.31%) HTML
4 84 (6.23%) REST
5 56 (4.15%) RESTful
6 49 (3.64%) AngularJS
7 44 (3.26%) .NET
8 40 (2.97%) Spring
9 39 (2.89%) Spring Boot
10 36 (2.67%) GraphQL
11 28 (2.08%) HTML5
12 27 (2.00%) CSS3
13 24 (1.78%) Next.js
13 24 (1.78%) Node.js
14 23 (1.71%) JSON
15 22 (1.63%) Jest
15 22 (1.63%) Redux
16 20 (1.48%) ASP.NET
17 19 (1.41%) Playwright
18 18 (1.34%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 139 (10.31%) Product Ownership
2 66 (4.90%) Mobile App
3 65 (4.82%) Onboarding
4 37 (2.74%) AI Agents
5 36 (2.67%) Cloud Native
6 30 (2.23%) Enterprise Software
7 26 (1.93%) Data Protection Act
7 26 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
8 24 (1.78%) Legacy Systems
9 20 (1.48%) Data Centre
9 20 (1.48%) Data Structures
10 19 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
11 17 (1.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 17 (1.26%) Social Media
11 17 (1.26%) Taxonomies
12 16 (1.19%) Graphic Design
13 14 (1.04%) Algorithms
13 14 (1.04%) Educational Technology
13 14 (1.04%) Greenfield Project
14 13 (0.96%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 118 (8.75%) Windows
2 46 (3.41%) Apple iOS
3 44 (3.26%) Android
4 37 (2.74%) Windows 10
5 24 (1.78%) Mac OS
6 16 (1.19%) Windows Server
7 15 (1.11%) Linux
8 7 (0.52%) Unix
9 6 (0.45%) Windows 7
10 4 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.074%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 436 (32.34%) UX Design
2 399 (29.60%) Agile
3 240 (17.80%) AI
4 215 (15.95%) Problem-Solving
5 193 (14.32%) Stakeholder Management
6 179 (13.28%) Analytics
7 169 (12.54%) Continuous Improvement
8 166 (12.31%) User Research
9 155 (11.50%) CI/CD
10 151 (11.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 148 (10.98%) Roadmaps
12 130 (9.64%) Decision-Making
13 124 (9.20%) DevOps
14 123 (9.12%) Prototyping
15 116 (8.61%) UX Research
16 105 (7.79%) Wireframes
17 104 (7.72%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
18 102 (7.57%) Service Design
19 98 (7.27%) Scrum
20 97 (7.20%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 124 (9.20%) JavaScript
2 102 (7.57%) TypeScript
3 100 (7.42%) Java
4 99 (7.34%) SQL
5 83 (6.16%) Python
6 47 (3.49%) PowerShell
7 42 (3.12%) C#
8 27 (2.00%) Kotlin
9 24 (1.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 14 (1.04%) Swift
11 11 (0.82%) Bash
12 8 (0.59%) Korn
13 7 (0.52%) Apex Code
13 7 (0.52%) R
14 6 (0.45%) Go
14 6 (0.45%) VBA
14 6 (0.45%) VBScript
15 5 (0.37%) VB
16 4 (0.30%) C++
16 4 (0.30%) PHP
Qualifications
1 186 (13.80%) Security Cleared
2 141 (10.46%) SC Cleared
3 129 (9.57%) Degree
4 28 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (1.63%) Azure Certification
5 22 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
5 22 (1.63%) DV Cleared
5 22 (1.63%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (0.74%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (0.67%) ITIL Certification
8 7 (0.52%) AWS Certification
8 7 (0.52%) CCIE
8 7 (0.52%) CCNP
8 7 (0.52%) Citrix Certification
8 7 (0.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 6 (0.45%) CCA
9 6 (0.45%) DBS Check
9 6 (0.45%) PMP
10 5 (0.37%) CISSP
10 5 (0.37%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 212 (15.73%) Accessibility
2 92 (6.82%) QA
3 66 (4.90%) WCAG
4 43 (3.19%) Data Quality
5 27 (2.00%) GDPR
6 18 (1.34%) Actionable Recommendations
7 8 (0.59%) PMO
8 7 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 6 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 5 (0.37%) SLA
11 3 (0.22%) GRC
12 2 (0.15%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.15%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.15%) PSD2
13 1 (0.074%) COBIT
13 1 (0.074%) GMP
13 1 (0.074%) GxP
13 1 (0.074%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 1 (0.074%) WAI
System Software
1 72 (5.34%) Active Directory
2 40 (2.97%) Docker
3 23 (1.71%) Virtual Desktop
4 13 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.45%) Firmware
6 5 (0.37%) BitLocker
6 5 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (0.37%) vSphere
7 4 (0.30%) 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 (0.074%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 44 (3.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 42 (3.12%) Kubernetes
3 36 (2.67%) Terraform
4 34 (2.52%) SCCM
5 18 (1.34%) Grafana
6 16 (1.19%) Single Sign-On
7 13 (0.96%) Jamf Pro
8 11 (0.82%) Ansible
9 9 (0.67%) Prometheus
10 5 (0.37%) vCenter Server
11 4 (0.30%) 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 (0.074%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 231 (17.14%) Microsoft
2 72 (5.34%) Adobe
3 64 (4.75%) ServiceNow
4 48 (3.56%) Google
5 44 (3.26%) SAP
6 39 (2.89%) Oracle
7 37 (2.74%) Salesforce
8 20 (1.48%) Citrix
8 20 (1.48%) Workday
9 19 (1.41%) Dynatrace
10 17 (1.26%) Apple
10 17 (1.26%) Cisco
11 16 (1.19%) Foundry
11 16 (1.19%) VMware
12 15 (1.11%) Splunk
13 12 (0.89%) Aruba
14 10 (0.74%) OpenAI
14 10 (0.74%) Zscaler
15 7 (0.52%) Databricks
15 7 (0.52%) Okta