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 4 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 61 72
Rank change year-on-year -15 +11 -9
Contract jobs citing User Experience 1,225 884 1,026
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.17% 3.63% 2.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.69% 3.99% 3.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 842 591 683
10th Percentile £301 £305 £292
25th Percentile £390 £400 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £601
90th Percentile £674 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £488 £489 £500
% change year-on-year -0.26% -2.25% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 20 46
10th Percentile £16.29 £25.21 £16.25
25th Percentile £17.69 £41.75 £24.06
Median hourly rate £51.44 £51.00 £31.71
Median % change year-on-year +0.86% +60.83% -29.53%
75th Percentile £65.67 £83.60 £63.84
90th Percentile £82.60 £95.60 £73.32
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £52.50 £32.11
% change year-on-year -4.76% +63.53% -18.20%

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 33,191 22,141 32,539
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.96% 90.87% 86.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,296 14,591 21,484
10th Percentile £313 £311 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,024 863 2,161
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.99 £12.92
25th Percentile £19.38 £19.00 £15.89
Median hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £33.07
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -1.71% -11.83%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £58.70
90th Percentile £77.50 £76.10 £70.66
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £31.52 £33.00
% change year-on-year +14.07% -4.48% -11.53%

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 4 April 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 4 April 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 4 April 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 -21 632 £500 -2.91% 296
North of England -5 209 £450 - 176
North West +2 130 £420 -6.67% 94
South East -11 125 £490 -2.24% 122
Midlands -23 121 £500 +25.00% 93
West Midlands -25 79 £475 +9.51% 62
South West -11 66 £475 +26.67% 59
Yorkshire -23 54 £513 +27.97% 45
East Midlands -4 42 £550 +54.06% 31
East of England -22 29 £425 -10.99% 33
North East 0 24 £405 -15.63% 39
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 51 (4.16%) SharePoint
2 41 (3.35%) Confluence
3 36 (2.94%) CMS
4 20 (1.63%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 18 (1.47%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (0.73%) Headless CMS
7 8 (0.65%) Apache
8 7 (0.57%) Sitecore CMS
9 6 (0.49%) Umbraco
10 4 (0.33%) Camunda
10 4 (0.33%) Ethereum
10 4 (0.33%) Hyperledger
11 3 (0.24%) Anypoint
11 3 (0.24%) Apache Spark
11 3 (0.24%) Drupal
11 3 (0.24%) Jupyter
11 3 (0.24%) nginx
12 2 (0.16%) Appian
12 2 (0.16%) Mendix
13 1 (0.082%) Traefik
Applications
1 35 (2.86%) Sketch
2 27 (2.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 25 (2.04%) Adobe XD
4 22 (1.80%) Chatbot
5 19 (1.55%) MS Visio
6 16 (1.31%) Microsoft Office
7 11 (0.90%) Photoshop
8 9 (0.73%) InVision
9 7 (0.57%) Adobe Illustrator
9 7 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 6 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
11 4 (0.33%) Adobe After Effects
11 4 (0.33%) UXPin
12 3 (0.24%) Adobe Captivate
12 3 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
12 3 (0.24%) Trello
12 3 (0.24%) UserZoom
13 2 (0.16%) Autodesk Smoke
13 2 (0.16%) Camtasia
13 2 (0.16%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 16 (1.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.57%) Workday HCM
4 6 (0.49%) Sage X3
4 6 (0.49%) Shopify
5 3 (0.24%) Magento
5 3 (0.24%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.24%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.24%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.16%) NEC Housing
6 2 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.16%) ResourceLink
6 2 (0.16%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.16%) Sprinklr
7 1 (0.082%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.082%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.082%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.082%) iTrent
7 1 (0.082%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.082%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 204 (16.65%) Azure
2 166 (13.55%) Figma
3 113 (9.22%) AWS
4 90 (7.35%) Power Platform
5 84 (6.86%) Microsoft 365
6 53 (4.33%) Entra ID
7 52 (4.24%) Azure DevOps
8 50 (4.08%) GCP
9 44 (3.59%) GitHub
10 40 (3.27%) SaaS
11 33 (2.69%) PowerApps
12 29 (2.37%) Power Automate
13 27 (2.20%) GitHub Actions
13 27 (2.20%) Serverless
14 26 (2.12%) Microsoft Copilot
15 23 (1.88%) Google Workspace
16 22 (1.80%) Cloud Computing
16 22 (1.80%) Dynamics 365
17 19 (1.55%) Google Sheets
18 17 (1.39%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.31%) DNS
2 15 (1.22%) Wireless
3 13 (1.06%) LAN
4 12 (0.98%) VPN
5 11 (0.90%) Internet
5 11 (0.90%) TCP/IP
6 10 (0.82%) DHCP
6 10 (0.82%) Firewall
6 10 (0.82%) Intranet
6 10 (0.82%) SD-WAN
6 10 (0.82%) WAN
6 10 (0.82%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (0.65%) SSL
8 6 (0.49%) BGP
8 6 (0.49%) Cisco ISE
8 6 (0.49%) Cisco Wireless
8 6 (0.49%) HTTP
8 6 (0.49%) Network Security
9 5 (0.41%) WLAN
10 4 (0.33%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (4.82%) Power BI
2 28 (2.29%) NoSQL
3 27 (2.20%) Relational Database
4 23 (1.88%) MySQL
5 22 (1.80%) PostgreSQL
6 21 (1.71%) Data Warehouse
6 21 (1.71%) SQL Server
7 17 (1.39%) Tableau
8 14 (1.14%) Metadata
9 12 (0.98%) MongoDB
10 10 (0.82%) BigQuery
11 8 (0.65%) Looker
12 7 (0.57%) Pinecone
12 7 (0.57%) Power Query
12 7 (0.57%) Redis
13 6 (0.49%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 6 (0.49%) ZAP BI
14 5 (0.41%) DynamoDB
14 5 (0.41%) Hadoop
15 4 (0.33%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 97 (7.92%) JIRA
2 70 (5.71%) Git
3 42 (3.43%) GitLab
4 24 (1.96%) Jenkins
5 23 (1.88%) Cypress.io
6 22 (1.80%) JUnit
7 15 (1.22%) Axure RP
8 14 (1.14%) Gradle
9 13 (1.06%) Android Studio
10 12 (0.98%) Browser DevTools
10 12 (0.98%) CircleCI
11 11 (0.90%) Xcode
12 9 (0.73%) Eclipse
12 9 (0.73%) Postman
12 9 (0.73%) Selenium
13 8 (0.65%) Artifactory
13 8 (0.65%) Mocha
14 7 (0.57%) Vite
15 6 (0.49%) Cucumber
16 5 (0.41%) Visual Studio
General
1 402 (32.82%) Social Skills
2 245 (20.00%) Finance
3 156 (12.73%) Public Sector
4 152 (12.41%) Analytical Skills
5 102 (8.33%) Banking
6 53 (4.33%) Marketing
7 45 (3.67%) Retail
8 30 (2.45%) Presentation Skills
9 29 (2.37%) Legal
10 27 (2.20%) Influencing Skills
11 20 (1.63%) Manufacturing
12 19 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
13 13 (1.06%) Front Office
13 13 (1.06%) Investment Banking
14 12 (0.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 12 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
14 12 (0.98%) Publishing
15 11 (0.90%) Telecoms
16 10 (0.82%) Financial Institution
16 10 (0.82%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 233 (19.02%) Designer
2 184 (15.02%) Senior
3 179 (14.61%) Developer
4 122 (9.96%) Analyst
5 119 (9.71%) UX Designer
6 63 (5.14%) Lead
7 58 (4.73%) Product Designer
8 57 (4.65%) Consultant
9 55 (4.49%) Architect
9 55 (4.49%) Business Analyst
10 50 (4.08%) Senior Designer
11 41 (3.35%) UI Designer
12 38 (3.10%) Support Engineer
13 36 (2.94%) Full-Stack Developer
13 36 (2.94%) User Researcher
14 35 (2.86%) IT Support
14 35 (2.86%) Senior Developer
15 34 (2.78%) Software Engineer
16 32 (2.61%) Service Designer
16 32 (2.61%) UI/UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 156 (12.73%) React
2 132 (10.78%) CSS
3 117 (9.55%) HTML
4 94 (7.67%) REST
5 75 (6.12%) AngularJS
6 71 (5.80%) RESTful
7 58 (4.73%) Spring
8 57 (4.65%) Spring Boot
9 47 (3.84%) Node.js
10 43 (3.51%) .NET
11 35 (2.86%) HTML5
12 34 (2.78%) GraphQL
13 32 (2.61%) CSS3
14 29 (2.37%) Redux
15 24 (1.96%) Jest
15 24 (1.96%) Next.js
15 24 (1.96%) Vue
16 20 (1.63%) JSON
16 20 (1.63%) Kafka
16 20 (1.63%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 114 (9.31%) Product Ownership
2 75 (6.12%) Mobile App
3 48 (3.92%) Onboarding
4 29 (2.37%) Enterprise Software
5 26 (2.12%) AI Agents
6 23 (1.88%) Analytical Mindset
7 22 (1.80%) Data Structures
8 20 (1.63%) Data Protection Act
9 17 (1.39%) Cloud Native
9 17 (1.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 14 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
11 13 (1.06%) Distributed Systems
11 13 (1.06%) Virtual Team
12 12 (0.98%) Algorithms
12 12 (0.98%) Data Centre
13 11 (0.90%) NHS
13 11 (0.90%) Self-Motivation
14 9 (0.73%) e-Learning
14 9 (0.73%) Graphic Design
14 9 (0.73%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 117 (9.55%) Windows
2 44 (3.59%) Windows 10
3 43 (3.51%) Android
4 30 (2.45%) Apple iOS
5 22 (1.80%) Linux
6 21 (1.71%) Mac OS
7 9 (0.73%) Unix
8 6 (0.49%) Windows Server
9 1 (0.082%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.082%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.082%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.082%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 394 (32.16%) Agile
2 377 (30.78%) UX Design
3 201 (16.41%) Problem-Solving
4 193 (15.76%) Analytics
5 178 (14.53%) AI
6 167 (13.63%) User Research
7 153 (12.49%) CI/CD
8 152 (12.41%) Stakeholder Management
9 145 (11.84%) Continuous Improvement
9 145 (11.84%) DevOps
9 145 (11.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 119 (9.71%) Roadmaps
11 111 (9.06%) Prototyping
12 107 (8.73%) Decision-Making
12 107 (8.73%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
12 107 (8.73%) Wireframes
13 106 (8.65%) UX Research
14 95 (7.76%) Service Design
15 87 (7.10%) Usability Testing
16 83 (6.78%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 167 (13.63%) JavaScript
2 126 (10.29%) SQL
3 112 (9.14%) Java
4 103 (8.41%) Python
5 99 (8.08%) TypeScript
6 54 (4.41%) PowerShell
7 46 (3.76%) C#
8 28 (2.29%) Kotlin
9 17 (1.39%) Bash
10 13 (1.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 12 (0.98%) Perl
12 9 (0.73%) Swift
13 8 (0.65%) PHP
14 6 (0.49%) Go
14 6 (0.49%) Korn
14 6 (0.49%) PL/SQL
14 6 (0.49%) VBA
15 4 (0.33%) Lisp
15 4 (0.33%) R
16 3 (0.24%) C++
Qualifications
1 159 (12.98%) Security Cleared
2 116 (9.47%) SC Cleared
3 104 (8.49%) Degree
4 27 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (1.88%) BPSS Clearance
6 18 (1.47%) DV Cleared
7 17 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (0.90%) Azure Certification
9 10 (0.82%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (0.73%) CCNP
10 9 (0.73%) Master's Degree
11 7 (0.57%) PMI Certification
12 6 (0.49%) Citrix Certification
12 6 (0.49%) MOS
12 6 (0.49%) OCA
12 6 (0.49%) Oracle Certification
13 5 (0.41%) CCA
14 4 (0.33%) CCIE
15 3 (0.24%) ITIL Certification
15 3 (0.24%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 192 (15.67%) Accessibility
2 119 (9.71%) QA
3 63 (5.14%) WCAG
4 44 (3.59%) Data Quality
5 38 (3.10%) GDPR
6 18 (1.47%) Actionable Recommendations
7 13 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 13 (1.06%) SLA
8 7 (0.57%) PMO
9 6 (0.49%) NCSC
10 4 (0.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 4 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.24%) GMP
11 3 (0.24%) Government Security Classifications
11 3 (0.24%) GRC
11 3 (0.24%) GxP
11 3 (0.24%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 3 (0.24%) NIST
12 2 (0.16%) COBIT
System Software
1 73 (5.96%) Active Directory
2 56 (4.57%) Docker
3 19 (1.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.31%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.41%) Firmware
6 4 (0.33%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.16%) ProxySG
8 1 (0.082%) ISA Server
8 1 (0.082%) Varnish
8 1 (0.082%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.082%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.082%) XenApp
8 1 (0.082%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 56 (4.57%) Kubernetes
2 37 (3.02%) Microsoft Intune
3 36 (2.94%) Terraform
4 27 (2.20%) SCCM
5 19 (1.55%) Grafana
6 15 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
7 12 (0.98%) Ansible
8 6 (0.49%) Prometheus
9 5 (0.41%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (0.33%) Argo
10 4 (0.33%) FortiGate
11 3 (0.24%) HP ALM
11 3 (0.24%) Nagios
11 3 (0.24%) Rancher
12 2 (0.16%) Podman
12 2 (0.16%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 2 (0.16%) SysTrack
13 1 (0.082%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 1 (0.082%) AirWatch
13 1 (0.082%) Consul
Vendors
1 201 (16.41%) Microsoft
2 72 (5.88%) Adobe
3 66 (5.39%) Google
4 60 (4.90%) ServiceNow
5 42 (3.43%) Oracle
6 40 (3.27%) SAP
7 32 (2.61%) Salesforce
8 23 (1.88%) Citrix
9 20 (1.63%) VMware
10 17 (1.39%) Splunk
11 16 (1.31%) Cisco
12 14 (1.14%) Apple
13 13 (1.06%) Workday
14 11 (0.90%) Red Hat
15 10 (0.82%) Zscaler
16 9 (0.73%) MuleSoft
16 9 (0.73%) Sitecore
17 8 (0.65%) Ekahau
18 7 (0.57%) Foundry
19 6 (0.49%) Aruba