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 11 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 89 66 89
Rank change year-on-year -23 +23 -29
Contract jobs citing User Experience 1,324 1,018 839
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.90% 3.68% 2.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.41% 4.06% 2.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 801 639 535
10th Percentile £305 £300 £300
25th Percentile £390 £375 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £623
90th Percentile £688 £725 £717
UK median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 42 32
10th Percentile £16.58 £25.02 £16.25
25th Percentile £25.50 £33.37 £29.14
Median hourly rate £33.99 £45.50 £41.68
Median % change year-on-year -25.30% +9.18% +57.26%
75th Percentile £67.84 £63.75 £71.29
90th Percentile £75.60 £72.45 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £33.99 £47.50 £41.68
% change year-on-year -28.44% +13.98% +54.35%

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 38,792 25,089 28,626
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.08% 90.79% 85.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,117 16,022 18,624
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £756
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,537 1,415 1,654
10th Percentile £14.56 £14.20 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.50 £17.87 £18.39
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +4.78%
75th Percentile £68.75 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £70.16 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £40.94
% change year-on-year +68.99% -38.57% -1.35%

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 11 August 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 11 August 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 11 August 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 -29 671 £525 +5.00% 702
North of England -16 220 £438 -2.67% 160
Midlands -13 144 £475 +10.27% 81
South East -45 119 £444 -4.00% 145
West Midlands -15 113 £475 -7.32% 65
North West -26 102 £423 -6.11% 85
South West -16 74 £475 +22.58% 63
Yorkshire -25 67 £500 +25.00% 48
East of England +11 50 £410 -18.41% 50
North East -4 50 £350 -27.08% 27
East Midlands -3 31 £468 +31.69% 16
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 (4.61%) SharePoint
2 52 (3.93%) CMS
3 31 (2.34%) Confluence
4 26 (1.96%) Microsoft Exchange
5 15 (1.13%) WordPress
6 8 (0.60%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 7 (0.53%) Apache
7 7 (0.53%) Skype for Business
8 6 (0.45%) Drupal
9 5 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
10 4 (0.30%) Headless CMS
10 4 (0.30%) Kentico
10 4 (0.30%) Mendix
10 4 (0.30%) Oracle Workflow
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
12 1 (0.076%) Liferay
Applications
1 25 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (1.59%) Sketch
3 20 (1.51%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 20 (1.51%) Chatbot
4 19 (1.44%) Photoshop
5 17 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
6 15 (1.13%) Adobe Illustrator
7 12 (0.91%) Adobe After Effects
8 11 (0.83%) Adobe XD
9 9 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 6 (0.45%) MS Visio
11 2 (0.15%) Adobe Captivate
11 2 (0.15%) InVision
11 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
11 2 (0.15%) Oracle Smart View
11 2 (0.15%) UserZoom
12 1 (0.076%) Blender
12 1 (0.076%) Camtasia
12 1 (0.076%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (0.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (0.60%) Workday HCM
3 6 (0.45%) Shopify
4 5 (0.38%) Sage X3
5 4 (0.30%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.30%) Oracle iProcurement
5 4 (0.30%) Remedy ITSM
6 3 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.23%) iTrent
6 3 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
6 3 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.15%) ResourceLink
8 1 (0.076%) Bloomberg TOMS
8 1 (0.076%) Eloqua
8 1 (0.076%) Magento
8 1 (0.076%) NEC Housing
8 1 (0.076%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 201 (15.18%) Azure
2 159 (12.01%) Figma
3 133 (10.05%) Microsoft 365
4 113 (8.53%) AWS
5 99 (7.48%) Power Platform
6 60 (4.53%) Entra ID
7 51 (3.85%) Microsoft Copilot
8 44 (3.32%) Azure DevOps
9 43 (3.25%) GitHub
10 41 (3.10%) GCP
11 40 (3.02%) SaaS
12 32 (2.42%) PowerApps
13 29 (2.19%) OneDrive
14 26 (1.96%) Power Automate
15 23 (1.74%) Copilot Studio
16 19 (1.44%) Azure AI
17 18 (1.36%) Serverless
18 14 (1.06%) GitHub Actions
19 11 (0.83%) Firebase
20 10 (0.76%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 41 (3.10%) DNS
2 35 (2.64%) DHCP
3 30 (2.27%) Wi-Fi
4 29 (2.19%) TCP/IP
5 21 (1.59%) Wireless
6 20 (1.51%) LAN
7 15 (1.13%) Firewall
7 15 (1.13%) VPN
7 15 (1.13%) WAN
8 12 (0.91%) Internet
9 11 (0.83%) SD-WAN
10 10 (0.76%) Intranet
11 9 (0.68%) Skype
12 8 (0.60%) Cisco Wireless
13 7 (0.53%) 5G
13 7 (0.53%) Network Security
14 6 (0.45%) WLAN
15 5 (0.38%) 802.11
15 5 (0.38%) SNMP
15 5 (0.38%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (4.31%) Power BI
2 25 (1.89%) Metadata
3 16 (1.21%) Power Query
4 13 (0.98%) Relational Database
4 13 (0.98%) Tableau
5 11 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (0.83%) NoSQL
6 10 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
7 9 (0.68%) Looker
7 9 (0.68%) SQL Server
8 7 (0.53%) MySQL
8 7 (0.53%) Star Schema
9 6 (0.45%) BigQuery
9 6 (0.45%) Qlik Sense
10 5 (0.38%) Flink
10 5 (0.38%) MongoDB
10 5 (0.38%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 5 (0.38%) Redis
10 5 (0.38%) ZAP BI
11 4 (0.30%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 73 (5.51%) JIRA
2 52 (3.93%) Git
3 22 (1.66%) Jenkins
4 21 (1.59%) Cypress.io
5 17 (1.28%) Vite
6 16 (1.21%) GitLab
7 10 (0.76%) Android Studio
7 10 (0.76%) Browser DevTools
7 10 (0.76%) fastlane
7 10 (0.76%) Storybook
8 9 (0.68%) Xcode
9 8 (0.60%) Gradle
10 6 (0.45%) Postman
11 5 (0.38%) Claude Code
11 5 (0.38%) Crashlytics
11 5 (0.38%) Fiddler
11 5 (0.38%) JUnit
11 5 (0.38%) Selenium
12 4 (0.30%) JMeter
12 4 (0.30%) Oracle Forms
General
1 416 (31.42%) Social Skills
2 241 (18.20%) Finance
3 173 (13.07%) Public Sector
4 130 (9.82%) Analytical Skills
5 106 (8.01%) Banking
6 77 (5.82%) Retail
7 66 (4.98%) Marketing
8 47 (3.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 31 (2.34%) Influencing Skills
10 30 (2.27%) Legal
11 27 (2.04%) Automotive
11 27 (2.04%) Publishing
12 26 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
13 24 (1.81%) Organisational Skills
14 22 (1.66%) Manufacturing
15 17 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
16 13 (0.98%) Investment Banking
17 11 (0.83%) Military
18 9 (0.68%) Aerospace
18 9 (0.68%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 288 (21.75%) Designer
2 181 (13.67%) Senior
3 169 (12.76%) Developer
4 122 (9.21%) UX Designer
5 107 (8.08%) Lead
6 89 (6.72%) Analyst
7 72 (5.44%) Consultant
8 70 (5.29%) UI Designer
9 56 (4.23%) User Researcher
10 51 (3.85%) Architect
11 50 (3.78%) Content Designer
11 50 (3.78%) IT Support
11 50 (3.78%) Senior Designer
11 50 (3.78%) Support Engineer
12 45 (3.40%) Business Analyst
13 43 (3.25%) Product Manager
14 42 (3.17%) User Experience Researcher
15 40 (3.02%) UI/UX Designer
16 34 (2.57%) IT Engineer
16 34 (2.57%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 109 (8.23%) React
2 91 (6.87%) CSS
3 81 (6.12%) REST
4 78 (5.89%) HTML
5 44 (3.32%) RESTful
6 42 (3.17%) AngularJS
7 37 (2.79%) GraphQL
8 35 (2.64%) .NET
9 32 (2.42%) HTML5
10 31 (2.34%) CSS3
11 22 (1.66%) Next.js
12 21 (1.59%) Jest
13 20 (1.51%) Spring
14 19 (1.44%) JSON
14 19 (1.44%) OAuth
14 19 (1.44%) SOAP
14 19 (1.44%) Spring Boot
15 18 (1.36%) ASP.NET
15 18 (1.36%) Node.js
15 18 (1.36%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 120 (9.06%) Product Ownership
2 81 (6.12%) Onboarding
3 77 (5.82%) Mobile App
4 39 (2.95%) Cloud Native
5 34 (2.57%) AI Agents
6 29 (2.19%) Enterprise Software
7 27 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
8 26 (1.96%) Data Protection Act
9 24 (1.81%) Legacy Systems
10 22 (1.66%) Data Centre
11 20 (1.51%) Social Media
12 19 (1.44%) Management Information System
13 18 (1.36%) Educational Technology
14 17 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
14 17 (1.28%) Data Structures
14 17 (1.28%) Graphic Design
15 16 (1.21%) NHS
16 15 (1.13%) Virtual Reality
17 14 (1.06%) Algorithms
17 14 (1.06%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 135 (10.20%) Windows
2 53 (4.00%) Android
3 49 (3.70%) Windows 10
4 48 (3.63%) Apple iOS
5 27 (2.04%) Mac OS
6 21 (1.59%) Windows Server
7 17 (1.28%) Linux
8 10 (0.76%) Unix
8 10 (0.76%) Windows 7
9 4 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.23%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 421 (31.80%) UX Design
2 374 (28.25%) Agile
3 252 (19.03%) AI
4 225 (16.99%) Problem-Solving
5 204 (15.41%) Stakeholder Management
6 177 (13.37%) Analytics
7 175 (13.22%) Continuous Improvement
8 171 (12.92%) User Research
9 150 (11.33%) CI/CD
10 144 (10.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 135 (10.20%) Roadmaps
12 128 (9.67%) Decision-Making
13 107 (8.08%) DevOps
14 105 (7.93%) Prototyping
15 104 (7.85%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
16 98 (7.40%) Service Design
16 98 (7.40%) UX Research
17 97 (7.33%) Scrum
17 97 (7.33%) Workshop Facilitation
18 96 (7.25%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 116 (8.76%) JavaScript
2 88 (6.65%) Python
3 84 (6.34%) Java
4 83 (6.27%) TypeScript
5 81 (6.12%) SQL
6 54 (4.08%) PowerShell
7 30 (2.27%) C#
8 29 (2.19%) Kotlin
9 22 (1.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 15 (1.13%) Bash
11 14 (1.06%) Swift
12 8 (0.60%) VBScript
13 7 (0.53%) Apex Code
13 7 (0.53%) Go
13 7 (0.53%) PHP
13 7 (0.53%) VB
14 6 (0.45%) Scala
14 6 (0.45%) VBA
15 5 (0.38%) Korn
15 5 (0.38%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 203 (15.33%) Security Cleared
2 155 (11.71%) SC Cleared
3 115 (8.69%) Degree
4 31 (2.34%) Computer Science Degree
5 24 (1.81%) DV Cleared
6 22 (1.66%) BPSS Clearance
7 21 (1.59%) Azure Certification
7 21 (1.59%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (0.83%) PMP
9 10 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (0.60%) AWS Certification
10 8 (0.60%) Citrix Certification
10 8 (0.60%) ITIL Certification
10 8 (0.60%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 7 (0.53%) CCA
12 6 (0.45%) CCIE
12 6 (0.45%) CCNP
12 6 (0.45%) DBS Check
12 6 (0.45%) MCSE
13 5 (0.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 208 (15.71%) Accessibility
2 84 (6.34%) QA
3 68 (5.14%) WCAG
4 45 (3.40%) Data Quality
5 19 (1.44%) GDPR
6 12 (0.91%) Actionable Recommendations
7 8 (0.60%) PMO
8 7 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
8 7 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 5 (0.38%) SLA
10 4 (0.30%) GRC
11 2 (0.15%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.15%) PSD2
12 1 (0.076%) COBIT
12 1 (0.076%) GMP
12 1 (0.076%) GxP
12 1 (0.076%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.076%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.076%) WAI
System Software
1 88 (6.65%) Active Directory
2 38 (2.87%) Docker
3 28 (2.11%) Virtual Desktop
4 13 (0.98%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.53%) BitLocker
6 6 (0.45%) Firmware
6 6 (0.45%) Hyper-V
6 6 (0.45%) vSphere
7 5 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.30%) Microsoft App-V
9 3 (0.23%) UAG
10 2 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
10 2 (0.15%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.15%) VMware Workstation
10 2 (0.15%) XenApp
10 2 (0.15%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.076%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 45 (3.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 43 (3.25%) Kubernetes
3 42 (3.17%) Terraform
4 32 (2.42%) SCCM
5 19 (1.44%) Grafana
5 19 (1.44%) Single Sign-On
6 15 (1.13%) Jamf Pro
7 13 (0.98%) Ansible
8 12 (0.91%) Prometheus
9 5 (0.38%) vCenter Server
10 4 (0.30%) Clonezilla
10 4 (0.30%) 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%) vMotion
13 1 (0.076%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 227 (17.15%) Microsoft
2 78 (5.89%) ServiceNow
3 72 (5.44%) Adobe
4 45 (3.40%) Google
5 40 (3.02%) Oracle
6 36 (2.72%) SAP
7 31 (2.34%) Salesforce
8 24 (1.81%) Citrix
9 22 (1.66%) Dynatrace
10 20 (1.51%) Splunk
11 18 (1.36%) Apple
11 18 (1.36%) Cisco
11 18 (1.36%) Workday
12 16 (1.21%) VMware
13 15 (1.13%) Foundry
14 14 (1.06%) Zscaler
15 12 (0.91%) Aruba
16 10 (0.76%) Okta
16 10 (0.76%) OpenAI
17 8 (0.60%) Databricks