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 12 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 65 77
Rank change year-on-year -14 +12 -18
Contract jobs citing User Experience 1,286 917 979
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.02% 3.74% 2.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.54% 4.10% 3.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 824 586 659
10th Percentile £314 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £384 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% -4.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £623
90th Percentile £680 £730 £700
UK median daily rate £494 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +3.89% -5.00% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 27 47
10th Percentile £16.00 £32.96 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.50 £35.25 £23.75
Median hourly rate £32.50 £53.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.25% +78.33% +13.21%
75th Percentile £52.49 £71.33 £64.63
90th Percentile £75.60 £89.50 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £33.99 £53.50 £31.71
% change year-on-year -36.47% +68.72% +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 36,315 22,393 32,018
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.15% 91.34% 85.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,987 14,479 20,805
10th Percentile £325 £303 £300
25th Percentile £414 £407 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +0.99% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,273 1,020 2,369
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.80
25th Percentile £20.82 £18.10 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £28.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +69.64% -25.33% +5.63%
75th Percentile £68.00 £58.75 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £27.21 £36.50
% change year-on-year +61.56% -25.45% +4.20%

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 12 June 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 12 June 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 12 June 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 -24 653 £522 +4.40% 279
North of England -13 198 £450 +5.88% 118
Midlands -3 154 £475 +18.16% 42
South East -22 134 £490 +3.16% 147
North West -2 121 £425 -4.92% 82
West Midlands -10 107 £475 -9.52% 30
South West -3 73 £475 +26.67% 36
Yorkshire -29 55 £513 +29.91% 23
East Midlands +2 47 £550 +55.81% 12
East of England -6 32 £410 -13.68% 43
North East -26 22 £450 -6.25% 14
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 54 (4.20%) SharePoint
2 42 (3.27%) Confluence
3 40 (3.11%) CMS
4 22 (1.71%) Microsoft Exchange
5 11 (0.86%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 7 (0.54%) WordPress
7 5 (0.39%) Drupal
7 5 (0.39%) Skype for Business
8 4 (0.31%) Camunda
8 4 (0.31%) Ethereum
8 4 (0.31%) Hyperledger
8 4 (0.31%) Kentico
9 3 (0.23%) Mendix
9 3 (0.23%) nginx
9 3 (0.23%) Umbraco
10 2 (0.16%) Apache
10 2 (0.16%) HCL Notes
10 2 (0.16%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.16%) IIS
11 1 (0.078%) Appian
Applications
1 23 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (1.71%) Photoshop
3 20 (1.56%) Chatbot
3 20 (1.56%) Sketch
4 17 (1.32%) Adobe Illustrator
5 14 (1.09%) Adobe After Effects
6 13 (1.01%) Microsoft Office
7 11 (0.86%) Adobe XD
8 10 (0.78%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 10 (0.78%) MS Visio
9 8 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 4 (0.31%) Adobe Captivate
11 3 (0.23%) InVision
11 3 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
11 3 (0.23%) UserZoom
11 3 (0.23%) UXPin
12 2 (0.16%) Oracle Smart View
12 2 (0.16%) Trello
13 1 (0.078%) Blender
13 1 (0.078%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 11 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (0.70%) Workday HCM
3 8 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.62%) Shopify
4 6 (0.47%) Sage X3
5 4 (0.31%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.16%) Oracle iProcurement
6 2 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.16%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.16%) ResourceLink
6 2 (0.16%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.078%) Eloqua
7 1 (0.078%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.078%) Magento
7 1 (0.078%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.078%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.078%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.078%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 200 (15.55%) Azure
2 175 (13.61%) Figma
3 105 (8.16%) AWS
3 105 (8.16%) Microsoft 365
4 90 (7.00%) Power Platform
5 54 (4.20%) Entra ID
6 45 (3.50%) Azure DevOps
6 45 (3.50%) Microsoft Copilot
7 38 (2.95%) SaaS
8 37 (2.88%) GitHub
9 33 (2.57%) GCP
9 33 (2.57%) PowerApps
10 30 (2.33%) OneDrive
11 28 (2.18%) Power Automate
12 23 (1.79%) Copilot Studio
12 23 (1.79%) GitHub Actions
13 22 (1.71%) Google Workspace
14 21 (1.63%) Serverless
15 19 (1.48%) Google Sheets
16 18 (1.40%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 26 (2.02%) DNS
2 24 (1.87%) DHCP
3 20 (1.56%) Wi-Fi
4 18 (1.40%) TCP/IP
4 18 (1.40%) Wireless
5 14 (1.09%) LAN
6 13 (1.01%) Internet
7 12 (0.93%) Intranet
8 9 (0.70%) SD-WAN
9 8 (0.62%) Cisco Wireless
10 7 (0.54%) 5G
10 7 (0.54%) Skype
10 7 (0.54%) VPN
10 7 (0.54%) WAN
10 7 (0.54%) WLAN
11 6 (0.47%) Firewall
12 5 (0.39%) 802.11
12 5 (0.39%) HTTP
12 5 (0.39%) SMS
13 4 (0.31%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (4.28%) Power BI
2 21 (1.63%) Metadata
3 19 (1.48%) Relational Database
3 19 (1.48%) SQL Server
4 18 (1.40%) PostgreSQL
5 16 (1.24%) NoSQL
6 15 (1.17%) Power Query
7 14 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
8 13 (1.01%) MySQL
9 9 (0.70%) MongoDB
9 9 (0.70%) Tableau
10 6 (0.47%) DynamoDB
10 6 (0.47%) Pinecone
10 6 (0.47%) Redis
10 6 (0.47%) ZAP BI
11 5 (0.39%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 5 (0.39%) Oracle Database
11 5 (0.39%) Star Schema
12 4 (0.31%) EDRMS
13 3 (0.23%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 81 (6.30%) JIRA
2 58 (4.51%) Git
3 21 (1.63%) GitLab
4 19 (1.48%) Cypress.io
4 19 (1.48%) Jenkins
5 14 (1.09%) JUnit
6 12 (0.93%) Gradle
7 11 (0.86%) Android Studio
7 11 (0.86%) Vite
8 10 (0.78%) Browser DevTools
9 9 (0.70%) fastlane
9 9 (0.70%) Xcode
10 7 (0.54%) CircleCI
11 6 (0.47%) Axure RP
11 6 (0.47%) Postman
12 5 (0.39%) Crashlytics
12 5 (0.39%) Mocha
12 5 (0.39%) Selenium
12 5 (0.39%) Visual Studio
13 4 (0.31%) REST Assured
General
1 383 (29.78%) Social Skills
2 234 (18.20%) Finance
3 154 (11.98%) Public Sector
4 118 (9.18%) Analytical Skills
5 99 (7.70%) Banking
6 72 (5.60%) Retail
7 58 (4.51%) Marketing
8 35 (2.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 30 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
10 28 (2.18%) Automotive
11 27 (2.10%) Influencing Skills
11 27 (2.10%) Legal
12 22 (1.71%) Publishing
13 21 (1.63%) Manufacturing
14 15 (1.17%) Organisational Skills
15 13 (1.01%) Documentation Skills
16 12 (0.93%) Investment Banking
17 11 (0.86%) Local Government
18 10 (0.78%) Front Office
19 7 (0.54%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 280 (21.77%) Designer
2 193 (15.01%) Senior
3 170 (13.22%) Developer
4 126 (9.80%) UX Designer
5 106 (8.24%) Analyst
6 86 (6.69%) Lead
7 70 (5.44%) UI Designer
8 64 (4.98%) Consultant
9 56 (4.35%) Senior Designer
10 55 (4.28%) Product Designer
11 50 (3.89%) Content Designer
12 49 (3.81%) Architect
13 47 (3.65%) Business Analyst
14 46 (3.58%) IT Support
14 46 (3.58%) User Experience Researcher
15 42 (3.27%) UI/UX Designer
16 40 (3.11%) Product Manager
17 35 (2.72%) User Researcher
18 33 (2.57%) Senior Developer
19 30 (2.33%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 132 (10.26%) React
2 113 (8.79%) CSS
3 99 (7.70%) HTML
4 77 (5.99%) REST
5 62 (4.82%) AngularJS
6 52 (4.04%) RESTful
7 44 (3.42%) .NET
7 44 (3.42%) Spring
8 43 (3.34%) Spring Boot
9 29 (2.26%) GraphQL
10 25 (1.94%) Node.js
11 24 (1.87%) JSON
12 22 (1.71%) HTML5
13 21 (1.63%) CSS3
13 21 (1.63%) Next.js
13 21 (1.63%) Redux
14 20 (1.56%) ASP.NET
14 20 (1.56%) OAuth
14 20 (1.56%) SOAP
15 18 (1.40%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 125 (9.72%) Product Ownership
2 62 (4.82%) Mobile App
3 56 (4.35%) Onboarding
4 30 (2.33%) AI Agents
5 28 (2.18%) Cloud Native
6 26 (2.02%) Enterprise Software
7 24 (1.87%) Legacy Systems
8 20 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
9 18 (1.40%) Data Centre
9 18 (1.40%) Data Structures
9 18 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
10 16 (1.24%) Analytical Mindset
10 16 (1.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 15 (1.17%) Social Media
11 15 (1.17%) Taxonomies
12 14 (1.09%) Graphic Design
13 13 (1.01%) Algorithms
13 13 (1.01%) Greenfield Project
13 13 (1.01%) Virtual Reality
13 13 (1.01%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 101 (7.85%) Windows
2 42 (3.27%) Apple iOS
3 41 (3.19%) Android
4 30 (2.33%) Windows 10
5 22 (1.71%) Mac OS
6 13 (1.01%) Linux
7 11 (0.86%) Windows Server
8 6 (0.47%) Windows 7
9 5 (0.39%) Unix
10 4 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.078%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 422 (32.81%) UX Design
2 381 (29.63%) Agile
3 214 (16.64%) AI
4 199 (15.47%) Problem-Solving
5 177 (13.76%) Analytics
6 170 (13.22%) Stakeholder Management
7 160 (12.44%) User Research
8 153 (11.90%) Continuous Improvement
9 143 (11.12%) Roadmaps
10 134 (10.42%) CI/CD
10 134 (10.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 121 (9.41%) Prototyping
12 115 (8.94%) DevOps
12 115 (8.94%) UX Research
13 108 (8.40%) Decision-Making
14 107 (8.32%) Wireframes
15 105 (8.16%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
16 91 (7.08%) Usability Testing
17 90 (7.00%) Service Design
18 86 (6.69%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 139 (10.81%) JavaScript
2 100 (7.78%) Java
3 93 (7.23%) SQL
3 93 (7.23%) TypeScript
4 85 (6.61%) Python
5 46 (3.58%) PowerShell
6 43 (3.34%) C#
7 27 (2.10%) Kotlin
8 20 (1.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 12 (0.93%) Swift
10 10 (0.78%) Bash
11 8 (0.62%) Korn
12 6 (0.47%) R
12 6 (0.47%) VBA
12 6 (0.47%) VBScript
13 5 (0.39%) Apex Code
13 5 (0.39%) VB
14 4 (0.31%) Perl
15 3 (0.23%) PHP
15 3 (0.23%) Rust
Qualifications
1 161 (12.52%) Security Cleared
2 125 (9.72%) Degree
3 120 (9.33%) SC Cleared
4 24 (1.87%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (1.71%) Microsoft Certification
6 21 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
7 20 (1.56%) DV Cleared
8 16 (1.24%) Azure Certification
9 10 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
11 7 (0.54%) CCA
11 7 (0.54%) CCIE
11 7 (0.54%) CCNP
11 7 (0.54%) Citrix Certification
11 7 (0.54%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 6 (0.47%) DBS Check
13 5 (0.39%) MCSE
13 5 (0.39%) PMP
14 4 (0.31%) CWNA
14 4 (0.31%) CWSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 198 (15.40%) Accessibility
2 87 (6.77%) QA
3 67 (5.21%) WCAG
4 41 (3.19%) Data Quality
5 23 (1.79%) GDPR
6 17 (1.32%) Actionable Recommendations
7 6 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 5 (0.39%) PMO
8 5 (0.39%) SLA
9 3 (0.23%) GMP
9 3 (0.23%) GRC
9 3 (0.23%) GxP
10 2 (0.16%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.16%) NCSC
10 2 (0.16%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.078%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.078%) EU AI Act
11 1 (0.078%) NIST
System Software
1 63 (4.90%) Active Directory
2 38 (2.95%) Docker
3 24 (1.87%) Virtual Desktop
4 13 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.47%) Firmware
6 5 (0.39%) BitLocker
7 4 (0.31%) Microsoft App-V
8 3 (0.23%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.16%) VMware Workstation
9 2 (0.16%) vSphere
9 2 (0.16%) XenApp
9 2 (0.16%) XenDesktop
10 1 (0.078%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 43 (3.34%) Kubernetes
2 41 (3.19%) Microsoft Intune
3 37 (2.88%) Terraform
4 32 (2.49%) SCCM
5 17 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
6 16 (1.24%) Grafana
7 13 (1.01%) Jamf Pro
8 10 (0.78%) Ansible
9 7 (0.54%) 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 (0.16%) Failover Clustering
12 2 (0.16%) HP ALM
12 2 (0.16%) Packer
12 2 (0.16%) SCOM
12 2 (0.16%) vCenter Server
12 2 (0.16%) vMotion
13 1 (0.078%) Argo
Vendors
1 213 (16.56%) Microsoft
2 71 (5.52%) Adobe
3 66 (5.13%) ServiceNow
4 50 (3.89%) Google
5 38 (2.95%) Salesforce
6 37 (2.88%) SAP
7 33 (2.57%) Oracle
8 19 (1.48%) Citrix
9 17 (1.32%) Dynatrace
9 17 (1.32%) Workday
10 16 (1.24%) Apple
10 16 (1.24%) Cisco
11 13 (1.01%) Splunk
11 13 (1.01%) VMware
12 12 (0.93%) Aruba
13 11 (0.86%) Foundry
14 8 (0.62%) OpenAI
15 7 (0.54%) Databricks
15 7 (0.54%) Zscaler
16 6 (0.47%) Ekahau