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 24 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 71 72
Rank change year-on-year +2 +1 -13
Contract jobs citing User Experience 1,097 927 1,164
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.63% 2.98% 2.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.03% 3.41% 3.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 703 533 802
10th Percentile £290 £300 £325
25th Percentile £371 £382 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £570 £600 £613
90th Percentile £668 £699 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -8.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 29 27
10th Percentile £15.50 £25.26 £17.72
25th Percentile £17.69 £30.00 £25.63
Median hourly rate £34.48 £41.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.90% -18.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £44.75 £51.75 £71.91
90th Percentile £70.16 £74.00 £81.25
UK median hourly rate £34.48 £41.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -15.90% -18.00% -20.00%

All Process and 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 27,211 27,167 34,832
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 89.94% 87.25% 88.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,255 16,583 23,814
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £649 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £531
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.13% -3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,796 995 1,467
10th Percentile £14.92 £15.10 £14.50
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.22 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.14% -20.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.90
% change year-on-year -28.14% -20.27% +25.43%

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 24 November 2025.

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 24 November 2025.

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 24 November 2025. 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 -5 577 £475 -9.52% 287
North of England +26 195 £425 -5.56% 113
North West +14 124 £408 -9.44% 60
Midlands +12 106 £449 -10.30% 77
South East -12 105 £475 +16.14% 261
West Midlands +14 72 £463 -15.91% 47
South West +26 65 £538 -6.52% 58
Yorkshire +8 60 £450 -5.26% 32
East Midlands +3 34 £425 +10.61% 29
East of England -4 33 £475 +5.56% 34
North East +1 10 £375 - 22
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 53 (4.83%) Confluence
2 50 (4.56%) CMS
3 45 (4.10%) SharePoint
4 15 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
5 13 (1.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 12 (1.09%) Headless CMS
7 10 (0.91%) Sitecore CMS
8 9 (0.82%) Apache
9 8 (0.73%) Umbraco
10 5 (0.46%) SugarCRM
10 5 (0.46%) WordPress
11 3 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.27%) Drupal
11 3 (0.27%) Jupyter
12 2 (0.18%) Apache Spark
12 2 (0.18%) Cloud Foundry
12 2 (0.18%) Moodle
12 2 (0.18%) SharePoint Server
13 1 (0.091%) IIS
13 1 (0.091%) Tomcat
Applications
1 42 (3.83%) Sketch
2 20 (1.82%) MS Visio
3 19 (1.73%) Chatbot
3 19 (1.73%) Microsoft Office
4 18 (1.64%) Adobe XD
5 13 (1.19%) Microsoft Excel
6 12 (1.09%) Adobe Illustrator
6 12 (1.09%) InVision
7 11 (1.00%) Photoshop
8 8 (0.73%) Microsoft Project
9 6 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 5 (0.46%) Trello
11 4 (0.36%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 4 (0.36%) Camtasia
11 4 (0.36%) OmniGraffle
11 4 (0.36%) Siemens NX
11 4 (0.36%) UserZoom
11 4 (0.36%) UXPin
12 3 (0.27%) Snagit
12 3 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (1.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (1.55%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.55%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.36%) Magento
4 4 (0.36%) Workday HCM
5 3 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.27%) Shopify
6 2 (0.18%) Maximo
6 2 (0.18%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.18%) Oracle EBS R12
6 2 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.18%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.18%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.18%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.091%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.091%) Oracle iProcurement
7 1 (0.091%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.091%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.091%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 178 (16.23%) Azure
2 120 (10.94%) AWS
2 120 (10.94%) Figma
3 86 (7.84%) SaaS
4 75 (6.84%) Microsoft 365
5 70 (6.38%) Power Platform
6 66 (6.02%) GCP
7 53 (4.83%) Entra ID
8 35 (3.19%) GitHub
9 34 (3.10%) Azure DevOps
10 25 (2.28%) Google Analytics
10 25 (2.28%) Miro
11 24 (2.19%) Serverless
12 19 (1.73%) GitHub Actions
12 19 (1.73%) Google Workspace
12 19 (1.73%) Power Automate
13 18 (1.64%) Sauce Labs
14 16 (1.46%) Firebase
15 15 (1.37%) Dynamics 365
15 15 (1.37%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 29 (2.64%) DNS
1 29 (2.64%) Wireless
2 16 (1.46%) Internet
3 9 (0.82%) DHCP
3 9 (0.82%) VPN
4 8 (0.73%) Firewall
4 8 (0.73%) HTTP
4 8 (0.73%) NFC
4 8 (0.73%) PPP
4 8 (0.73%) SSL
5 7 (0.64%) BGP
5 7 (0.64%) Cisco ISE
5 7 (0.64%) Cisco Wireless
5 7 (0.64%) Network Security
5 7 (0.64%) NX-OS
5 7 (0.64%) TCP/IP
5 7 (0.64%) VXLAN
5 7 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (0.46%) Unified Communications
6 5 (0.46%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (4.10%) Power BI
2 37 (3.37%) PostgreSQL
2 37 (3.37%) Relational Database
3 35 (3.19%) MySQL
4 26 (2.37%) SQL Server
5 25 (2.28%) Tableau
6 19 (1.73%) MongoDB
6 19 (1.73%) NoSQL
7 14 (1.28%) Redis
8 13 (1.19%) Data Warehouse
9 11 (1.00%) Looker
10 10 (0.91%) BigQuery
10 10 (0.91%) Mixpanel
11 7 (0.64%) SAP HANA
12 6 (0.55%) DynamoDB
13 5 (0.46%) Metadata
14 4 (0.36%) DB2
15 3 (0.27%) Azure SQL Database
15 3 (0.27%) Big Data
15 3 (0.27%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 108 (9.85%) JIRA
2 78 (7.11%) Git
3 37 (3.37%) Jenkins
4 34 (3.10%) GitLab
5 31 (2.83%) Eclipse
5 31 (2.83%) Xcode
6 27 (2.46%) Android Studio
7 20 (1.82%) Browser DevTools
8 19 (1.73%) Axure RP
9 18 (1.64%) webpack
10 13 (1.19%) Cypress.io
10 13 (1.19%) Postman
11 10 (0.91%) Gradle
12 9 (0.82%) JUnit
12 9 (0.82%) Visual Website Optimizer
13 8 (0.73%) Artifactory
13 8 (0.73%) Bitbucket
13 8 (0.73%) Selenium
13 8 (0.73%) Valgrind
14 7 (0.64%) Cucumber
General
1 377 (34.37%) Social Skills
2 219 (19.96%) Finance
3 141 (12.85%) Analytical Skills
4 112 (10.21%) Public Sector
5 96 (8.75%) Banking
6 84 (7.66%) Marketing
7 33 (3.01%) Retail
8 31 (2.83%) Legal
9 30 (2.73%) Influencing Skills
10 25 (2.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 20 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
12 19 (1.73%) Manufacturing
12 19 (1.73%) Presentation Skills
13 18 (1.64%) Investment Banking
14 16 (1.46%) Front Office
15 14 (1.28%) Automotive
15 14 (1.28%) Pharmaceutical
15 14 (1.28%) Telecoms
16 12 (1.09%) Financial Institution
16 12 (1.09%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 200 (18.23%) Developer
2 174 (15.86%) Designer
3 137 (12.49%) Senior
4 95 (8.66%) Lead
5 93 (8.48%) UX Designer
6 81 (7.38%) Analyst
7 51 (4.65%) Business Analyst
8 46 (4.19%) Consultant
9 34 (3.10%) Support Engineer
9 34 (3.10%) UI Designer
10 33 (3.01%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 32 (2.92%) Architect
11 32 (2.92%) React Developer
12 31 (2.83%) Senior Designer
13 29 (2.64%) Full-Stack Developer
14 28 (2.55%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
15 26 (2.37%) UI/UX Designer
16 25 (2.28%) Product Owner
16 25 (2.28%) Software Engineer
17 24 (2.19%) Product Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 146 (13.31%) CSS
2 138 (12.58%) React
3 131 (11.94%) HTML
4 76 (6.93%) REST
5 69 (6.29%) RESTful
6 66 (6.02%) AngularJS
7 57 (5.20%) Node.js
8 48 (4.38%) HTML5
9 45 (4.10%) GraphQL
10 37 (3.37%) .NET
11 33 (3.01%) Redux
12 31 (2.83%) CSS3
13 30 (2.73%) Jest
14 26 (2.37%) Bootstrap
14 26 (2.37%) Web Services
15 24 (2.19%) XML
16 21 (1.91%) Next.js
17 20 (1.82%) Playwright
17 20 (1.82%) React Native
18 19 (1.73%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 116 (10.57%) Mobile App
2 106 (9.66%) Product Ownership
3 70 (6.38%) Onboarding
4 25 (2.28%) Analytical Mindset
5 24 (2.19%) Enterprise Software
6 19 (1.73%) Hybrid Cloud
7 17 (1.55%) Management Information System
8 16 (1.46%) Data Centre
8 16 (1.46%) Learning Management System
8 16 (1.46%) Low-Code
9 15 (1.37%) e-Learning
10 14 (1.28%) Data Protection Act
11 13 (1.19%) Cloud Native
11 13 (1.19%) Virtual Team
12 12 (1.09%) AI Agents
12 12 (1.09%) Legacy Systems
13 11 (1.00%) Data Structures
13 11 (1.00%) Mobile Banking
14 10 (0.91%) Life Science
14 10 (0.91%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 120 (10.94%) Windows
2 84 (7.66%) Android
3 70 (6.38%) Apple iOS
4 44 (4.01%) Linux
5 28 (2.55%) Windows 10
6 23 (2.10%) Unix
7 22 (2.01%) Mac OS
8 10 (0.91%) Windows Server
9 8 (0.73%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.18%) tvOS
10 2 (0.18%) VMS
11 1 (0.091%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.091%) watchOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 397 (36.19%) Agile
2 360 (32.82%) UX Design
3 202 (18.41%) Problem-Solving
4 185 (16.86%) Analytics
5 139 (12.67%) CI/CD
6 128 (11.67%) DevOps
7 127 (11.58%) Roadmaps
8 118 (10.76%) Stakeholder Management
9 115 (10.48%) AI
9 115 (10.48%) Continuous Improvement
10 106 (9.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 102 (9.30%) Front End Development
11 102 (9.30%) User Research
12 87 (7.93%) Decision-Making
12 87 (7.93%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
13 82 (7.47%) Service Design
14 78 (7.11%) Scrum
15 71 (6.47%) Wireframes
16 70 (6.38%) CRM
16 70 (6.38%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 183 (16.68%) JavaScript
2 126 (11.49%) Python
3 99 (9.02%) Java
4 98 (8.93%) SQL
5 90 (8.20%) TypeScript
6 55 (5.01%) PowerShell
7 46 (4.19%) C#
8 31 (2.83%) Kotlin
9 28 (2.55%) Swift
10 23 (2.10%) Bash
10 23 (2.10%) Perl
11 16 (1.46%) C++
12 13 (1.19%) PHP
13 12 (1.09%) Objective-C
14 10 (0.91%) PL/SQL
15 8 (0.73%) Go
16 7 (0.64%) Lisp
16 7 (0.64%) Scala
17 6 (0.55%) C
17 6 (0.55%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 156 (14.22%) Security Cleared
2 109 (9.94%) SC Cleared
3 105 (9.57%) Degree
4 25 (2.28%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (1.91%) DV Cleared
6 18 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
7 14 (1.28%) Master's Degree
8 12 (1.09%) PMI Certification
9 11 (1.00%) Microsoft Certification
9 11 (1.00%) MOS
10 9 (0.82%) PMP
11 8 (0.73%) CCNP
11 8 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
12 7 (0.64%) OCA
12 7 (0.64%) Oracle Certification
13 6 (0.55%) ITIL Certification
14 4 (0.36%) Citrix Certification
15 3 (0.27%) CSPO
15 3 (0.27%) ISTQB
16 2 (0.18%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 168 (15.31%) Accessibility
2 94 (8.57%) QA
3 58 (5.29%) GDPR
4 43 (3.92%) WCAG
5 30 (2.73%) Data Quality
6 23 (2.10%) SLA
7 22 (2.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 10 (0.91%) Actionable Recommendations
9 9 (0.82%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 6 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 5 (0.46%) GxP
12 4 (0.36%) PMO
13 3 (0.27%) Government Security Classifications
13 3 (0.27%) NCSC
14 2 (0.18%) FIPS 140-2
14 2 (0.18%) ISO 20022
14 2 (0.18%) NIST
14 2 (0.18%) PERC
14 2 (0.18%) PSD2
14 2 (0.18%) SOC 2
System Software
1 67 (6.11%) Active Directory
2 41 (3.74%) Docker
3 21 (1.91%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.18%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.18%) ProxySG
7 1 (0.091%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.091%) Firmware
7 1 (0.091%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.091%) XenApp
7 1 (0.091%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 47 (4.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 34 (3.10%) Kubernetes
2 34 (3.10%) SCCM
3 24 (2.19%) Terraform
4 15 (1.37%) Single Sign-On
5 11 (1.00%) Ansible
6 10 (0.91%) Jamf Pro
7 7 (0.64%) FortiGate
7 7 (0.64%) Grafana
8 6 (0.55%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.27%) Argo
9 3 (0.27%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 2 (0.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.18%) McAfee ePO
10 2 (0.18%) Nagios
10 2 (0.18%) PingFederate
10 2 (0.18%) Rancher
11 1 (0.091%) Consul
11 1 (0.091%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.091%) Istio
Vendors
1 201 (18.32%) Microsoft
2 84 (7.66%) Google
3 64 (5.83%) Adobe
4 63 (5.74%) ServiceNow
5 52 (4.74%) Oracle
6 43 (3.92%) SAP
7 38 (3.46%) Salesforce
8 28 (2.55%) Splunk
9 23 (2.10%) VMware
10 19 (1.73%) Apple
11 16 (1.46%) Citrix
11 16 (1.46%) Hotjar
12 15 (1.37%) Cisco
13 13 (1.19%) Optimizely
14 10 (0.91%) Sitecore
14 10 (0.91%) Zscaler
15 9 (0.82%) Amplitude
15 9 (0.82%) OpenAI
16 8 (0.73%) Red Hat
16 8 (0.73%) Workday