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 16 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 65 81
Rank change year-on-year -27 +16 -17
Contract jobs citing User Experience 1,333 1,053 882
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.89% 3.79% 2.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.41% 4.17% 3.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 786 669 532
10th Percentile £295 £300 £313
25th Percentile £382 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £680 £695 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 47 23
10th Percentile £20.01 £15.50 £30.00
25th Percentile £26.50 £27.58 £30.51
Median hourly rate £33.99 £36.50 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.88% -27.72% +6.32%
75th Percentile £67.89 £54.38 £74.00
90th Percentile £77.00 £66.31 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £35.22 £36.50 £50.50
% change year-on-year -3.51% -27.72% +6.32%

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 39,062 25,238 28,145
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.72% 90.90% 86.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,917 16,041 17,545
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £645
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,725 1,497 1,306
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £14.92
25th Percentile £17.85 £17.87 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -1.91%
75th Percentile £68.00 £49.75 £66.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% +1.18%

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 16 September 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 16 September 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 16 September 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 -36 671 £513 +2.50% 2,118
North of England -10 257 £430 +1.18% 392
Midlands -10 150 £464 +5.13% 207
North West -34 126 £400 -5.88% 251
West Midlands -10 118 £463 -7.34% 148
South East -52 101 £400 -10.81% 308
South West -8 80 £475 -2.56% 154
Yorkshire -11 80 £500 +25.00% 95
North East -3 50 £338 -25.00% 48
East of England -5 41 £410 -21.90% 144
East Midlands -13 32 £500 +31.58% 59
South Coast - 1 £450 -
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 68 (5.10%) SharePoint
2 57 (4.28%) CMS
3 34 (2.55%) Confluence
4 28 (2.10%) Microsoft Exchange
5 15 (1.13%) WordPress
6 9 (0.68%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 7 (0.53%) Skype for Business
8 6 (0.45%) Apache
8 6 (0.45%) Oracle Workflow
9 5 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
9 5 (0.38%) Drupal
9 5 (0.38%) Headless CMS
10 4 (0.30%) Kentico
10 4 (0.30%) Mendix
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%) Traefik
11 2 (0.15%) Umbraco
Applications
1 24 (1.80%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (1.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 20 (1.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (1.43%) Photoshop
4 17 (1.28%) Chatbot
5 16 (1.20%) Adobe Illustrator
6 15 (1.13%) Sketch
7 12 (0.90%) Adobe After Effects
8 11 (0.83%) MS Visio
9 10 (0.75%) Adobe XD
10 9 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
11 3 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
12 2 (0.15%) Oracle Smart View
12 2 (0.15%) UserZoom
13 1 (0.075%) Adobe Captivate
13 1 (0.075%) Adobe Premiere
13 1 (0.075%) Blender
13 1 (0.075%) Final Cut Pro
13 1 (0.075%) InVision
13 1 (0.075%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
1 6 (0.45%) Shopify
1 6 (0.45%) Workday HCM
2 5 (0.38%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.30%) Oracle iProcurement
3 4 (0.30%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.23%) iTrent
4 3 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.15%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 2 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.075%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 1 (0.075%) Eloqua
6 1 (0.075%) Exchequer
6 1 (0.075%) Magento
6 1 (0.075%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.075%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 195 (14.63%) Azure
2 147 (11.03%) Figma
3 140 (10.50%) Microsoft 365
4 114 (8.55%) AWS
5 94 (7.05%) Power Platform
6 62 (4.65%) Entra ID
7 58 (4.35%) Microsoft Copilot
8 48 (3.60%) GitHub
9 44 (3.30%) SaaS
10 42 (3.15%) Azure DevOps
11 37 (2.78%) GCP
12 31 (2.33%) OneDrive
12 31 (2.33%) PowerApps
13 27 (2.03%) Copilot Studio
14 26 (1.95%) Power Automate
15 20 (1.50%) Azure AI
16 16 (1.20%) GitHub Actions
17 14 (1.05%) Serverless
18 13 (0.98%) Firebase
19 12 (0.90%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 45 (3.38%) DNS
2 38 (2.85%) DHCP
3 35 (2.63%) TCP/IP
4 29 (2.18%) Wi-Fi
5 21 (1.58%) VPN
6 20 (1.50%) Wireless
7 17 (1.28%) Firewall
7 17 (1.28%) LAN
8 15 (1.13%) WAN
9 12 (0.90%) NetScaler
10 10 (0.75%) Network Security
11 9 (0.68%) Internet
12 8 (0.60%) Cisco Wireless
12 8 (0.60%) SD-WAN
12 8 (0.60%) Skype
13 6 (0.45%) Intranet
14 5 (0.38%) SMS
14 5 (0.38%) SNMP
14 5 (0.38%) SSL
14 5 (0.38%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (3.83%) Power BI
2 24 (1.80%) Metadata
3 13 (0.98%) Power Query
3 13 (0.98%) Tableau
4 12 (0.90%) SQL Server
5 11 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
6 10 (0.75%) NoSQL
6 10 (0.75%) Relational Database
7 9 (0.68%) Elasticsearch
7 9 (0.68%) Looker
8 8 (0.60%) Qlik Sense
9 7 (0.53%) MongoDB
9 7 (0.53%) MySQL
9 7 (0.53%) Redis
10 6 (0.45%) BigQuery
10 6 (0.45%) QlikView
10 6 (0.45%) Star Schema
11 5 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (0.38%) Flink
11 5 (0.38%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 70 (5.25%) JIRA
2 66 (4.95%) Git
3 28 (2.10%) Jenkins
4 20 (1.50%) Vite
5 19 (1.43%) Cypress.io
6 16 (1.20%) Storybook
7 14 (1.05%) GitLab
8 12 (0.90%) fastlane
9 10 (0.75%) Android Studio
10 9 (0.68%) Browser DevTools
10 9 (0.68%) Xcode
11 7 (0.53%) JMeter
11 7 (0.53%) Postman
12 6 (0.45%) Gradle
12 6 (0.45%) REST Assured
13 5 (0.38%) Claude Code
13 5 (0.38%) Crashlytics
13 5 (0.38%) Fiddler
13 5 (0.38%) MSI
13 5 (0.38%) Oracle Forms
General
1 432 (32.41%) Social Skills
2 225 (16.88%) Finance
3 180 (13.50%) Public Sector
4 132 (9.90%) Analytical Skills
5 96 (7.20%) Banking
6 77 (5.78%) Retail
7 71 (5.33%) Marketing
8 48 (3.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 39 (2.93%) Influencing Skills
10 37 (2.78%) Legal
11 28 (2.10%) Automotive
12 26 (1.95%) Publishing
13 23 (1.73%) Organisational Skills
14 22 (1.65%) Presentation Skills
15 19 (1.43%) Manufacturing
16 18 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
17 16 (1.20%) Military
18 13 (0.98%) Investment Banking
19 10 (0.75%) Front Office
20 9 (0.68%) Law
Job Titles
1 267 (20.03%) Designer
2 185 (13.88%) Developer
3 178 (13.35%) Senior
4 119 (8.93%) Lead
5 113 (8.48%) UX Designer
6 86 (6.45%) Analyst
7 65 (4.88%) UI Designer
8 60 (4.50%) Consultant
9 57 (4.28%) Architect
10 54 (4.05%) IT Support
11 52 (3.90%) Support Engineer
12 51 (3.83%) Product Manager
12 51 (3.83%) User Researcher
13 49 (3.68%) Senior Designer
14 43 (3.23%) Business Analyst
14 43 (3.23%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
15 40 (3.00%) Content Designer
15 40 (3.00%) User Experience Researcher
16 36 (2.70%) IT Engineer
16 36 (2.70%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 128 (9.60%) React
2 98 (7.35%) CSS
3 86 (6.45%) HTML
4 78 (5.85%) REST
5 40 (3.00%) RESTful
6 39 (2.93%) AngularJS
6 39 (2.93%) Terraform
7 38 (2.85%) GraphQL
7 38 (2.85%) HTML5
8 36 (2.70%) CSS3
9 34 (2.55%) .NET
10 29 (2.18%) Next.js
11 24 (1.80%) OAuth
12 22 (1.65%) Spring
13 21 (1.58%) Spring Boot
14 20 (1.50%) Jest
14 20 (1.50%) Playwright
15 19 (1.43%) Node.js
16 18 (1.35%) OAuth2
17 17 (1.28%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 127 (9.53%) Product Ownership
2 78 (5.85%) Onboarding
3 74 (5.55%) Mobile App
4 44 (3.30%) Cloud Native
5 42 (3.15%) AI Agents
6 29 (2.18%) Management Information System
7 28 (2.10%) Data Protection Act
8 27 (2.03%) Enterprise Software
9 26 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
10 25 (1.88%) Legacy Systems
11 21 (1.58%) Data Centre
12 20 (1.50%) NHS
12 20 (1.50%) Social Media
13 18 (1.35%) Educational Technology
14 16 (1.20%) Data Structures
14 16 (1.20%) Graphic Design
15 13 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
15 13 (0.98%) Taxonomies
15 13 (0.98%) Virtual Reality
16 12 (0.90%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 148 (11.10%) Windows
2 57 (4.28%) Apple iOS
3 56 (4.20%) Android
3 56 (4.20%) Windows 10
4 34 (2.55%) Windows Server
5 32 (2.40%) Mac OS
6 18 (1.35%) Linux
7 12 (0.90%) Unix
8 9 (0.68%) Windows 7
9 4 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 426 (31.96%) UX Design
2 379 (28.43%) Agile
3 249 (18.68%) AI
4 244 (18.30%) Stakeholder Management
5 230 (17.25%) Problem-Solving
6 189 (14.18%) Continuous Improvement
7 185 (13.88%) Analytics
8 158 (11.85%) CI/CD
9 157 (11.78%) User Research
10 143 (10.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 140 (10.50%) Roadmaps
12 136 (10.20%) Decision-Making
13 108 (8.10%) DevOps
14 106 (7.95%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
15 104 (7.80%) Scrum
16 100 (7.50%) Prototyping
17 99 (7.43%) Service Design
18 98 (7.35%) ITIL
18 98 (7.35%) Workshop Facilitation
19 96 (7.20%) UX Research
Programming Languages
1 126 (9.45%) JavaScript
2 102 (7.65%) TypeScript
3 87 (6.53%) Python
4 82 (6.15%) Java
5 80 (6.00%) SQL
6 49 (3.68%) PowerShell
7 30 (2.25%) C#
8 26 (1.95%) Kotlin
9 18 (1.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 16 (1.20%) Bash
10 16 (1.20%) Swift
11 8 (0.60%) Go
11 8 (0.60%) VBScript
12 7 (0.53%) PHP
12 7 (0.53%) VB
13 6 (0.45%) Scala
13 6 (0.45%) Shell Script
14 5 (0.38%) Apex Code
15 4 (0.30%) C++
15 4 (0.30%) R
Qualifications
1 208 (15.60%) Security Cleared
2 159 (11.93%) SC Cleared
3 103 (7.73%) Degree
4 31 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
5 26 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
6 22 (1.65%) DV Cleared
7 20 (1.50%) Azure Certification
8 19 (1.43%) Microsoft Certification
9 15 (1.13%) PMP
10 8 (0.60%) AWS Certification
10 8 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (0.60%) ITIL Certification
10 8 (0.60%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 7 (0.53%) DBS Check
12 6 (0.45%) MCSE
13 5 (0.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 5 (0.38%) CISSP
13 5 (0.38%) Master's Degree
14 4 (0.30%) CCA
14 4 (0.30%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 200 (15.00%) Accessibility
2 86 (6.45%) QA
3 72 (5.40%) WCAG
4 45 (3.38%) Data Quality
5 19 (1.43%) GDPR
6 13 (0.98%) Actionable Recommendations
7 9 (0.68%) SLA
8 7 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
8 7 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 7 (0.53%) PMO
9 6 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (0.23%) GRC
11 2 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.15%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.15%) PSD2
12 1 (0.075%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.075%) ISO 20022
12 1 (0.075%) NIST
12 1 (0.075%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.075%) WAI
System Software
1 102 (7.65%) Active Directory
2 41 (3.08%) Docker
3 25 (1.88%) Virtual Desktop
4 23 (1.73%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (1.13%) Hyper-V
6 9 (0.68%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 9 (0.68%) XenApp
7 8 (0.60%) XenDesktop
8 7 (0.53%) BitLocker
9 6 (0.45%) vSphere
10 5 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
11 4 (0.30%) Microsoft App-V
12 3 (0.23%) UAG
12 3 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
13 2 (0.15%) Firmware
13 2 (0.15%) VMware NSX
13 2 (0.15%) VMware Workstation
14 1 (0.075%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 48 (3.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 43 (3.23%) Kubernetes
3 31 (2.33%) SCCM
4 21 (1.58%) Single Sign-On
5 20 (1.50%) Grafana
6 16 (1.20%) Jamf Pro
7 14 (1.05%) Ansible
8 11 (0.83%) Prometheus
9 6 (0.45%) vCenter Server
10 5 (0.38%) SysTrack
11 4 (0.30%) Clonezilla
11 4 (0.30%) Podman
12 3 (0.23%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 3 (0.23%) WSUS
13 2 (0.15%) Argo
13 2 (0.15%) Failover Clustering
13 2 (0.15%) Istio
13 2 (0.15%) Packer
13 2 (0.15%) SCOM
13 2 (0.15%) vMotion
Vendors
1 242 (18.15%) Microsoft
2 83 (6.23%) ServiceNow
3 67 (5.03%) Adobe
4 44 (3.30%) Google
5 43 (3.23%) Oracle
6 31 (2.33%) SAP
7 29 (2.18%) Salesforce
8 26 (1.95%) VMware
9 25 (1.88%) Citrix
9 25 (1.88%) Dynatrace
10 23 (1.73%) Splunk
11 18 (1.35%) Apple
12 17 (1.28%) Cisco
13 16 (1.20%) Foundry
14 15 (1.13%) Zscaler
15 14 (1.05%) Workday
16 13 (0.98%) OpenAI
17 10 (0.75%) Aruba
18 9 (0.68%) Okta
19 8 (0.60%) Databricks