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 25 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 76 70
Rank change year-on-year +10 -6 -11
Contract jobs citing User Experience 1,059 892 1,254
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.71% 2.83% 3.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.09% 3.27% 3.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 667 526 877
10th Percentile £290 £313 £325
25th Percentile £371 £386 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £638
90th Percentile £675 £688 £713
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £520
% change year-on-year -5.00% -3.85% -3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 23 25
10th Percentile £15.50 £30.00 £16.84
25th Percentile £18.97 £30.51 £17.72
Median hourly rate £35.60 £42.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.24% -10.53% -26.92%
75th Percentile £53.13 £63.88 £70.07
90th Percentile £67.60 £74.35 £81.25
UK median hourly rate £35.60 £39.75 £48.75
% change year-on-year -10.44% -18.46% -25.00%

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 25,903 27,273 36,194
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.83% 86.64% 88.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,408 16,616 24,967
10th Percentile £299 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,658 1,031 1,478
10th Percentile £14.60 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.63% -9.38% +27.14%
75th Percentile £44.77 £66.55 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.50 £74.50 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £38.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -33.83% -11.63% +30.30%

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 25 October 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 25 October 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 25 October 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 +4 573 £475 -9.52% 852
North of England +27 189 £425 -5.56% 267
North West +20 127 £410 -8.89% 181
Midlands +9 102 £450 -10.00% 88
South East +1 95 £475 +18.75% 653
West Midlands +6 71 £500 -10.11% 61
South West +26 59 £500 -13.04% 116
Yorkshire +19 58 £450 -16.28% 59
East Midlands +4 31 £421 +18.26% 26
East of England -10 29 £475 +10.14% 65
North East -8 5 £469 +17.19% 28
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 55 (5.19%) Confluence
2 46 (4.34%) CMS
3 40 (3.78%) SharePoint
4 14 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (0.94%) Apache
6 8 (0.76%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 7 (0.66%) Headless CMS
8 5 (0.47%) Sitecore CMS
8 5 (0.47%) SugarCRM
8 5 (0.47%) WordPress
9 4 (0.38%) Drupal
9 4 (0.38%) Umbraco
10 3 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.28%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.19%) CICS
11 2 (0.19%) Moodle
11 2 (0.19%) SharePoint Server
12 1 (0.094%) IIS
12 1 (0.094%) nginx
12 1 (0.094%) Tomcat
Applications
1 37 (3.49%) Sketch
2 24 (2.27%) Chatbot
3 22 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
4 16 (1.51%) MS Visio
5 14 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
6 13 (1.23%) Photoshop
7 12 (1.13%) Adobe Illustrator
8 11 (1.04%) Adobe XD
9 9 (0.85%) InVision
10 8 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 8 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
11 7 (0.66%) Siemens NX
12 4 (0.38%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 4 (0.38%) OmniGraffle
12 4 (0.38%) Trello
12 4 (0.38%) UXPin
13 3 (0.28%) Camtasia
13 3 (0.28%) Snagit
14 2 (0.19%) UserZoom
15 1 (0.094%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 16 (1.51%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (0.85%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.38%) Magento
4 4 (0.38%) Workday HCM
5 3 (0.28%) Oracle Assets
5 3 (0.28%) Oracle EBS R12
5 3 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.19%) Maximo
6 2 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.19%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.19%) Oracle iProcurement
6 2 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.19%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.19%) Shopify
7 1 (0.094%) Eloqua
7 1 (0.094%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.094%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.094%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 155 (14.64%) Azure
2 119 (11.24%) AWS
3 118 (11.14%) Figma
4 85 (8.03%) SaaS
5 71 (6.70%) Microsoft 365
6 67 (6.33%) GCP
7 66 (6.23%) Power Platform
8 47 (4.44%) Entra ID
9 28 (2.64%) GitHub
10 23 (2.17%) Azure DevOps
10 23 (2.17%) Miro
11 22 (2.08%) Serverless
12 21 (1.98%) Google Analytics
13 20 (1.89%) Google Workspace
14 18 (1.70%) Firebase
14 18 (1.70%) Power Automate
15 16 (1.51%) Sauce Labs
16 14 (1.32%) GitHub Actions
16 14 (1.32%) PowerApps
17 12 (1.13%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 25 (2.36%) DNS
2 24 (2.27%) Wireless
3 18 (1.70%) Internet
4 10 (0.94%) HTTP
5 9 (0.85%) NFC
5 9 (0.85%) PPP
6 8 (0.76%) DHCP
6 8 (0.76%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (0.66%) Firewall
7 7 (0.66%) Network Security
7 7 (0.66%) VPN
8 5 (0.47%) BGP
8 5 (0.47%) Cisco ISE
8 5 (0.47%) Cisco Wireless
8 5 (0.47%) NX-OS
8 5 (0.47%) SSL
8 5 (0.47%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.47%) Unified Communications
8 5 (0.47%) VXLAN
9 4 (0.38%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (4.15%) Power BI
2 42 (3.97%) PostgreSQL
3 35 (3.31%) Relational Database
4 29 (2.74%) MySQL
5 25 (2.36%) SQL Server
6 24 (2.27%) Tableau
7 18 (1.70%) MongoDB
8 16 (1.51%) Redis
9 15 (1.42%) NoSQL
10 14 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
11 12 (1.13%) Mixpanel
12 9 (0.85%) Looker
13 8 (0.76%) BigQuery
14 7 (0.66%) DynamoDB
14 7 (0.66%) Metadata
14 7 (0.66%) SAP HANA
15 5 (0.47%) DB2
16 4 (0.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 3 (0.28%) Azure SQL Database
17 3 (0.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 98 (9.25%) JIRA
2 78 (7.37%) Git
3 38 (3.59%) Jenkins
4 34 (3.21%) Xcode
5 31 (2.93%) Eclipse
6 26 (2.46%) Android Studio
7 25 (2.36%) GitLab
8 20 (1.89%) Browser DevTools
9 18 (1.70%) webpack
10 16 (1.51%) Gradle
11 15 (1.42%) Cypress.io
12 14 (1.32%) Axure RP
13 12 (1.13%) Postman
14 9 (0.85%) Valgrind
14 9 (0.85%) Visual Website Optimizer
15 8 (0.76%) Artifactory
16 7 (0.66%) Bitbucket
16 7 (0.66%) Cucumber
17 6 (0.57%) IntelliJ
17 6 (0.57%) Selenium
General
1 354 (33.43%) Social Skills
2 221 (20.87%) Finance
3 124 (11.71%) Analytical Skills
4 105 (9.92%) Banking
5 95 (8.97%) Public Sector
6 82 (7.74%) Marketing
7 33 (3.12%) Retail
8 29 (2.74%) Influencing Skills
8 29 (2.74%) Legal
9 24 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 22 (2.08%) Front Office
11 17 (1.61%) Investment Banking
11 17 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
12 15 (1.42%) Automotive
12 15 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
12 15 (1.42%) Manufacturing
13 12 (1.13%) Back Office
13 12 (1.13%) Organisational Skills
13 12 (1.13%) Pharmaceutical
13 12 (1.13%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 209 (19.74%) Developer
2 164 (15.49%) Designer
3 130 (12.28%) Senior
4 90 (8.50%) Lead
5 81 (7.65%) UX Designer
6 75 (7.08%) Analyst
7 44 (4.15%) Business Analyst
8 41 (3.87%) Consultant
9 39 (3.68%) React Developer
10 36 (3.40%) Software Engineer
11 32 (3.02%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 31 (2.93%) Support Engineer
12 31 (2.93%) UI Designer
13 26 (2.46%) Architect
13 26 (2.46%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
13 26 (2.46%) Product Designer
14 24 (2.27%) Product Owner
14 24 (2.27%) Senior Designer
14 24 (2.27%) Technical Support
14 24 (2.27%) User Experience Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 137 (12.94%) React
2 134 (12.65%) CSS
3 126 (11.90%) HTML
4 73 (6.89%) REST
5 68 (6.42%) Node.js
6 67 (6.33%) RESTful
7 57 (5.38%) AngularJS
8 50 (4.72%) GraphQL
9 49 (4.63%) HTML5
10 39 (3.68%) Redux
11 31 (2.93%) CSS3
11 31 (2.93%) Jest
12 29 (2.74%) Web Services
13 27 (2.55%) .NET
13 27 (2.55%) XML
14 24 (2.27%) Bootstrap
15 23 (2.17%) Playwright
15 23 (2.17%) React Native
16 20 (1.89%) jQuery
17 19 (1.79%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 115 (10.86%) Mobile App
2 100 (9.44%) Product Ownership
3 66 (6.23%) Onboarding
4 22 (2.08%) Hybrid Cloud
5 20 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
6 18 (1.70%) Enterprise Software
6 18 (1.70%) Management Information System
7 16 (1.51%) Cloud Native
7 16 (1.51%) Fixed Income
7 16 (1.51%) Learning Management System
7 16 (1.51%) Virtual Team
8 15 (1.42%) e-Learning
8 15 (1.42%) Low-Code
9 14 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
10 13 (1.23%) Data Centre
10 13 (1.23%) Greenfield Project
10 13 (1.23%) Mobile Banking
11 12 (1.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 11 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
13 10 (0.94%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 107 (10.10%) Windows
2 89 (8.40%) Android
3 74 (6.99%) Apple iOS
4 43 (4.06%) Linux
5 22 (2.08%) Mac OS
6 21 (1.98%) Unix
6 21 (1.98%) Windows 10
7 10 (0.94%) Windows Server
8 9 (0.85%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.19%) tvOS
9 2 (0.19%) VMS
10 1 (0.094%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.094%) watchOS
10 1 (0.094%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.094%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 366 (34.56%) Agile
2 355 (33.52%) UX Design
3 194 (18.32%) Problem-Solving
4 165 (15.58%) Analytics
5 133 (12.56%) Roadmaps
6 126 (11.90%) CI/CD
7 115 (10.86%) DevOps
8 114 (10.76%) Continuous Improvement
9 106 (10.01%) Stakeholder Management
10 105 (9.92%) Front End Development
11 96 (9.07%) AI
12 91 (8.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 89 (8.40%) User Research
14 82 (7.74%) Decision-Making
15 73 (6.89%) Software Engineering
16 71 (6.70%) Service Design
17 69 (6.52%) Scrum
17 69 (6.52%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
17 69 (6.52%) UX Research
18 67 (6.33%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 181 (17.09%) JavaScript
2 131 (12.37%) Python
3 92 (8.69%) TypeScript
4 91 (8.59%) Java
5 90 (8.50%) SQL
6 51 (4.82%) PowerShell
7 39 (3.68%) Kotlin
8 34 (3.21%) C#
9 33 (3.12%) Swift
10 21 (1.98%) Perl
11 19 (1.79%) Bash
11 19 (1.79%) C++
11 19 (1.79%) Objective-C
12 10 (0.94%) PHP
12 10 (0.94%) Scala
13 9 (0.85%) C
13 9 (0.85%) Ruby
14 7 (0.66%) Go
14 7 (0.66%) PL/SQL
15 5 (0.47%) Lisp
Qualifications
1 142 (13.41%) Security Cleared
2 105 (9.92%) Degree
3 96 (9.07%) SC Cleared
4 25 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (2.08%) DV Cleared
6 14 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
7 13 (1.23%) Master's Degree
8 10 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (0.85%) PMI Certification
10 8 (0.76%) MOS
10 8 (0.76%) PMP
11 7 (0.66%) ITIL Certification
12 6 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
13 5 (0.47%) CCNP
14 4 (0.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 3 (0.28%) Citrix Certification
15 3 (0.28%) ISTQB
15 3 (0.28%) OCA
15 3 (0.28%) Oracle Certification
15 3 (0.28%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 163 (15.39%) Accessibility
2 85 (8.03%) QA
3 55 (5.19%) GDPR
4 40 (3.78%) WCAG
5 30 (2.83%) Data Quality
6 24 (2.27%) SLA
7 22 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (0.66%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 6 (0.57%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 5 (0.47%) GxP
11 3 (0.28%) Government Security Classifications
11 3 (0.28%) NCSC
12 2 (0.19%) FIPS 140-2
12 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 2 (0.19%) NIST
12 2 (0.19%) PERC
12 2 (0.19%) PSD2
12 2 (0.19%) Section 508
12 2 (0.19%) SOC 2
System Software
1 62 (5.85%) Active Directory
2 37 (3.49%) Docker
3 20 (1.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.19%) ProxySG
7 1 (0.094%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.094%) Firmware
7 1 (0.094%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.094%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 46 (4.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 34 (3.21%) SCCM
3 30 (2.83%) Kubernetes
4 21 (1.98%) Terraform
5 15 (1.42%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (0.94%) Jamf Pro
7 9 (0.85%) Ansible
7 9 (0.85%) Prometheus
8 7 (0.66%) Grafana
9 5 (0.47%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.28%) Kibana
11 2 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.19%) McAfee ePO
11 2 (0.19%) PingFederate
11 2 (0.19%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 1 (0.094%) Argo
12 1 (0.094%) HP ALM
12 1 (0.094%) Istio
12 1 (0.094%) Puppet
12 1 (0.094%) SCOM
Vendors
1 181 (17.09%) Microsoft
2 79 (7.46%) Google
3 59 (5.57%) ServiceNow
4 53 (5.00%) Adobe
5 43 (4.06%) Oracle
6 35 (3.31%) Salesforce
7 32 (3.02%) SAP
8 25 (2.36%) Splunk
9 22 (2.08%) VMware
10 19 (1.79%) Apple
11 16 (1.51%) Hotjar
12 15 (1.42%) Citrix
13 14 (1.32%) Optimizely
14 13 (1.23%) Cisco
15 9 (0.85%) Amplitude
15 9 (0.85%) Red Hat
15 9 (0.85%) Zscaler
16 8 (0.76%) Genesys
16 8 (0.76%) OpenAI
16 8 (0.76%) Workday