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 28 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 68 71
Rank change year-on-year 0 +3 -4
Contract jobs citing User Experience 1,160 883 1,077
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.54% 3.34% 2.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.02% 3.73% 3.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 785 522 735
10th Percentile £300 £313 £306
25th Percentile £371 £400 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -8.76%
75th Percentile £569 £600 £597
90th Percentile £650 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -5.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 23 37
10th Percentile £15.50 £25.26 £22.26
25th Percentile £17.69 £30.51 £25.00
Median hourly rate £35.60 £42.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.24% -10.53% -24.00%
75th Percentile £61.25 £53.75 £72.90
90th Percentile £72.68 £74.35 £81.25
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £41.91 £47.50
% change year-on-year -15.29% -11.77% -22.13%

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 28,832 23,662 32,842
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.89% 89.43% 87.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,449 14,467 21,997
10th Percentile £305 £310 £300
25th Percentile £410 £413 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.53% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £625 £642 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,786 760 1,829
10th Percentile £15.05 £15.62 £13.99
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.03% -6.85% +4.29%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.75 £62.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £35.98
% change year-on-year -22.62% -9.67% +12.44%

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 28 January 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 28 January 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 28 January 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 -8 604 £483 -8.10% 268
North of England +12 205 £425 -5.56% 152
North West +19 134 £400 -11.11% 74
Midlands -2 115 £500 +17.65% 80
South East -5 110 £436 -12.80% 245
South West +2 64 £475 -13.64% 76
West Midlands -19 64 £456 -8.75% 46
Yorkshire -17 54 £500 +11.11% 50
East Midlands +2 51 £537 +50.84% 33
East of England -4 30 £460 +1.77% 73
North East -4 16 £393 -1.88% 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 54 (4.66%) Confluence
2 49 (4.22%) SharePoint
3 42 (3.62%) CMS
4 23 (1.98%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 13 (1.12%) Microsoft Exchange
6 12 (1.03%) Headless CMS
7 8 (0.69%) Sitecore CMS
8 7 (0.60%) Apache
8 7 (0.60%) Umbraco
9 5 (0.43%) SugarCRM
10 4 (0.34%) Camunda
10 4 (0.34%) Ethereum
10 4 (0.34%) Hyperledger
11 3 (0.26%) Anypoint
11 3 (0.26%) Apache Spark
11 3 (0.26%) Jupyter
12 2 (0.17%) Appian
12 2 (0.17%) Drupal
12 2 (0.17%) WordPress
13 1 (0.086%) nginx
Applications
1 36 (3.10%) Sketch
2 23 (1.98%) Adobe XD
3 22 (1.90%) Microsoft Office
4 20 (1.72%) MS Visio
5 18 (1.55%) Chatbot
6 12 (1.03%) Microsoft Excel
7 9 (0.78%) Adobe Illustrator
7 9 (0.78%) Photoshop
8 8 (0.69%) InVision
9 6 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 4 (0.34%) Adobe After Effects
10 4 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
10 4 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
10 4 (0.34%) Trello
10 4 (0.34%) UXPin
11 3 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 3 (0.26%) Camtasia
11 3 (0.26%) UserZoom
12 2 (0.17%) OmniGraffle
12 2 (0.17%) Snagit
Business Applications
1 17 (1.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (1.38%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.26%) SAP CO
3 3 (0.26%) SAP FI
3 3 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
3 3 (0.26%) Shopify
3 3 (0.26%) Teamcenter
4 2 (0.17%) iTrent
4 2 (0.17%) Magento
4 2 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.086%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.086%) assyst
5 1 (0.086%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.086%) Eloqua
5 1 (0.086%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.086%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.086%) Oracle Payroll
5 1 (0.086%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.086%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 204 (17.59%) Azure
2 139 (11.98%) Figma
3 127 (10.95%) AWS
4 76 (6.55%) Power Platform
4 76 (6.55%) SaaS
5 70 (6.03%) Microsoft 365
6 59 (5.09%) GCP
7 51 (4.40%) Entra ID
8 45 (3.88%) GitHub
9 42 (3.62%) Azure DevOps
10 26 (2.24%) GitHub Actions
11 24 (2.07%) Google Workspace
12 23 (1.98%) Google Analytics
13 22 (1.90%) Cloud Computing
13 22 (1.90%) Serverless
14 21 (1.81%) PowerApps
15 20 (1.72%) Miro
16 19 (1.64%) Power Automate
17 18 (1.55%) Google Sheets
18 17 (1.47%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 27 (2.33%) DNS
2 23 (1.98%) Wireless
3 15 (1.29%) Internet
4 11 (0.95%) HTTP
5 10 (0.86%) VPN
5 10 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
6 9 (0.78%) DHCP
6 9 (0.78%) TCP/IP
7 8 (0.69%) BGP
7 8 (0.69%) Cisco ISE
8 7 (0.60%) Cisco Wireless
8 7 (0.60%) Firewall
8 7 (0.60%) NX-OS
8 7 (0.60%) VXLAN
9 6 (0.52%) Intranet
9 6 (0.52%) Unified Communications
9 6 (0.52%) WAN
10 5 (0.43%) SSL
11 4 (0.34%) HTTPS
11 4 (0.34%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (3.97%) Power BI
2 35 (3.02%) MySQL
3 34 (2.93%) Relational Database
4 26 (2.24%) PostgreSQL
4 26 (2.24%) SQL Server
5 23 (1.98%) NoSQL
6 15 (1.29%) Data Warehouse
7 14 (1.21%) Tableau
8 13 (1.12%) MongoDB
9 12 (1.03%) BigQuery
10 11 (0.95%) Looker
11 8 (0.69%) Metadata
12 7 (0.60%) Mixpanel
13 6 (0.52%) Redis
14 4 (0.34%) DynamoDB
14 4 (0.34%) Pinecone
14 4 (0.34%) SAP HANA
15 3 (0.26%) Amazon Athena
15 3 (0.26%) Oracle BI Publisher
15 3 (0.26%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 113 (9.74%) JIRA
2 81 (6.98%) Git
3 45 (3.88%) GitLab
4 33 (2.84%) Jenkins
5 26 (2.24%) Xcode
6 23 (1.98%) Android Studio
6 23 (1.98%) Cypress.io
6 23 (1.98%) Eclipse
7 20 (1.72%) JUnit
8 18 (1.55%) Browser DevTools
8 18 (1.55%) Gradle
9 15 (1.29%) Axure RP
10 14 (1.21%) Postman
11 11 (0.95%) CircleCI
12 9 (0.78%) Visual Website Optimizer
13 8 (0.69%) Artifactory
13 8 (0.69%) IntelliJ
13 8 (0.69%) Mocha
14 7 (0.60%) Cucumber
14 7 (0.60%) Selenium
General
1 404 (34.83%) Social Skills
2 216 (18.62%) Finance
3 147 (12.67%) Analytical Skills
4 138 (11.90%) Public Sector
5 80 (6.90%) Banking
6 77 (6.64%) Marketing
7 36 (3.10%) Influencing Skills
8 28 (2.41%) Retail
9 25 (2.16%) Legal
10 22 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
11 16 (1.38%) Manufacturing
12 15 (1.29%) Documentation Skills
12 15 (1.29%) Telecoms
13 14 (1.21%) Pharmaceutical
14 13 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 13 (1.12%) Investment Banking
15 11 (0.95%) Automotive
16 10 (0.86%) Financial Institution
17 8 (0.69%) Front Office
17 8 (0.69%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 193 (16.64%) Developer
2 191 (16.47%) Designer
3 163 (14.05%) Senior
4 109 (9.40%) UX Designer
5 102 (8.79%) Analyst
6 83 (7.16%) Lead
7 52 (4.48%) Business Analyst
8 47 (4.05%) Senior Designer
9 45 (3.88%) Product Designer
10 43 (3.71%) Consultant
11 41 (3.53%) Architect
12 38 (3.28%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
13 37 (3.19%) Full-Stack Developer
13 37 (3.19%) Support Engineer
14 32 (2.76%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
14 32 (2.76%) UI Designer
15 30 (2.59%) User Researcher
16 29 (2.50%) IT Support
16 29 (2.50%) Software Engineer
17 28 (2.41%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 162 (13.97%) React
2 156 (13.45%) CSS
3 139 (11.98%) HTML
4 88 (7.59%) REST
5 87 (7.50%) AngularJS
6 76 (6.55%) RESTful
7 50 (4.31%) Node.js
8 46 (3.97%) GraphQL
9 44 (3.79%) Spring
10 42 (3.62%) .NET
10 42 (3.62%) Spring Boot
11 40 (3.45%) HTML5
12 32 (2.76%) Jest
13 31 (2.67%) CSS3
14 28 (2.41%) Playwright
15 27 (2.33%) Next.js
16 24 (2.07%) Redux
17 21 (1.81%) OAuth
18 20 (1.72%) SOAP
19 18 (1.55%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 105 (9.05%) Product Ownership
2 93 (8.02%) Mobile App
3 62 (5.34%) Onboarding
4 27 (2.33%) Enterprise Software
5 25 (2.16%) Analytical Mindset
6 18 (1.55%) AI Agents
7 15 (1.29%) Data Structures
7 15 (1.29%) e-Learning
8 14 (1.21%) Cloud Native
8 14 (1.21%) Low-Code
8 14 (1.21%) NHS
9 13 (1.12%) Data Centre
9 13 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
9 13 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
9 13 (1.12%) Management Information System
9 13 (1.12%) Virtual Team
10 12 (1.03%) CMDB
11 11 (0.95%) Distributed Systems
11 11 (0.95%) Learning Management System
11 11 (0.95%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 121 (10.43%) Windows
2 69 (5.95%) Android
3 51 (4.40%) Apple iOS
4 36 (3.10%) Windows 10
5 35 (3.02%) Linux
6 21 (1.81%) Unix
7 20 (1.72%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.52%) Windows Server
9 3 (0.26%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.17%) VMS
11 1 (0.086%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 414 (35.69%) Agile
2 379 (32.67%) UX Design
3 202 (17.41%) Analytics
4 198 (17.07%) Problem-Solving
5 153 (13.19%) CI/CD
6 152 (13.10%) Stakeholder Management
7 145 (12.50%) User Research
8 133 (11.47%) DevOps
9 129 (11.12%) AI
10 127 (10.95%) Continuous Improvement
11 123 (10.60%) Roadmaps
12 122 (10.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 110 (9.48%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
14 94 (8.10%) Decision-Making
15 92 (7.93%) UX Research
16 91 (7.84%) Wireframes
17 90 (7.76%) Usability Testing
18 88 (7.59%) Front End Development
19 87 (7.50%) Prototyping
20 81 (6.98%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 193 (16.64%) JavaScript
2 118 (10.17%) SQL
3 115 (9.91%) Java
4 106 (9.14%) TypeScript
5 103 (8.88%) Python
6 58 (5.00%) PowerShell
7 47 (4.05%) C#
8 33 (2.84%) Kotlin
9 22 (1.90%) Bash
9 22 (1.90%) Swift
10 21 (1.81%) Perl
11 14 (1.21%) PHP
12 11 (0.95%) C++
12 11 (0.95%) PL/SQL
13 10 (0.86%) Go
13 10 (0.86%) Objective-C
14 7 (0.60%) Lisp
15 6 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 5 (0.43%) Ruby
16 5 (0.43%) Scala
Qualifications
1 140 (12.07%) Security Cleared
2 111 (9.57%) Degree
3 101 (8.71%) SC Cleared
4 25 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
6 14 (1.21%) Master's Degree
7 11 (0.95%) MOS
8 10 (0.86%) DV Cleared
9 9 (0.78%) CCNP
9 9 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (0.78%) OCA
9 9 (0.78%) Oracle Certification
9 9 (0.78%) PMI Certification
10 6 (0.52%) MCP
11 4 (0.34%) PMP
12 3 (0.26%) Azure Certification
13 2 (0.17%) A+ Certification
13 2 (0.17%) AWS Certification
13 2 (0.17%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 189 (16.29%) Accessibility
2 116 (10.00%) QA
3 63 (5.43%) WCAG
4 61 (5.26%) GDPR
5 33 (2.84%) Data Quality
6 25 (2.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 19 (1.64%) Actionable Recommendations
8 16 (1.38%) SLA
9 6 (0.52%) NCSC
10 5 (0.43%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 5 (0.43%) PMO
11 4 (0.34%) GxP
12 3 (0.26%) Government Security Classifications
12 3 (0.26%) NIST
12 3 (0.26%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.17%) GMP
13 2 (0.17%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.17%) ISO 20022
13 2 (0.17%) PSD2
13 2 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 68 (5.86%) Active Directory
2 55 (4.74%) Docker
3 20 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.26%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.17%) ProxySG
7 1 (0.086%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.086%) ISA Server
7 1 (0.086%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.086%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.086%) XenApp
7 1 (0.086%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 50 (4.31%) Kubernetes
2 43 (3.71%) Microsoft Intune
3 34 (2.93%) SCCM
4 28 (2.41%) Terraform
5 15 (1.29%) Grafana
5 15 (1.29%) Single Sign-On
6 11 (0.95%) Ansible
7 7 (0.60%) FortiGate
8 6 (0.52%) Prometheus
9 4 (0.34%) Argo
9 4 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.26%) HP ALM
10 3 (0.26%) Nagios
10 3 (0.26%) Rancher
11 2 (0.17%) PingFederate
11 2 (0.17%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 2 (0.17%) SysTrack
12 1 (0.086%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.086%) Istio
12 1 (0.086%) Podman
Vendors
1 204 (17.59%) Microsoft
2 81 (6.98%) Google
3 74 (6.38%) Adobe
4 66 (5.69%) ServiceNow
5 50 (4.31%) Oracle
6 44 (3.79%) Salesforce
7 40 (3.45%) SAP
8 26 (2.24%) Splunk
9 21 (1.81%) VMware
10 16 (1.38%) Apple
10 16 (1.38%) Citrix
11 13 (1.12%) Cisco
12 11 (0.95%) Hotjar
12 11 (0.95%) Optimizely
12 11 (0.95%) Red Hat
12 11 (0.95%) Zscaler
13 10 (0.86%) Amplitude
14 9 (0.78%) MuleSoft
15 8 (0.69%) Ekahau
15 8 (0.69%) Sitecore