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

 6 months to
13 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 64 78
Rank change year-on-year -15 +14 -19
Contract jobs citing User Experience 1,289 921 974
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.02% 3.74% 2.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.54% 4.10% 3.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 829 588 656
10th Percentile £316 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £380 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% -4.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £619
90th Percentile £682 £728 £700
UK median daily rate £494 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +3.89% -5.00% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 28 45
10th Percentile £16.00 £32.97 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.41 £35.25 £25.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £53.00 £31.71
Median % change year-on-year -38.68% +67.14% +19.66%
75th Percentile £43.69 £70.75 £68.00
90th Percentile £79.45 £88.50 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £33.99 £53.50 £33.07
% change year-on-year -36.48% +61.78% +11.74%

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 36,362 22,469 32,040
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.16% 91.35% 85.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,009 14,533 20,781
10th Percentile £325 £304 £300
25th Percentile £415 £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 2,276 1,038 2,365
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £20.79 £18.13 £16.02
Median hourly rate £47.00 £27.85 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +68.76% -25.73% +4.17%
75th Percentile £68.00 £58.66 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £27.13 £36.50
% change year-on-year +62.06% -25.68% +1.67%

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 13 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 13 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 13 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 -23 655 £524 +4.80% 356
North of England -13 198 £450 +5.88% 124
Midlands +2 156 £475 +18.16% 48
South East -16 134 £490 +3.16% 151
North West -8 120 £425 -4.92% 87
West Midlands -5 108 £475 -7.32% 33
South West -1 73 £475 +26.67% 36
Yorkshire -31 55 £513 +29.91% 25
East Midlands +6 48 £550 +55.81% 15
East of England -12 31 £410 -13.68% 43
North East -25 23 £450 -6.25% 13
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 (4.27%) SharePoint
2 42 (3.26%) Confluence
3 40 (3.10%) CMS
4 22 (1.71%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (0.78%) 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%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 23 (1.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (1.71%) Photoshop
3 20 (1.55%) Chatbot
3 20 (1.55%) Sketch
4 17 (1.32%) Adobe Illustrator
5 14 (1.09%) Adobe After Effects
6 13 (1.01%) Microsoft Office
7 11 (0.85%) 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%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 11 (0.85%) 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 3 (0.23%) Oracle iProcurement
7 2 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.16%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.16%) ResourceLink
8 1 (0.078%) Eloqua
8 1 (0.078%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 1 (0.078%) Magento
8 1 (0.078%) NEC Housing
8 1 (0.078%) Oracle EBS R12
8 1 (0.078%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.078%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.078%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 201 (15.59%) Azure
2 174 (13.50%) Figma
3 106 (8.22%) Microsoft 365
4 105 (8.15%) AWS
5 91 (7.06%) Power Platform
6 54 (4.19%) Entra ID
7 46 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
8 45 (3.49%) Microsoft Copilot
9 38 (2.95%) SaaS
10 37 (2.87%) GitHub
11 34 (2.64%) PowerApps
12 33 (2.56%) GCP
13 30 (2.33%) OneDrive
14 29 (2.25%) Power Automate
15 23 (1.78%) Copilot Studio
15 23 (1.78%) GitHub Actions
16 22 (1.71%) Google Workspace
17 21 (1.63%) Serverless
18 19 (1.47%) Google Sheets
19 18 (1.40%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 26 (2.02%) DNS
2 24 (1.86%) DHCP
3 21 (1.63%) Wi-Fi
4 19 (1.47%) Wireless
5 18 (1.40%) TCP/IP
6 14 (1.09%) LAN
7 13 (1.01%) Internet
8 12 (0.93%) Intranet
9 9 (0.70%) SD-WAN
10 8 (0.62%) Cisco Wireless
11 7 (0.54%) 5G
11 7 (0.54%) Skype
11 7 (0.54%) VPN
11 7 (0.54%) WAN
11 7 (0.54%) WLAN
12 6 (0.47%) Firewall
13 5 (0.39%) 802.11
13 5 (0.39%) HTTP
13 5 (0.39%) SMS
14 4 (0.31%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (4.34%) Power BI
2 21 (1.63%) Metadata
3 19 (1.47%) Relational Database
3 19 (1.47%) SQL Server
4 18 (1.40%) PostgreSQL
5 16 (1.24%) NoSQL
6 15 (1.16%) 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 (6.28%) JIRA
2 58 (4.50%) Git
3 20 (1.55%) GitLab
3 20 (1.55%) Jenkins
4 19 (1.47%) Cypress.io
5 14 (1.09%) JUnit
6 11 (0.85%) Android Studio
6 11 (0.85%) Gradle
6 11 (0.85%) Vite
7 10 (0.78%) Browser DevTools
7 10 (0.78%) fastlane
7 10 (0.78%) Xcode
8 7 (0.54%) CircleCI
9 6 (0.47%) Axure RP
9 6 (0.47%) Postman
10 5 (0.39%) Crashlytics
10 5 (0.39%) Mocha
10 5 (0.39%) Selenium
10 5 (0.39%) Visual Studio
11 4 (0.31%) webpack
General
1 384 (29.79%) Social Skills
2 237 (18.39%) Finance
3 156 (12.10%) Public Sector
4 118 (9.15%) Analytical Skills
5 100 (7.76%) Banking
6 71 (5.51%) Retail
7 58 (4.50%) Marketing
8 36 (2.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 29 (2.25%) Presentation Skills
10 28 (2.17%) Automotive
11 27 (2.09%) Legal
12 26 (2.02%) Influencing Skills
13 23 (1.78%) Publishing
14 19 (1.47%) Manufacturing
15 15 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
16 14 (1.09%) Documentation Skills
17 12 (0.93%) Investment Banking
18 11 (0.85%) Local Government
19 10 (0.78%) Front Office
20 7 (0.54%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 278 (21.57%) Designer
2 191 (14.82%) Senior
3 170 (13.19%) Developer
4 127 (9.85%) UX Designer
5 106 (8.22%) Analyst
6 89 (6.90%) Lead
7 70 (5.43%) UI Designer
8 66 (5.12%) Consultant
9 54 (4.19%) Senior Designer
10 52 (4.03%) Product Designer
11 51 (3.96%) Architect
12 50 (3.88%) Content Designer
13 47 (3.65%) Business Analyst
13 47 (3.65%) User Experience Researcher
14 46 (3.57%) IT Support
15 42 (3.26%) UI/UX Designer
16 40 (3.10%) Product Manager
17 35 (2.72%) User Researcher
18 32 (2.48%) Senior Developer
19 30 (2.33%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 130 (10.09%) React
2 111 (8.61%) CSS
3 97 (7.53%) HTML
4 77 (5.97%) REST
5 60 (4.65%) AngularJS
6 52 (4.03%) RESTful
7 44 (3.41%) .NET
8 43 (3.34%) Spring
9 42 (3.26%) Spring Boot
10 29 (2.25%) GraphQL
11 25 (1.94%) Node.js
12 24 (1.86%) JSON
13 22 (1.71%) HTML5
14 21 (1.63%) CSS3
14 21 (1.63%) Next.js
14 21 (1.63%) Redux
15 20 (1.55%) ASP.NET
15 20 (1.55%) OAuth
15 20 (1.55%) SOAP
16 18 (1.40%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 126 (9.78%) Product Ownership
2 63 (4.89%) Mobile App
3 56 (4.34%) Onboarding
4 30 (2.33%) AI Agents
5 28 (2.17%) Cloud Native
5 28 (2.17%) Enterprise Software
6 25 (1.94%) Legacy Systems
7 20 (1.55%) Data Protection Act
8 18 (1.40%) Data Centre
8 18 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
9 17 (1.32%) Data Structures
10 16 (1.24%) Analytical Mindset
10 16 (1.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 15 (1.16%) Graphic Design
11 15 (1.16%) Social Media
11 15 (1.16%) Taxonomies
12 13 (1.01%) Algorithms
12 13 (1.01%) Greenfield Project
12 13 (1.01%) Virtual Reality
12 13 (1.01%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 101 (7.84%) Windows
2 43 (3.34%) Apple iOS
3 40 (3.10%) Android
4 30 (2.33%) Windows 10
5 22 (1.71%) Mac OS
6 13 (1.01%) Linux
7 11 (0.85%) 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
1 427 (33.13%) UX Design
2 381 (29.56%) Agile
3 215 (16.68%) AI
4 199 (15.44%) Problem-Solving
5 178 (13.81%) Analytics
6 170 (13.19%) Stakeholder Management
7 159 (12.34%) User Research
8 153 (11.87%) Continuous Improvement
9 144 (11.17%) Roadmaps
10 136 (10.55%) CI/CD
10 136 (10.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 121 (9.39%) Prototyping
12 118 (9.15%) DevOps
13 116 (9.00%) UX Research
14 109 (8.46%) Decision-Making
15 105 (8.15%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
15 105 (8.15%) Wireframes
16 91 (7.06%) Service Design
16 91 (7.06%) Usability Testing
17 86 (6.67%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 137 (10.63%) JavaScript
2 98 (7.60%) Java
3 93 (7.21%) SQL
3 93 (7.21%) TypeScript
4 85 (6.59%) Python
5 46 (3.57%) PowerShell
6 43 (3.34%) C#
7 25 (1.94%) Kotlin
8 20 (1.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 13 (1.01%) Swift
10 10 (0.78%) Bash
11 8 (0.62%) Korn
12 6 (0.47%) Apex Code
12 6 (0.47%) R
12 6 (0.47%) VBA
12 6 (0.47%) VBScript
13 5 (0.39%) VB
14 4 (0.31%) Perl
15 3 (0.23%) PHP
15 3 (0.23%) Rust
Qualifications
1 163 (12.65%) Security Cleared
2 126 (9.78%) Degree
3 121 (9.39%) SC Cleared
4 24 (1.86%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (1.71%) Microsoft Certification
6 21 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
7 20 (1.55%) 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%) Master's Degree
13 5 (0.39%) MCSE
13 5 (0.39%) PMP
14 4 (0.31%) CWNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 197 (15.28%) Accessibility
2 88 (6.83%) QA
3 68 (5.28%) WCAG
4 40 (3.10%) Data Quality
5 23 (1.78%) 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
7 6 (0.47%) PMO
8 5 (0.39%) SLA
9 3 (0.23%) GRC
10 2 (0.16%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.16%) NCSC
10 2 (0.16%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.078%) COBIT
11 1 (0.078%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.078%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.078%) NIST
11 1 (0.078%) WAI
System Software
1 63 (4.89%) Active Directory
2 38 (2.95%) Docker
3 24 (1.86%) 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 42 (3.26%) Kubernetes
2 41 (3.18%) Microsoft Intune
3 37 (2.87%) Terraform
4 32 (2.48%) SCCM
5 17 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
6 15 (1.16%) 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
1 214 (16.60%) Microsoft
2 70 (5.43%) Adobe
3 67 (5.20%) ServiceNow
4 50 (3.88%) Google
5 39 (3.03%) Salesforce
6 37 (2.87%) SAP
7 34 (2.64%) Oracle
8 19 (1.47%) Citrix
9 18 (1.40%) Dynatrace
10 17 (1.32%) Apple
10 17 (1.32%) Workday
11 16 (1.24%) Cisco
12 13 (1.01%) Splunk
12 13 (1.01%) VMware
13 12 (0.93%) Aruba
14 11 (0.85%) Foundry
15 8 (0.62%) OpenAI
16 7 (0.54%) Databricks
16 7 (0.54%) Zscaler
17 6 (0.47%) Solace
679 User Experience jobs in England