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 1 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 74 71
Rank change year-on-year +5 -3 -12
Contract jobs citing User Experience 1,090 917 1,139
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.58% 3.00% 2.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.00% 3.42% 3.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 711 532 790
10th Percentile £300 £300 £325
25th Percentile £369 £384 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £569 £600 £600
90th Percentile £663 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £470 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -6.00% - -8.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 28 26
10th Percentile £15.50 £25.26 £17.72
25th Percentile £17.69 £30.00 £27.50
Median hourly rate £34.48 £41.46 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.83% -24.63% -12.00%
75th Percentile £44.75 £52.25 £72.83
90th Percentile £70.16 £74.00 £81.25
UK median hourly rate £34.48 £41.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -15.90% -25.45% -12.00%

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 27,266 26,819 34,391
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 89.52% 87.66% 88.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,363 16,442 23,467
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £418 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £548
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.11% -0.45%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.59% -3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,775 968 1,450
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.22 £14.64
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.26 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.14%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £33.00 £43.42
% change year-on-year -23.79% -23.99% +24.04%

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 1 December 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 1 December 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 1 December 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 -5 579 £475 -9.52% 231
North of England +26 192 £425 -5.56% 146
North West +19 117 £400 -11.11% 76
South East -13 105 £475 +16.14% 243
Midlands +2 98 £450 -10.00% 94
West Midlands +8 68 £456 -13.10% 63
South West +22 65 £538 -6.52% 59
Yorkshire +5 60 £450 -5.26% 50
East of England -7 33 £468 +3.43% 39
East Midlands -2 30 £425 +6.25% 31
North East +5 14 £393 - 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 55 (5.05%) Confluence
2 49 (4.50%) CMS
3 44 (4.04%) SharePoint
4 14 (1.28%) Microsoft Exchange
5 13 (1.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 12 (1.10%) Headless CMS
7 10 (0.92%) Sitecore CMS
8 8 (0.73%) Apache
9 7 (0.64%) Umbraco
10 5 (0.46%) SugarCRM
10 5 (0.46%) WordPress
11 3 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.28%) Drupal
11 3 (0.28%) Jupyter
12 2 (0.18%) Apache Spark
12 2 (0.18%) Cloud Foundry
12 2 (0.18%) SharePoint Server
13 1 (0.092%) CICS
13 1 (0.092%) IIS
13 1 (0.092%) Tomcat
Applications
1 42 (3.85%) Sketch
2 21 (1.93%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (1.83%) MS Visio
4 19 (1.74%) Adobe XD
4 19 (1.74%) Chatbot
5 14 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
6 12 (1.10%) Adobe Illustrator
6 12 (1.10%) InVision
7 11 (1.01%) Photoshop
8 8 (0.73%) Microsoft Project
9 6 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 5 (0.46%) Trello
11 4 (0.37%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 4 (0.37%) Camtasia
11 4 (0.37%) OmniGraffle
11 4 (0.37%) Siemens NX
11 4 (0.37%) UXPin
12 3 (0.28%) Snagit
12 3 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
12 3 (0.28%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 18 (1.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.55%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.37%) Magento
4 4 (0.37%) Workday HCM
5 3 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.28%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.28%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.28%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.28%) Shopify
6 2 (0.18%) iTrent
6 2 (0.18%) Maximo
6 2 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.092%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.092%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.092%) Oracle Payroll
7 1 (0.092%) ResourceLink
7 1 (0.092%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.092%) SAP Travel Management
7 1 (0.092%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 182 (16.70%) Azure
2 120 (11.01%) Figma
3 115 (10.55%) AWS
4 82 (7.52%) SaaS
5 76 (6.97%) Microsoft 365
6 70 (6.42%) Power Platform
7 65 (5.96%) GCP
8 53 (4.86%) Entra ID
9 36 (3.30%) Azure DevOps
10 33 (3.03%) GitHub
11 25 (2.29%) Miro
12 23 (2.11%) Google Analytics
13 21 (1.93%) Serverless
14 19 (1.74%) Google Workspace
14 19 (1.74%) Power Automate
15 18 (1.65%) GitHub Actions
15 18 (1.65%) Sauce Labs
16 17 (1.56%) PowerApps
17 15 (1.38%) Firebase
18 14 (1.28%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 29 (2.66%) DNS
1 29 (2.66%) Wireless
2 16 (1.47%) Internet
3 9 (0.83%) DHCP
3 9 (0.83%) TCP/IP
3 9 (0.83%) VPN
4 8 (0.73%) Firewall
4 8 (0.73%) SSL
4 8 (0.73%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (0.64%) BGP
5 7 (0.64%) Cisco ISE
5 7 (0.64%) Cisco Wireless
5 7 (0.64%) HTTP
5 7 (0.64%) Network Security
5 7 (0.64%) NFC
5 7 (0.64%) NX-OS
5 7 (0.64%) PPP
5 7 (0.64%) VXLAN
6 6 (0.55%) Unified Communications
7 5 (0.46%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (3.94%) Power BI
2 37 (3.39%) Relational Database
3 35 (3.21%) MySQL
3 35 (3.21%) PostgreSQL
4 25 (2.29%) SQL Server
5 23 (2.11%) Tableau
6 19 (1.74%) MongoDB
6 19 (1.74%) NoSQL
7 13 (1.19%) Data Warehouse
7 13 (1.19%) Redis
8 11 (1.01%) BigQuery
8 11 (1.01%) Looker
9 7 (0.64%) SAP HANA
10 6 (0.55%) Mixpanel
11 5 (0.46%) DynamoDB
11 5 (0.46%) Metadata
12 4 (0.37%) DB2
13 3 (0.28%) Amazon Athena
13 3 (0.28%) Azure SQL Database
13 3 (0.28%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 110 (10.09%) JIRA
2 75 (6.88%) Git
3 38 (3.49%) Jenkins
4 33 (3.03%) GitLab
5 30 (2.75%) Eclipse
6 29 (2.66%) Xcode
7 26 (2.39%) Android Studio
8 20 (1.83%) Axure RP
8 20 (1.83%) Browser DevTools
9 18 (1.65%) webpack
10 13 (1.19%) Cypress.io
10 13 (1.19%) Postman
11 9 (0.83%) Gradle
11 9 (0.83%) JUnit
11 9 (0.83%) Selenium
11 9 (0.83%) Visual Website Optimizer
12 8 (0.73%) Artifactory
13 7 (0.64%) Cucumber
13 7 (0.64%) Storybook
13 7 (0.64%) Valgrind
General
1 376 (34.50%) Social Skills
2 215 (19.72%) Finance
3 142 (13.03%) Analytical Skills
4 122 (11.19%) Public Sector
5 92 (8.44%) Banking
6 83 (7.61%) Marketing
7 33 (3.03%) Legal
8 30 (2.75%) Influencing Skills
9 28 (2.57%) Retail
10 24 (2.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 19 (1.74%) Manufacturing
12 18 (1.65%) Documentation Skills
13 17 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
14 16 (1.47%) Investment Banking
15 15 (1.38%) Pharmaceutical
16 13 (1.19%) Automotive
16 13 (1.19%) Front Office
16 13 (1.19%) Telecoms
17 12 (1.10%) Financial Institution
18 11 (1.01%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 183 (16.79%) Developer
2 179 (16.42%) Designer
3 139 (12.75%) Senior
4 96 (8.81%) UX Designer
5 91 (8.35%) Lead
6 86 (7.89%) Analyst
7 53 (4.86%) Business Analyst
8 47 (4.31%) Consultant
9 34 (3.12%) Architect
10 33 (3.03%) Senior Designer
10 33 (3.03%) Support Engineer
11 32 (2.94%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 31 (2.84%) UI Designer
13 30 (2.75%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
14 29 (2.66%) Product Designer
15 28 (2.57%) Full-Stack Developer
16 27 (2.48%) React Developer
17 25 (2.29%) Software Engineer
18 24 (2.20%) UI/UX Designer
18 24 (2.20%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 143 (13.12%) CSS
2 137 (12.57%) React
3 126 (11.56%) HTML
4 72 (6.61%) REST
5 67 (6.15%) RESTful
6 64 (5.87%) AngularJS
7 54 (4.95%) Node.js
8 48 (4.40%) HTML5
9 45 (4.13%) GraphQL
10 36 (3.30%) .NET
11 31 (2.84%) CSS3
12 29 (2.66%) Jest
12 29 (2.66%) Redux
13 26 (2.39%) Bootstrap
14 24 (2.20%) Web Services
15 23 (2.11%) Next.js
15 23 (2.11%) XML
16 19 (1.74%) Ajax
16 19 (1.74%) Playwright
17 18 (1.65%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 115 (10.55%) Mobile App
2 99 (9.08%) Product Ownership
3 69 (6.33%) Onboarding
4 25 (2.29%) Analytical Mindset
4 25 (2.29%) Enterprise Software
5 20 (1.83%) Management Information System
6 18 (1.65%) Hybrid Cloud
7 17 (1.56%) Data Centre
8 16 (1.47%) Low-Code
9 15 (1.38%) Data Protection Act
9 15 (1.38%) Learning Management System
10 14 (1.28%) AI Agents
10 14 (1.28%) Data Structures
10 14 (1.28%) e-Learning
11 13 (1.19%) Cloud Native
12 12 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
12 12 (1.10%) Virtual Team
13 10 (0.92%) Greenfield Project
13 10 (0.92%) Life Science
13 10 (0.92%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 125 (11.47%) Windows
2 83 (7.61%) Android
3 68 (6.24%) Apple iOS
4 43 (3.94%) Linux
5 29 (2.66%) Windows 10
6 25 (2.29%) Mac OS
7 23 (2.11%) Unix
8 9 (0.83%) Windows Server
9 7 (0.64%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.18%) tvOS
10 2 (0.18%) VMS
11 1 (0.092%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.092%) watchOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 390 (35.78%) Agile
2 346 (31.74%) UX Design
3 198 (18.17%) Problem-Solving
4 185 (16.97%) Analytics
5 135 (12.39%) CI/CD
6 124 (11.38%) Roadmaps
7 123 (11.28%) DevOps
8 121 (11.10%) AI
9 120 (11.01%) Stakeholder Management
10 115 (10.55%) Continuous Improvement
11 106 (9.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 106 (9.72%) User Research
12 98 (8.99%) Front End Development
13 90 (8.26%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
14 86 (7.89%) Service Design
15 84 (7.71%) Decision-Making
16 75 (6.88%) Scrum
17 72 (6.61%) Test Automation
17 72 (6.61%) User Stories
18 69 (6.33%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 175 (16.06%) JavaScript
2 124 (11.38%) Python
3 97 (8.90%) Java
4 96 (8.81%) SQL
5 84 (7.71%) TypeScript
6 56 (5.14%) PowerShell
7 42 (3.85%) C#
8 31 (2.84%) Kotlin
9 27 (2.48%) Swift
10 23 (2.11%) Bash
10 23 (2.11%) Perl
11 14 (1.28%) C++
11 14 (1.28%) PHP
12 11 (1.01%) Objective-C
13 10 (0.92%) PL/SQL
14 8 (0.73%) Go
15 7 (0.64%) Lisp
16 5 (0.46%) C
16 5 (0.46%) Ruby
16 5 (0.46%) Scala
Qualifications
1 159 (14.59%) Security Cleared
2 116 (10.64%) SC Cleared
3 98 (8.99%) Degree
4 24 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (1.65%) BPSS Clearance
5 18 (1.65%) DV Cleared
6 14 (1.28%) Master's Degree
7 12 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (1.10%) PMI Certification
8 11 (1.01%) MOS
9 9 (0.83%) PMP
10 8 (0.73%) CCNP
10 8 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (0.73%) OCA
10 8 (0.73%) Oracle Certification
11 6 (0.55%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (0.37%) Citrix Certification
13 3 (0.28%) CSPO
13 3 (0.28%) ISTQB
14 2 (0.18%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 168 (15.41%) Accessibility
2 98 (8.99%) QA
3 60 (5.50%) GDPR
4 42 (3.85%) WCAG
5 35 (3.21%) Data Quality
6 23 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 20 (1.83%) SLA
8 12 (1.10%) Actionable Recommendations
9 9 (0.83%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 5 (0.46%) GxP
10 5 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.37%) NCSC
11 4 (0.37%) PMO
12 3 (0.28%) Government Security Classifications
12 3 (0.28%) NIST
12 3 (0.28%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.28%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.18%) ISO 20022
13 2 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 2 (0.18%) PERC
System Software
1 67 (6.15%) Active Directory
2 42 (3.85%) Docker
3 22 (2.02%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.28%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.18%) ProxySG
8 1 (0.092%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.092%) Firmware
8 1 (0.092%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.092%) XenApp
8 1 (0.092%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 48 (4.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 36 (3.30%) SCCM
3 35 (3.21%) Kubernetes
4 24 (2.20%) Terraform
5 14 (1.28%) Single Sign-On
6 11 (1.01%) Ansible
7 10 (0.92%) Jamf Pro
8 7 (0.64%) FortiGate
8 7 (0.64%) Grafana
9 5 (0.46%) Prometheus
10 3 (0.28%) Argo
10 3 (0.28%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 2 (0.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.18%) HP ALM
11 2 (0.18%) McAfee ePO
11 2 (0.18%) Nagios
11 2 (0.18%) PingFederate
11 2 (0.18%) Rancher
11 2 (0.18%) SysTrack
12 1 (0.092%) Istio
Vendors
1 207 (18.99%) Microsoft
2 81 (7.43%) Google
3 66 (6.06%) Adobe
3 66 (6.06%) ServiceNow
4 51 (4.68%) Oracle
5 42 (3.85%) SAP
6 38 (3.49%) Salesforce
7 28 (2.57%) Splunk
8 24 (2.20%) VMware
9 19 (1.74%) Apple
10 17 (1.56%) Citrix
11 15 (1.38%) Cisco
12 13 (1.19%) Optimizely
13 12 (1.10%) Hotjar
14 10 (0.92%) Sitecore
14 10 (0.92%) Zscaler
15 9 (0.83%) Amplitude
15 9 (0.83%) OpenAI
16 8 (0.73%) Red Hat
16 8 (0.73%) Workday