User Experience Contracts in England

UX
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for User Experience skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited User Experience over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 75 63 60
Rank change year-on-year -12 -3 -6
Contract jobs citing User Experience 996 1,782 2,822
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.69% 3.53% 3.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.11% 3.91% 4.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 674 1,254 2,076
10th Percentile £300 £350 £364
25th Percentile £411 £425 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% +10.53%
75th Percentile £608 £613 £619
90th Percentile £700 £700 £713
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +13.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 24 46
10th Percentile £16.25 £16.85 £20.29
25th Percentile £23.75 £18.57 £24.25
Median hourly rate £31.71 £33.85 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.31% -32.98% +58.18%
75th Percentile £64.65 £48.94 £62.50
90th Percentile £73.96 £67.18 £68.02
UK median hourly rate £32.11 £35.00 £50.50
% change year-on-year -8.27% -30.69% +62.90%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

User Experience is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,985 45,619 64,566
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.53% 90.25% 90.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,974 32,022 45,804
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £769 £749
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,225 1,607 1,769
10th Percentile £12.86 £10.94 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.31 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.15
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing User Experience as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for User Experience in England

User Experience
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing User Experience in England.

Daily rate trend for User Experience in England

User Experience
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Experience in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for User Experience in England

User Experience
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing User Experience in England.

Hourly rate trend for User Experience in England

User Experience
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing User Experience in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 2024. 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 -7 605 £500 -9.09% 358
North of England -18 102 £475 -7.99% 193
South East -18 100 £500 +5.26% 93
North West -22 57 £475 -9.52% 124
South West -3 52 £425 -11.87% 61
Midlands +5 50 £475 +5.56% 86
West Midlands +24 44 £500 - 57
Yorkshire -12 37 £488 +0.05% 50
East of England -11 13 £388 +3.33% 39
North East +15 8 £700 +16.67% 20
East Midlands +3 5 £400 -3.03% 28
User Experience
UK

User Experience
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 56 (5.62%) CMS
2 33 (3.31%) SharePoint
3 18 (1.81%) Confluence
4 14 (1.41%) Apache
5 12 (1.20%) SAS
6 10 (1.00%) Sitecore CMS
7 8 (0.80%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 7 (0.70%) Headless CMS
9 6 (0.60%) Drupal
10 5 (0.50%) Apache Airflow
10 5 (0.50%) WordPress
11 4 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
11 4 (0.40%) Tornado
12 3 (0.30%) ArcGIS
12 3 (0.30%) nginx
13 2 (0.20%) Oracle Self-Service HR
13 2 (0.20%) Umbraco
14 1 (0.10%) Apache Spark
14 1 (0.10%) Jadu
14 1 (0.10%) Moodle
Applications
1 46 (4.62%) Sketch
2 35 (3.51%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (3.01%) Microsoft Excel
4 25 (2.51%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 23 (2.31%) Adobe XD
5 23 (2.31%) Photoshop
6 19 (1.91%) InVision
7 18 (1.81%) Adobe Illustrator
8 9 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 7 (0.70%) Adobe Captivate
10 4 (0.40%) InDesign
10 4 (0.40%) MS Visio
10 4 (0.40%) SPSS
10 4 (0.40%) UserZoom
11 3 (0.30%) MicroStation
12 2 (0.20%) Adobe After Effects
12 2 (0.20%) Chatbot
13 1 (0.10%) Houdini
13 1 (0.10%) Marvel
13 1 (0.10%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 10 (1.00%) Magento
2 9 (0.90%) Salesforce CRM
3 7 (0.70%) Shopify
4 4 (0.40%) WebTrends
5 3 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.30%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.10%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.10%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.10%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 120 (12.05%) Figma
2 105 (10.54%) AWS
3 81 (8.13%) Azure
4 43 (4.32%) Power Platform
5 35 (3.51%) Microsoft 365
6 22 (2.21%) Azure DevOps
7 21 (2.11%) GitHub
8 18 (1.81%) GCP
8 18 (1.81%) PowerApps
9 17 (1.71%) Power Automate
9 17 (1.71%) Serverless
10 15 (1.51%) SaaS
11 14 (1.41%) Miro
12 12 (1.20%) Google Analytics
13 9 (0.90%) Adobe Creative Cloud
13 9 (0.90%) Azure Key Vault
13 9 (0.90%) Dynamics 365
14 8 (0.80%) Cloud Computing
14 8 (0.80%) npm
15 7 (0.70%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 22 (2.21%) VPN
2 10 (1.00%) Firewall
2 10 (1.00%) Intranet
3 8 (0.80%) HTTP
3 8 (0.80%) Internet
4 7 (0.70%) DHCP
5 6 (0.60%) DNS
6 4 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.30%) LAN
8 2 (0.20%) NetScaler
8 2 (0.20%) SSH
8 2 (0.20%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.20%) WAN
9 1 (0.10%) 4G
9 1 (0.10%) Cisco IPT
9 1 (0.10%) NFC
9 1 (0.10%) OpenLDAP
9 1 (0.10%) PPP
9 1 (0.10%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (4.62%) Apache Cassandra
2 40 (4.02%) Power BI
3 27 (2.71%) SQL Server
4 17 (1.71%) Data Warehouse
5 16 (1.61%) NoSQL
6 13 (1.31%) Big Data
6 13 (1.31%) MongoDB
7 11 (1.10%) MySQL
7 11 (1.10%) Relational Database
8 10 (1.00%) Crystal Reports
8 10 (1.00%) PostgreSQL
9 8 (0.80%) BusinessObjects
10 7 (0.70%) Tableau
11 6 (0.60%) Amazon RDS
11 6 (0.60%) Metadata
12 5 (0.50%) Apache Ignite
12 5 (0.50%) Data Mining
12 5 (0.50%) Power Query
13 4 (0.40%) BigQuery
13 4 (0.40%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 38 (3.82%) Git
2 36 (3.61%) JIRA
3 16 (1.61%) Axure RP
4 10 (1.00%) Cypress.io
4 10 (1.00%) Gradle
4 10 (1.00%) TeamCity
4 10 (1.00%) webpack
5 8 (0.80%) Jenkins
6 7 (0.70%) Bitbucket
6 7 (0.70%) git-flow
6 7 (0.70%) Visual Studio Code
7 6 (0.60%) GitLab
7 6 (0.60%) SonarQube
8 5 (0.50%) Babel
8 5 (0.50%) Visual Website Optimizer
9 4 (0.40%) Selenium
9 4 (0.40%) Visual Studio
10 3 (0.30%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.30%) JMeter
10 3 (0.30%) Maven
General
1 289 (29.02%) Social Skills
2 139 (13.96%) Finance
3 104 (10.44%) Analytical Skills
4 91 (9.14%) Marketing
5 77 (7.73%) Public Sector
6 41 (4.12%) Banking
7 40 (4.02%) Retail
8 26 (2.61%) Influencing Skills
9 23 (2.31%) Legal
10 21 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 21 (2.11%) Local Government
11 19 (1.91%) Telecoms
12 18 (1.81%) Presentation Skills
13 17 (1.71%) Front Office
14 16 (1.61%) Games
14 16 (1.61%) Publishing
15 13 (1.31%) Pharmaceutical
16 12 (1.20%) Law
16 12 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
17 11 (1.10%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 210 (21.08%) Developer
2 208 (20.88%) Designer
3 185 (18.57%) Senior
4 130 (13.05%) UX Designer
5 72 (7.23%) Software Engineer
6 65 (6.53%) Analyst
7 57 (5.72%) UI Designer
8 56 (5.62%) Lead
9 52 (5.22%) Architect
9 52 (5.22%) UI/UX Designer
10 44 (4.42%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 44 (4.42%) Senior Designer
11 43 (4.32%) React Developer
12 42 (4.22%) Senior Software Engineer
13 36 (3.61%) Senior UX Designer
14 35 (3.51%) Senior Developer
15 32 (3.21%) Business Analyst
16 30 (3.01%) UI Developer
17 26 (2.61%) Product Manager
18 23 (2.31%) UI Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 113 (11.35%) CSS
2 108 (10.84%) React
3 106 (10.64%) HTML
4 53 (5.32%) Kafka
5 51 (5.12%) Node.js
6 45 (4.52%) AngularJS
7 34 (3.41%) .NET
7 34 (3.41%) RESTful
8 31 (3.11%) Redux
9 30 (3.01%) REST
10 20 (2.01%) HTML5
10 20 (2.01%) Sass
11 19 (1.91%) WebSockets
12 18 (1.81%) CSS3
13 17 (1.71%) Jest
13 17 (1.71%) JSON
14 14 (1.41%) jQuery
14 14 (1.41%) Tailwind CSS
14 14 (1.41%) Vue
15 13 (1.31%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 91 (9.14%) Product Ownership
2 70 (7.03%) Mobile App
3 28 (2.81%) Fixed Income
4 25 (2.51%) Self-Motivation
5 23 (2.31%) Management Information System
6 20 (2.01%) Enterprise Software
7 19 (1.91%) Onboarding
8 14 (1.41%) Graphic Design
9 12 (1.20%) Data Structures
9 12 (1.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 11 (1.10%) Cloud Native
10 11 (1.10%) Video\Live Streaming
11 10 (1.00%) Algorithms
11 10 (1.00%) Digital Media
12 9 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
12 9 (0.90%) Public Cloud
13 8 (0.80%) Animation
13 8 (0.80%) FMCG
13 8 (0.80%) Over-the-Top Content
13 8 (0.80%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 43 (4.32%) Windows
2 40 (4.02%) Android
3 32 (3.21%) Apple iOS
4 14 (1.41%) Windows Server
5 9 (0.90%) Linux
6 8 (0.80%) Windows 10
6 8 (0.80%) Windows 7
7 4 (0.40%) Unix
7 4 (0.40%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.10%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.10%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.10%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 405 (40.66%) UX Design
2 307 (30.82%) Agile
3 161 (16.16%) Problem-Solving
4 151 (15.16%) User Research
5 116 (11.65%) Software Engineering
6 112 (11.24%) UX Research
7 99 (9.94%) Continuous Improvement
8 97 (9.74%) Front End Development
9 93 (9.34%) Stakeholder Management
10 89 (8.94%) Roadmaps
11 79 (7.93%) DevOps
12 75 (7.53%) Wireframes
13 74 (7.43%) Analytics
14 69 (6.93%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
15 63 (6.33%) Customer Experience
15 63 (6.33%) Fintech
16 59 (5.92%) Scrum
17 57 (5.72%) Computer Science
17 57 (5.72%) Decision-Making
18 54 (5.42%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 133 (13.35%) JavaScript
2 78 (7.83%) SQL
3 71 (7.13%) TypeScript
4 70 (7.03%) Python
5 56 (5.62%) Java
6 50 (5.02%) Go
7 43 (4.32%) C#
8 22 (2.21%) Kotlin
9 19 (1.91%) PowerShell
10 14 (1.41%) Swift
11 13 (1.31%) PHP
12 11 (1.10%) Objective-C
13 7 (0.70%) Apex Code
14 6 (0.60%) Bicep
14 6 (0.60%) C
14 6 (0.60%) C++
15 5 (0.50%) SOQL
16 4 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 3 (0.30%) Dart
17 3 (0.30%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 126 (12.65%) Degree
2 98 (9.84%) Security Cleared
3 65 (6.53%) SC Cleared
4 39 (3.92%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (1.81%) DV Cleared
6 14 (1.41%) Master's Degree
7 12 (1.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 10 (1.00%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (0.80%) ISTQB
10 6 (0.60%) DBS Check
10 6 (0.60%) ITIL Certification
10 6 (0.60%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.40%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.40%) AWS Certified Developer
11 4 (0.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 4 (0.40%) HNC
12 3 (0.30%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 3 (0.30%) CCA
12 3 (0.30%) Citrix Certification
12 3 (0.30%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (8.73%) Accessibility
2 53 (5.32%) QA
3 22 (2.21%) Data Quality
4 21 (2.11%) SLA
5 12 (1.20%) WCAG
6 10 (1.00%) Actionable Recommendations
7 9 (0.90%) GDPR
8 7 (0.70%) PMO
9 4 (0.40%) GRC
10 3 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.30%) MiFID
11 2 (0.20%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 12207
11 2 (0.20%) NCSC
11 2 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
12 1 (0.10%) GxP
12 1 (0.10%) NIST
12 1 (0.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 54 (5.42%) Docker
2 14 (1.41%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.20%) vSphere
5 1 (0.10%) Firmware
5 1 (0.10%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 62 (6.22%) Kubernetes
2 10 (1.00%) Single Sign-On
3 9 (0.90%) Terraform
4 5 (0.50%) SCCM
5 4 (0.40%) Ansible
6 2 (0.20%) Grafana
6 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.10%) AppManager
7 1 (0.10%) Docker Swarm
7 1 (0.10%) Hadoop YARN
7 1 (0.10%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.10%) Kibana
7 1 (0.10%) Nessus
7 1 (0.10%) Oozie
7 1 (0.10%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 80 (8.03%) Microsoft
2 79 (7.93%) Adobe
3 34 (3.41%) Google
4 27 (2.71%) Salesforce
5 21 (2.11%) SAP
5 21 (2.11%) ServiceNow
6 17 (1.71%) Apple
7 16 (1.61%) Sitecore
8 12 (1.20%) IFS
9 9 (0.90%) Atlassian
9 9 (0.90%) Citrix
10 8 (0.80%) Databricks
11 7 (0.70%) Optimizely
12 6 (0.60%) Oracle
12 6 (0.60%) VMware
13 5 (0.50%) Blue Prism
13 5 (0.50%) MicroStrategy
13 5 (0.50%) Pardot
13 5 (0.50%) Red Hat
13 5 (0.50%) RedPrairie