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 16 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 68 74
Rank change year-on-year -8 +6 -10
Contract jobs citing User Experience 1,192 842 1,035
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.24% 3.40% 2.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.75% 3.76% 3.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 821 551 685
10th Percentile £313 £303 £284
25th Percentile £382 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - -4.31%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £489 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -0.66% -1.60% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 24 45
10th Percentile £15.50 £25.26 £16.25
25th Percentile £17.69 £38.25 £23.75
Median hourly rate £38.94 £48.50 £31.71
Median % change year-on-year -19.71% +52.95% -29.53%
75th Percentile £62.38 £75.12 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.20 £92.50 £76.28
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £47.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -10.53% +46.15% -19.75%

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 31,799 22,421 32,927
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.47% 90.62% 86.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,337 14,594 21,795
10th Percentile £313 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.05% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £639 £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 1,979 812 2,149
10th Percentile £15.30 £15.22 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.00 £16.06
Median hourly rate £30.15 £34.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.32% +4.62% -12.16%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £70.53
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -7.69% - -7.14%

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 16 March 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 16 March 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 16 March 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 -13 618 £500 -3.85% 282
North of England +5 210 £458 +4.93% 146
North West +13 137 £413 -8.03% 78
South East -11 124 £488 -3.47% 170
Midlands -9 108 £510 +27.50% 80
West Midlands -39 65 £475 +17.28% 51
South West -20 61 £450 +20.00% 58
Yorkshire -24 52 £513 +33.99% 33
East Midlands +1 43 £550 +54.49% 29
East of England -18 31 £413 -13.16% 57
North East +2 20 £388 -19.27% 36
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 (4.61%) SharePoint
2 44 (3.69%) Confluence
3 34 (2.85%) CMS
4 23 (1.93%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 18 (1.51%) Microsoft Exchange
6 11 (0.92%) Headless CMS
7 8 (0.67%) Apache
7 8 (0.67%) Sitecore CMS
8 7 (0.59%) Umbraco
9 4 (0.34%) Camunda
9 4 (0.34%) Ethereum
9 4 (0.34%) Hyperledger
10 3 (0.25%) Anypoint
10 3 (0.25%) Apache Spark
10 3 (0.25%) Drupal
10 3 (0.25%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.17%) Appian
11 2 (0.17%) Mendix
12 1 (0.084%) Cloud Foundry
12 1 (0.084%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 35 (2.94%) Sketch
2 25 (2.10%) Adobe XD
3 23 (1.93%) Microsoft Excel
4 20 (1.68%) Chatbot
5 19 (1.59%) MS Visio
6 15 (1.26%) Microsoft Office
7 11 (0.92%) Photoshop
8 8 (0.67%) Adobe Illustrator
8 8 (0.67%) InVision
9 6 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 6 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
10 4 (0.34%) Adobe After Effects
10 4 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
10 4 (0.34%) Trello
10 4 (0.34%) UXPin
11 3 (0.25%) Adobe Captivate
11 3 (0.25%) UserZoom
12 2 (0.17%) Autodesk Smoke
12 2 (0.17%) Camtasia
12 2 (0.17%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 17 (1.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (1.26%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.59%) Workday HCM
4 6 (0.50%) Sage X3
5 4 (0.34%) Shopify
6 3 (0.25%) SAP CO
6 3 (0.25%) SAP FI
6 3 (0.25%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.17%) iTrent
7 2 (0.17%) Magento
7 2 (0.17%) NEC Housing
7 2 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.17%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.084%) Adobe Campaign
8 1 (0.084%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.084%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 1 (0.084%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.084%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.084%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.084%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 193 (16.19%) Azure
2 156 (13.09%) Figma
3 118 (9.90%) AWS
4 94 (7.89%) Power Platform
5 80 (6.71%) Microsoft 365
6 53 (4.45%) SaaS
7 51 (4.28%) Entra ID
7 51 (4.28%) GCP
8 50 (4.19%) Azure DevOps
9 44 (3.69%) GitHub
10 33 (2.77%) PowerApps
11 28 (2.35%) Power Automate
12 26 (2.18%) GitHub Actions
12 26 (2.18%) Serverless
13 24 (2.01%) Google Workspace
14 23 (1.93%) Microsoft Copilot
15 22 (1.85%) Cloud Computing
16 21 (1.76%) Dynamics 365
17 19 (1.59%) Google Sheets
18 18 (1.51%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 22 (1.85%) DNS
2 19 (1.59%) Wireless
3 16 (1.34%) Internet
4 12 (1.01%) Wi-Fi
5 11 (0.92%) DHCP
6 10 (0.84%) Intranet
6 10 (0.84%) TCP/IP
6 10 (0.84%) VPN
7 9 (0.76%) BGP
7 9 (0.76%) Cisco ISE
7 9 (0.76%) LAN
8 8 (0.67%) Cisco Wireless
8 8 (0.67%) Firewall
8 8 (0.67%) WAN
9 7 (0.59%) HTTP
9 7 (0.59%) NX-OS
9 7 (0.59%) SD-WAN
9 7 (0.59%) VXLAN
10 6 (0.50%) SSL
11 4 (0.34%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (5.20%) Power BI
2 29 (2.43%) Relational Database
3 27 (2.27%) NoSQL
4 26 (2.18%) MySQL
5 22 (1.85%) PostgreSQL
6 20 (1.68%) Data Warehouse
6 20 (1.68%) SQL Server
7 16 (1.34%) Tableau
8 12 (1.01%) Metadata
9 11 (0.92%) BigQuery
9 11 (0.92%) MongoDB
10 9 (0.76%) Looker
11 7 (0.59%) Pinecone
11 7 (0.59%) Power Query
12 6 (0.50%) DynamoDB
12 6 (0.50%) Redis
12 6 (0.50%) ZAP BI
13 5 (0.42%) Hadoop
14 4 (0.34%) Mixpanel
14 4 (0.34%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 99 (8.31%) JIRA
2 73 (6.12%) Git
3 45 (3.78%) GitLab
4 27 (2.27%) Jenkins
5 24 (2.01%) Cypress.io
6 22 (1.85%) JUnit
7 18 (1.51%) Android Studio
8 17 (1.43%) Xcode
9 16 (1.34%) Axure RP
9 16 (1.34%) Gradle
10 14 (1.17%) Eclipse
11 13 (1.09%) Browser DevTools
12 12 (1.01%) CircleCI
13 9 (0.76%) Artifactory
13 9 (0.76%) Selenium
14 8 (0.67%) Mocha
14 8 (0.67%) Postman
15 6 (0.50%) Cucumber
16 5 (0.42%) Maven
16 5 (0.42%) Visual Studio
General
1 405 (33.98%) Social Skills
2 226 (18.96%) Finance
3 150 (12.58%) Public Sector
4 140 (11.74%) Analytical Skills
5 89 (7.47%) Banking
6 60 (5.03%) Marketing
7 37 (3.10%) Retail
8 30 (2.52%) Presentation Skills
9 25 (2.10%) Legal
10 24 (2.01%) Influencing Skills
11 20 (1.68%) Manufacturing
12 17 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
13 15 (1.26%) Investment Banking
14 12 (1.01%) Telecoms
15 11 (0.92%) Financial Institution
15 11 (0.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 11 (0.92%) Pharmaceutical
15 11 (0.92%) Publishing
16 10 (0.84%) Front Office
17 9 (0.76%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 210 (17.62%) Designer
2 185 (15.52%) Developer
3 181 (15.18%) Senior
4 119 (9.98%) Analyst
5 113 (9.48%) UX Designer
6 61 (5.12%) Lead
7 57 (4.78%) Product Designer
8 54 (4.53%) Consultant
9 50 (4.19%) Senior Designer
10 49 (4.11%) Business Analyst
11 45 (3.78%) Architect
12 39 (3.27%) Support Engineer
13 36 (3.02%) User Researcher
14 35 (2.94%) Senior Developer
14 35 (2.94%) Software Engineer
15 34 (2.85%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
15 34 (2.85%) Full-Stack Developer
15 34 (2.85%) UI Designer
16 33 (2.77%) IT Support
17 30 (2.52%) Senior UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 152 (12.75%) React
2 140 (11.74%) CSS
3 124 (10.40%) HTML
4 94 (7.89%) REST
5 82 (6.88%) AngularJS
6 76 (6.38%) RESTful
7 53 (4.45%) Spring
7 53 (4.45%) Spring Boot
8 51 (4.28%) Node.js
9 42 (3.52%) .NET
10 35 (2.94%) HTML5
11 34 (2.85%) GraphQL
12 30 (2.52%) CSS3
13 26 (2.18%) Jest
14 24 (2.01%) Redux
15 23 (1.93%) JSON
16 22 (1.85%) Next.js
17 21 (1.76%) Playwright
17 21 (1.76%) Vue
18 19 (1.59%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 113 (9.48%) Product Ownership
2 83 (6.96%) Mobile App
3 47 (3.94%) Onboarding
4 26 (2.18%) Enterprise Software
5 24 (2.01%) Analytical Mindset
6 23 (1.93%) AI Agents
7 20 (1.68%) Data Structures
8 15 (1.26%) Cloud Native
8 15 (1.26%) Data Centre
8 15 (1.26%) Data Protection Act
8 15 (1.26%) Virtual Team
9 14 (1.17%) Legacy Systems
10 12 (1.01%) CMDB
10 12 (1.01%) Distributed Systems
11 11 (0.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 10 (0.84%) Algorithms
12 10 (0.84%) e-Learning
12 10 (0.84%) Low-Code
12 10 (0.84%) NHS
13 9 (0.76%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 124 (10.40%) Windows
2 47 (3.94%) Android
3 43 (3.61%) Windows 10
4 32 (2.68%) Apple iOS
5 27 (2.27%) Linux
6 18 (1.51%) Mac OS
7 14 (1.17%) Unix
8 5 (0.42%) Windows Server
9 3 (0.25%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.084%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.084%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.084%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 384 (32.21%) Agile
2 364 (30.54%) UX Design
3 197 (16.53%) Problem-Solving
4 195 (16.36%) Analytics
5 167 (14.01%) User Research
6 152 (12.75%) CI/CD
7 149 (12.50%) AI
8 146 (12.25%) DevOps
9 143 (12.00%) Stakeholder Management
10 140 (11.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 137 (11.49%) Continuous Improvement
12 115 (9.65%) Roadmaps
13 109 (9.14%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
14 105 (8.81%) Decision-Making
14 105 (8.81%) UX Research
15 104 (8.72%) Prototyping
16 100 (8.39%) Wireframes
17 92 (7.72%) Usability Testing
18 91 (7.63%) Service Design
19 81 (6.80%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 176 (14.77%) JavaScript
2 123 (10.32%) SQL
3 108 (9.06%) Java
4 104 (8.72%) Python
5 98 (8.22%) TypeScript
6 62 (5.20%) PowerShell
7 46 (3.86%) C#
8 29 (2.43%) Kotlin
9 16 (1.34%) Bash
10 15 (1.26%) Perl
11 12 (1.01%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 12 (1.01%) Swift
12 8 (0.67%) PHP
13 7 (0.59%) Lisp
13 7 (0.59%) PL/SQL
14 6 (0.50%) C++
14 6 (0.50%) Go
14 6 (0.50%) VBA
15 4 (0.34%) Korn
15 4 (0.34%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 158 (13.26%) Security Cleared
2 112 (9.40%) SC Cleared
3 109 (9.14%) Degree
4 25 (2.10%) BPSS Clearance
5 23 (1.93%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (1.43%) DV Cleared
7 14 (1.17%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (0.92%) CCNP
8 11 (0.92%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (0.76%) Master's Degree
10 8 (0.67%) MOS
11 7 (0.59%) OCA
11 7 (0.59%) Oracle Certification
11 7 (0.59%) PMI Certification
12 5 (0.42%) Azure Certification
12 5 (0.42%) CCA
12 5 (0.42%) Citrix Certification
13 3 (0.25%) CCIE
13 3 (0.25%) CESG Certified Professional
13 3 (0.25%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 187 (15.69%) Accessibility
2 120 (10.07%) QA
3 61 (5.12%) WCAG
4 44 (3.69%) Data Quality
5 37 (3.10%) GDPR
6 19 (1.59%) Actionable Recommendations
7 16 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 15 (1.26%) SLA
9 7 (0.59%) PMO
10 6 (0.50%) NCSC
11 4 (0.34%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 3 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.25%) GMP
12 3 (0.25%) Government Security Classifications
12 3 (0.25%) GxP
12 3 (0.25%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.17%) COBIT
13 2 (0.17%) GRC
13 2 (0.17%) ISO 20022
13 2 (0.17%) NIST
System Software
1 71 (5.96%) Active Directory
2 55 (4.61%) Docker
3 18 (1.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (1.17%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.34%) Firmware
6 3 (0.25%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.17%) ProxySG
8 1 (0.084%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.084%) ISA Server
8 1 (0.084%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.084%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.084%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.084%) XenApp
8 1 (0.084%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 57 (4.78%) Kubernetes
2 43 (3.61%) Microsoft Intune
3 32 (2.68%) Terraform
4 31 (2.60%) SCCM
5 20 (1.68%) Grafana
6 12 (1.01%) Ansible
7 10 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (0.59%) FortiGate
9 6 (0.50%) Prometheus
10 4 (0.34%) Argo
10 4 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
11 3 (0.25%) HP ALM
11 3 (0.25%) Nagios
11 3 (0.25%) Rancher
12 2 (0.17%) SysTrack
13 1 (0.084%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 1 (0.084%) Consul
13 1 (0.084%) Podman
13 1 (0.084%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
13 1 (0.084%) WMI
Vendors
1 211 (17.70%) Microsoft
2 72 (6.04%) Adobe
2 72 (6.04%) Google
2 72 (6.04%) ServiceNow
3 42 (3.52%) SAP
4 39 (3.27%) Oracle
5 30 (2.52%) Salesforce
6 20 (1.68%) Citrix
6 20 (1.68%) Splunk
7 19 (1.59%) VMware
8 16 (1.34%) Cisco
9 15 (1.26%) Apple
10 12 (1.01%) Red Hat
11 11 (0.92%) Workday
12 10 (0.84%) Ekahau
12 10 (0.84%) Zscaler
13 8 (0.67%) MuleSoft
13 8 (0.67%) Sitecore
14 7 (0.59%) Hotjar
14 7 (0.59%) Remedy