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

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 66 70
Rank change year-on-year +1 +4 -5
Contract jobs citing User Experience 1,154 886 1,092
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.56% 3.32% 2.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.05% 3.72% 3.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 779 522 748
10th Percentile £300 £306 £309
25th Percentile £371 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £569 £601 £600
90th Percentile £650 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -5.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 23 36
10th Percentile £15.50 £25.26 £21.89
25th Percentile £17.69 £30.51 £25.00
Median hourly rate £35.60 £42.50 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year -16.24% -12.82% -22.00%
75th Percentile £61.25 £53.75 £72.90
90th Percentile £72.68 £74.35 £81.25
UK median hourly rate £35.55 £41.91 £48.75
% change year-on-year -15.18% -14.03% -22.00%

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 28,483 23,837 32,974
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.89% 89.40% 87.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,219 14,596 22,102
10th Percentile £305 £310 £300
25th Percentile £410 £413 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% -1.41% -3.18%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £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 1,784 766 1,805
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.00 £17.14
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.06 £37.18
Median % change year-on-year -26.15% -8.41% +9.93%
75th Percentile £58.75 £63.75 £62.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £36.33
% change year-on-year -22.62% -10.55% +16.41%

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 25 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 25 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 25 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 -10 599 £476 -9.29% 269
North of England +12 207 £433 -3.78% 222
North West +17 136 £400 -11.11% 99
Midlands -1 113 £500 +17.65% 140
South East -6 107 £425 -15.00% 346
West Midlands -26 66 £456 -8.75% 59
South West +5 63 £500 -9.09% 141
Yorkshire -16 55 £500 +11.11% 86
East Midlands +6 47 £525 +47.47% 78
East of England -6 33 £468 +3.43% 158
North East -1 15 £410 -4.93% 37
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 (4.77%) Confluence
2 49 (4.25%) SharePoint
3 43 (3.73%) CMS
4 23 (1.99%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 13 (1.13%) Microsoft Exchange
6 12 (1.04%) Headless CMS
7 8 (0.69%) Sitecore CMS
8 7 (0.61%) Apache
8 7 (0.61%) Umbraco
9 5 (0.43%) SugarCRM
10 4 (0.35%) Camunda
10 4 (0.35%) Ethereum
10 4 (0.35%) 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 (0.087%) Mendix
Applications
1 36 (3.12%) Sketch
2 23 (1.99%) Adobe XD
3 22 (1.91%) Microsoft Office
4 20 (1.73%) MS Visio
5 18 (1.56%) Chatbot
6 12 (1.04%) 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 5 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
11 4 (0.35%) Adobe After Effects
11 4 (0.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 4 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
11 4 (0.35%) Trello
11 4 (0.35%) UXPin
12 3 (0.26%) Camtasia
12 3 (0.26%) UserZoom
13 2 (0.17%) Autodesk Smoke
13 2 (0.17%) Snagit
Business Applications
1 19 (1.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (1.39%) Dynamics CRM
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 (0.087%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.087%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.087%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.087%) Oracle Payroll
5 1 (0.087%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.087%) SAP PP
5 1 (0.087%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.087%) Sprinklr
5 1 (0.087%) WebTrends
Cloud Services
1 202 (17.50%) Azure
2 139 (12.05%) Figma
3 125 (10.83%) AWS
4 78 (6.76%) SaaS
5 77 (6.67%) Power Platform
6 68 (5.89%) Microsoft 365
7 58 (5.03%) GCP
8 51 (4.42%) Entra ID
9 44 (3.81%) GitHub
10 42 (3.64%) Azure DevOps
11 25 (2.17%) GitHub Actions
12 23 (1.99%) Google Analytics
12 23 (1.99%) Google Workspace
13 22 (1.91%) Serverless
14 20 (1.73%) Miro
15 19 (1.65%) Cloud Computing
15 19 (1.65%) PowerApps
16 17 (1.47%) Power Automate
16 17 (1.47%) Sauce Labs
17 16 (1.39%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 27 (2.34%) DNS
2 24 (2.08%) Wireless
3 15 (1.30%) Internet
4 11 (0.95%) HTTP
5 10 (0.87%) VPN
5 10 (0.87%) 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 (0.61%) Cisco Wireless
8 7 (0.61%) Firewall
8 7 (0.61%) NX-OS
8 7 (0.61%) VXLAN
9 6 (0.52%) Intranet
9 6 (0.52%) Unified Communications
9 6 (0.52%) WAN
10 5 (0.43%) SSL
11 4 (0.35%) HTTPS
11 4 (0.35%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (4.16%) Power BI
2 36 (3.12%) MySQL
3 34 (2.95%) Relational Database
4 25 (2.17%) SQL Server
5 24 (2.08%) PostgreSQL
6 23 (1.99%) NoSQL
7 15 (1.30%) Data Warehouse
8 14 (1.21%) Tableau
9 13 (1.13%) MongoDB
10 12 (1.04%) BigQuery
11 11 (0.95%) Looker
12 8 (0.69%) Metadata
13 7 (0.61%) Mixpanel
13 7 (0.61%) SAP HANA
14 6 (0.52%) Redis
15 4 (0.35%) DynamoDB
15 4 (0.35%) Pinecone
16 3 (0.26%) Amazon Athena
16 3 (0.26%) CockroachDB
16 3 (0.26%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 114 (9.88%) JIRA
2 81 (7.02%) Git
3 45 (3.90%) GitLab
4 32 (2.77%) Jenkins
5 28 (2.43%) Xcode
6 25 (2.17%) Android Studio
7 24 (2.08%) Cypress.io
7 24 (2.08%) Eclipse
8 19 (1.65%) Browser DevTools
8 19 (1.65%) JUnit
9 18 (1.56%) Gradle
10 15 (1.30%) Axure RP
11 14 (1.21%) Postman
12 11 (0.95%) CircleCI
13 9 (0.78%) Visual Website Optimizer
14 8 (0.69%) Artifactory
14 8 (0.69%) IntelliJ
14 8 (0.69%) Mocha
15 7 (0.61%) Appium
15 7 (0.61%) Cucumber
General
1 402 (34.84%) Social Skills
2 210 (18.20%) Finance
3 148 (12.82%) Analytical Skills
4 138 (11.96%) Public Sector
5 80 (6.93%) Banking
6 78 (6.76%) Marketing
7 36 (3.12%) Influencing Skills
8 28 (2.43%) Retail
9 26 (2.25%) Legal
10 22 (1.91%) Presentation Skills
11 19 (1.65%) Manufacturing
12 17 (1.47%) Pharmaceutical
13 15 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
13 15 (1.30%) Telecoms
14 13 (1.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 13 (1.13%) Investment Banking
15 11 (0.95%) Automotive
16 10 (0.87%) Financial Institution
17 8 (0.69%) Front Office
17 8 (0.69%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 191 (16.55%) Developer
2 190 (16.46%) Designer
3 161 (13.95%) Senior
4 108 (9.36%) UX Designer
5 102 (8.84%) Analyst
6 85 (7.37%) Lead
7 52 (4.51%) Business Analyst
8 45 (3.90%) Senior Designer
9 44 (3.81%) Product Designer
10 43 (3.73%) Consultant
11 40 (3.47%) Architect
12 38 (3.29%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
13 36 (3.12%) Full-Stack Developer
13 36 (3.12%) Support Engineer
14 34 (2.95%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
15 32 (2.77%) UI Designer
16 28 (2.43%) Software Engineer
16 28 (2.43%) User Researcher
17 27 (2.34%) Senior Developer
18 26 (2.25%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 162 (14.04%) React
2 158 (13.69%) CSS
3 141 (12.22%) HTML
4 89 (7.71%) AngularJS
5 88 (7.63%) REST
6 76 (6.59%) RESTful
7 50 (4.33%) Node.js
8 47 (4.07%) GraphQL
9 42 (3.64%) HTML5
10 41 (3.55%) .NET
11 40 (3.47%) Spring
12 38 (3.29%) Spring Boot
13 33 (2.86%) CSS3
13 33 (2.86%) Jest
14 28 (2.43%) Playwright
15 27 (2.34%) Next.js
16 24 (2.08%) Redux
17 21 (1.82%) OAuth
18 20 (1.73%) SOAP
19 18 (1.56%) Ajax
Miscellaneous
1 106 (9.19%) Product Ownership
2 96 (8.32%) Mobile App
3 62 (5.37%) Onboarding
4 27 (2.34%) Enterprise Software
5 24 (2.08%) Analytical Mindset
6 17 (1.47%) AI Agents
7 15 (1.30%) Data Structures
7 15 (1.30%) e-Learning
8 14 (1.21%) Low-Code
8 14 (1.21%) Management Information System
8 14 (1.21%) NHS
9 13 (1.13%) Data Centre
9 13 (1.13%) Data Protection Act
9 13 (1.13%) Legacy Systems
9 13 (1.13%) Virtual Team
10 12 (1.04%) Cloud Native
10 12 (1.04%) CMDB
10 12 (1.04%) Learning Management System
11 11 (0.95%) Distributed Systems
11 11 (0.95%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 120 (10.40%) Windows
2 72 (6.24%) Android
3 53 (4.59%) Apple iOS
4 36 (3.12%) Windows 10
5 35 (3.03%) Linux
6 22 (1.91%) Unix
7 20 (1.73%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.52%) Windows Server
9 3 (0.26%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.17%) VMS
11 1 (0.087%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 413 (35.79%) Agile
2 376 (32.58%) UX Design
3 206 (17.85%) Analytics
4 198 (17.16%) Problem-Solving
5 154 (13.34%) CI/CD
6 147 (12.74%) Stakeholder Management
7 142 (12.31%) User Research
8 134 (11.61%) DevOps
9 127 (11.01%) AI
9 127 (11.01%) Continuous Improvement
10 122 (10.57%) Roadmaps
11 121 (10.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 107 (9.27%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
13 94 (8.15%) Decision-Making
14 91 (7.89%) UX Research
14 91 (7.89%) Wireframes
15 88 (7.63%) Front End Development
16 87 (7.54%) Usability Testing
17 85 (7.37%) Prototyping
18 81 (7.02%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 193 (16.72%) JavaScript
2 114 (9.88%) SQL
3 112 (9.71%) Java
4 104 (9.01%) TypeScript
5 103 (8.93%) Python
6 58 (5.03%) PowerShell
7 45 (3.90%) C#
8 33 (2.86%) Kotlin
9 22 (1.91%) Bash
9 22 (1.91%) Perl
9 22 (1.91%) Swift
10 14 (1.21%) PHP
11 11 (0.95%) C++
11 11 (0.95%) PL/SQL
12 10 (0.87%) Go
12 10 (0.87%) Objective-C
13 7 (0.61%) Lisp
14 6 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 5 (0.43%) C
15 5 (0.43%) Scala
Qualifications
1 141 (12.22%) Security Cleared
2 108 (9.36%) Degree
3 101 (8.75%) SC Cleared
4 25 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (1.73%) BPSS Clearance
6 14 (1.21%) Master's Degree
7 11 (0.95%) MOS
8 10 (0.87%) DV Cleared
8 10 (0.87%) PMI Certification
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
10 6 (0.52%) MCP
11 5 (0.43%) PMP
12 3 (0.26%) Azure Certification
13 2 (0.17%) CCA
13 2 (0.17%) CISSP
13 2 (0.17%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 192 (16.64%) Accessibility
2 118 (10.23%) QA
3 63 (5.46%) WCAG
4 62 (5.37%) GDPR
5 32 (2.77%) Data Quality
6 25 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 17 (1.47%) Actionable Recommendations
8 16 (1.39%) SLA
9 7 (0.61%) GxP
10 6 (0.52%) NCSC
11 5 (0.43%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 5 (0.43%) PMO
11 5 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
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
System Software
1 67 (5.81%) Active Directory
2 54 (4.68%) Docker
3 20 (1.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.26%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.17%) ProxySG
7 1 (0.087%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.087%) ISA Server
7 1 (0.087%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.087%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.087%) XenApp
7 1 (0.087%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 48 (4.16%) Kubernetes
2 42 (3.64%) Microsoft Intune
3 33 (2.86%) SCCM
4 26 (2.25%) Terraform
5 15 (1.30%) Grafana
5 15 (1.30%) Single Sign-On
6 11 (0.95%) Ansible
7 7 (0.61%) FortiGate
8 6 (0.52%) Prometheus
9 4 (0.35%) Argo
9 4 (0.35%) 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 (0.087%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.087%) Kibana
12 1 (0.087%) SCOM
Vendors
1 200 (17.33%) Microsoft
2 81 (7.02%) Google
3 75 (6.50%) Adobe
4 67 (5.81%) ServiceNow
5 49 (4.25%) Oracle
6 43 (3.73%) Salesforce
7 42 (3.64%) SAP
8 27 (2.34%) Splunk
9 21 (1.82%) VMware
10 17 (1.47%) Apple
11 16 (1.39%) Citrix
12 13 (1.13%) Cisco
13 11 (0.95%) Hotjar
13 11 (0.95%) Optimizely
13 11 (0.95%) Red Hat
13 11 (0.95%) Zscaler
14 10 (0.87%) Amplitude
15 9 (0.78%) MuleSoft
16 8 (0.69%) Ekahau
16 8 (0.69%) Sitecore