UX Design Contract Job Trends in England

User Experience Design (UXD)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring UX Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 232 221 236
Rank change year-on-year -11 +15 -85
Contract jobs citing UX Design 359 324 382
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.14% 1.12% 1.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.28% 1.27% 1.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 248 196 263
10th Percentile £350 £313 £350
25th Percentile £400 £387 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £506 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.17% -3.57% -4.55%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £619
90th Percentile £638 £653 £685
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -5.00% -2.44% -6.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 4 11
10th Percentile £32.24 £30.76 £50.00
25th Percentile £35.32 £31.23 £67.54
Median hourly rate £46.00 £33.27 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year +38.26% -54.11% +33.03%
75th Percentile £65.31 £39.31 £81.25
90th Percentile £70.16 £47.98 £82.50
UK median hourly rate £44.50 £33.27 £72.50
% change year-on-year +33.75% -54.11% +33.03%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

UX Design 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 27,948 25,588 32,999
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.76% 88.59% 88.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,756 15,817 22,467
10th Percentile £300 £310 £313
25th Percentile £406 £414 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,828 844 1,393
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £14.80
25th Percentile £17.88 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +23.61%
75th Percentile £53.81 £64.79 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £74.66 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.29% +24.29%

UX Design
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing UX Design relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

UX Design job vacancy trend in England

UX Design
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing UX Design.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing UX Design

UX Design
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing UX Design in England over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for UX Design in England

UX Design
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing UX Design.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing UX Design

UX Design
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing UX Design in England over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for UX Design in England

UX Design
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 UX Design within the England region over the 6 months to 20 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 -23 204 £485 -7.62% 71
North of England -15 63 £401 -5.65% 28
North West -5 37 £388 +1.31% 15
Midlands -12 37 £425 +19.38% 15
West Midlands -6 31 £425 -26.09% 12
South East -22 21 £525 +31.25% 46
Yorkshire -40 20 £500 -3.61% 7
South West +5 13 £450 -25.00% 15
East of England -22 8 £460 +2.22% 10
North East -3 6 £369 - 6
East Midlands -18 6 £455 +27.81% 3
UX Design
UK

UX Design
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 16 (4.46%) Confluence
2 15 (4.18%) CMS
3 5 (1.39%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.11%) SugarCRM
5 3 (0.84%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.56%) Headless CMS
6 2 (0.56%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.28%) Appian
7 1 (0.28%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.28%) Drupal
7 1 (0.28%) WordPress
Applications
1 38 (10.58%) Sketch
2 20 (5.57%) Adobe XD
3 10 (2.79%) Chatbot
4 9 (2.51%) InVision
5 4 (1.11%) Adobe Illustrator
6 3 (0.84%) Adobe After Effects
6 3 (0.84%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
6 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (0.84%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.56%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.56%) OmniGraffle
7 2 (0.56%) Trello
7 2 (0.56%) UXPin
8 1 (0.28%) CINEMA 4D
8 1 (0.28%) InDesign
8 1 (0.28%) Marvel
8 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.28%) Moqups
8 1 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.56%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.28%) Maximo
3 1 (0.28%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.28%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.28%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 98 (27.30%) Figma
2 45 (12.53%) Azure
3 38 (10.58%) AWS
4 30 (8.36%) SaaS
5 22 (6.13%) GCP
6 14 (3.90%) Power Platform
7 11 (3.06%) GitHub
7 11 (3.06%) Miro
8 10 (2.79%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (2.23%) GitHub Actions
10 7 (1.95%) Firebase
11 6 (1.67%) Microsoft 365
11 6 (1.67%) PowerApps
12 5 (1.39%) Contentful
12 5 (1.39%) PaaS
13 4 (1.11%) Entra ID
13 4 (1.11%) Google Analytics
13 4 (1.11%) Google Gemini
13 4 (1.11%) IaaS
13 4 (1.11%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.39%) Internet
2 2 (0.56%) Network Security
3 1 (0.28%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.28%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (3.62%) NoSQL
2 9 (2.51%) MongoDB
2 9 (2.51%) Power BI
3 7 (1.95%) MySQL
4 6 (1.67%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (1.67%) Relational Database
5 5 (1.39%) Mixpanel
5 5 (1.39%) SQL Server
6 3 (0.84%) DynamoDB
7 2 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.28%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.28%) Big Data
8 1 (0.28%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.28%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.28%) Metadata
8 1 (0.28%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.28%) SAP BW
8 1 (0.28%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 41 (11.42%) Git
2 29 (8.08%) JIRA
3 15 (4.18%) Axure RP
4 12 (3.34%) GitLab
5 11 (3.06%) Jenkins
6 9 (2.51%) Cypress.io
7 7 (1.95%) Gradle
8 6 (1.67%) CircleCI
8 6 (1.67%) Xcode
9 5 (1.39%) Visual Website Optimizer
10 4 (1.11%) Android Studio
10 4 (1.11%) Eclipse
11 3 (0.84%) Balsamiq
11 3 (0.84%) JUnit
11 3 (0.84%) Lerna
12 2 (0.56%) Maven
12 2 (0.56%) Selenium
12 2 (0.56%) Snyk
12 2 (0.56%) SonarQube
12 2 (0.56%) Visual Studio
General
1 115 (32.03%) Social Skills
2 76 (21.17%) Finance
3 46 (12.81%) Public Sector
4 40 (11.14%) Banking
5 39 (10.86%) Analytical Skills
6 30 (8.36%) Marketing
7 12 (3.34%) Influencing Skills
8 11 (3.06%) Legal
9 9 (2.51%) Automotive
9 9 (2.51%) Presentation Skills
9 9 (2.51%) Retail
10 7 (1.95%) Financial Institution
11 6 (1.67%) Pharmaceutical
12 5 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (1.39%) Local Government
13 4 (1.11%) Investment Banking
13 4 (1.11%) Publishing
13 4 (1.11%) Retail Banking
14 3 (0.84%) Aerospace
14 3 (0.84%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 142 (39.55%) Designer
2 103 (28.69%) UX Designer
3 68 (18.94%) Developer
3 68 (18.94%) Senior
4 31 (8.64%) Senior Designer
5 29 (8.08%) UI Designer
6 25 (6.96%) Lead
6 25 (6.96%) UI/UX Designer
7 23 (6.41%) Senior UX Designer
7 23 (6.41%) Service Designer
8 18 (5.01%) Product Designer
9 15 (4.18%) Analyst
9 15 (4.18%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 15 (4.18%) User Researcher
10 14 (3.90%) Business Analyst
11 12 (3.34%) UX Service Designer
12 11 (3.06%) Content Designer
13 10 (2.79%) Senior Developer
14 9 (2.51%) Consultant
14 9 (2.51%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (17.27%) CSS
2 61 (16.99%) HTML
3 48 (13.37%) React
4 35 (9.75%) RESTful
5 26 (7.24%) REST
6 24 (6.69%) HTML5
7 19 (5.29%) Node.js
8 17 (4.74%) AngularJS
8 17 (4.74%) CSS3
8 17 (4.74%) Next.js
9 15 (4.18%) Playwright
10 14 (3.90%) .NET
11 12 (3.34%) GraphQL
12 11 (3.06%) Spring
13 10 (2.79%) Jest
14 8 (2.23%) jQuery
14 8 (2.23%) Redux
14 8 (2.23%) Spring Boot
14 8 (2.23%) Tailwind CSS
14 8 (2.23%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 44 (12.26%) Mobile App
2 35 (9.75%) Product Ownership
3 27 (7.52%) Onboarding
4 12 (3.34%) Low-Code
5 11 (3.06%) Virtual Team
6 8 (2.23%) Data Protection Act
7 7 (1.95%) Distributed Systems
7 7 (1.95%) NHS
8 6 (1.67%) W3C
9 5 (1.39%) Blog
9 5 (1.39%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (1.39%) Mobile Banking
9 5 (1.39%) RIA
10 4 (1.11%) Data Structures
10 4 (1.11%) e-Learning
10 4 (1.11%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.11%) Learning Management System
10 4 (1.11%) Life Science
10 4 (1.11%) Social Media
11 3 (0.84%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 19 (5.29%) Android
1 19 (5.29%) Apple iOS
2 5 (1.39%) Windows
3 4 (1.11%) Linux
4 3 (0.84%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.56%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.28%) VMS
6 1 (0.28%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 359 (100.00%) User Experience
2 163 (45.40%) Agile
3 86 (23.96%) User Research
4 74 (20.61%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 65 (18.11%) Problem-Solving
6 63 (17.55%) Usability Testing
7 56 (15.60%) Analytics
7 56 (15.60%) Service Design
8 53 (14.76%) CI/CD
9 52 (14.48%) Wireframes
10 51 (14.21%) Prototyping
11 48 (13.37%) UX Research
12 41 (11.42%) Front End Development
13 40 (11.14%) Continuous Improvement
14 38 (10.58%) AI
14 38 (10.58%) Interaction Design
15 34 (9.47%) DevOps
15 34 (9.47%) Stakeholder Management
16 33 (9.19%) Journey Map
17 32 (8.91%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 64 (17.83%) JavaScript
2 40 (11.14%) TypeScript
3 35 (9.75%) Java
4 20 (5.57%) SQL
5 16 (4.46%) Python
6 15 (4.18%) Kotlin
7 14 (3.90%) Swift
8 10 (2.79%) C#
9 9 (2.51%) Objective-C
10 5 (1.39%) PHP
10 5 (1.39%) Ruby
11 4 (1.11%) C++
12 3 (0.84%) C
12 3 (0.84%) Scala
13 2 (0.56%) COBOL
13 2 (0.56%) Groovy
13 2 (0.56%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.28%) Apex Code
14 1 (0.28%) Bash
14 1 (0.28%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 42 (11.70%) Degree
2 28 (7.80%) Security Cleared
3 12 (3.34%) SC Cleared
4 10 (2.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (1.39%) Master's Degree
6 3 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (0.84%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.56%) MCP
7 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.56%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.28%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.28%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.28%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (24.79%) Accessibility
2 33 (9.19%) WCAG
3 29 (8.08%) QA
4 13 (3.62%) GDPR
5 7 (1.95%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 6 (1.67%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (1.11%) Data Quality
7 4 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.84%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (6.41%) Docker
2 3 (0.84%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 17 (4.74%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.67%) Grafana
3 4 (1.11%) Terraform
4 3 (0.84%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (0.28%) Consul
5 1 (0.28%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.28%) Podman
5 1 (0.28%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.28%) SCCM
5 1 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 35 (9.75%) Microsoft
2 32 (8.91%) Adobe
3 23 (6.41%) Google
4 16 (4.46%) Salesforce
5 9 (2.51%) ServiceNow
6 8 (2.23%) Optimizely
6 8 (2.23%) SAP
7 7 (1.95%) Oracle
8 6 (1.67%) Hopewiser
8 6 (1.67%) Hotjar
9 5 (1.39%) Amplitude
9 5 (1.39%) Apple
9 5 (1.39%) MuleSoft
9 5 (1.39%) OutSystems
10 4 (1.11%) OpenAI
11 3 (0.84%) Dataiku
11 3 (0.84%) OneTrust
12 2 (0.56%) HP
12 2 (0.56%) Palantir
12 2 (0.56%) Sitecore