User Experience Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

UX
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring User Experience skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 77 82
Rank change year-on-year +10 +5 +8
Contract jobs citing User Experience 11 12 12
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 1.10% 0.95% 0.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.28% 1.20% 1.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 12 7
10th Percentile £213 - £303
25th Percentile £308 £200 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £225 £450
Median % change year-on-year +118.67% -50.00% -12.20%
75th Percentile £579 £363 £483
90th Percentile £638 £479 £565
South East median daily rate £449 £375 £500
% change year-on-year +19.60% -25.00% -1.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £20.75
25th Percentile - - £27.50
Median hourly rate - - £40.00
75th Percentile - - £52.50
90th Percentile - - £59.25
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £70.39 £32.50
% change year-on-year -64.27% +116.58% -50.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 860 1,000 1,153
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 86.26% 78.86% 87.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 575 634 644
10th Percentile £310 £360 £273
25th Percentile £450 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £570 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% +8.57% -
75th Percentile £600 £650 £625
90th Percentile £650 £716 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £523
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.49% +2.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 75 116
10th Percentile - £26.25 £15.50
25th Percentile £18.87 £51.06 £21.20
Median hourly rate £25.11 £67.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -62.80% +22.73% +46.67%
75th Percentile £41.00 £75.00 £63.19
90th Percentile £59.63 £79.50 £75.00
South East median hourly rate £22.35 £58.38 £54.37
% change year-on-year -61.72% +7.37% +86.77%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing User Experience relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

User Experience job vacancy trend in Hampshire

User Experience
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing User Experience.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing User Experience

User Experience
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Experience in Hampshire over the 6 months to 1 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for User Experience in Hampshire

User Experience
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing User Experience.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing User Experience

User Experience
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

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 Hampshire region over the 6 months to 1 October 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
Fleet - 4 £515 - 1
Southampton -7 2 £308 +53.75% 5
Portsmouth - 2 £225 - 2
User Experience
South East

User Experience
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 6 (54.55%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (45.45%) Azure
3 3 (27.27%) AWS
3 3 (27.27%) Entra ID
3 3 (27.27%) GCP
4 2 (18.18%) Google Workspace
4 2 (18.18%) SaaS
4 2 (18.18%) Slack
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 8 (72.73%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Marketing
2 1 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Cloud Architect
2 2 (18.18%) IT Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Lead
2 2 (18.18%) Service Desk Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Product Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (9.09%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (36.36%) Mac OS
1 4 (36.36%) Windows
1 4 (36.36%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Decision-Making
1 6 (54.55%) Roadmaps
1 6 (54.55%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (36.36%) Agile
2 4 (36.36%) Application Packaging
2 4 (36.36%) Business Strategy
2 4 (36.36%) Computer Science
2 4 (36.36%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (36.36%) Enterprise Architecture
2 4 (36.36%) IT Strategy
2 4 (36.36%) Thought Leadership
3 3 (27.27%) Analytics
3 3 (27.27%) Data Protection
3 3 (27.27%) Identity Access Management
3 3 (27.27%) ITIL
3 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (27.27%) Zero Trust
4 2 (18.18%) Product Roadmap
4 2 (18.18%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) Bash
1 3 (27.27%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) Degree
1 4 (36.36%) Master's Degree
2 3 (27.27%) Citrix Certification
2 3 (27.27%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (9.09%) MBA
3 1 (9.09%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) GDPR
1 4 (36.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (36.36%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (27.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (36.36%) SCCM
2 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Citrix
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
1 4 (36.36%) VMware
2 2 (18.18%) Apple
2 2 (18.18%) Dell
2 2 (18.18%) Google
2 2 (18.18%) Okta