User Experience Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

UX
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire requiring User Experience skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 40 72
Rank change year-on-year -3 +32 -5
Contract jobs citing User Experience 13 9 2
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 2.58% 1.75% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.80% 2.09% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 4 1
10th Percentile £363 - -
25th Percentile £413 £406 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £413 £400
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% +3.13% -20.00%
75th Percentile £588 £473 -
90th Percentile £613 £572 -
East of England median daily rate £475 £450 £548
% change year-on-year +5.56% -17.81% -6.41%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 464 430 666
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 92.25% 83.50% 88.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 159 359
10th Percentile £194 £240 £273
25th Percentile £400 £313 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £425 £550
Median % change year-on-year +24.24% -22.73% +4.76%
75th Percentile £583 £575 £688
90th Percentile £700 £628 £775
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 140 107 154
10th Percentile £16.45 £15.10 £17.76
25th Percentile £18.61 £35.00 £42.25
Median hourly rate £43.00 £60.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.33% -7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £65.06 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £70.00 £90.00
East of England median hourly rate £21.00 £27.67 £19.81
% change year-on-year -24.11% +39.68% -5.67%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

User Experience job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

User Experience
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

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

User Experience
Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Experience in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 21 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for User Experience in Hertfordshire

User Experience
Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

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

User Experience
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 21 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
Welwyn Garden City 0 3 £563 -10.00% 2
Hatfield - 3 £494 - 1
Hemel Hempstead - 3 £525 -
Letchworth - 2 £325 -
User Experience
East of England

User Experience
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 2 (15.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Chatbot
1 1 (7.69%) Marvel
1 1 (7.69%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) Figma
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.69%) Adobe Analytics
2 1 (7.69%) Azure
2 1 (7.69%) Entra ID
2 1 (7.69%) Google Tag Manager
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (7.69%) Miro
2 1 (7.69%) Power Automate
2 1 (7.69%) Salesforce Einstein
2 1 (7.69%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
2 1 (7.69%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) Tableau
2 1 (7.69%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) JIRA
2 1 (7.69%) Axure RP
General
1 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Finance
2 1 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) Lead
2 2 (15.38%) Designer
2 2 (15.38%) UX Designer
3 1 (7.69%) Administrator
3 1 (7.69%) Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Consultant
3 1 (7.69%) IT Support
3 1 (7.69%) PMO Lead
3 1 (7.69%) Product Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Salesforce Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Senior
3 1 (7.69%) Service Design Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Service Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Service Transition Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Support Officer
3 1 (7.69%) Tableau Administrator
3 1 (7.69%) Transition Manager
3 1 (7.69%) UI Designer
3 1 (7.69%) UI/UX Designer
3 1 (7.69%) User Experience Researcher
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (7.69%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (7.69%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (30.77%) Roadmaps
3 3 (23.08%) Agile
3 3 (23.08%) Product Roadmap
3 3 (23.08%) Project Delivery
4 2 (15.38%) Actionable Insight
4 2 (15.38%) AI
4 2 (15.38%) Analytics
4 2 (15.38%) Change Management
4 2 (15.38%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (15.38%) Customer Experience
4 2 (15.38%) Dashboard Development
4 2 (15.38%) Decision-Making
4 2 (15.38%) Knowledge Transfer
4 2 (15.38%) Project Governance
4 2 (15.38%) Service Delivery
4 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (15.38%) UX Design
4 2 (15.38%) UX Research
5 1 (7.69%) Journey Map
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
1 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) Accessibility
2 1 (7.69%) PMO
2 1 (7.69%) QA
2 1 (7.69%) SLA
2 1 (7.69%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) Workday
3 1 (7.69%) Adobe
3 1 (7.69%) Amplitude
3 1 (7.69%) Genesys
3 1 (7.69%) Google
3 1 (7.69%) Planview
3 1 (7.69%) Salesforce
3 1 (7.69%) SAP