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

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 41 67
Rank change year-on-year -21 +26 -3
Contract jobs citing User Experience 9 3 5
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 1.19% 0.80% 0.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.47% 0.93% 0.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 4
10th Percentile £393 £466 £284
25th Percentile £414 £491 £294
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £550 £363
Median % change year-on-year -20.45% +51.72% +20.83%
75th Percentile £488 £603 £478
90th Percentile £505 £624 £551
East of England median daily rate £413 £480 £427
% change year-on-year -14.06% +12.35% +0.53%

All Process & 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 613 321 708
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 80.87% 85.60% 89.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 211 150 330
10th Percentile £263 £306 £275
25th Percentile £413 £413 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £451
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +21.88% -17.95%
75th Percentile £626 £625 £648
90th Percentile £738 £689 £744
East of England median daily rate £475 £500 £478
% change year-on-year -5.00% +4.60% -4.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 263 89 237
10th Percentile £16.48 £28.93 £38.04
25th Percentile £18.50 £53.00 £41.81
Median hourly rate £22.68 £66.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -65.64% +10.00% -7.69%
75th Percentile £67.50 £81.01 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £86.50
East of England median hourly rate £21.00 £53.00 £38.12
% change year-on-year -60.38% +39.03% +8.91%

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 7 March 2026.

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 7 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
Stevenage - 5 £454 - 4
Hatfield - 2 £494 -
Hemel Hempstead - 1 £375 - 1
St Albans - 1 £425 -
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 1 (11.11%) Mendix
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Adobe Analytics
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
1 1 (11.11%) Contentful
1 1 (11.11%) Entra ID
1 1 (11.11%) Figma
1 1 (11.11%) Google Tag Manager
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) JIRA
General
1 5 (55.56%) Pharmaceutical
2 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Manufacturing
3 2 (22.22%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Designer
2 3 (33.33%) Product Designer
3 2 (22.22%) UI Designer
3 2 (22.22%) UI/UX Designer
3 2 (22.22%) UX Designer
4 1 (11.11%) Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Senior
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Designer
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Product Designer
4 1 (11.11%) Service Design Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Service Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Service Transition Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) CSS
1 1 (11.11%) Framer.js
1 1 (11.11%) REST
1 1 (11.11%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Data Structures
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (11.11%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Agile
1 5 (55.56%) Wireframes
2 4 (44.44%) User Research
3 3 (33.33%) Business Analysis
3 3 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 3 (33.33%) Data Mapping
3 3 (33.33%) Data Migration
3 3 (33.33%) Data Modelling
3 3 (33.33%) Ideation Sessions
3 3 (33.33%) Journey Map
3 3 (33.33%) Migration
3 3 (33.33%) User Stories
3 3 (33.33%) Validation
4 2 (22.22%) Business Process Modelling
4 2 (22.22%) Critical Thinking
4 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (22.22%) Prototyping
4 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (22.22%) Usability Testing
4 2 (22.22%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) Java
1 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
1 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) GMP
1 2 (22.22%) GxP
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Adobe
2 1 (11.11%) Amplitude
2 1 (11.11%) Google
2 1 (11.11%) SAP