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

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 44 65
Rank change year-on-year -3 +21 +4
Contract jobs citing User Experience 16 2 5
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 2.47% 0.53% 0.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.85% 0.61% 0.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 1 4
10th Percentile £378 - £314
25th Percentile £410 £613 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £454 £625 £413
Median % change year-on-year -27.36% +51.52% +37.50%
75th Percentile £563 £638 £478
90th Percentile £588 - £551
East of England median daily rate £460 £450 £440
% change year-on-year +2.22% +2.33% -24.83%

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 562 329 609
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 86.59% 87.50% 87.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 202 136 305
10th Percentile £194 £271 £285
25th Percentile £408 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £603 £650
90th Percentile £711 £681 £758
East of England median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 232 79 157
10th Percentile £16.48 £18.10 £37.91
25th Percentile £18.50 £46.91 £49.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £66.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.61% +1.54% -
75th Percentile £67.31 £75.13 £73.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £85.50 £90.00
East of England median hourly rate £20.09 £37.50 £24.50
% change year-on-year -46.43% +53.06% +1.91%

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 16 January 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 16 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
Stevenage - 5 £454 - 5
Hemel Hempstead - 3 £525 - 2
Hatfield - 3 £494 -
Welwyn Garden City 0 1 £550 -12.00% 1
Letchworth - 1 £175 -
St Albans - 1 £425 - 1
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 (6.25%) Mendix
1 1 (6.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Sketch
2 1 (6.25%) Chatbot
2 1 (6.25%) Marvel
Cloud Services
1 3 (18.75%) Figma
2 1 (6.25%) Adobe Analytics
2 1 (6.25%) Azure
2 1 (6.25%) Contentful
2 1 (6.25%) Entra ID
2 1 (6.25%) Google Tag Manager
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (6.25%) Miro
2 1 (6.25%) Salesforce Einstein
2 1 (6.25%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
2 1 (6.25%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) JIRA
2 1 (6.25%) Axure RP
General
1 6 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 5 (31.25%) Pharmaceutical
3 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (12.50%) Manufacturing
4 2 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (6.25%) Marketing
5 1 (6.25%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 7 (43.75%) Designer
2 4 (25.00%) UX Designer
3 3 (18.75%) Product Designer
3 3 (18.75%) UI Designer
3 3 (18.75%) UI/UX Designer
4 2 (12.50%) Lead
5 1 (6.25%) Architect
5 1 (6.25%) Consultant
5 1 (6.25%) Developer
5 1 (6.25%) IT Support
5 1 (6.25%) Product Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Salesforce Architect
5 1 (6.25%) Senior
5 1 (6.25%) Senior Designer
5 1 (6.25%) Senior Product Designer
5 1 (6.25%) Service Design Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Service Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Service Transition Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Support Officer
5 1 (6.25%) Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) CSS
1 1 (6.25%) Framer.js
1 1 (6.25%) REST
1 1 (6.25%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Data Structures
2 1 (6.25%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (6.25%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (6.25%) Onboarding
2 1 (6.25%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) Agile
2 6 (37.50%) Wireframes
3 5 (31.25%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (25.00%) Journey Map
4 4 (25.00%) User Research
4 4 (25.00%) User Stories
4 4 (25.00%) UX Design
5 3 (18.75%) Business Analysis
5 3 (18.75%) Data Analysis
5 3 (18.75%) Data Mapping
5 3 (18.75%) Data Migration
5 3 (18.75%) Data Modelling
5 3 (18.75%) Ideation Sessions
5 3 (18.75%) Migration
5 3 (18.75%) Usability Testing
5 3 (18.75%) Validation
6 2 (12.50%) AI
6 2 (12.50%) Change Management
6 2 (12.50%) Knowledge Transfer
6 2 (12.50%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) Java
1 1 (6.25%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
1 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) Accessibility
1 2 (12.50%) GMP
1 2 (12.50%) GxP
2 1 (6.25%) SLA
2 1 (6.25%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) SAP
2 2 (12.50%) Workday
3 1 (6.25%) Adobe
3 1 (6.25%) Amplitude
3 1 (6.25%) Genesys
3 1 (6.25%) Google
3 1 (6.25%) Salesforce