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 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 41 66
Rank change year-on-year -8 +25 +6
Contract jobs citing User Experience 15 6 4
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 2.40% 1.39% 0.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.73% 1.63% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 1 3
10th Percentile £370 - £403
25th Percentile £406 £613 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £625 £425
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% +47.06% -10.53%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £519
90th Percentile £588 - £568
East of England median daily rate £468 £454 £548
% change year-on-year +2.97% -17.08% -5.60%

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 549 369 646
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 87.84% 85.22% 88.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 209 146 350
10th Percentile £188 £265 £275
25th Percentile £400 £334 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £675
90th Percentile £718 £669 £751
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 207 97 158
10th Percentile £16.52 £15.34 £24.10
25th Percentile £18.50 £35.00 £42.25
Median hourly rate £43.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.85% - +3.54%
75th Percentile £67.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £86.00 £90.00
East of England median hourly rate £21.00 £27.67 £21.00
% change year-on-year -24.11% +31.76% -6.67%

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 7 December 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 7 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
Hemel Hempstead - 3 £525 - 6
Stevenage - 3 £475 - 7
Hatfield - 3 £494 -
Welwyn Garden City -1 2 £550 -12.00%
Letchworth - 1 £175 -
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 2 (13.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (6.67%) Mendix
Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Sketch
2 1 (6.67%) Chatbot
2 1 (6.67%) Marvel
Cloud Services
1 3 (20.00%) Figma
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (6.67%) Adobe Analytics
3 1 (6.67%) Azure
3 1 (6.67%) Contentful
3 1 (6.67%) Entra ID
3 1 (6.67%) Google Tag Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (6.67%) Miro
3 1 (6.67%) Power Automate
3 1 (6.67%) Salesforce Einstein
3 1 (6.67%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 1 (6.67%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (20.00%) JIRA
2 1 (6.67%) Axure RP
General
1 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Finance
4 1 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Marketing
4 1 (6.67%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 5 (33.33%) Designer
2 4 (26.67%) UX Designer
3 3 (20.00%) Lead
3 3 (20.00%) UI Designer
3 3 (20.00%) UI/UX Designer
4 1 (6.67%) Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Consultant
4 1 (6.67%) Developer
4 1 (6.67%) IT Support
4 1 (6.67%) PMO Lead
4 1 (6.67%) Product Designer
4 1 (6.67%) Product Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Salesforce Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Senior
4 1 (6.67%) Senior PMO
4 1 (6.67%) Service Design Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Service Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Service Transition Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Support Officer
4 1 (6.67%) Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) CSS
1 1 (6.67%) Framer.js
1 1 (6.67%) REST
1 1 (6.67%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (6.67%) Data Structures
1 1 (6.67%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (6.67%) Onboarding
1 1 (6.67%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) Agile
2 5 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (26.67%) UX Design
3 4 (26.67%) Wireframes
4 3 (20.00%) Project Delivery
4 3 (20.00%) Roadmaps
4 3 (20.00%) Usability Testing
5 2 (13.33%) AI
5 2 (13.33%) Change Management
5 2 (13.33%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (13.33%) Customer Experience
5 2 (13.33%) Data Analysis
5 2 (13.33%) Journey Map
5 2 (13.33%) Knowledge Transfer
5 2 (13.33%) Product Roadmap
5 2 (13.33%) Project Governance
5 2 (13.33%) Service Delivery
5 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (13.33%) User Research
5 2 (13.33%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) Java
1 1 (6.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) Accessibility
2 1 (6.67%) PMO
2 1 (6.67%) QA
2 1 (6.67%) SLA
2 1 (6.67%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (13.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (13.33%) SAP
2 2 (13.33%) Workday
3 1 (6.67%) Adobe
3 1 (6.67%) Amplitude
3 1 (6.67%) Genesys
3 1 (6.67%) Google
3 1 (6.67%) Planview
3 1 (6.67%) Salesforce