User Experience Contracts in London

UX
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring User Experience skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited User Experience over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 62 57
Rank change year-on-year +8 -5 -5
Contract jobs citing User Experience 545 609 1,139
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 4.34% 3.42% 4.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.71% 3.86% 4.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 369 435 790
10th Percentile £324 £313 £363
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £650 £600 £638
90th Percentile £765 £750 £750
England median daily rate £500 £500 £515
% change year-on-year - -2.91% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 21 11
10th Percentile £44.75 £16.86 £25.75
25th Percentile £46.25 £23.75 £29.22
Median hourly rate £49.50 £41.68 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +18.78% +11.13% -28.57%
75th Percentile £57.38 £51.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £73.57 £64.53 £75.00
England median hourly rate £53.50 £31.71 £33.85
% change year-on-year +68.72% -6.31% -32.98%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,564 15,790 24,631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.16% 88.55% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,847 11,316 17,711
10th Percentile £350 £338 £375
25th Percentile £440 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £813 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 324 278
10th Percentile £16.17 £16.00 £18.59
25th Percentile £22.68 £20.00 £22.53
Median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
Median % change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%
75th Percentile £50.75 £47.56 £62.64
90th Percentile £63.75 £65.93 £76.78
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing User Experience as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for User Experience in London

User Experience
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing User Experience in London.

Daily rate trend for User Experience in London

User Experience
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for User Experience in London

User Experience
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing User Experience in London.

Hourly rate trend for User Experience in London

User Experience
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing User Experience in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for User Experience in London

User Experience
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Central London +16 77 £513 +2.50% 58
West London +12 6 £400 -13.51% 38
East London +15 4 £495 -8.12% 8
South London 0 3 £700 +64.71% 9
User Experience
England

User Experience
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 29 (5.32%) CMS
2 25 (4.59%) SharePoint
3 18 (3.30%) Confluence
4 7 (1.28%) Drupal
4 7 (1.28%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.92%) SharePoint 2010
6 4 (0.73%) Headless CMS
6 4 (0.73%) IIS
6 4 (0.73%) nginx
7 3 (0.55%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.55%) JBoss
7 3 (0.55%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.37%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.37%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.18%) Apache
9 1 (0.18%) Mendix
9 1 (0.18%) Moodle
9 1 (0.18%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 28 (5.14%) Sketch
2 20 (3.67%) Adobe XD
3 13 (2.39%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (2.20%) Microsoft Excel
5 10 (1.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 8 (1.47%) Autodesk Smoke
6 8 (1.47%) InVision
7 6 (1.10%) Trello
8 5 (0.92%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 5 (0.92%) InfoPath
9 4 (0.73%) Adobe Illustrator
9 4 (0.73%) Chatbot
9 4 (0.73%) MS Visio
9 4 (0.73%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.55%) Adobe After Effects
11 2 (0.37%) Blender
11 2 (0.37%) CINEMA 4D
11 2 (0.37%) Final Cut Pro
11 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
12 1 (0.18%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 13 (2.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.92%) Shopify
3 2 (0.37%) Magento
3 2 (0.37%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.18%) Advent Portfolio Exchange
4 1 (0.18%) Endur
4 1 (0.18%) Exchequer
4 1 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.18%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.18%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.18%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.18%) SessionCam
Cloud Services
1 98 (17.98%) Figma
2 75 (13.76%) AWS
3 59 (10.83%) Azure
4 45 (8.26%) GCP
5 36 (6.61%) Power Platform
6 35 (6.42%) Microsoft 365
7 21 (3.85%) SaaS
8 19 (3.49%) Entra ID
9 14 (2.57%) Serverless
10 13 (2.39%) PowerApps
11 12 (2.20%) Power Automate
12 11 (2.02%) GitHub
13 9 (1.65%) AWS Lambda
13 9 (1.65%) Dynamics 365
13 9 (1.65%) Google Analytics
14 7 (1.28%) Amazon S3
14 7 (1.28%) Amazon SQS
14 7 (1.28%) OneDrive
15 6 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
15 6 (1.10%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.92%) Intranet
1 5 (0.92%) Remote Desktop
1 5 (0.92%) VPN
2 4 (0.73%) DNS
2 4 (0.73%) Firewall
2 4 (0.73%) HTTP
2 4 (0.73%) Internet
3 2 (0.37%) DHCP
3 2 (0.37%) Network Security
3 2 (0.37%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.37%) Unified Communications
3 2 (0.37%) WebEx
3 2 (0.37%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.18%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (0.18%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.18%) LAN
4 1 (0.18%) PSTN
4 1 (0.18%) SMS
4 1 (0.18%) VoIP
4 1 (0.18%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (6.97%) PostgreSQL
2 24 (4.40%) Power BI
3 15 (2.75%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (2.39%) SQL Server
5 12 (2.20%) Tableau
6 8 (1.47%) NoSQL
7 7 (1.28%) Relational Database
8 6 (1.10%) DynamoDB
9 5 (0.92%) BigQuery
9 5 (0.92%) BusinessObjects
9 5 (0.92%) Crystal Reports
9 5 (0.92%) Looker
9 5 (0.92%) MongoDB
9 5 (0.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (0.73%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (0.73%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (0.73%) Metadata
10 4 (0.73%) MySQL
10 4 (0.73%) Qlik Sense
10 4 (0.73%) Spotfire
Development Applications
1 38 (6.97%) JIRA
2 25 (4.59%) Git
3 13 (2.39%) Axure RP
4 10 (1.83%) Jenkins
5 8 (1.47%) Cypress.io
6 7 (1.28%) Selenium
6 7 (1.28%) TeamCity
7 6 (1.10%) Postman
8 5 (0.92%) Bitbucket
8 5 (0.92%) REST Assured
8 5 (0.92%) webpack
9 4 (0.73%) Babel
9 4 (0.73%) JUnit
9 4 (0.73%) Mocha
9 4 (0.73%) Visual Studio Code
10 3 (0.55%) Ant
10 3 (0.55%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.55%) Xcode
11 2 (0.37%) Balsamiq
11 2 (0.37%) Jasmine
General
1 179 (32.84%) Social Skills
2 146 (26.79%) Finance
3 69 (12.66%) Banking
4 65 (11.93%) Analytical Skills
5 54 (9.91%) Marketing
6 42 (7.71%) Public Sector
7 39 (7.16%) Front Office
8 28 (5.14%) Presentation Skills
9 27 (4.95%) Retail
10 21 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 16 (2.94%) Legal
12 11 (2.02%) Documentation Skills
13 9 (1.65%) Retail Banking
14 8 (1.47%) Investment Banking
15 7 (1.28%) Digital Health
15 7 (1.28%) Law
15 7 (1.28%) Local Government
16 6 (1.10%) Advertising
16 6 (1.10%) Automotive
16 6 (1.10%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 153 (28.07%) Developer
2 116 (21.28%) Designer
3 81 (14.86%) Senior
4 54 (9.91%) React Developer
5 53 (9.72%) UX Designer
6 49 (8.99%) Analyst
7 40 (7.34%) Software Engineer
8 36 (6.61%) Developer/Software Engineer
9 34 (6.24%) Product Designer
10 28 (5.14%) Senior Designer
11 26 (4.77%) Business Analyst
11 26 (4.77%) Lead
12 22 (4.04%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
13 21 (3.85%) UI Designer
14 20 (3.67%) Architect
14 20 (3.67%) User Experience Researcher
15 18 (3.30%) Product Manager
15 18 (3.30%) UI Developer
16 17 (3.12%) Project Manager
16 17 (3.12%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (15.05%) React
2 65 (11.93%) HTML
3 62 (11.38%) CSS
4 45 (8.26%) Node.js
4 45 (8.26%) Redux
5 29 (5.32%) RESTful
6 28 (5.14%) .NET
7 26 (4.77%) AngularJS
8 22 (4.04%) HTML5
9 16 (2.94%) jQuery
10 15 (2.75%) REST
11 10 (1.83%) CSS3
12 9 (1.65%) Jest
12 9 (1.65%) Next.js
12 9 (1.65%) OAuth
12 9 (1.65%) Vue
13 8 (1.47%) OpenAPI
13 8 (1.47%) Swagger
13 8 (1.47%) Web Services
14 7 (1.28%) Material-UI
Miscellaneous
1 57 (10.46%) Product Ownership
2 41 (7.52%) Mobile App
3 36 (6.61%) Fixed Income
4 17 (3.12%) Onboarding
5 16 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (1.83%) Life Science
7 9 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
7 9 (1.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 7 (1.28%) Animation
8 7 (1.28%) Data Structures
8 7 (1.28%) IoT
9 6 (1.10%) Algorithms
9 6 (1.10%) Cloud Native
9 6 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
9 6 (1.10%) Learning Management System
9 6 (1.10%) Low-Code
9 6 (1.10%) Taxonomies
10 5 (0.92%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 30 (5.50%) Windows
2 28 (5.14%) Apple iOS
3 21 (3.85%) Android
4 9 (1.65%) Windows Server
5 7 (1.28%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.55%) Linux
6 3 (0.55%) Windows 7
7 2 (0.37%) Mac OS X
7 2 (0.37%) Unix
7 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.18%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 200 (36.70%) UX Design
2 187 (34.31%) Agile
3 119 (21.83%) Problem-Solving
4 90 (16.51%) User Research
5 58 (10.64%) Prototyping
6 56 (10.28%) Analytics
6 56 (10.28%) Roadmaps
6 56 (10.28%) Stakeholder Management
7 53 (9.72%) Asset Management
7 53 (9.72%) Software Engineering
8 52 (9.54%) Project Management
8 52 (9.54%) Usability Testing
8 52 (9.54%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 52 (9.54%) Wireframes
9 48 (8.81%) Fintech
10 45 (8.26%) UX Research
11 41 (7.52%) CI/CD
11 41 (7.52%) Front End Development
11 41 (7.52%) Visualisation
12 40 (7.34%) Investment Management
Programming Languages
1 108 (19.82%) JavaScript
2 60 (11.01%) Python
3 59 (10.83%) TypeScript
4 54 (9.91%) SQL
5 29 (5.32%) C#
6 24 (4.40%) Java
7 10 (1.83%) Kotlin
7 10 (1.83%) PowerShell
8 7 (1.28%) Swift
9 5 (0.92%) Objective-C
10 3 (0.55%) Apex Code
10 3 (0.55%) PL/SQL
10 3 (0.55%) Scala
11 2 (0.37%) Go
11 2 (0.37%) PHP
11 2 (0.37%) R
11 2 (0.37%) RPG
12 1 (0.18%) Dart
12 1 (0.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.18%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 53 (9.72%) Security Cleared
2 50 (9.17%) Degree
3 45 (8.26%) SC Cleared
4 16 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (1.65%) Master's Degree
6 8 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (1.10%) DV Cleared
8 5 (0.92%) CBAP
9 4 (0.73%) PhD
9 4 (0.73%) PMI Certification
9 4 (0.73%) PMP
10 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.37%) CISM
11 2 (0.37%) CISSP
11 2 (0.37%) CSPO
12 1 (0.18%) CCNA
12 1 (0.18%) CISA
12 1 (0.18%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.18%) ISEB
12 1 (0.18%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (12.11%) Accessibility
2 24 (4.40%) QA
3 15 (2.75%) WCAG
4 5 (0.92%) Data Quality
4 5 (0.92%) GDPR
5 4 (0.73%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (0.55%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 3 (0.55%) SLA
7 2 (0.37%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.18%) GRC
8 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.18%) MiFID
8 1 (0.18%) NIST
8 1 (0.18%) PMO
8 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 30 (5.50%) Active Directory
2 11 (2.02%) Docker
3 4 (0.73%) OpenAM
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (1.65%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (1.28%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (1.10%) Terraform
4 5 (0.92%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 2 (0.37%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.37%) SCCM
6 1 (0.18%) Apache Ranger
6 1 (0.18%) Grafana
6 1 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.18%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 70 (12.84%) Microsoft
2 46 (8.44%) Adobe
3 25 (4.59%) Salesforce
4 22 (4.04%) ServiceNow
5 19 (3.49%) SAP
6 12 (2.20%) Google
6 12 (2.20%) OutSystems
7 8 (1.47%) Databricks
8 7 (1.28%) Oracle
8 7 (1.28%) Workday
9 5 (0.92%) Cisco
9 5 (0.92%) Sitecore
10 4 (0.73%) Optimizely
11 3 (0.55%) Apple
11 3 (0.55%) Logitech
11 3 (0.55%) Palo Alto
11 3 (0.55%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 2 (0.37%) Marketo
12 2 (0.37%) New Relic
12 2 (0.37%) OpenAI