User Experience Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

UX
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Milton Keynes requiring User Experience skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 29 51
Rank change year-on-year -5 +22 -14
Contract jobs citing User Experience 15 9 2
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 3.46% 4.31% 0.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.31% 4.66% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 7 2
10th Percentile £394 £535 £466
25th Percentile £513 £599 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £743 £538
Median % change year-on-year -24.64% +38.25% +8.59%
75th Percentile £600 - £591
90th Percentile £638 - £619
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £555 £550 £531
% change year-on-year +0.91% +3.53% +7.32%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 348 193 439
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 80.37% 92.34% 87.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 242 145 323
10th Percentile £273 £248 £279
25th Percentile £370 £384 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £640 £650 £735
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £484 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.20% - +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 3 29
10th Percentile - £13.10 £15.85
25th Percentile £16.35 £14.75 £18.00
Median hourly rate £25.24 £18.70 £23.22
Median % change year-on-year +34.97% -19.45% +22.18%
75th Percentile £29.61 £19.60 £30.00
90th Percentile £36.00 £20.14 £48.75
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £18.32 £19.00 £23.48
% change year-on-year -3.58% -19.09% +42.32%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

User Experience job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

User Experience
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing User Experience

User Experience
Daily Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Experience in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 21 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for User Experience in Milton Keynes

User Experience
Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing User Experience

User Experience
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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 (6.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (33.33%) Azure
1 5 (33.33%) GCP
2 4 (26.67%) AWS
2 4 (26.67%) GitHub
2 4 (26.67%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (6.67%) Canva
3 1 (6.67%) Google App Engine
3 1 (6.67%) Viva Engage
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (26.67%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (20.00%) MySQL
3 2 (13.33%) SQL Server
4 1 (6.67%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (26.67%) Jenkins
1 4 (26.67%) JUnit
1 4 (26.67%) Storybook
2 2 (13.33%) JIRA
2 2 (13.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (6.67%) Git
3 1 (6.67%) GitLab
General
1 7 (46.67%) Social Skills
2 5 (33.33%) Finance
3 4 (26.67%) Marketing
3 4 (26.67%) Telecoms
4 3 (20.00%) Electronics
4 3 (20.00%) Manufacturing
4 3 (20.00%) Public Sector
5 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (6.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (40.00%) Developer
2 4 (26.67%) Full-Stack Developer
3 2 (13.33%) Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Business Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Manual Tester
3 2 (13.33%) Product Owner
3 2 (13.33%) ServiceNow Developer
3 2 (13.33%) Tester
3 2 (13.33%) Web Tester
4 1 (6.67%) Business Change Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Business Integration Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Business Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Change Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Citrix Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Citrix Specialist
4 1 (6.67%) Communications Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Integration Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Telecoms Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (40.00%) React
2 4 (26.67%) CSS
2 4 (26.67%) HTML
2 4 (26.67%) Spring
2 4 (26.67%) Spring Boot
2 4 (26.67%) Vitest
3 3 (20.00%) RESTful
4 2 (13.33%) Flutter
4 2 (13.33%) JSON
4 2 (13.33%) REST
4 2 (13.33%) SOAP
4 2 (13.33%) XML
5 1 (6.67%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Product Ownership
2 1 (6.67%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Linux
1 1 (6.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (73.33%) Agile
2 7 (46.67%) Data Modelling
3 5 (33.33%) DevOps
4 4 (26.67%) Acceptance Criteria
4 4 (26.67%) AI
4 4 (26.67%) CI/CD
4 4 (26.67%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
4 4 (26.67%) End-to-End Testing
4 4 (26.67%) Full-Stack Development
4 4 (26.67%) Scrum
4 4 (26.67%) User Stories
5 3 (20.00%) API Development
5 3 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (20.00%) Front End Development
5 3 (20.00%) Impact Assessments
5 3 (20.00%) Microservices
5 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (20.00%) Programme Management
5 3 (20.00%) Secure Coding
5 3 (20.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (40.00%) JavaScript
2 4 (26.67%) Java
2 4 (26.67%) TypeScript
3 3 (20.00%) SQL
4 2 (13.33%) Kotlin
5 1 (6.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (53.33%) SC Cleared
1 8 (53.33%) Security Cleared
2 3 (20.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (13.33%) CCA
3 2 (13.33%) CESG Certified Professional
3 2 (13.33%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) PMO
1 2 (13.33%) QA
System Software
1 2 (13.33%) Active Directory
1 2 (13.33%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (6.67%) Docker
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) ServiceNow
2 3 (20.00%) SAP
3 2 (13.33%) Citrix
4 1 (6.67%) Adobe
4 1 (6.67%) BT
4 1 (6.67%) Openreach