Adobe XD Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Adobe XD
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Adobe XD skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 212 157 187
Rank change year-on-year -55 +30 +46
Contract jobs citing Adobe XD 2 2 4
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.040% 0.060% 0.082%
As % of the Applications category 0.50% 0.73% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £229
25th Percentile £506 - £347
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 - £425
Median % change year-on-year - - +23.19%
75th Percentile £519 - £428
90th Percentile - - £434
England median daily rate £425 £513 £425
% change year-on-year -17.07% +20.59% -43.33%

All Software Application Skills
North of England

Adobe XD falls under the Software Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring software application skills in the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 397 273 593
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 7.97% 8.19% 12.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 271 166 265
10th Percentile £170 £153 £149
25th Percentile £254 £208 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £320 £330
Median % change year-on-year +17.19% -3.03% -17.50%
75th Percentile £488 £500 £500
90th Percentile £590 £582 £596
England median daily rate £450 £409 £400
% change year-on-year +10.02% +2.25% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 37 108
10th Percentile - £18.60 £11.77
25th Percentile £14.25 £22.98 £12.82
Median hourly rate £20.04 £27.50 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -27.13% +55.19% -31.34%
75th Percentile £23.75 £33.75 £30.63
90th Percentile £31.89 £45.17 £44.70
England median hourly rate £19.14 £26.50 £21.06
% change year-on-year -27.79% +25.82% -36.17%

Adobe XD
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Adobe XD relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Adobe XD job vacancy trend in the North of England

Adobe XD
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Adobe XD.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Adobe XD

Adobe XD
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Adobe XD within the North of England region over the 6 months to 28 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
North West -28 1 - - 3
Yorkshire - 1 £513 -
Adobe XD
England

Adobe XD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Figma
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Designer
1 2 (100.00%) UX Designer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Designer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior UX Designer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Interaction Design
1 2 (100.00%) Service Design
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) User Research
1 2 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 2 (100.00%) UX Design
1 2 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Behavioural Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Design Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
2 1 (50.00%) Inclusive Design
2 1 (50.00%) Prototyping
2 1 (50.00%) Rainbow Teams
2 1 (50.00%) Storyboarding
2 1 (50.00%) Usability Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Wireframes
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (50.00%) QA
1 1 (50.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Adobe