User Experience Contracts in the North West

UX
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 57 79 62
Rank change year-on-year +22 -17 +21
Contract jobs citing User Experience 64 58 110
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 3.25% 2.11% 3.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.60% 2.44% 3.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 39 73
10th Percentile £313 - £376
25th Percentile £384 £325 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £525 £575 £588
90th Percentile £620 £850 £622
England median daily rate £500 £500 £515
% change year-on-year - -2.91% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 8
10th Percentile £20.35 £21.35 -
25th Percentile £22.01 £35.38 £16.85
Median hourly rate £24.76 £60.00 £21.43
Median % change year-on-year -58.73% +180.05% +2.02%
75th Percentile £48.63 £71.88 £37.50
90th Percentile £62.95 £78.25 £45.00
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
North West

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 the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,776 2,377 2,894
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 90.24% 86.28% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,147 1,519 2,058
10th Percentile £300 £306 £313
25th Percentile £393 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £593 £588
90th Percentile £661 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 244 144
10th Percentile £15.97 £10.95 £16.85
25th Percentile £22.66 £13.30 £21.25
Median hourly rate £31.88 £21.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.81% -40.00% +70.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £45.22 £48.91
90th Percentile £83.96 £57.50 £65.00
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 the North West

Job postings citing User Experience as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for User Experience in the North West

User Experience
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing User Experience in the North West.

Daily rate trend for User Experience in the North West

User Experience
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

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

Daily rate histogram for User Experience in the North West

User Experience
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing User Experience in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for User Experience in the North West

User Experience
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

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

Hourly rate histogram for User Experience in the North West

User Experience
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West 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
Manchester +7 36 £406 -12.16% 155
Lancashire +10 12 £450 -43.75% 75
Cumbria - 8 £449 - 4
Cheshire +2 5 £349 -22.77% 33
Merseyside +3 1 £400 -20.00% 8
User Experience
England

User Experience
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 3 (4.69%) Confluence
2 2 (3.13%) CMS
3 1 (1.56%) Mendix
3 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.56%) Umbraco
Applications
1 11 (17.19%) Siemens NX
2 3 (4.69%) Chatbot
3 2 (3.13%) InVision
3 2 (3.13%) UserZoom
4 1 (1.56%) Adobe XD
4 1 (1.56%) UXPin
Business Applications
1 11 (17.19%) Teamcenter
2 1 (1.56%) Maximo
2 1 (1.56%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 8 (12.50%) Azure
2 6 (9.38%) Google Workspace
3 5 (7.81%) AWS
3 5 (7.81%) Entra ID
4 4 (6.25%) Figma
5 2 (3.13%) Apigee
5 2 (3.13%) GCP
5 2 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (3.13%) SaaS
6 1 (1.56%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 1 (1.56%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.25%) VPN
2 2 (3.13%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.13%) MongoDB
1 2 (3.13%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.56%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (1.56%) GIS
2 1 (1.56%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 7 (10.94%) Git
2 6 (9.38%) Jasmine
2 6 (9.38%) Mocha
3 5 (7.81%) JIRA
4 4 (6.25%) Grunt
4 4 (6.25%) gulp
4 4 (6.25%) Subversion
5 2 (3.13%) Axure RP
5 2 (3.13%) CircleCI
5 2 (3.13%) Cypress.io
5 2 (3.13%) GitLab
5 2 (3.13%) Jenkins
5 2 (3.13%) REST Assured
6 1 (1.56%) Balsamiq
6 1 (1.56%) SpecFlow
General
1 11 (17.19%) Public Sector
2 10 (15.63%) Finance
3 8 (12.50%) Social Skills
4 6 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (7.81%) Marketing
6 4 (6.25%) Legal
7 3 (4.69%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (4.69%) Retail
8 2 (3.13%) Banking
8 2 (3.13%) Military
8 2 (3.13%) Publishing
9 1 (1.56%) Aviation
9 1 (1.56%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 12 (18.75%) Developer
2 10 (15.63%) Applications Engineer
2 10 (15.63%) Configuration Engineer
3 8 (12.50%) Senior
4 7 (10.94%) Designer
5 6 (9.38%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 6 (9.38%) UX Designer
6 5 (7.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (6.25%) Architect
7 4 (6.25%) Content Designer
8 3 (4.69%) Analyst
8 3 (4.69%) SAP Developer
8 3 (4.69%) SAPUI5 Developer
8 3 (4.69%) Senior Developer
8 3 (4.69%) Software Engineer
8 3 (4.69%) Systems Engineer
9 2 (3.13%) Product Manager
9 2 (3.13%) QA Engineer
9 2 (3.13%) Senior Front-End Developer
9 2 (3.13%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (23.44%) Node.js
2 14 (21.88%) XML
3 13 (20.31%) CSS
3 13 (20.31%) HTML
4 8 (12.50%) HTML5
5 6 (9.38%) React
6 5 (7.81%) jQuery
6 5 (7.81%) Mustache
6 5 (7.81%) RESTful
6 5 (7.81%) Sass
7 4 (6.25%) Playwright
8 3 (4.69%) SAP Fiori
8 3 (4.69%) SAPUI5
9 2 (3.13%) .NET
9 2 (3.13%) AngularJS
9 2 (3.13%) GraphQL
9 2 (3.13%) Puppeteer
10 1 (1.56%) NgRx
10 1 (1.56%) OAuth
10 1 (1.56%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 8 (12.50%) Onboarding
2 7 (10.94%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (7.81%) Product Ownership
4 4 (6.25%) Social Media
5 3 (4.69%) Cloud Native
5 3 (4.69%) Mobile App
6 2 (3.13%) BYOD
6 2 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (3.13%) Management Information System
6 2 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.56%) Blog
7 1 (1.56%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (1.56%) Low-Code
7 1 (1.56%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 12 (18.75%) Windows
2 5 (7.81%) Windows 10
2 5 (7.81%) Windows Server
3 4 (6.25%) Linux
4 3 (4.69%) Mac OS X
4 3 (4.69%) Unix
5 2 (3.13%) Android
5 2 (3.13%) Apple iOS
5 2 (3.13%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (25.00%) Agile
2 11 (17.19%) CAD
2 11 (17.19%) Data Governance
2 11 (17.19%) PLM
3 10 (15.63%) UX Design
4 9 (14.06%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (12.50%) Front End Development
5 8 (12.50%) Test Automation
6 7 (10.94%) Web Accessibility
7 6 (9.38%) Privileged Access Management
7 6 (9.38%) Responsive Web Design
7 6 (9.38%) TDD
7 6 (9.38%) User Research
8 5 (7.81%) CI/CD
8 5 (7.81%) Customer Service
8 5 (7.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 5 (7.81%) RBAC
8 5 (7.81%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (7.81%) Web Design
8 5 (7.81%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 15 (23.44%) JavaScript
2 10 (15.63%) Java
3 5 (7.81%) TypeScript
4 3 (4.69%) Bash
5 2 (3.13%) Python
5 2 (3.13%) SQL
6 1 (1.56%) C#
6 1 (1.56%) PHP
6 1 (1.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 18 (28.13%) Security Cleared
2 16 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 4 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.56%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (23.44%) Accessibility
2 11 (17.19%) Data Quality
3 6 (9.38%) WCAG
4 3 (4.69%) QA
System Software
1 10 (15.63%) Active Directory
2 4 (6.25%) BitLocker
3 3 (4.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (7.81%) Microsoft Intune
1 5 (7.81%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (6.25%) SCCM
3 3 (4.69%) Terraform
4 2 (3.13%) Grafana
4 2 (3.13%) Prometheus
5 1 (1.56%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 11 (17.19%) Microsoft
2 8 (12.50%) Google
3 5 (7.81%) CyberArk
4 4 (6.25%) CheckPoint
4 4 (6.25%) Citrix
4 4 (6.25%) SAP
4 4 (6.25%) Tanium
4 4 (6.25%) Zscaler
5 2 (3.13%) CA Agile Central
5 2 (3.13%) PagerDuty
5 2 (3.13%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.56%) Adobe
6 1 (1.56%) Oracle