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 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 82 59
Rank change year-on-year +31 -23 +14
Contract jobs citing User Experience 86 55 102
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 4.19% 1.99% 3.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.73% 2.36% 3.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 36 60
10th Percentile £313 £325 £359
25th Percentile £375 £385 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £533
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% -13.15% +6.50%
75th Percentile £523 £553 £588
90th Percentile £638 £850 £613
England median daily rate £478 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -4.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 6
10th Percentile £49.90 £18.55 -
25th Percentile £56.50 £28.38 -
Median hourly rate £70.00 £46.00 £16.85
Median % change year-on-year +52.17% +173.00% -77.53%
75th Percentile £71.33 £64.88 £23.71
90th Percentile £72.03 £75.45 £30.50
England median hourly rate £49.50 £30.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year +65.00% +13.21% -50.70%

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 1,820 2,330 2,738
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 88.74% 84.24% 89.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,208 1,425 1,901
10th Percentile £300 £306 £313
25th Percentile £381 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.08% -1.00% +2.30%
75th Percentile £563 £585 £588
90th Percentile £666 £675 £675
England median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 263 150
10th Percentile £12.82 £11.00 £15.98
25th Percentile £19.13 £14.18 £20.00
Median hourly rate £31.76 £28.00 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +13.43% -8.32% +29.71%
75th Percentile £61.50 £46.18 £45.90
90th Percentile £81.00 £66.61 £62.09
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £37.50
% change year-on-year -34.02% +1.65% +46.03%

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 July 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 July 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 July 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 +16 42 £500 +2.56% 505
Lancashire +12 14 £450 - 142
Cumbria +18 13 £450 - 14
Cheshire -4 13 £363 -9.94% 100
Merseyside +6 4 £450 -10.00% 52
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 5 (5.81%) IBM Domino
2 4 (4.65%) Confluence
3 2 (2.33%) CICS
4 1 (1.16%) Apache
4 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.16%) nginx
4 1 (1.16%) Tomcat
Applications
1 17 (19.77%) Siemens NX
2 4 (4.65%) Chatbot
3 2 (2.33%) InVision
3 2 (2.33%) UserZoom
4 1 (1.16%) Adobe XD
4 1 (1.16%) UXPin
Business Applications
1 17 (19.77%) Teamcenter
2 1 (1.16%) Maximo
2 1 (1.16%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 17 (19.77%) SaaS
2 16 (18.60%) Google Workspace
3 9 (10.47%) Figma
4 8 (9.30%) AWS
4 8 (9.30%) Azure
5 4 (4.65%) Entra ID
5 4 (4.65%) GCP
5 4 (4.65%) Google Analytics
6 3 (3.49%) Apigee
7 1 (1.16%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.49%) VPN
2 2 (2.33%) HTTP
3 1 (1.16%) LAN
3 1 (1.16%) Network Security
3 1 (1.16%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.65%) Mixpanel
2 3 (3.49%) MongoDB
2 3 (3.49%) NoSQL
3 2 (2.33%) DB2
3 2 (2.33%) MySQL
3 2 (2.33%) Oracle Database
3 2 (2.33%) Relational Database
3 2 (2.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (11.63%) Jenkins
2 9 (10.47%) Git
3 8 (9.30%) JIRA
4 5 (5.81%) GitLab
5 4 (4.65%) Gradle
5 4 (4.65%) REST Assured
5 4 (4.65%) Xcode
6 3 (3.49%) CircleCI
6 3 (3.49%) Cypress.io
7 2 (2.33%) Android Studio
7 2 (2.33%) Axure RP
7 2 (2.33%) Bitbucket
7 2 (2.33%) Browser DevTools
7 2 (2.33%) Cucumber
7 2 (2.33%) Eclipse
7 2 (2.33%) IntelliJ
7 2 (2.33%) JUnit
7 2 (2.33%) Maven
7 2 (2.33%) Selenium
7 2 (2.33%) UI Automator
General
1 12 (13.95%) Public Sector
2 11 (12.79%) Social Skills
3 9 (10.47%) Finance
4 6 (6.98%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (6.98%) Banking
4 6 (6.98%) Military
5 5 (5.81%) Legal
6 4 (4.65%) Marketing
6 4 (4.65%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.16%) Aviation
7 1 (1.16%) Retail
Job Titles
1 16 (18.60%) Applications Engineer
1 16 (18.60%) Configuration Engineer
2 14 (16.28%) Developer
3 11 (12.79%) Designer
4 10 (11.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 10 (11.63%) Senior
5 8 (9.30%) UX Designer
6 7 (8.14%) User Experience Researcher
7 5 (5.81%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (4.65%) iOS Developer
8 4 (4.65%) Software Engineer
9 3 (3.49%) Content Designer
9 3 (3.49%) Lead
9 3 (3.49%) Product Manager
9 3 (3.49%) Senior Software Engineer
9 3 (3.49%) UI Developer
10 2 (2.33%) QA Engineer
10 2 (2.33%) SAP Developer
10 2 (2.33%) SAPUI5 Developer
10 2 (2.33%) UI/UX Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (25.58%) XML
2 14 (16.28%) CSS
2 14 (16.28%) HTML
3 10 (11.63%) Node.js
4 9 (10.47%) React
5 7 (8.14%) RESTful
6 5 (5.81%) Playwright
7 3 (3.49%) AngularJS
7 3 (3.49%) GraphQL
7 3 (3.49%) HTML5
7 3 (3.49%) Puppeteer
8 2 (2.33%) Ajax
8 2 (2.33%) Android SDK
8 2 (2.33%) JSON
8 2 (2.33%) Lightning Web Components
8 2 (2.33%) OAuth
8 2 (2.33%) SAP Fiori
8 2 (2.33%) SAPUI5
8 2 (2.33%) Semantic HTML
8 2 (2.33%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 17 (19.77%) Hybrid Cloud
2 10 (11.63%) Mobile App
3 7 (8.14%) Onboarding
4 4 (4.65%) Mobile Banking
4 4 (4.65%) Product Ownership
5 3 (3.49%) Cloud Native
5 3 (3.49%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (3.49%) Social Media
6 2 (2.33%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (2.33%) Digital Signage
6 2 (2.33%) Low-Code
6 2 (2.33%) Mainframe
6 2 (2.33%) VSAM
7 1 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.16%) e-Learning
7 1 (1.16%) Learning Management System
7 1 (1.16%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (1.16%) Public Cloud
7 1 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.16%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (9.30%) Android
2 6 (6.98%) Apple iOS
2 6 (6.98%) Windows
3 4 (4.65%) Windows Server
4 3 (3.49%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.16%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (29.07%) Agile
1 25 (29.07%) UX Design
2 17 (19.77%) CAD
2 17 (19.77%) Data Governance
2 17 (19.77%) PLM
3 14 (16.28%) Benchmarking
4 11 (12.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 11 (12.79%) Mobile Device Management
5 10 (11.63%) Front End Development
6 9 (10.47%) Analytics
6 9 (10.47%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (10.47%) Roadmaps
6 9 (10.47%) UX Research
7 8 (9.30%) CI/CD
7 8 (9.30%) Product Strategy
7 8 (9.30%) Strategic Thinking
7 8 (9.30%) Test Automation
7 8 (9.30%) Usability Testing
8 7 (8.14%) Customer Insight
8 7 (8.14%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (18.60%) JavaScript
2 14 (16.28%) Java
3 7 (8.14%) Python
4 6 (6.98%) Kotlin
5 5 (5.81%) SQL
5 5 (5.81%) TypeScript
6 4 (4.65%) Bash
6 4 (4.65%) C
6 4 (4.65%) C++
6 4 (4.65%) Objective-C
6 4 (4.65%) Ruby
6 4 (4.65%) Scala
6 4 (4.65%) Swift
7 2 (2.33%) COBOL
7 2 (2.33%) JCL
8 1 (1.16%) PHP
8 1 (1.16%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 27 (31.40%) Security Cleared
2 24 (27.91%) SC Cleared
3 7 (8.14%) Degree
4 1 (1.16%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.16%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (20.93%) Data Quality
2 10 (11.63%) Accessibility
3 3 (3.49%) QA
4 2 (2.33%) WCAG
5 1 (1.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (1.16%) GDPR
System Software
1 5 (5.81%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.65%) Docker
3 3 (3.49%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 5 (5.81%) Microsoft Intune
1 5 (5.81%) Terraform
2 4 (4.65%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (3.49%) Grafana
3 3 (3.49%) Prometheus
4 2 (2.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 23 (26.74%) Google
2 7 (8.14%) Microsoft
3 4 (4.65%) CyberArk
3 4 (4.65%) Hotjar
4 3 (3.49%) CheckPoint
4 3 (3.49%) Citrix
4 3 (3.49%) Oracle
4 3 (3.49%) PagerDuty
4 3 (3.49%) Zscaler
5 2 (2.33%) CA Agile Central
5 2 (2.33%) Salesforce
5 2 (2.33%) SAP
5 2 (2.33%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.16%) Adobe
6 1 (1.16%) Genesys