User Experience Contract Job Trends in Oxford

UX
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Oxford requiring User Experience skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 11 5
Rank change year-on-year -4 -6 +22
Contract jobs citing User Experience 2 1 13
As % of all contract jobs in Oxford 3.70% 1.85% 13.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.08% 2.50% 17.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 13
10th Percentile - - £375
25th Percentile £356 £525 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £550 £450
Median % change year-on-year -34.09% +22.22% -5.26%
75th Percentile £369 £575 £475
90th Percentile - - £485
Oxfordshire median daily rate £406 £463 £450
% change year-on-year -12.16% +2.78% -16.28%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Oxford

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 Oxford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 49 40 73
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxford 90.74% 74.07% 76.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 34 57
10th Percentile £222 £189 £152
25th Percentile £250 £251 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £463 £400
Median % change year-on-year -21.62% +15.63% -11.11%
75th Percentile £515 £534 £488
90th Percentile £580 £575 £643
Oxfordshire median daily rate £448 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.79% +5.56% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25.15 - -
Median hourly rate £51.08 - -
75th Percentile £87.97 - -
90th Percentile £89.63 - -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £25.15 £25.50 £32.32
% change year-on-year -1.35% -21.12% +72.70%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

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

User Experience job vacancy trend in Oxford

User Experience
Daily Rate Trend in Oxford

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing User Experience

User Experience
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxford

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing User Experience

User Experience
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxford 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:

Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Designer
1 2 (100.00%) Product Designer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Journey Map
1 2 (100.00%) Journey Map
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) UX Research
1 2 (100.00%) Value Proposition
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Accessibility