User Experience Contract Job Trends in the South East

UX
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring User Experience skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 78 100
Rank change year-on-year -42 +22 -33
Contract jobs citing User Experience 117 93 91
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 1.75% 2.65% 1.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.16% 2.95% 2.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 67 54
10th Percentile £203 £204 £200
25th Percentile £293 £356 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £450 £365
Median % change year-on-year -2.67% +23.29% -23.16%
75th Percentile £590 £534 £547
90th Percentile £650 £623 £646
England median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 9 1
10th Percentile £16.00 £13.25 -
25th Percentile £22.75 £25.15 -
Median hourly rate £32.50 £53.50 £70.39
Median % change year-on-year -39.25% -23.99% +302.23%
75th Percentile £72.50 £70.16 -
90th Percentile £84.60 £85.50 -
England median hourly rate £33.99 £43.50 £41.68
% change year-on-year -21.86% +4.38% +57.26%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,405 3,156 4,076
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 80.78% 89.86% 82.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,334 1,974 2,483
10th Percentile £280 £250 £255
25th Percentile £415 £400 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -2.91% -0.62%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £638
90th Percentile £711 £663 £700
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 590 294 323
10th Percentile £14.50 £13.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £23.00 £15.13 £26.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £21.32 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +157.97% -62.82% +14.70%
75th Percentile £78.75 £49.69 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £70.92 £76.86
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +3.61%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

User Experience job vacancy trend in the South East

User Experience
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing User Experience.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing User Experience

User Experience
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Experience in the South East over the 6 months to 12 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for User Experience in the South East

User Experience
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing User Experience.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing User Experience

User Experience
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing User Experience in the South East over the 6 months to 12 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for User Experience in the South East

User Experience
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 12 August 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
Thames Valley -29 60 £500 +17.65% 61
Berkshire -21 35 £425 - 26
Surrey -23 21 £413 -13.16% 19
Hampshire -33 19 £400 +3.63% 24
Buckinghamshire -31 17 £590 +15.12% 17
West Sussex -15 12 £625 -3.85% 8
Oxfordshire -21 8 £210 -42.07% 18
Kent -2 2 £400 -30.43% 7
Sussex - 1 £650 - 1
Home Counties - 1 - -
User Experience
England

User Experience
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 16 (13.68%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.42%) CMS
3 2 (1.71%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.85%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.85%) Confluence
4 1 (0.85%) Kentico
4 1 (0.85%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.85%) Adobe XD
1 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.71%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.85%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 42 (35.90%) Azure
2 27 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (12.82%) AWS
4 12 (10.26%) Power Platform
5 11 (9.40%) Azure DevOps
5 11 (9.40%) OneDrive
6 9 (7.69%) GCP
7 7 (5.98%) SaaS
8 6 (5.13%) Entra ID
8 6 (5.13%) Figma
8 6 (5.13%) Power Automate
9 4 (3.42%) Google App Engine
9 4 (3.42%) PowerApps
10 3 (2.56%) Azure AKS
10 3 (2.56%) Sauce Labs
11 2 (1.71%) Azure AI
11 2 (1.71%) Azure Monitor
11 2 (1.71%) Copilot Studio
11 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Copilot
11 2 (1.71%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 14 (11.97%) DNS
2 13 (11.11%) DHCP
3 11 (9.40%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.71%) Intranet
4 2 (1.71%) NetScaler
4 2 (1.71%) Network Security
5 1 (0.85%) Firewall
5 1 (0.85%) Internet
5 1 (0.85%) LAN
5 1 (0.85%) NFC
5 1 (0.85%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.85%) SSL
5 1 (0.85%) VPN
5 1 (0.85%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.27%) Power BI
1 5 (4.27%) Relational Database
2 4 (3.42%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (2.56%) MySQL
4 2 (1.71%) Apache Cassandra
4 2 (1.71%) Couchbase
4 2 (1.71%) Db2
4 2 (1.71%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.71%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.71%) Power Query
4 2 (1.71%) RDBMS
4 2 (1.71%) Redis
4 2 (1.71%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.85%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.85%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 5 (4.27%) Git
2 4 (3.42%) Android Studio
2 4 (3.42%) Browser DevTools
2 4 (3.42%) GitLab
2 4 (3.42%) Xcode
3 3 (2.56%) Eclipse
3 3 (2.56%) JIRA
4 2 (1.71%) fastlane
4 2 (1.71%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.71%) JMeter
4 2 (1.71%) Postman
5 1 (0.85%) Crashlytics
5 1 (0.85%) Gradle
5 1 (0.85%) Oracle Forms
General
1 40 (34.19%) Social Skills
2 19 (16.24%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (12.82%) Public Sector
4 10 (8.55%) Finance
5 6 (5.13%) Aerospace
6 4 (3.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.71%) Legal
8 2 (1.71%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.85%) Billing
9 1 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.85%) Marketing
9 1 (0.85%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 22 (18.80%) IT Support
2 18 (15.38%) Developer
3 15 (12.82%) Senior
4 11 (9.40%) Support Engineer
5 10 (8.55%) Consultant
5 10 (8.55%) Designer
6 8 (6.84%) Analyst
6 8 (6.84%) IT Engineer
6 8 (6.84%) IT Support Engineer
7 7 (5.98%) Product Owner
8 6 (5.13%) ServiceNow Developer
9 4 (3.42%) 1st/2nd Line Support
9 4 (3.42%) 2nd Line Support
9 4 (3.42%) Architect
9 4 (3.42%) Senior Developer
9 4 (3.42%) Senior IT Engineer
9 4 (3.42%) Senior IT Support
9 4 (3.42%) Senior Support Engineer
9 4 (3.42%) UI/UX Designer
9 4 (3.42%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (9.40%) CSS
1 11 (9.40%) React
2 10 (8.55%) REST
3 8 (6.84%) .NET
3 8 (6.84%) HTML
4 7 (5.98%) SOAP
5 5 (4.27%) .NET Core
5 5 (4.27%) AngularJS
5 5 (4.27%) ASP.NET
5 5 (4.27%) Microsoft Graph
5 5 (4.27%) OAuth
6 4 (3.42%) .NET Framework
6 4 (3.42%) ASP.NET Web API
6 4 (3.42%) Entity Framework
6 4 (3.42%) JSON
7 3 (2.56%) Ajax
7 3 (2.56%) GraphQL
7 3 (2.56%) SAML
8 2 (1.71%) Kafka
8 2 (1.71%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 17 (14.53%) Product Ownership
2 14 (11.97%) Data Centre
3 9 (7.69%) Onboarding
4 6 (5.13%) Mobile App
5 5 (4.27%) Data Structures
6 4 (3.42%) Algorithms
6 4 (3.42%) Management Information System
7 3 (2.56%) AI Agents
7 3 (2.56%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (2.56%) Driving Licence
7 3 (2.56%) Smartphone
8 2 (1.71%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.71%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.85%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.85%) Enterprise Cloud
9 1 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.85%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (0.85%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 30 (25.64%) Windows
2 15 (12.82%) Apple iOS
3 12 (10.26%) Mac OS
4 8 (6.84%) Android
5 5 (4.27%) Windows 10
6 3 (2.56%) Linux
6 3 (2.56%) Unix
7 2 (1.71%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (28.21%) Agile
2 32 (27.35%) ITIL
3 29 (24.79%) Problem-Solving
4 27 (23.08%) ITSM
5 23 (19.66%) UX Design
6 20 (17.09%) Customer Service
7 19 (16.24%) AI
8 18 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
9 17 (14.53%) Scrum
10 15 (12.82%) Data Protection
11 14 (11.97%) DevOps
11 14 (11.97%) Service Delivery
12 13 (11.11%) CI/CD
12 13 (11.11%) Data Modelling
13 12 (10.26%) Mobile Device Management
13 12 (10.26%) Service Management
13 12 (10.26%) Time Management
14 11 (9.40%) Requirements Gathering
14 11 (9.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 11 (9.40%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 17 (14.53%) JavaScript
2 13 (11.11%) Python
3 12 (10.26%) SQL
4 8 (6.84%) C#
4 8 (6.84%) Java
5 5 (4.27%) PowerShell
6 3 (2.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (2.56%) Perl
6 3 (2.56%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.85%) Bash
7 1 (0.85%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.85%) Swift
7 1 (0.85%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 28 (23.93%) Security Cleared
2 26 (22.22%) SC Cleared
3 24 (20.51%) Degree
4 11 (9.40%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (5.13%) CCA
5 6 (5.13%) Citrix Certification
5 6 (5.13%) DV Cleared
6 5 (4.27%) Azure Certification
6 5 (4.27%) CISSP
7 4 (3.42%) CESG Certified Professional
8 3 (2.56%) AWS Certification
8 3 (2.56%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (1.71%) CSPO
9 2 (1.71%) MCSA
9 2 (1.71%) MCSE
9 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (1.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.85%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.84%) Accessibility
2 6 (5.13%) QA
2 6 (5.13%) WCAG
3 4 (3.42%) SLA
4 2 (1.71%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.85%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.85%) GDPR
5 1 (0.85%) GRC
5 1 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 11 (9.40%) Active Directory
2 7 (5.98%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.71%) Docker
4 2 (1.71%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.71%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (1.71%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (8.55%) Jamf Pro
3 4 (3.42%) Clonezilla
3 4 (3.42%) SCCM
4 2 (1.71%) SCOM
4 2 (1.71%) vCenter Server
4 2 (1.71%) vMotion
5 1 (0.85%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.85%) Terraform
Vendors
1 41 (35.04%) Microsoft
2 24 (20.51%) ServiceNow
3 8 (6.84%) Citrix
4 5 (4.27%) Google
5 4 (3.42%) Oracle
6 3 (2.56%) Apple
6 3 (2.56%) Splunk
6 3 (2.56%) Virgin Media
6 3 (2.56%) VMware
7 2 (1.71%) Adobe
7 2 (1.71%) Blue Prism
7 2 (1.71%) Dynatrace
7 2 (1.71%) ForgeRock
7 2 (1.71%) Okta
7 2 (1.71%) Ping Identity
7 2 (1.71%) Remedy
7 2 (1.71%) Solace
7 2 (1.71%) SolarWinds
8 1 (0.85%) Foundry
8 1 (0.85%) Salesforce