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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 76 95 84
Rank change year-on-year +19 -11 +28
Contract jobs citing User Experience 90 86 144
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 2.58% 1.87% 2.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.89% 2.26% 2.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 55 100
10th Percentile £204 £201 £348
25th Percentile £321 £260 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £449 £375 £475
Median % change year-on-year +19.60% -21.05% -9.52%
75th Percentile £538 £513 £553
90th Percentile £630 £573 £688
England median daily rate £475 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 6
10th Percentile £13.25 - £16.25
25th Percentile £16.23 - £16.40
Median hourly rate £25.15 £70.39 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -64.27% +116.58% -50.00%
75th Percentile £58.91 - £60.00
90th Percentile £70.16 - £66.91
England median hourly rate £36.50 £50.25 £47.50
% change year-on-year -27.36% +5.79% -23.39%

All Process and 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 3,112 3,806 4,993
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 89.17% 82.60% 89.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,939 2,269 3,336
10th Percentile £220 £255 £250
25th Percentile £378 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £518
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -1.14% +1.15%
75th Percentile £592 £625 £625
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 304 251 255
10th Percentile £13.33 £16.00 £15.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £30.83 £23.79
Median hourly rate £20.73 £57.35 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -63.85% +9.24% +64.53%
75th Percentile £50.00 £71.50 £66.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £78.75 £75.67
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +53.66%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for User Experience 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 19 September 2025.

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 19 September 2025.

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 19 September 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
Thames Valley +5 38 £425 -5.56% 118
Surrey +18 32 £300 -17.81% 25
Berkshire +4 25 £425 -5.03% 89
Hampshire +6 12 £492 +118.67% 28
Buckinghamshire +13 8 £494 -5.95% 22
Oxfordshire -5 5 £363 -19.44% 7
Kent 0 4 £503 - 6
East Sussex +1 2 £544 +8.75% 10
West Sussex -4 1 £650 - 4
User Experience
England

User Experience
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 4 (4.44%) SharePoint
2 3 (3.33%) CMS
3 2 (2.22%) Confluence
4 1 (1.11%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.11%) Umbraco
Applications
1 4 (4.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.22%) Photoshop
3 1 (1.11%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 16 (17.78%) SaaS
2 15 (16.67%) Azure
3 11 (12.22%) Sauce Labs
4 7 (7.78%) AWS
4 7 (7.78%) Figma
4 7 (7.78%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (6.67%) Power Platform
6 4 (4.44%) Adobe Analytics
7 3 (3.33%) Contentsquare
7 3 (3.33%) Entra ID
7 3 (3.33%) GCP
8 2 (2.22%) Google Analytics
8 2 (2.22%) Google Play
8 2 (2.22%) Google Workspace
8 2 (2.22%) Slack
9 1 (1.11%) Azure Functions
9 1 (1.11%) GitHub
9 1 (1.11%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (1.11%) Serverless
9 1 (1.11%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 12 (13.33%) Wireless
2 7 (7.78%) NFC
2 7 (7.78%) PPP
3 2 (2.22%) HTTP
3 2 (2.22%) Network Security
4 1 (1.11%) 3GPP
4 1 (1.11%) 5G
4 1 (1.11%) Firewall
4 1 (1.11%) Internet
4 1 (1.11%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (1.11%) IP Telephony
4 1 (1.11%) LAN
4 1 (1.11%) MPLS
4 1 (1.11%) NAS
4 1 (1.11%) NetScaler
4 1 (1.11%) SAN
4 1 (1.11%) SD-WAN
4 1 (1.11%) Skype
4 1 (1.11%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.11%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (13.33%) MySQL
1 12 (13.33%) Relational Database
2 5 (5.56%) Power BI
3 3 (3.33%) Tableau
4 2 (2.22%) Metadata
5 1 (1.11%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.11%) Qlik Sense
5 1 (1.11%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 18 (20.00%) Eclipse
2 14 (15.56%) Browser DevTools
3 11 (12.22%) Android Studio
3 11 (12.22%) Xcode
4 7 (7.78%) Valgrind
5 5 (5.56%) Git
6 4 (4.44%) JIRA
7 3 (3.33%) Vite
8 2 (2.22%) Cypress.io
8 2 (2.22%) UI Automator
9 1 (1.11%) GitLab
General
1 44 (48.89%) Social Skills
2 11 (12.22%) Finance
3 9 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (6.67%) Marketing
5 5 (5.56%) Telecoms
6 4 (4.44%) Retail
7 3 (3.33%) Automotive
7 3 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.22%) Electronics
8 2 (2.22%) Local Government
9 1 (1.11%) Games
9 1 (1.11%) Legal
9 1 (1.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 20 (22.22%) Developer
2 13 (14.44%) Analyst
2 13 (14.44%) Support Engineer
3 12 (13.33%) Senior
3 12 (13.33%) Technical Engineer
3 12 (13.33%) Technical Support
3 12 (13.33%) Technical Support Engineer
3 12 (13.33%) UX Engineer
4 11 (12.22%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
5 10 (11.11%) React Developer
6 8 (8.89%) Lead
7 7 (7.78%) C++ Software Engineer
7 7 (7.78%) Development Engineer
7 7 (7.78%) Linux Engineer
7 7 (7.78%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
7 7 (7.78%) Senior Development Engineer
7 7 (7.78%) Senior Linux Engineer
7 7 (7.78%) Senior Software Development Engineer
7 7 (7.78%) Senior Software Engineer
7 7 (7.78%) Software Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (30.00%) React
2 20 (22.22%) CSS
3 16 (17.78%) GraphQL
4 14 (15.56%) Ajax
4 14 (15.56%) AngularJS
5 10 (11.11%) HTML
6 9 (10.00%) JSON
6 9 (10.00%) XML
7 8 (8.89%) REST
8 7 (7.78%) Web Services
9 6 (6.67%) Redux
9 6 (6.67%) RESTful
10 3 (3.33%) Apollo GraphQL
10 3 (3.33%) Framer.js
10 3 (3.33%) Material Design
11 2 (2.22%) CSS3
11 2 (2.22%) Jest
11 2 (2.22%) Lightning Web Components
11 2 (2.22%) Playwright
11 2 (2.22%) Semantic HTML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (18.89%) Mobile App
2 7 (7.78%) Smartcard
3 4 (4.44%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.22%) Algorithms
4 2 (2.22%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.22%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.22%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.11%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.11%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.11%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.11%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 19 (21.11%) Linux
2 17 (18.89%) Windows
3 16 (17.78%) Android
4 13 (14.44%) Unix
5 7 (7.78%) Ubuntu
6 5 (5.56%) Apple iOS
6 5 (5.56%) Mac OS
7 4 (4.44%) Windows 10
8 1 (1.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (27.78%) UX Design
2 20 (22.22%) Agile
3 19 (21.11%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (18.89%) Continuous Improvement
5 16 (17.78%) Front End Development
6 15 (16.67%) Mobile Application Development
7 14 (15.56%) Roadmaps
8 12 (13.33%) Analytics
9 11 (12.22%) OO
10 10 (11.11%) Decision-Making
10 10 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
11 9 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 9 (10.00%) Wireframes
12 8 (8.89%) Computer Science
12 8 (8.89%) ITIL
13 7 (7.78%) Cryptography
13 7 (7.78%) Memory Management
13 7 (7.78%) Multithreaded Programming
13 7 (7.78%) Multithreading
13 7 (7.78%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 22 (24.44%) Java
1 22 (24.44%) JavaScript
1 22 (24.44%) Python
2 12 (13.33%) Perl
3 9 (10.00%) C#
4 8 (8.89%) SQL
5 7 (7.78%) C++
6 3 (3.33%) Bash
6 3 (3.33%) Kotlin
6 3 (3.33%) Objective-C
6 3 (3.33%) PowerShell
6 3 (3.33%) Swift
6 3 (3.33%) TypeScript
7 1 (1.11%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (8.89%) Degree
2 6 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (4.44%) Master's Degree
3 4 (4.44%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (4.44%) Security Cleared
4 3 (3.33%) Citrix Certification
5 1 (1.11%) A+ Certification
5 1 (1.11%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.11%) MBA
5 1 (1.11%) MCP
5 1 (1.11%) OCA
5 1 (1.11%) Oracle Certification
5 1 (1.11%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.11%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (11.11%) Accessibility
2 8 (8.89%) GDPR
3 4 (4.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (4.44%) WCAG
4 3 (3.33%) QA
4 3 (3.33%) SLA
5 2 (2.22%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (1.11%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (4.44%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.11%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.11%) vSphere
3 1 (1.11%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 5 (5.56%) SCCM
2 3 (3.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 23 (25.56%) Microsoft
2 14 (15.56%) Oracle
2 14 (15.56%) ServiceNow
3 12 (13.33%) Splunk
4 6 (6.67%) Adobe
4 6 (6.67%) Citrix
4 6 (6.67%) Google
5 5 (5.56%) Apple
5 5 (5.56%) VMware
6 4 (4.44%) Salesforce
7 2 (2.22%) Dell
7 2 (2.22%) Hotjar
7 2 (2.22%) Okta
8 1 (1.11%) Capita
8 1 (1.11%) Cisco
8 1 (1.11%) Databricks
8 1 (1.11%) Dynatrace
8 1 (1.11%) Ericsson
8 1 (1.11%) Red Hat
8 1 (1.11%) Virgin Media