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 3 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 84 121
Rank change year-on-year -10 +37 -47
Contract jobs citing User Experience 128 69 81
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 2.15% 2.36% 1.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.67% 2.58% 1.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 47 39
10th Percentile £203 £306 £263
25th Percentile £293 £400 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £454 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.93% -9.20% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £621
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
England median daily rate £481 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -2.93% -1.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 6 4
10th Percentile - £13.25 -
25th Percentile £16.00 £23.31 £19.25
Median hourly rate £32.50 £67.75 £45.45
Median % change year-on-year -52.03% +49.08% +159.69%
75th Percentile £33.75 £85.50 £78.51
90th Percentile £35.22 £90.50 £93.13
England median hourly rate £33.99 £53.50 £26.03
% change year-on-year -36.47% +105.53% -1.77%

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 4,797 2,676 4,686
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 80.69% 91.39% 82.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,064 1,719 2,709
10th Percentile £280 £250 £260
25th Percentile £412 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -1.96% +0.99%
75th Percentile £606 £600 £625
90th Percentile £700 £656 £700
England median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.90% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 456 179 451
10th Percentile £15.05 £13.22 £13.00
25th Percentile £21.35 £15.00 £18.26
Median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +108.75% -47.05% -9.52%
75th Percentile £82.25 £60.06 £62.60
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £76.86
England median hourly rate £47.00 £28.60 £37.50
% change year-on-year +64.34% -23.73% +0.54%

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 3 June 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 3 June 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 3 June 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 -34 64 £519 +18.63% 37
Berkshire -15 37 £509 +19.71% 18
Surrey -9 24 £444 -8.97% 23
Hampshire -19 20 £364 +25.52% 16
Buckinghamshire -27 20 £550 - 12
West Sussex -11 10 £650 - 5
Oxfordshire -19 7 £210 -42.07% 8
Kent 0 6 £300 -42.31% 5
Home Counties - 2 - -
Sussex - 1 £650 -
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 (12.50%) SharePoint
2 7 (5.47%) CMS
3 3 (2.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 3 (2.34%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.78%) Apache
4 1 (0.78%) Confluence
4 1 (0.78%) Kentico
4 1 (0.78%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.56%) UXPin
2 1 (0.78%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (0.78%) InVision
2 1 (0.78%) OmniGraffle
2 1 (0.78%) Photoshop
2 1 (0.78%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.78%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 30 (23.44%) Azure
2 25 (19.53%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (9.38%) Power Platform
4 9 (7.03%) AWS
4 9 (7.03%) OneDrive
5 8 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (5.47%) SaaS
7 6 (4.69%) Power Automate
7 6 (4.69%) Viva Engage
8 5 (3.91%) Figma
8 5 (3.91%) GCP
8 5 (3.91%) Sauce Labs
9 4 (3.13%) Google App Engine
9 4 (3.13%) PowerApps
10 3 (2.34%) GitHub
10 3 (2.34%) GitHub Actions
11 2 (1.56%) Azure Functions
11 2 (1.56%) Entra ID
11 2 (1.56%) Firebase
11 2 (1.56%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.25%) DHCP
1 8 (6.25%) DNS
1 8 (6.25%) TCP/IP
2 3 (2.34%) Intranet
3 1 (0.78%) Firewall
3 1 (0.78%) Internet
3 1 (0.78%) LAN
3 1 (0.78%) Network Security
3 1 (0.78%) NFC
3 1 (0.78%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.78%) Software-Defined Radio
3 1 (0.78%) SSL
3 1 (0.78%) VPN
3 1 (0.78%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.47%) Relational Database
2 6 (4.69%) Power BI
3 5 (3.91%) MySQL
3 5 (3.91%) SQL Server
4 3 (2.34%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (2.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.78%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.78%) Couchbase
5 1 (0.78%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.78%) DB2
5 1 (0.78%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (0.78%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.78%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.78%) Power Query
5 1 (0.78%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 10 (7.81%) JIRA
2 6 (4.69%) Android Studio
2 6 (4.69%) Browser DevTools
2 6 (4.69%) GitLab
2 6 (4.69%) Xcode
3 5 (3.91%) Eclipse
3 5 (3.91%) Git
4 4 (3.13%) Jenkins
5 3 (2.34%) Postman
6 2 (1.56%) fastlane
6 2 (1.56%) Gradle
6 2 (1.56%) JUnit
6 2 (1.56%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.78%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.78%) Axure RP
7 1 (0.78%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.78%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.78%) JMeter
7 1 (0.78%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.78%) Storybook
General
1 45 (35.16%) Social Skills
2 17 (13.28%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (8.59%) Public Sector
4 7 (5.47%) Finance
5 4 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (1.56%) French Language
6 2 (1.56%) Legal
7 1 (0.78%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 22 (17.19%) IT Support
2 19 (14.84%) Developer
3 15 (11.72%) Support Engineer
4 14 (10.94%) Senior
5 12 (9.38%) Consultant
6 10 (7.81%) Analyst
6 10 (7.81%) IT Engineer
6 10 (7.81%) IT Support Engineer
7 8 (6.25%) Designer
7 8 (6.25%) Lead
8 6 (4.69%) ServiceNow Developer
9 5 (3.91%) Power Platform Consultant
9 5 (3.91%) Technical Engineer
9 5 (3.91%) Technical Support
9 5 (3.91%) Technical Support Engineer
9 5 (3.91%) UI Designer
9 5 (3.91%) UI/UX Designer
9 5 (3.91%) User Researcher
9 5 (3.91%) UX Designer
9 5 (3.91%) UX Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (11.72%) React
2 12 (9.38%) CSS
3 11 (8.59%) REST
4 8 (6.25%) AngularJS
5 7 (5.47%) .NET
5 7 (5.47%) HTML
5 7 (5.47%) SOAP
6 5 (3.91%) Ajax
6 5 (3.91%) GraphQL
6 5 (3.91%) JSON
6 5 (3.91%) Microsoft Graph
7 4 (3.13%) .NET Core
7 4 (3.13%) ASP.NET
8 3 (2.34%) .NET Framework
8 3 (2.34%) ASP.NET Web API
8 3 (2.34%) Entity Framework
8 3 (2.34%) OAuth
8 3 (2.34%) RESTful
8 3 (2.34%) Software Packaging
8 3 (2.34%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (12.50%) Product Ownership
2 12 (9.38%) Data Centre
3 10 (7.81%) Mobile App
4 9 (7.03%) Onboarding
5 4 (3.13%) Data Structures
6 3 (2.34%) AI Agents
6 3 (2.34%) Algorithms
6 3 (2.34%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.34%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.78%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.78%) Graphic Design
8 1 (0.78%) Legacy Code
8 1 (0.78%) Life Science
8 1 (0.78%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.78%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.78%) Robotics
8 1 (0.78%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.78%) Synthetic Data
Operating Systems
1 28 (21.88%) Windows
2 12 (9.38%) Apple iOS
3 11 (8.59%) Android
3 11 (8.59%) Mac OS
4 6 (4.69%) Linux
5 5 (3.91%) Unix
6 2 (1.56%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (27.34%) Agile
2 32 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 24 (18.75%) UX Design
4 23 (17.97%) ITIL
5 21 (16.41%) ITSM
6 18 (14.06%) AI
7 17 (13.28%) Continuous Improvement
7 17 (13.28%) Customer Service
7 17 (13.28%) DevOps
8 15 (11.72%) Data Modelling
8 15 (11.72%) Service Delivery
9 14 (10.94%) CI/CD
9 14 (10.94%) Scrum
10 13 (10.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 11 (8.59%) Data Protection
11 11 (8.59%) Decision-Making
12 10 (7.81%) Project Management
12 10 (7.81%) Time Management
12 10 (7.81%) Translating Business Requirements
12 10 (7.81%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 20 (15.63%) JavaScript
2 12 (9.38%) Python
3 11 (8.59%) Java
4 8 (6.25%) C#
4 8 (6.25%) SQL
5 5 (3.91%) Perl
6 4 (3.13%) Kotlin
6 4 (3.13%) TypeScript
7 2 (1.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (1.56%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.78%) C++
8 1 (0.78%) Objective-C
8 1 (0.78%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.78%) Swift
8 1 (0.78%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 23 (17.97%) Security Cleared
2 20 (15.63%) SC Cleared
3 17 (13.28%) Degree
4 8 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (3.91%) DV Cleared
6 3 (2.34%) CCA
6 3 (2.34%) CESG Certified Professional
6 3 (2.34%) Citrix Certification
7 1 (0.78%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.78%) OCA
7 1 (0.78%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (11.72%) QA
2 10 (7.81%) Accessibility
3 6 (4.69%) WCAG
4 4 (3.13%) GDPR
4 4 (3.13%) SLA
5 3 (2.34%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (2.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.78%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.78%) GRC
System Software
1 8 (6.25%) Active Directory
2 6 (4.69%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (2.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.78%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (7.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (5.47%) Jamf Pro
3 5 (3.91%) SCCM
4 3 (2.34%) Clonezilla
5 2 (1.56%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.78%) Ansible
6 1 (0.78%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.78%) Terraform
Vendors
1 42 (32.81%) Microsoft
2 21 (16.41%) ServiceNow
3 7 (5.47%) Citrix
3 7 (5.47%) Oracle
4 5 (3.91%) Splunk
5 4 (3.13%) Adobe
6 3 (2.34%) Virgin Media
6 3 (2.34%) VMware
7 2 (1.56%) Blue Prism
7 2 (1.56%) Dynatrace
7 2 (1.56%) Google
7 2 (1.56%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.78%) Apple
8 1 (0.78%) Computacenter
8 1 (0.78%) Databricks
8 1 (0.78%) Foundry
8 1 (0.78%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.78%) SAP
8 1 (0.78%) Solace
8 1 (0.78%) Zscaler