User Experience Contracts in the South East

UX
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 30 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 112 74
Rank change year-on-year +33 -38 +28
Contract jobs citing User Experience 77 96 165
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 2.47% 1.69% 2.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.71% 2.05% 3.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 56 115
10th Percentile £316 £201 £313
25th Percentile £408 £350 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £419 £475
Median % change year-on-year +13.43% -11.84% -
75th Percentile £588 £556 £538
90th Percentile £675 £638 £658
England median daily rate £480 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -4.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 4
10th Percentile £13.25 £73.64 -
25th Percentile £33.38 £78.51 £16.25
Median hourly rate £70.16 £86.63 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.01% +395.03% +0.69%
75th Percentile £85.50 £94.75 £30.00
90th Percentile £89.50 £99.62 £50.25
England median hourly rate £49.50 £30.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year +65.00% +13.21% -51.04%

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 2,844 4,690 5,140
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 91.07% 82.64% 89.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,770 2,720 3,506
10th Percentile £250 £256 £250
25th Percentile £393 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £515
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -0.49% +3.00%
75th Percentile £600 £634 £619
90th Percentile £666 £700 £700
England median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 460 235
10th Percentile £13.43 £13.00 £15.50
25th Percentile £15.12 £18.20 £21.45
Median hourly rate £24.33 £47.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -48.78% -5.00% +122.22%
75th Percentile £55.00 £67.14 £64.56
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.63 £75.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £37.34
% change year-on-year -34.02% +2.09% +45.40%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing User Experience in the South East.

Daily rate trend for User Experience in the South East

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 30 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for User Experience in the South East

User Experience
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing User Experience in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for User Experience in the South East

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 30 June 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 30 June 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 +11 42 £440 -12.10% 383
Berkshire +1 29 £425 -19.05% 243
Surrey +23 14 £475 +30.14% 97
Hampshire +25 12 £308 -12.14% 144
Buckinghamshire +19 8 £550 +22.22% 71
Oxfordshire 0 5 £363 +31.82% 69
West Sussex +9 4 £650 +52.94% 65
Kent +2 3 £630 - 42
East Sussex -3 1 £488 - 83
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 (5.19%) Confluence
1 4 (5.19%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.60%) CMS
3 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (2.60%) Adobe Captivate
1 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (2.60%) Photoshop
2 1 (1.30%) Chatbot
2 1 (1.30%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (3.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.30%) SAP Hybris
2 1 (1.30%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 13 (16.88%) Azure
2 11 (14.29%) Figma
3 5 (6.49%) SaaS
4 4 (5.19%) Power Platform
5 3 (3.90%) AWS
5 3 (3.90%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (2.60%) Adobe Analytics
6 2 (2.60%) Azure Stack
6 2 (2.60%) Google Analytics
6 2 (2.60%) Google Play
6 2 (2.60%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (1.30%) Contentsquare
7 1 (1.30%) OpenShift
7 1 (1.30%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.49%) NFC
1 5 (6.49%) PPP
2 2 (2.60%) HTTP
3 1 (1.30%) Firewall
3 1 (1.30%) Internet
3 1 (1.30%) Intranet
3 1 (1.30%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (1.30%) IP Telephony
3 1 (1.30%) LAN
3 1 (1.30%) MPLS
3 1 (1.30%) NAS
3 1 (1.30%) NetScaler
3 1 (1.30%) Network Security
3 1 (1.30%) SAN
3 1 (1.30%) SD-WAN
3 1 (1.30%) Skype
3 1 (1.30%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.30%) Unified Communications
3 1 (1.30%) WAN
3 1 (1.30%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.19%) Power BI
2 3 (3.90%) Metadata
3 2 (2.60%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.30%) DataStage
4 1 (1.30%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.30%) Qlik Sense
4 1 (1.30%) Semantic Layer
4 1 (1.30%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (6.49%) Eclipse
1 5 (6.49%) JIRA
1 5 (6.49%) Valgrind
2 4 (5.19%) Cypress.io
2 4 (5.19%) Git
2 4 (5.19%) Vite
3 2 (2.60%) Browser DevTools
3 2 (2.60%) JMeter
3 2 (2.60%) Moq
3 2 (2.60%) UI Automator
3 2 (2.60%) Visual Studio
3 2 (2.60%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (1.30%) Axure RP
General
1 29 (37.66%) Social Skills
2 9 (11.69%) Finance
2 9 (11.69%) Marketing
3 6 (7.79%) Organisational Skills
4 5 (6.49%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (5.19%) Telecoms
6 3 (3.90%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (3.90%) Public Sector
6 3 (3.90%) Retail
7 2 (2.60%) Automotive
7 2 (2.60%) Law
7 2 (2.60%) Local Government
8 1 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.30%) Legal
8 1 (1.30%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.30%) Police
Job Titles
1 20 (25.97%) Developer
2 13 (16.88%) React Developer
3 12 (15.58%) Analyst
4 9 (11.69%) Senior
5 8 (10.39%) Lead
6 5 (6.49%) C++ Software Engineer
6 5 (6.49%) Designer
6 5 (6.49%) Development Engineer
6 5 (6.49%) Linux Engineer
6 5 (6.49%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
6 5 (6.49%) Senior Development Engineer
6 5 (6.49%) Senior Linux Engineer
6 5 (6.49%) Senior Software Development Engineer
6 5 (6.49%) Senior Software Engineer
6 5 (6.49%) Software Development Engineer
6 5 (6.49%) Software Engineer
7 4 (5.19%) Business Analyst
7 4 (5.19%) UI Developer
7 4 (5.19%) UI/UX Developer
7 4 (5.19%) UX Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (22.08%) React
2 12 (15.58%) HTML
3 10 (12.99%) CSS
4 9 (11.69%) JSON
4 9 (11.69%) XML
5 8 (10.39%) Redux
6 5 (6.49%) REST
6 5 (6.49%) RESTful
6 5 (6.49%) Web Services
7 4 (5.19%) AngularJS
7 4 (5.19%) Framer.js
7 4 (5.19%) GraphQL
7 4 (5.19%) Node.js
8 3 (3.90%) Apollo GraphQL
9 2 (2.60%) .NET Core
9 2 (2.60%) Jest
9 2 (2.60%) Lightning Web Components
9 2 (2.60%) Playwright
9 2 (2.60%) React Native
9 2 (2.60%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.79%) Product Ownership
2 5 (6.49%) e-Learning
2 5 (6.49%) Smartcard
3 4 (5.19%) Onboarding
4 3 (3.90%) Driving Licence
4 3 (3.90%) Smartphone
5 2 (2.60%) Algorithms
5 2 (2.60%) Learning Management System
5 2 (2.60%) Life Science
5 2 (2.60%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.60%) SCORM
5 2 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.30%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.30%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.30%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (1.30%) Taxonomies
6 1 (1.30%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (7.79%) Windows
2 5 (6.49%) Linux
2 5 (6.49%) Ubuntu
3 4 (5.19%) Windows 10
4 3 (3.90%) Android
4 3 (3.90%) Apple iOS
5 2 (2.60%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.30%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (36.36%) UX Design
2 19 (24.68%) Agile
3 16 (20.78%) Wireframes
4 15 (19.48%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (15.58%) Front End Development
6 11 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
7 10 (12.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 10 (12.99%) Stakeholder Management
8 9 (11.69%) Change Management
8 9 (11.69%) Roadmaps
9 8 (10.39%) Analytics
9 8 (10.39%) Design Thinking
10 7 (9.09%) Software Engineering
10 7 (9.09%) Unit Testing
10 7 (9.09%) User Stories
10 7 (9.09%) UX Research
11 6 (7.79%) CI/CD
11 6 (7.79%) Customer Experience
11 6 (7.79%) Design Patterns
11 6 (7.79%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 12 (15.58%) JavaScript
2 9 (11.69%) C#
3 8 (10.39%) TypeScript
4 6 (7.79%) Python
5 5 (6.49%) C++
5 5 (6.49%) Java
6 4 (5.19%) SQL
7 1 (1.30%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 7 (9.09%) Security Cleared
2 6 (7.79%) SC Cleared
3 4 (5.19%) Degree
4 1 (1.30%) A+ Certification
4 1 (1.30%) CISSP
4 1 (1.30%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.30%) MBA
4 1 (1.30%) MCP
4 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.30%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.39%) Accessibility
2 4 (5.19%) QA
2 4 (5.19%) WCAG
3 3 (3.90%) SLA
4 2 (2.60%) GDPR
4 2 (2.60%) Software Quality Assurance
5 1 (1.30%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (1.30%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.30%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (2.60%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.30%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.30%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.30%) vSphere
2 1 (1.30%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (2.60%) SCCM
Vendors
1 13 (16.88%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.79%) Adobe
3 4 (5.19%) Google
4 3 (3.90%) Salesforce
4 3 (3.90%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.60%) Capita
5 2 (2.60%) Hotjar
5 2 (2.60%) SAP
5 2 (2.60%) VMware
5 2 (2.60%) Workday
6 1 (1.30%) Cisco
6 1 (1.30%) Citrix
6 1 (1.30%) Databricks
6 1 (1.30%) Dynatrace
6 1 (1.30%) F5
6 1 (1.30%) IBM
6 1 (1.30%) Oracle
6 1 (1.30%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.30%) Talend