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 26 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 101 77
Rank change year-on-year +27 -24 +30
DemandTrendContract jobs citing User Experience 96 87 156
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 2.72% 1.82% 2.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.05% 2.22% 3.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 54 105
10th Percentile £204 £200 £313
25th Percentile £318 £259 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £365 £475
Median % change year-on-year +22.47% -23.16% -5.00%
75th Percentile £539 £538 £550
90th Percentile £630 £634 £675
England median daily rate £475 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 6
10th Percentile £13.25 - £16.25
25th Percentile £25.15 - £16.40
Median hourly rate £53.50 £70.39 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.99% +116.58% -49.02%
75th Percentile £70.16 - £60.00
90th Percentile £85.50 - £66.91
England median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -5.00% +53.85% -45.38%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,150 3,920 5,001
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 89.31% 82.16% 89.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,960 2,363 3,392
10th Percentile £238 £260 £250
25th Percentile £393 £404 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £519 £518
Median % change year-on-year -3.66% +0.11% +2.66%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 312 309 234
10th Percentile £13.54 £15.00 £15.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £26.25 £21.09
Median hourly rate £24.00 £57.35 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -58.15% +14.70% +80.31%
75th Percentile £53.75 £70.18 £64.91
90th Percentile £70.16 £76.86 £75.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +53.90%

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 26 August 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 26 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for User Experience in the South East

User Experience
DemandTrendContract 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 26 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley +10 42 £425 -15.00% 178
Berkshire +9 29 £425 -19.05% 129
Surrey +18 27 £300 -17.81% 18
Hampshire +17 17 £386 +71.56% 37
Buckinghamshire +10 8 £494 - 24
Oxfordshire -13 5 £363 +31.82% 26
Kent 0 4 £575 - 7
West Sussex +1 3 £650 - 14
East Sussex -2 2 £544 +8.75% 21
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 3 (3.13%) CMS
1 3 (3.13%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.08%) Confluence
3 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.04%) Umbraco
Applications
1 4 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.08%) Adobe Captivate
2 2 (2.08%) Photoshop
3 1 (1.04%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (2.08%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.04%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 15 (15.63%) Azure
2 13 (13.54%) SaaS
3 8 (8.33%) Sauce Labs
4 7 (7.29%) AWS
4 7 (7.29%) Figma
4 7 (7.29%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (6.25%) Power Platform
6 4 (4.17%) Adobe Analytics
7 3 (3.13%) Contentsquare
7 3 (3.13%) Entra ID
7 3 (3.13%) GCP
8 2 (2.08%) Google Analytics
8 2 (2.08%) Google Play
8 2 (2.08%) Google Workspace
8 2 (2.08%) Slack
9 1 (1.04%) Azure Functions
9 1 (1.04%) GitHub
9 1 (1.04%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (1.04%) OpenShift
9 1 (1.04%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 9 (9.38%) Wireless
2 6 (6.25%) NFC
2 6 (6.25%) PPP
3 2 (2.08%) HTTP
3 2 (2.08%) Network Security
4 1 (1.04%) 3GPP
4 1 (1.04%) 5G
4 1 (1.04%) Firewall
4 1 (1.04%) Internet
4 1 (1.04%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (1.04%) IP Telephony
4 1 (1.04%) LAN
4 1 (1.04%) MPLS
4 1 (1.04%) NAS
4 1 (1.04%) NetScaler
4 1 (1.04%) SAN
4 1 (1.04%) Skype
4 1 (1.04%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.04%) Unified Communications
4 1 (1.04%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (9.38%) MySQL
1 9 (9.38%) Relational Database
2 5 (5.21%) Power BI
3 3 (3.13%) Tableau
4 2 (2.08%) Metadata
5 1 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.04%) Qlik Sense
5 1 (1.04%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 14 (14.58%) Eclipse
2 11 (11.46%) Browser DevTools
3 8 (8.33%) Android Studio
3 8 (8.33%) Xcode
4 6 (6.25%) Valgrind
5 5 (5.21%) Git
6 3 (3.13%) JIRA
6 3 (3.13%) Vite
7 2 (2.08%) Cypress.io
7 2 (2.08%) UI Automator
General
1 48 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 13 (13.54%) Finance
3 10 (10.42%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (8.33%) Marketing
5 5 (5.21%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (5.21%) Telecoms
6 4 (4.17%) Retail
7 3 (3.13%) Automotive
8 2 (2.08%) Electronics
8 2 (2.08%) Law
8 2 (2.08%) Local Government
8 2 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.04%) Games
9 1 (1.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.04%) Legal
9 1 (1.04%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.04%) Police
9 1 (1.04%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 21 (21.88%) Developer
2 17 (17.71%) Analyst
3 12 (12.50%) React Developer
4 10 (10.42%) Senior
4 10 (10.42%) Support Engineer
5 9 (9.38%) Technical Engineer
5 9 (9.38%) Technical Support
5 9 (9.38%) Technical Support Engineer
5 9 (9.38%) UX Engineer
6 8 (8.33%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
6 8 (8.33%) Lead
7 6 (6.25%) C++ Software Engineer
7 6 (6.25%) Development Engineer
7 6 (6.25%) Linux Engineer
7 6 (6.25%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
7 6 (6.25%) Senior Development Engineer
7 6 (6.25%) Senior Software Development Engineer
7 6 (6.25%) Senior Software Engineer
7 6 (6.25%) Software Development Engineer
7 6 (6.25%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (26.04%) React
2 16 (16.67%) CSS
3 13 (13.54%) GraphQL
4 11 (11.46%) Ajax
4 11 (11.46%) AngularJS
5 9 (9.38%) HTML
6 8 (8.33%) JSON
6 8 (8.33%) Redux
6 8 (8.33%) XML
7 7 (7.29%) REST
8 6 (6.25%) RESTful
8 6 (6.25%) Web Services
9 3 (3.13%) Apollo GraphQL
9 3 (3.13%) Framer.js
9 3 (3.13%) Material Design
10 2 (2.08%) Jest
10 2 (2.08%) Lightning Web Components
10 2 (2.08%) Playwright
10 2 (2.08%) React Native
10 2 (2.08%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 14 (14.58%) Mobile App
2 6 (6.25%) Onboarding
2 6 (6.25%) Smartcard
3 4 (4.17%) e-Learning
4 3 (3.13%) Driving Licence
4 3 (3.13%) Smartphone
5 2 (2.08%) Algorithms
5 2 (2.08%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.08%) Learning Management System
5 2 (2.08%) Life Science
5 2 (2.08%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.08%) Product Ownership
5 2 (2.08%) SCORM
5 2 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.08%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.04%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.04%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 18 (18.75%) Windows
2 15 (15.63%) Linux
3 13 (13.54%) Android
4 9 (9.38%) Unix
5 7 (7.29%) Windows 10
6 6 (6.25%) Ubuntu
7 5 (5.21%) Apple iOS
7 5 (5.21%) Mac OS
8 1 (1.04%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (29.17%) UX Design
2 21 (21.88%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (19.79%) Agile
3 19 (19.79%) Continuous Improvement
4 14 (14.58%) Front End Development
4 14 (14.58%) Roadmaps
5 13 (13.54%) Stakeholder Management
6 12 (12.50%) Analytics
6 12 (12.50%) Mobile Application Development
7 11 (11.46%) ITIL
7 11 (11.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 11 (11.46%) Wireframes
8 10 (10.42%) Decision-Making
9 8 (8.33%) Change Management
9 8 (8.33%) Computer Science
9 8 (8.33%) OO
10 6 (6.25%) Cryptography
10 6 (6.25%) Memory Management
10 6 (6.25%) Multithreading
10 6 (6.25%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 18 (18.75%) Java
1 18 (18.75%) Python
2 17 (17.71%) JavaScript
3 9 (9.38%) Perl
4 8 (8.33%) C#
5 7 (7.29%) SQL
6 6 (6.25%) C++
7 3 (3.13%) Bash
7 3 (3.13%) Kotlin
7 3 (3.13%) Objective-C
7 3 (3.13%) PowerShell
7 3 (3.13%) Swift
7 3 (3.13%) TypeScript
8 1 (1.04%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 10 (10.42%) Degree
2 6 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
2 6 (6.25%) Security Cleared
3 4 (4.17%) Master's Degree
3 4 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (3.13%) Citrix Certification
4 3 (3.13%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.04%) A+ Certification
5 1 (1.04%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.04%) MBA
5 1 (1.04%) MCP
5 1 (1.04%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (10.42%) Accessibility
2 7 (7.29%) GDPR
3 6 (6.25%) SLA
4 4 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (4.17%) WCAG
5 3 (3.13%) QA
6 2 (2.08%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (1.04%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (5.21%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (4.17%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.04%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.04%) vSphere
3 1 (1.04%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 6 (6.25%) SCCM
2 4 (4.17%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 23 (23.96%) Microsoft
2 14 (14.58%) ServiceNow
3 10 (10.42%) Oracle
4 9 (9.38%) Splunk
5 8 (8.33%) Adobe
6 6 (6.25%) Citrix
6 6 (6.25%) Google
7 5 (5.21%) Apple
7 5 (5.21%) VMware
8 4 (4.17%) Salesforce
9 2 (2.08%) Dell
9 2 (2.08%) Hotjar
9 2 (2.08%) Okta
9 2 (2.08%) Workday
10 1 (1.04%) Cisco
10 1 (1.04%) Databricks
10 1 (1.04%) Dynatrace
10 1 (1.04%) Ericsson
10 1 (1.04%) Red Hat
10 1 (1.04%) Virgin Media