User Journey Map Contract Job Trends in the South East

User Journey Mapping
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring User Journey Map skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 175 164 199
Rank change year-on-year -11 +35 +45
Contract jobs citing User Journey Map 2 3 4
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.045% 0.084% 0.081%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.054% 0.095% 0.091%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 2
10th Percentile - £335 £423
25th Percentile - £378 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £454 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +0.89% -5.26% -20.83%
75th Percentile - £500 £513
90th Percentile - £530 £528
England median daily rate £409 £525 £488
% change year-on-year -22.14% +7.69% -14.29%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

User Journey Map 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 3,716 3,166 4,399
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.32% 88.46% 89.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,445 1,971 2,819
10th Percentile £224 £250 £213
25th Percentile £400 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £518
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -1.06% +1.57%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £615
90th Percentile £688 £675 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 347 119 239
10th Percentile £14.75 £19.84 £18.95
25th Percentile £17.00 £26.13 £27.50
Median hourly rate £22.50 £47.25 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.38% -14.10% +37.50%
75th Percentile £49.38 £63.00 £66.73
90th Percentile £76.00 £74.89 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +26.76%

User Journey Map
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

User Journey Map job vacancy trend in the South East

User Journey Map
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

User Journey Map
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 Journey Map within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
Hampshire -22 2 £454 -9.20%
User Journey Map
England

User Journey Map
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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Designer
1 2 (100.00%) Service Designer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Backlog Management
1 2 (100.00%) Co-Creation
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Design Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Empathy Maps
1 2 (100.00%) Ergonomics
1 2 (100.00%) Ethnography
1 2 (100.00%) Human Factors
1 2 (100.00%) Human-Centred Design
1 2 (100.00%) Journey Map
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Service Design
1 2 (100.00%) Storytelling
1 2 (100.00%) User Research
1 2 (100.00%) User Stories
1 2 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 2 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 2 (100.00%) WCAG