User Experience Contracts in the Thames Valley

UX
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 83 55
Rank change year-on-year +26 -28 +49
Contract jobs citing User Experience 44 58 96
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.93% 2.23% 3.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.16% 2.57% 3.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 33 65
10th Percentile £324 £263 £393
25th Percentile £400 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £501 £475
Median % change year-on-year -15.08% +5.37% +5.56%
75th Percentile £569 £601 £510
90th Percentile £649 £688 £583
South East median daily rate £425 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -15.00% +5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile £21.30 - -
25th Percentile £33.38 - £16.25
Median hourly rate £53.50 £70.39 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.99% +302.23% -72.09%
75th Percentile £74.50 - £18.75
90th Percentile £87.10 - -
South East median hourly rate £82.00 £45.45 £17.50
% change year-on-year +80.44% +159.69% -72.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,393 2,259 2,546
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 92.87% 86.98% 91.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 856 1,256 1,764
10th Percentile £290 £213 £317
25th Percentile £404 £371 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £510
% change year-on-year -0.05% -1.91% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 167 63
10th Percentile - £14.17 £18.50
25th Percentile £14.20 £19.25 £23.75
Median hourly rate £31.50 £45.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% -10.00% +194.12%
75th Percentile £62.50 £63.75 £66.21
90th Percentile £78.31 £85.65 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £27.76 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.56% -5.00% +132.56%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for User Experience in the Thames Valley

User Experience
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing User Experience in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for User Experience in the Thames Valley

User Experience
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Experience in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for User Experience in the Thames Valley

User Experience
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing User Experience in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for User Experience in the Thames Valley

User Experience
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing User Experience in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for User Experience in the Thames Valley

User Experience
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 17 May 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
Berkshire +10 29 £425 -19.05% 36
Buckinghamshire +19 10 £550 +3.53% 28
Oxfordshire +3 5 £363 +31.82% 29
User Experience
South East

User Experience
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (6.82%) Confluence
2 1 (2.27%) CMS
2 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.27%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (4.55%) Chatbot
2 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.27%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (4.55%) SAP Hybris
2 1 (2.27%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 10 (22.73%) Figma
2 9 (20.45%) Azure
3 3 (6.82%) AWS
3 3 (6.82%) SaaS
4 2 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (4.55%) Power Platform
4 2 (4.55%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 2 (4.55%) Veeva
5 1 (2.27%) Adobe Analytics
5 1 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.27%) Google Analytics
5 1 (2.27%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.55%) HTTP
1 2 (4.55%) Internet
1 2 (4.55%) LAN
1 2 (4.55%) WAN
1 2 (4.55%) Wireless
2 1 (2.27%) Firewall
2 1 (2.27%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (2.27%) IP Telephony
2 1 (2.27%) MPLS
2 1 (2.27%) NAS
2 1 (2.27%) NetScaler
2 1 (2.27%) SAN
2 1 (2.27%) SD-WAN
2 1 (2.27%) Skype
2 1 (2.27%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.27%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.55%) Power BI
2 1 (2.27%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 4 (9.09%) Vite
2 3 (6.82%) JIRA
3 2 (4.55%) Browser DevTools
3 2 (4.55%) Cypress.io
3 2 (4.55%) UI Automator
4 1 (2.27%) Axure RP
General
1 16 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 4 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (9.09%) Telecoms
3 3 (6.82%) Finance
4 2 (4.55%) Marketing
4 2 (4.55%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (4.55%) Public Sector
4 2 (4.55%) Retail
5 1 (2.27%) Local Government
5 1 (2.27%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (43.18%) Developer
2 13 (29.55%) React Developer
3 5 (11.36%) Analyst
3 5 (11.36%) Designer
3 5 (11.36%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 4 (9.09%) UI Developer
4 4 (9.09%) UI/UX Developer
4 4 (9.09%) UX Developer
5 3 (6.82%) Consultant
5 3 (6.82%) Product Designer
6 2 (4.55%) Business Analyst
6 2 (4.55%) ITSM Consultant
6 2 (4.55%) Lead
6 2 (4.55%) Salesforce Developer
6 2 (4.55%) Support Analyst
6 2 (4.55%) Support Engineer
6 2 (4.55%) Technical Leader
6 2 (4.55%) UX Designer
7 1 (2.27%) Principal Architect
7 1 (2.27%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (34.09%) React
2 9 (20.45%) HTML
3 8 (18.18%) CSS
4 6 (13.64%) Redux
5 4 (9.09%) Framer.js
5 4 (9.09%) GraphQL
5 4 (9.09%) RESTful
6 3 (6.82%) Apollo GraphQL
6 3 (6.82%) Node.js
7 2 (4.55%) Ajax
7 2 (4.55%) AngularJS
7 2 (4.55%) JSON
7 2 (4.55%) Lightning Web Components
7 2 (4.55%) Parceljs
7 2 (4.55%) Playwright
7 2 (4.55%) Semantic HTML
7 2 (4.55%) Vue
7 2 (4.55%) XML
8 1 (2.27%) Spring
8 1 (2.27%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.55%) Life Science
1 2 (4.55%) Management Information System
1 2 (4.55%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.27%) AI Agents
2 1 (2.27%) Algorithms
2 1 (2.27%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.27%) Operational Technology
2 1 (2.27%) Public Cloud
2 1 (2.27%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (2.27%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.82%) Windows
2 2 (4.55%) Mac OS
3 1 (2.27%) Android
3 1 (2.27%) Apple iOS
3 1 (2.27%) Windows 10
3 1 (2.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (47.73%) UX Design
2 13 (29.55%) Wireframes
3 11 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (20.45%) Front End Development
5 7 (15.91%) Agile
6 6 (13.64%) Project Delivery
6 6 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (11.36%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (11.36%) Design Thinking
7 5 (11.36%) ITIL
7 5 (11.36%) UX Research
8 4 (9.09%) DevOps
8 4 (9.09%) Project Management
8 4 (9.09%) User Acceptance Testing
8 4 (9.09%) User Research
9 3 (6.82%) API Integration
9 3 (6.82%) Customer Experience
9 3 (6.82%) Journey Map
9 3 (6.82%) Prototyping
9 3 (6.82%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 6 (13.64%) JavaScript
2 4 (9.09%) TypeScript
3 2 (4.55%) SQL
4 1 (2.27%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 3 (6.82%) Degree
1 3 (6.82%) SC Cleared
1 3 (6.82%) Security Cleared
2 2 (4.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 2 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.27%) A+ Certification
3 1 (2.27%) CCNP
3 1 (2.27%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (2.27%) DV Cleared
3 1 (2.27%) MCP
3 1 (2.27%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (15.91%) Accessibility
2 4 (9.09%) WCAG
3 2 (4.55%) QA
4 1 (2.27%) GDPR
4 1 (2.27%) NCSC
4 1 (2.27%) NIST
4 1 (2.27%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (2.27%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.27%) Hyper-V
1 1 (2.27%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (2.27%) vSphere
1 1 (2.27%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (2.27%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.82%) Salesforce
2 3 (6.82%) SAP
3 2 (4.55%) Adobe
3 2 (4.55%) Capita
3 2 (4.55%) VMware
3 2 (4.55%) Workday
4 1 (2.27%) BMC
4 1 (2.27%) Cisco
4 1 (2.27%) Citrix
4 1 (2.27%) Dynatrace
4 1 (2.27%) F5
4 1 (2.27%) Google
4 1 (2.27%) Hotjar
4 1 (2.27%) Oracle
4 1 (2.27%) Red Hat