Figma Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Figma
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Figma skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 279 318 363
Rank change year-on-year +39 +45 +60
Contract jobs citing Figma 91 56 60
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.59% 0.31% 0.28%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.85% 1.13% 0.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 28 47
10th Percentile £328 £343 £226
25th Percentile £384 £377 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £431 £422 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.31% -11.26% -
75th Percentile £568 £538 £550
90th Percentile £600 £593 £588
UK median daily rate £475 £450 £523
% change year-on-year +5.56% -13.88% -0.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £30.75 -
25th Percentile - £31.21 £61.25
Median hourly rate £30.00 £32.21 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.85% -48.47% -
75th Percentile - £32.98 £63.75
90th Percentile - £33.32 -
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £32.21 £62.00
% change year-on-year +13.33% -48.05% +3.77%

All Cloud Skills
UK excluding London

Figma falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 4,918 4,957 6,823
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 31.85% 27.64% 31.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,302 3,248 4,945
10th Percentile £250 £250 £225
25th Percentile £380 £390 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £669 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 155 139 238
10th Percentile £14.75 £14.16 £14.18
25th Percentile £16.30 £18.50 £16.34
Median hourly rate £19.00 £30.00 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year -36.67% +14.29% +36.36%
75th Percentile £36.00 £68.75 £62.34
90th Percentile £67.00 £70.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £31.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -9.68% -11.43% +62.79%

Figma
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Figma as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Figma in the UK excluding London

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Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Figma.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Figma

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Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Figma in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Figma in the UK excluding London

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Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Figma.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Figma

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Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Figma within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 September 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
North of England -2 43 £425 -20.93% 35
North West +12 27 £390 -17.84% 26
South East +9 12 £420 +12.00% 146
Yorkshire -13 12 £550 +2.33% 7
Scotland 0 11 £450 +5.88% 11
Midlands -13 10 £468 +11.84% 5
South West - 9 £550 - 16
West Midlands -2 6 £550 - 3
North East - 5 £525 - 2
East of England +3 4 £388 -6.06% 7
East Midlands -3 4 £468 +11.84% 2
Northern Ireland -6 2 £625 +12.61% 5
Wales - 2 £588 - 3
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UK

Figma
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 11 (12.09%) CMS
2 9 (9.89%) Confluence
3 1 (1.10%) Drupal
3 1 (1.10%) Joomla!
3 1 (1.10%) Umbraco
3 1 (1.10%) WordPress
Applications
1 15 (16.48%) Sketch
2 7 (7.69%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 5 (5.49%) Adobe XD
4 2 (2.20%) Adobe Captivate
4 2 (2.20%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (2.20%) Chatbot
4 2 (2.20%) InVision
4 2 (2.20%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (2.20%) MS Visio
4 2 (2.20%) Photoshop
5 1 (1.10%) Adobe Premiere
5 1 (1.10%) InDesign
5 1 (1.10%) Marvel
5 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (4.40%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 18 (19.78%) Azure
2 9 (9.89%) Azure DevOps
3 8 (8.79%) Miro
4 6 (6.59%) GitHub
5 5 (5.49%) SaaS
6 4 (4.40%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
6 4 (4.40%) Serverless
7 3 (3.30%) Slack
7 3 (3.30%) Smartsheet
8 2 (2.20%) Canva
8 2 (2.20%) Lucidchart
9 1 (1.10%) AWS
9 1 (1.10%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (1.10%) GCP
9 1 (1.10%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.20%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.10%) Metadata
1 1 (1.10%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 14 (15.38%) JIRA
2 12 (13.19%) Storybook
3 6 (6.59%) Gradle
3 6 (6.59%) Xcode
4 5 (5.49%) Vite
5 3 (3.30%) Axure RP
5 3 (3.30%) Git
6 2 (2.20%) Browser DevTools
6 2 (2.20%) UI Automator
6 2 (2.20%) webpack
7 1 (1.10%) Balsamiq
General
1 39 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 32 (35.16%) Finance
3 12 (13.19%) Banking
4 6 (6.59%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (6.59%) Public Sector
5 4 (4.40%) Legal
5 4 (4.40%) Marketing
5 4 (4.40%) Retail
6 3 (3.30%) Automotive
6 3 (3.30%) Financial Institution
6 3 (3.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (3.30%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.20%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.10%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 54 (59.34%) Designer
2 24 (26.37%) UX Designer
3 13 (14.29%) Developer
4 12 (13.19%) Content Designer
5 9 (9.89%) Analyst
5 9 (9.89%) Business Analyst
5 9 (9.89%) React Developer
6 8 (8.79%) Lead
7 6 (6.59%) Salesforce Analyst
7 6 (6.59%) Salesforce Business Analyst
7 6 (6.59%) Senior
7 6 (6.59%) Senior Designer
8 5 (5.49%) Product Designer
8 5 (5.49%) Service Designer
8 5 (5.49%) Technical Leader
9 4 (4.40%) UI Designer
9 4 (4.40%) UI Developer
9 4 (4.40%) UI/UX Developer
9 4 (4.40%) UX Developer
9 4 (4.40%) Visual Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (17.58%) CSS
1 16 (17.58%) HTML
2 13 (14.29%) React
3 7 (7.69%) RESTful
4 6 (6.59%) D3.js
4 6 (6.59%) OAuth
4 6 (6.59%) React Native
4 6 (6.59%) Redux
4 6 (6.59%) SVG
5 5 (5.49%) AngularJS
6 4 (4.40%) Bootstrap
6 4 (4.40%) CSS3
6 4 (4.40%) Express.js
6 4 (4.40%) HTML5
6 4 (4.40%) Next.js
6 4 (4.40%) Node.js
6 4 (4.40%) Vue
7 3 (3.30%) Framer.js
7 3 (3.30%) Zustand
8 2 (2.20%) Semantic HTML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (15.38%) Mobile App
2 11 (12.09%) Product Ownership
3 8 (8.79%) Onboarding
4 3 (3.30%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (3.30%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.20%) Low-Code
5 2 (2.20%) Social Media
6 1 (1.10%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.10%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 11 (12.09%) Android
1 11 (12.09%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (61.54%) User Experience
2 45 (49.45%) UX Design
3 37 (40.66%) Agile
4 29 (31.87%) Wireframes
5 21 (23.08%) User Research
6 19 (20.88%) Prototyping
6 19 (20.88%) Usability Testing
7 17 (18.68%) Design Thinking
8 16 (17.58%) Problem-Solving
9 14 (15.38%) Interaction Design
10 13 (14.29%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
11 12 (13.19%) Analytics
12 10 (10.99%) B2C
12 10 (10.99%) Journey Map
12 10 (10.99%) Service Design
12 10 (10.99%) User Stories
13 9 (9.89%) DevOps
13 9 (9.89%) UX Research
14 8 (8.79%) Front End Development
14 8 (8.79%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
Programming Languages
1 9 (9.89%) TypeScript
2 8 (8.79%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.10%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (5.49%) Security Cleared
2 3 (3.30%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (3.30%) Degree
2 3 (3.30%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.10%) ISEB
3 1 (1.10%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (36.26%) Accessibility
2 8 (8.79%) WCAG
3 5 (5.49%) QA
4 3 (3.30%) GDPR
4 3 (3.30%) PSD2
5 1 (1.10%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 17 (18.68%) Adobe
2 16 (17.58%) Microsoft
3 13 (14.29%) Salesforce
4 6 (6.59%) Hopewiser
5 1 (1.10%) Brio
5 1 (1.10%) Facebook
5 1 (1.10%) Genesys
5 1 (1.10%) Google
5 1 (1.10%) Hotjar
5 1 (1.10%) Instagram