Journey Map Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Journey Mapping
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Journey Map skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 362 319 339
Rank change year-on-year -43 +20 +44
Contract jobs citing Journey Map 101 39 27
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.37% 0.26% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% 0.29% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 31 16
10th Percentile £374 £310 £316
25th Percentile £425 £356 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £460
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -2.17% +2.22%
75th Percentile £580 £499 £547
90th Percentile £600 £538 £588
UK median daily rate £513 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +7.89% -5.00% -8.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £97.25 - -
Median hourly rate £99.50 - -
75th Percentile £101.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £99.50 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,253 13,633 15,221
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 81.39% 89.26% 83.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,004 8,212 9,121
10th Percentile £300 £240 £250
25th Percentile £406 £369 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £594 £575 £600
90th Percentile £687 £650 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,436 1,344 1,552
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.87 £13.76
25th Percentile £18.00 £17.06 £16.84
Median hourly rate £43.96 £22.74 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +93.36% -46.51% +13.33%
75th Percentile £68.00 £44.02 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.05 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £41.50
% change year-on-year +68.99% -39.40% -1.55%

Journey Map
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Journey Map relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Journey Map job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Journey Map
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Journey Map
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Journey Map in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Journey Map in the UK excluding London

Journey Map
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Journey Map
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 Journey Map within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 August 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
North of England -53 30 £538 +26.47% 12
Midlands -27 29 £425 -10.05% 4
West Midlands -19 26 £438 -4.89% 3
Scotland +4 19 £496 +4.91% 2
Yorkshire -35 17 £575 +24.32% 6
South East -53 14 £525 +44.83% 10
North West -41 11 £425 +18.72% 5
South West -33 6 £575 +15.00% 11
East of England -18 4 £328 -19.14% 5
East Midlands -14 3 £425 -12.37% 1
North East -42 2 £475 - 2
Journey Map
UK

Journey Map
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (5.94%) Confluence
2 4 (3.96%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (3.96%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.99%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (0.99%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.99%) Sketch
2 1 (0.99%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (3.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.98%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.99%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 20 (19.80%) Figma
2 6 (5.94%) Azure
3 4 (3.96%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (3.96%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (3.96%) Miro
3 4 (3.96%) Power Platform
4 3 (2.97%) Lucidchart
5 2 (1.98%) Adobe Analytics
5 2 (1.98%) Azure AI
5 2 (1.98%) Copilot Studio
5 2 (1.98%) GitHub
5 2 (1.98%) Microsoft Copilot
5 2 (1.98%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.99%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.98%) Broadband
2 1 (0.99%) VPN
Development Applications
1 13 (12.87%) JIRA
2 4 (3.96%) Balsamiq
3 1 (0.99%) Git
General
1 40 (39.60%) Social Skills
2 25 (24.75%) Public Sector
3 19 (18.81%) Finance
4 17 (16.83%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (7.92%) Banking
6 7 (6.93%) Retail
7 6 (5.94%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (2.97%) Legal
8 3 (2.97%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.98%) Games
9 2 (1.98%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.99%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.99%) Automotive
10 1 (0.99%) Back Office
10 1 (0.99%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.99%) Law
10 1 (0.99%) Marketing
10 1 (0.99%) Military
10 1 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.99%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 48 (47.52%) Designer
2 34 (33.66%) Service Designer
3 28 (27.72%) Analyst
4 26 (25.74%) Business Analyst
5 9 (8.91%) UX Designer
6 8 (7.92%) Lead
6 8 (7.92%) User Researcher
7 6 (5.94%) Senior
7 6 (5.94%) Service Analyst
8 5 (4.95%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
8 5 (4.95%) Technical Analyst
8 5 (4.95%) Technical Business Analyst
9 4 (3.96%) Consultant
9 4 (3.96%) Digital Analyst
9 4 (3.96%) Digital Business Analyst
9 4 (3.96%) Financial Analyst
9 4 (3.96%) Financial Business Analyst
9 4 (3.96%) Financial Services Business Analyst
9 4 (3.96%) Lead Designer
9 4 (3.96%) Lead Service Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.95%) STL
2 4 (3.96%) CSS
2 4 (3.96%) HTML
3 3 (2.97%) REST
4 2 (1.98%) CSS3
4 2 (1.98%) HTML5
4 2 (1.98%) OpenAPI
4 2 (1.98%) React
4 2 (1.98%) Swagger
5 1 (0.99%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.99%) Google Maps API
5 1 (0.99%) Kafka
5 1 (0.99%) Redux
5 1 (0.99%) Sass
5 1 (0.99%) SOAP
5 1 (0.99%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 20 (19.80%) Product Ownership
2 11 (10.89%) Onboarding
3 7 (6.93%) Mobile App
4 5 (4.95%) NHS
5 4 (3.96%) AI Agents
6 2 (1.98%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.98%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.98%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.98%) Social Media
7 1 (0.99%) Blockchain
7 1 (0.99%) BYOD
7 1 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.99%) IVR
7 1 (0.99%) Online Banking
7 1 (0.99%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (57.43%) Service Design
2 57 (56.44%) Agile
3 46 (45.54%) Workshop Facilitation
4 42 (41.58%) User Research
5 39 (38.61%) Stakeholder Management
6 37 (36.63%) User Experience
7 29 (28.71%) Continuous Improvement
8 28 (27.72%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
9 24 (23.76%) AI
9 24 (23.76%) Customer Journey Map
10 22 (21.78%) Customer Experience
11 21 (20.79%) UX Design
12 20 (19.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 19 (18.81%) Prototyping
14 18 (17.82%) Wireframes
15 17 (16.83%) Problem-Solving
15 17 (16.83%) Requirements Gathering
16 16 (15.84%) User Stories
17 14 (13.86%) Digital Transformation Programme
18 13 (12.87%) Interaction Design
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.98%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.99%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 11 (10.89%) Security Cleared
2 8 (7.92%) Degree
3 7 (6.93%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (4.95%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.98%) APMG
5 2 (1.98%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.99%) CBAP
6 1 (0.99%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.99%) IIBA
6 1 (0.99%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.99%) PMP
6 1 (0.99%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (27.72%) Accessibility
2 7 (6.93%) WCAG
3 3 (2.97%) Actionable Recommendations
3 3 (2.97%) QA
4 2 (1.98%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.98%) PMO
5 1 (0.99%) GDPR
Vendors
1 12 (11.88%) Microsoft
2 7 (6.93%) ServiceNow
3 4 (3.96%) Adobe
3 4 (3.96%) Virgin Media
4 2 (1.98%) Foundry
4 2 (1.98%) Pega
4 2 (1.98%) Salesforce
4 2 (1.98%) SAP
5 1 (0.99%) BMC
5 1 (0.99%) Google
5 1 (0.99%) Remedy