User Experience Contracts in the UK excluding London

UX
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 83 100 83
Rank change year-on-year +17 -17 -4
Contract jobs citing User Experience 365 424 674
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.87% 2.09% 2.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.16% 2.49% 3.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 246 274 505
10th Percentile £244 £275 £343
25th Percentile £356 £383 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% - -2.81%
75th Percentile £515 £562 £550
90th Percentile £588 £624 £620
UK median daily rate £480 £500 £508
% change year-on-year -4.00% -1.57% -3.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 25 15
10th Percentile £13.25 £13.50 £16.49
25th Percentile £30.30 - £16.85
Median hourly rate £70.00 £25.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +180.00% +42.86% -75.00%
75th Percentile £85.50 £72.90 £35.00
90th Percentile £95.50 £76.28 £58.05
UK median hourly rate £53.50 £26.56 £32.69
% change year-on-year +101.43% -18.75% -41.10%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,541 17,047 20,456
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.66% 84.14% 89.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,211 10,194 14,065
10th Percentile £231 £250 £260
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +3.73%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +3.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 817 2,072 1,252
10th Percentile £14.09 £12.34 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.25 £15.29 £15.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.82% +8.57% +75.00%
75th Percentile £62.24 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £36.05 £37.00
% change year-on-year -23.71% -2.58% +44.08%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for User Experience in the UK excluding London

User Experience
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing User Experience in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for User Experience in the UK excluding London

User Experience
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Experience in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for User Experience in the UK excluding London

User Experience
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing User Experience in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for User Experience in the UK excluding London

User Experience
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing User Experience in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for User Experience in the UK excluding London

User Experience
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 User Experience within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 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
North of England +2 96 £447 -5.89% 1,656
South East +33 67 £438 -12.50% 1,983
North West +13 65 £447 -4.64% 822
Scotland -11 62 £450 -3.23% 295
Midlands +18 56 £402 -19.60% 1,295
South West +38 50 £375 -11.76% 783
West Midlands +5 43 £513 +1.23% 718
Yorkshire -3 18 £400 -19.95% 616
East of England +35 17 £475 +35.71% 1,021
East Midlands +19 13 £358 -12.47% 496
North East +1 13 £453 +0.56% 223
Wales +2 12 £306 -25.73% 186
Northern Ireland -6 8 £325 -36.59% 123
Channel Islands - 1 - - 49
User Experience
UK

User Experience
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 9 (2.47%) Confluence
2 8 (2.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (2.19%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.37%) CMS
4 3 (0.82%) Exchange Server 2013
5 2 (0.55%) Apache
6 1 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.27%) CICS
6 1 (0.27%) GeoServer
Applications
1 14 (3.84%) Siemens NX
2 11 (3.01%) Chatbot
3 8 (2.19%) Sketch
4 7 (1.92%) Adobe XD
5 5 (1.37%) Microsoft Excel
6 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Office
7 2 (0.55%) Adobe Captivate
7 2 (0.55%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.55%) InVision
7 2 (0.55%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.55%) Trello
7 2 (0.55%) UserZoom
7 2 (0.55%) Zeplin
8 1 (0.27%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.27%) MadCap Flare
8 1 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 1 (0.27%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.27%) OmniGraffle
8 1 (0.27%) UXPin
Business Applications
1 14 (3.84%) Teamcenter
2 4 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.82%) Workday HCM
4 2 (0.55%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.55%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (0.27%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 1 (0.27%) Maximo
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle iProcurement
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.27%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.27%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 52 (14.25%) Azure
2 38 (10.41%) Figma
3 32 (8.77%) AWS
4 17 (4.66%) Power Platform
5 16 (4.38%) SaaS
6 15 (4.11%) Azure DevOps
6 15 (4.11%) GCP
7 12 (3.29%) Microsoft 365
8 11 (3.01%) Serverless
9 10 (2.74%) Amazon S3
9 10 (2.74%) AWS Lambda
10 8 (2.19%) AWS CloudFormation
10 8 (2.19%) Dynamics 365
11 7 (1.92%) OpenShift
12 6 (1.64%) AWS CodePipeline
12 6 (1.64%) Entra ID
12 6 (1.64%) Google Workspace
13 5 (1.37%) GitHub
14 4 (1.10%) Apigee
14 4 (1.10%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.10%) Firewall
1 4 (1.10%) Unified Communications
1 4 (1.10%) VPN
2 3 (0.82%) HTTP
3 2 (0.55%) Intranet
3 2 (0.55%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (0.55%) Wireless
4 1 (0.27%) Extranet
4 1 (0.27%) Internet
4 1 (0.27%) IP Telephony
4 1 (0.27%) LAN
4 1 (0.27%) MPLS
4 1 (0.27%) NAS
4 1 (0.27%) Network Security
4 1 (0.27%) NFC
4 1 (0.27%) PPP
4 1 (0.27%) SAN
4 1 (0.27%) Skype
4 1 (0.27%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.27%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.84%) Power BI
2 9 (2.47%) NoSQL
3 8 (2.19%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (1.92%) Metadata
4 7 (1.92%) MongoDB
5 6 (1.64%) Amazon Aurora
6 5 (1.37%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (1.37%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (1.37%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.37%) Tableau
7 2 (0.55%) GIS
7 2 (0.55%) MySQL
7 2 (0.55%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.27%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.27%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.27%) DataStage
8 1 (0.27%) DB2
8 1 (0.27%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 28 (7.67%) Git
2 18 (4.93%) JIRA
3 15 (4.11%) Jenkins
4 13 (3.56%) Cypress.io
5 7 (1.92%) Xcode
6 6 (1.64%) GitLab
6 6 (1.64%) Storybook
7 5 (1.37%) Jasmine
7 5 (1.37%) Mocha
7 5 (1.37%) Postman
7 5 (1.37%) Vite
7 5 (1.37%) webpack
8 4 (1.10%) Axure RP
8 4 (1.10%) Subversion
9 3 (0.82%) Gradle
9 3 (0.82%) Grunt
9 3 (0.82%) gulp
9 3 (0.82%) Plastic SCM
9 3 (0.82%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.82%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 99 (27.12%) Social Skills
2 69 (18.90%) Public Sector
3 66 (18.08%) Finance
4 38 (10.41%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (6.58%) Marketing
6 14 (3.84%) Banking
7 12 (3.29%) Telecoms
8 10 (2.74%) Retail
9 9 (2.47%) Manufacturing
9 9 (2.47%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (2.19%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (2.19%) Games
11 7 (1.92%) Electronics
11 7 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (1.92%) Legal
12 6 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (1.10%) Front Office
14 4 (1.10%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (1.10%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 98 (26.85%) Developer
2 61 (16.71%) Designer
3 45 (12.33%) Senior
4 36 (9.86%) Analyst
5 30 (8.22%) UX Designer
6 22 (6.03%) Architect
7 21 (5.75%) React Developer
8 20 (5.48%) Applications Engineer
9 17 (4.66%) Lead
10 16 (4.38%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 15 (4.11%) Business Analyst
12 14 (3.84%) Software Engineer
13 13 (3.56%) Configuration Engineer
13 13 (3.56%) Consultant
14 12 (3.29%) Full-Stack Developer
14 12 (3.29%) Support Engineer
15 11 (3.01%) Applications Developer
15 11 (3.01%) Senior Designer
15 11 (3.01%) UI Designer
16 10 (2.74%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (18.63%) CSS
2 63 (17.26%) HTML
3 53 (14.52%) React
4 38 (10.41%) RESTful
5 34 (9.32%) Node.js
6 28 (7.67%) XML
7 22 (6.03%) AngularJS
8 21 (5.75%) .NET
9 16 (4.38%) HTML5
10 12 (3.29%) Jest
10 12 (3.29%) jQuery
10 12 (3.29%) JSON
11 11 (3.01%) Playwright
11 11 (3.01%) Spring Boot
12 10 (2.74%) GraphQL
12 10 (2.74%) Redux
13 9 (2.47%) AWS CDK
13 9 (2.47%) CSS3
14 8 (2.19%) REST
14 8 (2.19%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 38 (10.41%) Product Ownership
2 19 (5.21%) Mobile App
3 16 (4.38%) Onboarding
4 14 (3.84%) Management Information System
5 9 (2.47%) Cloud Native
6 8 (2.19%) Derivative
6 8 (2.19%) Equities
6 8 (2.19%) Equity Derivative
7 7 (1.92%) e-Learning
7 7 (1.92%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (1.64%) Algorithms
8 6 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.64%) Legacy Applications
8 6 (1.64%) Wiki
9 5 (1.37%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.37%) iPhone
9 5 (1.37%) Learning Management System
9 5 (1.37%) Mobile Games
9 5 (1.37%) Social Media
9 5 (1.37%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 21 (5.75%) Apple iOS
1 21 (5.75%) Windows
2 18 (4.93%) Android
3 11 (3.01%) Windows 10
4 6 (1.64%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.37%) Linux
6 4 (1.10%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.82%) Mac OS X
7 3 (0.82%) Unix
8 1 (0.27%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.27%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (32.60%) Agile
2 108 (29.59%) UX Design
3 69 (18.90%) Problem-Solving
4 59 (16.16%) CI/CD
5 52 (14.25%) DevOps
6 46 (12.60%) User Research
6 46 (12.60%) Wireframes
7 42 (11.51%) Software Engineering
8 39 (10.68%) Decision-Making
9 38 (10.41%) Stakeholder Management
10 37 (10.14%) Analytics
10 37 (10.14%) Continuous Improvement
11 35 (9.59%) Test Automation
12 32 (8.77%) Roadmaps
12 32 (8.77%) TDD
12 32 (8.77%) User Stories
13 31 (8.49%) Artificial Intelligence
13 31 (8.49%) Code Quality
13 31 (8.49%) Front End Development
13 31 (8.49%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 71 (19.45%) JavaScript
2 34 (9.32%) TypeScript
3 29 (7.95%) Java
4 28 (7.67%) Python
5 26 (7.12%) SQL
6 19 (5.21%) C#
7 13 (3.56%) Swift
8 12 (3.29%) Objective-C
9 8 (2.19%) Kotlin
10 7 (1.92%) PowerShell
11 6 (1.64%) ABAP
11 6 (1.64%) Bash
11 6 (1.64%) COBOL
12 5 (1.37%) Scala
13 4 (1.10%) C++
14 3 (0.82%) C
14 3 (0.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.82%) PHP
14 3 (0.82%) Ruby
15 2 (0.55%) Dart
Qualifications
1 41 (11.23%) Security Cleared
2 32 (8.77%) SC Cleared
3 31 (8.49%) Degree
4 15 (4.11%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (2.19%) Azure Certification
6 6 (1.64%) IIBA
7 5 (1.37%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.10%) A+ Certification
8 4 (1.10%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.10%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 3 (0.82%) CISSP
10 2 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.27%) CCIE
11 1 (0.27%) CCIE Security
11 1 (0.27%) CCSM
11 1 (0.27%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.27%) HNC
11 1 (0.27%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.27%) MCP
11 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (12.33%) Accessibility
2 28 (7.67%) QA
3 21 (5.75%) WCAG
4 18 (4.93%) Data Quality
5 9 (2.47%) Disclosure Scotland
6 7 (1.92%) SLA
7 6 (1.64%) GDPR
8 2 (0.55%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.55%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.27%) GRC
System Software
1 13 (3.56%) Active Directory
2 10 (2.74%) Docker
3 8 (2.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.10%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.27%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.27%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.27%) vSphere
5 1 (0.27%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 11 (3.01%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (2.19%) Kubernetes
2 8 (2.19%) Terraform
3 6 (1.64%) Grafana
4 5 (1.37%) SCCM
4 5 (1.37%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.82%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.55%) Ansible
7 1 (0.27%) HP Data Protector
7 1 (0.27%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.27%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 47 (12.88%) Microsoft
2 24 (6.58%) SAP
3 21 (5.75%) Google
4 18 (4.93%) Adobe
5 11 (3.01%) ServiceNow
6 9 (2.47%) Salesforce
7 8 (2.19%) VMware
8 6 (1.64%) Cisco
9 5 (1.37%) CheckPoint
9 5 (1.37%) Citrix
9 5 (1.37%) CyberArk
9 5 (1.37%) Genesys
9 5 (1.37%) Workday
9 5 (1.37%) Zscaler
10 4 (1.10%) Oracle
10 4 (1.10%) Proofpoint
11 3 (0.82%) F5
11 3 (0.82%) Hotjar
11 3 (0.82%) PagerDuty
12 2 (0.55%) CA Agile Central