Adobe XD Contract Job Trends

Adobe XD
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Adobe XD skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 566 495 558
Rank change year-on-year -71 +63 +98
Contract jobs citing Adobe XD 43 32 41
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.097% 0.11% 0.093%
As % of the Applications category 1.48% 1.34% 1.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 23 33
10th Percentile £380 £331 £350
25th Percentile £397 £356 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £431 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -13.75% +17.65% -15.00%
75th Percentile £500 £563 £550
90th Percentile £600 £575 £574
UK excluding London median daily rate £431 £366 £425
% change year-on-year +17.99% -14.00% +3.03%

All Software Application Skills
UK

Adobe XD falls under the Software Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 2,906 2,380 3,526
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 6.55% 8.13% 7.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,704 1,459 1,835
10th Percentile £213 £188 £158
25th Percentile £335 £263 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £409 £400
Median % change year-on-year +10.02% +2.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £551 £538 £538
90th Percentile £650 £640 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £375 £350
% change year-on-year +13.33% +7.14% -11.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 337 238 622
10th Percentile £13.05 £14.79 £11.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.00 £14.00
Median hourly rate £19.91 £25.91 £18.86
Median % change year-on-year -23.16% +37.36% -41.96%
75th Percentile £29.50 £45.00 £41.75
90th Percentile £65.00 £75.38 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.08 £26.42 £17.66
% change year-on-year -27.77% +49.59% -43.03%

Adobe XD
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Adobe XD relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Adobe XD job vacancy trend in the UK

Adobe XD
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Adobe XD.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Adobe XD

Adobe XD
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Adobe XD over the 6 months to 30 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Adobe XD in the UK

Adobe XD
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Adobe XD.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Adobe XD

Adobe XD
Top 11 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Adobe XD within the UK over the 6 months to 30 March 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
England -106 30 £425 -8.11% 22
London -51 21 £431 -17.86% 11
Work from Home -16 15 £400 +10.34% 17
UK excluding London -82 13 £431 +17.99% 17
Scotland +11 5 £600 +33.33% 1
Midlands -65 5 £400 +17.45%
West Midlands - 5 £400 -
South West -28 1 - -
North of England -69 1 £513 +63.74% 7
South East - 1 £463 - 5
Yorkshire - 1 £513 - 2

Adobe XD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 1 (2.33%) Camunda
1 1 (2.33%) CMS
1 1 (2.33%) Moodle
1 1 (2.33%) Strapi
Applications
1 35 (81.40%) Sketch
2 15 (34.88%) InVision
3 6 (13.95%) Zeplin
4 3 (6.98%) Adobe After Effects
4 3 (6.98%) Trello
5 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (2.33%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 43 (100.00%) Figma
2 4 (9.30%) Azure
3 3 (6.98%) AWS
4 2 (4.65%) Asana
4 2 (4.65%) Google Analytics
4 2 (4.65%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.33%) Google Docs
5 1 (2.33%) Miro
5 1 (2.33%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 19 (44.19%) Axure RP
2 5 (11.63%) Git
3 3 (6.98%) GitLab
3 3 (6.98%) Jenkins
3 3 (6.98%) JIRA
General
1 23 (53.49%) Social Skills
2 10 (23.26%) Public Sector
3 7 (16.28%) Banking
4 6 (13.95%) Finance
5 3 (6.98%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (4.65%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (4.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.33%) Marketing
7 1 (2.33%) Military
7 1 (2.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 32 (74.42%) Designer
2 18 (41.86%) UX Designer
3 9 (20.93%) Service Designer
4 6 (13.95%) Lead
4 6 (13.95%) Senior
5 5 (11.63%) Senior Designer
5 5 (11.63%) UI Designer
5 5 (11.63%) UI/UX Designer
6 3 (6.98%) Developer
6 3 (6.98%) Full-Stack Developer
6 3 (6.98%) Interaction Designer
6 3 (6.98%) Senior UX Designer
7 2 (4.65%) Lead Designer
7 2 (4.65%) Lead UX Designer
7 2 (4.65%) Product Designer
7 2 (4.65%) Senior Interaction Designer
8 1 (2.33%) Analyst
8 1 (2.33%) Consultant
8 1 (2.33%) Digital Designer
8 1 (2.33%) Junior Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (39.53%) CSS
1 17 (39.53%) HTML
2 10 (23.26%) AngularJS
2 10 (23.26%) HTML5
2 10 (23.26%) React
3 9 (20.93%) CSS3
4 8 (18.60%) RESTful
5 3 (6.98%) Node.js
5 3 (6.98%) Spring
5 3 (6.98%) Spring Boot
6 2 (4.65%) Framer.js
6 2 (4.65%) Sass
7 1 (2.33%) Bootstrap
7 1 (2.33%) HTML5 Canvas
7 1 (2.33%) jQuery
7 1 (2.33%) Next.js
7 1 (2.33%) REST
7 1 (2.33%) SAP Fiori
7 1 (2.33%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 9 (20.93%) Product Ownership
2 6 (13.95%) Mobile App
3 4 (9.30%) Digital Wallet
4 2 (4.65%) Augmented Reality
4 2 (4.65%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (4.65%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (4.65%) Virtual Reality
5 1 (2.33%) Motion Graphics
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (81.40%) User Experience
2 33 (76.74%) UX Design
3 32 (74.42%) User Research
4 25 (58.14%) Agile
5 23 (53.49%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 20 (46.51%) Usability Testing
7 19 (44.19%) Service Design
7 19 (44.19%) Wireframes
8 18 (41.86%) Prototyping
9 14 (32.56%) Interaction Design
9 14 (32.56%) Journey Map
10 12 (27.91%) Responsive Web Design
11 9 (20.93%) Problem-Solving
12 8 (18.60%) Acceptance Criteria
12 8 (18.60%) CI/CD
12 8 (18.60%) User Stories
12 8 (18.60%) Workshop Facilitation
13 7 (16.28%) Customer-Centricity
13 7 (16.28%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
13 7 (16.28%) Quantitative Research
Programming Languages
1 12 (27.91%) JavaScript
2 3 (6.98%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (13.95%) Degree
1 6 (13.95%) Security Cleared
2 5 (11.63%) SC Cleared
3 4 (9.30%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (83.72%) Accessibility
2 20 (46.51%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (4.65%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (4.65%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 42 (97.67%) Adobe
2 5 (11.63%) MuleSoft
3 4 (9.30%) Microsoft
4 3 (6.98%) Google
5 1 (2.33%) Hotjar
5 1 (2.33%) SAP