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 6 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 559 502 566
Rank change year-on-year -57 +64 +138
Contract jobs citing Adobe XD 35 45 36
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.096% 0.13% 0.080%
As % of the Applications category 1.17% 1.77% 1.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 24 30
10th Percentile £335 £352 £315
25th Percentile £384 £442 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +17.65% -19.05%
75th Percentile £513 £575 £569
90th Percentile £610 £610 £594
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 £555 £425
% change year-on-year -16.67% +30.59% -4.49%

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 2,980 2,544 3,591
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.18% 7.07% 7.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,722 1,479 2,205
10th Percentile £191 £165 £164
25th Percentile £301 £251 £231
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £400 £413
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -3.03% -7.30%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £550
90th Percentile £650 £638 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £420 £365 £360
% change year-on-year +15.07% +1.39% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 371 238 283
10th Percentile £12.82 £15.25 £14.16
25th Percentile £16.36 £15.62 £17.00
Median hourly rate £22.00 £24.18 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.02% -8.75% +6.45%
75th Percentile £31.00 £43.44 £45.11
90th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £50.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.91 £23.83 £26.00
% change year-on-year -16.45% -8.35% +5.61%

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 6 December 2025.

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 9 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 6 December 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
England -26 26 £419 -14.97% 18
London -6 21 £413 -16.24% 5
Work from Home -5 11 £386 -18.13% 10
UK excluding London -54 6 £463 -16.67% 13
South West -2 2 £600 -1.03%
Scotland - 2 £450 - 2
South East -6 1 £463 - 5
North West -25 1 - - 3
North of England -47 1 - - 3

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 2 (5.71%) CMS
1 2 (5.71%) Confluence
2 1 (2.86%) Drupal
2 1 (2.86%) WordPress
Applications
1 29 (82.86%) Sketch
2 11 (31.43%) InVision
3 3 (8.57%) Zeplin
4 2 (5.71%) Adobe After Effects
4 2 (5.71%) Trello
5 1 (2.86%) Adobe Premiere
Cloud Services
1 32 (91.43%) Figma
2 4 (11.43%) Miro
3 3 (8.57%) Google Analytics
3 3 (8.57%) Power Platform
4 2 (5.71%) Asana
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.86%) Metadata
1 1 (2.86%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 19 (54.29%) Axure RP
2 6 (17.14%) JIRA
General
1 15 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 9 (25.71%) Finance
3 7 (20.00%) Public Sector
4 4 (11.43%) Banking
5 2 (5.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.86%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.86%) Military
6 1 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 30 (85.71%) Designer
2 16 (45.71%) UX Designer
3 8 (22.86%) Service Designer
4 7 (20.00%) Senior
5 6 (17.14%) Senior Designer
6 2 (5.71%) Interaction Designer
6 2 (5.71%) Senior Interaction Designer
6 2 (5.71%) Senior UX Designer
6 2 (5.71%) UI Designer
6 2 (5.71%) UI/UX Designer
6 2 (5.71%) Visual Designer
7 1 (2.86%) Business Analyst
7 1 (2.86%) Mobile Designer
7 1 (2.86%) Mobile UX Designer
7 1 (2.86%) Product Designer
7 1 (2.86%) Product Owner
7 1 (2.86%) Senior Service Designer
7 1 (2.86%) UX Analyst
7 1 (2.86%) UX Engineer
7 1 (2.86%) Web Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (40.00%) CSS
1 14 (40.00%) HTML
2 2 (5.71%) AngularJS
2 2 (5.71%) Framer.js
2 2 (5.71%) HTML5
2 2 (5.71%) React
2 2 (5.71%) Sass
3 1 (2.86%) Bootstrap
3 1 (2.86%) CSS3
3 1 (2.86%) HTML5 Canvas
3 1 (2.86%) jQuery
3 1 (2.86%) Next.js
3 1 (2.86%) REST
3 1 (2.86%) RESTful
3 1 (2.86%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 10 (28.57%) Product Ownership
2 3 (8.57%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (8.57%) Management Information System
2 3 (8.57%) Mobile App
3 2 (5.71%) Augmented Reality
3 2 (5.71%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (5.71%) Virtual Reality
4 1 (2.86%) Educational Technology
4 1 (2.86%) e-Learning
4 1 (2.86%) Graphic Design
4 1 (2.86%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 5 (14.29%) Android
1 5 (14.29%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (77.14%) User Experience
2 26 (74.29%) UX Design
3 22 (62.86%) User Research
4 21 (60.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 20 (57.14%) Agile
6 19 (54.29%) Wireframes
7 18 (51.43%) Usability Testing
8 14 (40.00%) Prototyping
9 13 (37.14%) Journey Map
10 11 (31.43%) Service Design
10 11 (31.43%) Stakeholder Management
10 11 (31.43%) Workshop Facilitation
11 8 (22.86%) Design Thinking
11 8 (22.86%) Inclusive Design
11 8 (22.86%) Problem-Solving
12 7 (20.00%) Interaction Design
13 6 (17.14%) Analytics
13 6 (17.14%) Customer-Centricity
13 6 (17.14%) User Stories
14 5 (14.29%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 8 (22.86%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 8 (22.86%) Security Cleared
2 6 (17.14%) SC Cleared
3 4 (11.43%) Degree
4 3 (8.57%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (77.14%) Accessibility
2 13 (37.14%) WCAG
3 1 (2.86%) QA
Vendors
1 35 (100.00%) Adobe
2 4 (11.43%) Microsoft
3 3 (8.57%) Google
4 2 (5.71%) Hotjar
4 2 (5.71%) SAP
5 1 (2.86%) Oracle
5 1 (2.86%) Pega
5 1 (2.86%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.86%) ServiceNow