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 12 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 654 539 529
Rank change year-on-year -115 -10 +75
Contract jobs citing Adobe XD 17 23 38
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.031% 0.070% 0.098%
As % of the Applications category 0.57% 0.82% 1.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 21 24
10th Percentile £335 £313 £355
25th Percentile £413 £350 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £413 £473
Median % change year-on-year +17.27% -12.84% -0.37%
75th Percentile £529 £495 £500
90th Percentile £542 £550 £560
UK excluding London median daily rate £413 £475 £418
% change year-on-year -13.16% +13.64% -4.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £67.50 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 - -
75th Percentile £72.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 - -

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 2,958 2,795 2,561
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 5.42% 8.47% 6.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,540 1,559 1,448
10th Percentile £206 £200 £170
25th Percentile £313 £300 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £437 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +2.88% +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £550 £545 £525
90th Percentile £638 £650 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £402 £400 £375
% change year-on-year +0.50% +6.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 460 348 281
10th Percentile £13.31 £13.78 £14.16
25th Percentile £14.50 £16.02 £15.34
Median hourly rate £18.50 £23.82 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.32% +32.31% -20.00%
75th Percentile £33.99 £35.00 £36.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £55.87 £60.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.86 £22.32 £16.23
% change year-on-year -19.99% +37.49% -24.51%

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 12 September 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 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 12 September 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 -132 13 £468 +21.04% 14
Work from Home -61 8 £500 +29.45% 4
London -80 8 £484 +33.91% 10
UK excluding London -104 6 £413 -13.16% 4
Midlands -49 2 £413 +28.11%
Wales - 2 - -
West Midlands - 2 £413 -
South East - 1 - - 3
East of England - 1 - -

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 (5.88%) Camunda
1 1 (5.88%) Confluence
1 1 (5.88%) Mendix
1 1 (5.88%) Moodle
1 1 (5.88%) Strapi
Applications
1 12 (70.59%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 16 (94.12%) Figma
2 2 (11.76%) AWS
2 2 (11.76%) Azure
3 1 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (5.88%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (5.88%) GitHub
3 1 (5.88%) Miro
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (5.88%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (17.65%) Git
2 2 (11.76%) JIRA
3 1 (5.88%) Axure RP
3 1 (5.88%) GitLab
General
1 7 (41.18%) Social Skills
2 6 (35.29%) Public Sector
3 4 (23.53%) Finance
4 3 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Aerospace
5 1 (5.88%) Banking
5 1 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 11 (64.71%) Designer
2 6 (35.29%) Interaction Designer
3 3 (17.65%) Senior
3 3 (17.65%) UX Designer
4 2 (11.76%) Developer
4 2 (11.76%) Senior Designer
4 2 (11.76%) UI Designer
4 2 (11.76%) UI Developer
4 2 (11.76%) UI/UX Designer
4 2 (11.76%) UI/UX Developer
4 2 (11.76%) UX Developer
5 1 (5.88%) Administrator
5 1 (5.88%) DBA
5 1 (5.88%) Lead
5 1 (5.88%) Product Designer
5 1 (5.88%) Senior Interaction Designer
5 1 (5.88%) Senior Service Designer
5 1 (5.88%) Service Designer
5 1 (5.88%) UI Specialist
5 1 (5.88%) UX Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (35.29%) CSS
1 6 (35.29%) HTML
2 4 (23.53%) React
3 3 (17.65%) AngularJS
3 3 (17.65%) CSS3
3 3 (17.65%) HTML5
3 3 (17.65%) REST
3 3 (17.65%) Vue
4 1 (5.88%) Bootstrap
4 1 (5.88%) GraphQL
4 1 (5.88%) Material-UI
4 1 (5.88%) Redux
4 1 (5.88%) Tailwind CSS
4 1 (5.88%) Zustand
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.88%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (5.88%) Data Structures
2 1 (5.88%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (5.88%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (82.35%) User Experience
2 13 (76.47%) Wireframes
3 12 (70.59%) Agile
3 12 (70.59%) UX Design
4 11 (64.71%) User Research
5 8 (47.06%) Prototyping
5 8 (47.06%) Usability Testing
5 8 (47.06%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 7 (41.18%) Service Design
7 6 (35.29%) Interaction Design
8 4 (23.53%) Analytics
8 4 (23.53%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
8 4 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (23.53%) Stakeholder Management
9 3 (17.65%) AI
9 3 (17.65%) CI/CD
9 3 (17.65%) Collaborative Working
9 3 (17.65%) Design Patterns
9 3 (17.65%) Information Architecture
9 3 (17.65%) Mobile First
Programming Languages
1 4 (23.53%) JavaScript
2 1 (5.88%) SQL
2 1 (5.88%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (47.06%) Security Cleared
2 3 (17.65%) SC Cleared
3 2 (11.76%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (64.71%) Accessibility
2 8 (47.06%) WCAG
3 1 (5.88%) Data Quality
3 1 (5.88%) GDPR
Vendors
1 16 (94.12%) Adobe
2 1 (5.88%) Oracle