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 1 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 595 490 541
Rank change year-on-year -105 +51 +108
Contract jobs citing Adobe XD 35 34 41
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.074% 0.12% 0.094%
As % of the Applications category 1.22% 1.40% 1.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 26 34
10th Percentile £373 £327 £350
25th Percentile £387 £363 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £495 £475
Median % change year-on-year -14.14% +4.21% +5.56%
75th Percentile £485 £550 £550
90th Percentile £541 £575 £584
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £375 £425
% change year-on-year +6.67% -11.76% -

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 2,872 2,420 3,450
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 6.08% 8.27% 7.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,686 1,436 1,743
10th Percentile £240 £188 £163
25th Percentile £350 £263 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £413 £400
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +3.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £565 £545 £538
90th Percentile £650 £650 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £434 £375 £350
% change year-on-year +15.60% +7.14% -10.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 318 257 633
10th Percentile £13.34 £14.20 £11.54
25th Percentile £16.35 £15.62 £14.00
Median hourly rate £20.35 £23.59 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -13.73% +33.13% -52.43%
75th Percentile £33.03 £43.75 £39.92
90th Percentile £68.23 £71.50 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.91 £22.50 £16.06
% change year-on-year -11.51% +40.10% -50.43%

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 1 May 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 10 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 1 May 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 -103 23 £413 -10.81% 13
London -59 15 £425 -15.00% 8
UK excluding London -91 12 £400 +6.67% 7
Work from Home -29 11 £400 -3.61% 7
Scotland -1 5 £600 +33.33% 1
Midlands -73 5 £400 +25.98% 2
West Midlands - 5 £400 - 2
South West -32 1 - -
North of England -66 1 £513 +63.74% 1
Yorkshire - 1 £513 -

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 (2.86%) Camunda
1 1 (2.86%) Moodle
1 1 (2.86%) Strapi
Applications
1 28 (80.00%) Sketch
2 13 (37.14%) InVision
3 6 (17.14%) Zeplin
4 3 (8.57%) Adobe After Effects
4 3 (8.57%) Trello
5 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (2.86%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 35 (100.00%) Figma
2 4 (11.43%) Azure
3 3 (8.57%) AWS
4 2 (5.71%) Asana
5 1 (2.86%) Google Analytics
5 1 (2.86%) Google Docs
5 1 (2.86%) Miro
5 1 (2.86%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 16 (45.71%) Axure RP
2 5 (14.29%) Git
3 3 (8.57%) GitLab
3 3 (8.57%) Jenkins
4 2 (5.71%) JIRA
General
1 20 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 9 (25.71%) Public Sector
3 7 (20.00%) Banking
4 6 (17.14%) Finance
5 3 (8.57%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (5.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.86%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.86%) Marketing
7 1 (2.86%) Retail
Job Titles
1 28 (80.00%) Designer
2 16 (45.71%) UX Designer
3 9 (25.71%) Service Designer
4 6 (17.14%) Lead
5 5 (14.29%) UI Designer
5 5 (14.29%) UI/UX Designer
6 3 (8.57%) Developer
6 3 (8.57%) Full-Stack Developer
7 2 (5.71%) Lead Designer
7 2 (5.71%) Lead UX Designer
7 2 (5.71%) Product Designer
7 2 (5.71%) Senior
7 2 (5.71%) Senior Designer
7 2 (5.71%) Senior UX Designer
8 1 (2.86%) Digital Designer
8 1 (2.86%) Interaction Designer
8 1 (2.86%) Junior
8 1 (2.86%) Junior Designer
8 1 (2.86%) Junior UI/UX Designer
8 1 (2.86%) Junior UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (37.14%) CSS
1 13 (37.14%) HTML
2 10 (28.57%) AngularJS
3 9 (25.71%) React
4 8 (22.86%) CSS3
4 8 (22.86%) HTML5
4 8 (22.86%) RESTful
5 3 (8.57%) Node.js
5 3 (8.57%) Spring
5 3 (8.57%) Spring Boot
6 2 (5.71%) Framer.js
7 1 (2.86%) SAP Fiori
7 1 (2.86%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 7 (20.00%) Product Ownership
2 6 (17.14%) Mobile App
3 4 (11.43%) Digital Wallet
4 2 (5.71%) Augmented Reality
4 2 (5.71%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (5.71%) Virtual Reality
5 1 (2.86%) Motion Graphics
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (82.86%) User Experience
2 28 (80.00%) UX Design
3 27 (77.14%) User Research
4 21 (60.00%) Agile
4 21 (60.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 17 (48.57%) Service Design
5 17 (48.57%) Usability Testing
6 15 (42.86%) Wireframes
7 12 (34.29%) Prototyping
8 11 (31.43%) Interaction Design
8 11 (31.43%) Responsive Web Design
9 9 (25.71%) Journey Map
9 9 (25.71%) Problem-Solving
10 8 (22.86%) CI/CD
10 8 (22.86%) Workshop Facilitation
11 7 (20.00%) Customer-Centricity
11 7 (20.00%) Design Thinking
11 7 (20.00%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
11 7 (20.00%) Qualitative Research
11 7 (20.00%) Quantitative Research
Programming Languages
1 10 (28.57%) JavaScript
2 3 (8.57%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (17.14%) Degree
2 4 (11.43%) Master's Degree
3 3 (8.57%) Security Cleared
4 2 (5.71%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (82.86%) Accessibility
2 16 (45.71%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (5.71%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (5.71%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 34 (97.14%) Adobe
2 5 (14.29%) MuleSoft
3 2 (5.71%) Google
3 2 (5.71%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.86%) Hotjar
4 1 (2.86%) SAP