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 28 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 550 481 567
Rank change year-on-year -69 +86 +121
Contract jobs citing Adobe XD 43 37 35
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.12% 0.079%
As % of the Applications category 1.52% 1.58% 0.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 23 27
10th Percentile £386 £342 £306
25th Percentile £400 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -10.60% +17.65% -43.33%
75th Percentile £500 £575 £544
90th Percentile £600 £613 £569
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £550 £425
% change year-on-year -18.18% +29.41% -

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 2,826 2,348 3,666
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.36% 7.50% 8.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,659 1,375 2,056
10th Percentile £200 £170 £163
25th Percentile £313 £250 £215
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £550
90th Percentile £664 £638 £667
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £350 £350
% change year-on-year +21.34% +0.07% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 329 201 448
10th Percentile £12.75 £15.62 £12.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £16.25 £14.16
Median hourly rate £19.18 £26.50 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.64% +26.19% -32.26%
75th Percentile £29.61 £43.75 £42.50
90th Percentile £63.75 £75.00 £55.23
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.82 £26.50 £20.77
% change year-on-year -28.98% +27.59% -34.91%

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 28 January 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 12 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 28 January 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 -76 29 £425 -17.07% 13
London -31 19 £445 -13.17% 7
UK excluding London -50 15 £450 -18.18% 10
Work from Home -19 12 £400 -16.88% 7
Scotland +11 6 £525 +110.00%
Midlands -45 5 £400 +14.85%
West Midlands - 5 £400 -
North of England -55 2 £513 - 3
South East -21 1 £463 - 5
South West -21 1 - - 1
North West -28 1 - - 3
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 (2.33%) CMS
1 1 (2.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 34 (79.07%) 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 3 (6.98%) Azure
2 3 (6.98%) Miro
2 3 (6.98%) Power Platform
3 2 (4.65%) Asana
3 2 (4.65%) AWS
3 2 (4.65%) Google Analytics
4 1 (2.33%) Google Docs
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.33%) Metadata
1 1 (2.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 19 (44.19%) Axure RP
2 5 (11.63%) Git
3 4 (9.30%) JIRA
4 2 (4.65%) GitLab
4 2 (4.65%) Jenkins
General
1 24 (55.81%) Social Skills
2 12 (27.91%) Public Sector
3 6 (13.95%) Banking
3 6 (13.95%) Finance
4 3 (6.98%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (4.65%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.33%) Marketing
6 1 (2.33%) Military
6 1 (2.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 34 (79.07%) Designer
2 17 (39.53%) UX Designer
3 11 (25.58%) Service Designer
4 8 (18.60%) Senior
5 7 (16.28%) Senior Designer
6 5 (11.63%) Lead
7 3 (6.98%) Senior UX Designer
7 3 (6.98%) UI Designer
7 3 (6.98%) UI/UX Designer
8 2 (4.65%) Developer
8 2 (4.65%) Full-Stack Developer
8 2 (4.65%) Interaction Designer
8 2 (4.65%) Lead Designer
8 2 (4.65%) Lead UX Designer
8 2 (4.65%) Senior Interaction Designer
9 1 (2.33%) Product Designer
9 1 (2.33%) Senior Service Designer
9 1 (2.33%) UX Analyst
9 1 (2.33%) UX Engineer
9 1 (2.33%) Visual Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (37.21%) CSS
1 16 (37.21%) HTML
2 9 (20.93%) AngularJS
2 9 (20.93%) HTML5
2 9 (20.93%) React
3 8 (18.60%) CSS3
3 8 (18.60%) RESTful
4 2 (4.65%) Framer.js
4 2 (4.65%) Node.js
4 2 (4.65%) Sass
4 2 (4.65%) Spring
4 2 (4.65%) Spring Boot
5 1 (2.33%) Bootstrap
5 1 (2.33%) HTML5 Canvas
5 1 (2.33%) jQuery
5 1 (2.33%) Next.js
5 1 (2.33%) REST
5 1 (2.33%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 9 (20.93%) Product Ownership
2 4 (9.30%) Digital Wallet
3 3 (6.98%) Mobile App
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
5 1 (2.33%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (79.07%) User Experience
2 32 (74.42%) UX Design
3 31 (72.09%) User Research
4 26 (60.47%) Agile
5 24 (55.81%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 21 (48.84%) Service Design
6 21 (48.84%) Usability Testing
7 18 (41.86%) Prototyping
7 18 (41.86%) Wireframes
8 15 (34.88%) Journey Map
9 11 (25.58%) Interaction Design
10 10 (23.26%) Workshop Facilitation
11 9 (20.93%) Problem-Solving
11 9 (20.93%) Responsive Web Design
12 8 (18.60%) Acceptance Criteria
12 8 (18.60%) Design Thinking
12 8 (18.60%) User Stories
13 7 (16.28%) CI/CD
13 7 (16.28%) Customer-Centricity
13 7 (16.28%) Quantitative Research
Programming Languages
1 10 (23.26%) JavaScript
2 2 (4.65%) Java
Qualifications
1 7 (16.28%) Degree
2 5 (11.63%) Security Cleared
3 4 (9.30%) Master's Degree
3 4 (9.30%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (83.72%) Accessibility
2 19 (44.19%) WCAG
3 1 (2.33%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 43 (100.00%) 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