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 21 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 555 492 555
Rank change year-on-year -63 +63 +119
Contract jobs citing Adobe XD 47 37 39
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.12% 0.087%
As % of the Applications category 1.62% 1.55% 1.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 23 31
10th Percentile £382 £342 £325
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -11.00% +17.65% -44.26%
75th Percentile £500 £575 £550
90th Percentile £600 £610 £569
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £375 £425
% change year-on-year +20.00% -11.76% +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 2,896 2,386 3,690
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.07% 7.76% 8.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,690 1,436 2,040
10th Percentile £203 £175 £160
25th Percentile £314 £250 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - -8.57%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £550
90th Percentile £650 £638 £673
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £360 £375
% change year-on-year +18.06% -4.00% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 337 193 538
10th Percentile £12.94 £15.30 £12.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £16.75 £14.16
Median hourly rate £19.91 £27.13 £20.54
Median % change year-on-year -26.60% +32.06% -36.80%
75th Percentile £29.50 £43.75 £42.88
90th Percentile £62.44 £80.80 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.00 £27.13 £19.75
% change year-on-year -29.95% +37.34% -39.23%

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 21 February 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 21 February 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 -78 33 £425 -15.00% 13
London -41 23 £438 -16.67% 6
UK excluding London -74 15 £450 +20.00% 8
Work from Home -11 13 £400 -20.00% 6
Scotland +11 6 £525 +110.00%
Midlands -50 5 £400 +14.85% 1
West Midlands - 5 £400 - 1
North of England -61 2 £513 - 1
South West -23 1 - - 1
South East -30 1 £463 - 4
North West -34 1 - - 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 (2.13%) CMS
1 1 (2.13%) Confluence
Applications
1 37 (78.72%) Sketch
2 15 (31.91%) InVision
3 6 (12.77%) Zeplin
4 3 (6.38%) Adobe After Effects
4 3 (6.38%) Trello
5 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (2.13%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 47 (100.00%) Figma
2 4 (8.51%) Azure
3 3 (6.38%) AWS
3 3 (6.38%) Miro
3 3 (6.38%) Power Platform
4 2 (4.26%) Asana
4 2 (4.26%) Google Analytics
5 1 (2.13%) Google Docs
5 1 (2.13%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.13%) Metadata
1 1 (2.13%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 19 (40.43%) Axure RP
2 5 (10.64%) Git
3 4 (8.51%) JIRA
4 3 (6.38%) GitLab
4 3 (6.38%) Jenkins
General
1 27 (57.45%) Social Skills
2 12 (25.53%) Public Sector
3 7 (14.89%) Banking
3 7 (14.89%) Finance
4 3 (6.38%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (4.26%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.13%) Marketing
6 1 (2.13%) Military
6 1 (2.13%) Retail
Job Titles
1 37 (78.72%) Designer
2 20 (42.55%) UX Designer
3 11 (23.40%) Service Designer
4 8 (17.02%) Senior
5 7 (14.89%) Senior Designer
6 6 (12.77%) UI Designer
6 6 (12.77%) UI/UX Designer
7 5 (10.64%) Lead
8 3 (6.38%) Developer
8 3 (6.38%) Full-Stack Developer
8 3 (6.38%) Senior UX Designer
9 2 (4.26%) Interaction Designer
9 2 (4.26%) Lead Designer
9 2 (4.26%) Lead UX Designer
9 2 (4.26%) Product Designer
9 2 (4.26%) Senior Interaction Designer
10 1 (2.13%) Junior UI/UX Designer
10 1 (2.13%) Junior UX Designer
10 1 (2.13%) Senior Service Designer
10 1 (2.13%) UX Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (36.17%) CSS
1 17 (36.17%) HTML
2 10 (21.28%) AngularJS
2 10 (21.28%) HTML5
2 10 (21.28%) React
3 9 (19.15%) CSS3
3 9 (19.15%) RESTful
4 3 (6.38%) Node.js
4 3 (6.38%) Spring
4 3 (6.38%) Spring Boot
5 2 (4.26%) Framer.js
5 2 (4.26%) Sass
6 1 (2.13%) Bootstrap
6 1 (2.13%) HTML5 Canvas
6 1 (2.13%) jQuery
6 1 (2.13%) Next.js
6 1 (2.13%) REST
6 1 (2.13%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 9 (19.15%) Product Ownership
2 6 (12.77%) Mobile App
3 4 (8.51%) Digital Wallet
4 2 (4.26%) Augmented Reality
4 2 (4.26%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (4.26%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (4.26%) Virtual Reality
5 1 (2.13%) Motion Graphics
5 1 (2.13%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (80.85%) User Experience
2 36 (76.60%) UX Design
3 34 (72.34%) User Research
4 28 (59.57%) Agile
5 26 (55.32%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 24 (51.06%) Usability Testing
7 22 (46.81%) Wireframes
8 21 (44.68%) Service Design
9 19 (40.43%) Prototyping
10 16 (34.04%) Journey Map
11 14 (29.79%) Interaction Design
12 13 (27.66%) Responsive Web Design
13 10 (21.28%) Workshop Facilitation
14 9 (19.15%) Problem-Solving
15 8 (17.02%) Acceptance Criteria
15 8 (17.02%) CI/CD
15 8 (17.02%) Design Thinking
15 8 (17.02%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
15 8 (17.02%) User Stories
16 7 (14.89%) Customer-Centricity
Programming Languages
1 11 (23.40%) JavaScript
2 3 (6.38%) Java
Qualifications
1 7 (14.89%) Degree
2 5 (10.64%) Security Cleared
3 4 (8.51%) Master's Degree
3 4 (8.51%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (85.11%) Accessibility
2 20 (42.55%) WCAG
3 1 (2.13%) QA
System Software
1 2 (4.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (4.26%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 47 (100.00%) Adobe
2 5 (10.64%) MuleSoft
3 4 (8.51%) Microsoft
4 3 (6.38%) Google
5 1 (2.13%) Hotjar
5 1 (2.13%) SAP