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

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 549 510 569
Rank change year-on-year -39 +59 +138
Contract jobs citing Adobe XD 40 44 32
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.13% 0.074%
As % of the Applications category 1.37% 1.79% 0.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 25 28
10th Percentile £385 £352 £294
25th Percentile £400 £456 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -11.00% +17.65% -34.62%
75th Percentile £519 £575 £556
90th Percentile £605 £607 £589
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £555 £425
% change year-on-year -18.92% +30.59% -2.30%

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 2,911 2,456 3,452
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.84% 7.25% 7.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,680 1,445 2,112
10th Percentile £199 £170 £163
25th Percentile £305 £250 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £403 £400
Median % change year-on-year +8.56% +0.75% -9.09%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £550
90th Percentile £663 £638 £657
UK excluding London median daily rate £418 £365 £350
% change year-on-year +14.52% +4.29% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 362 217 267
10th Percentile £12.82 - £14.08
25th Percentile £16.36 £15.62 £17.00
Median hourly rate £20.35 £25.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.60% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £29.61 £43.75 £46.75
90th Percentile £63.75 £70.50 £52.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.91 £25.00 £26.89
% change year-on-year -20.36% -7.01% +7.54%

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 25 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 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 25 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 -47 28 £425 -15.00% 155
London -15 17 £425 -15.00% 17
UK excluding London -42 14 £450 -18.92% 161
Work from Home -2 12 £405 -19.00% 157
Midlands -36 5 £400 +14.85% 28
West Midlands - 5 £400 - 16
Scotland - 4 £450 - 14
South West -12 2 £600 -1.03% 21
North of England -52 2 £513 - 36
South East -30 1 £463 - 35
North West -31 1 - - 18
Yorkshire - 1 £513 - 16

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 (5.00%) CMS
2 1 (2.50%) Confluence
2 1 (2.50%) Drupal
2 1 (2.50%) WordPress
Applications
1 33 (82.50%) Sketch
2 15 (37.50%) InVision
3 5 (12.50%) Zeplin
4 3 (7.50%) Adobe After Effects
4 3 (7.50%) Trello
5 1 (2.50%) Adobe Premiere
5 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (2.50%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 40 (100.00%) Figma
2 4 (10.00%) Miro
3 3 (7.50%) Google Analytics
3 3 (7.50%) Power Platform
4 2 (5.00%) Asana
5 1 (2.50%) Azure
5 1 (2.50%) Google Docs
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.50%) Metadata
1 1 (2.50%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 17 (42.50%) Axure RP
2 5 (12.50%) Git
2 5 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 21 (52.50%) Social Skills
2 10 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 6 (15.00%) Finance
4 5 (12.50%) Banking
5 3 (7.50%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.50%) Marketing
7 1 (2.50%) Military
7 1 (2.50%) Retail
Job Titles
1 32 (80.00%) Designer
2 16 (40.00%) UX Designer
3 10 (25.00%) Service Designer
4 8 (20.00%) Senior
5 7 (17.50%) Senior Designer
6 5 (12.50%) Lead
7 4 (10.00%) UI Designer
7 4 (10.00%) UI/UX Designer
8 3 (7.50%) Senior UX Designer
9 2 (5.00%) Interaction Designer
9 2 (5.00%) Lead Designer
9 2 (5.00%) Lead UX Designer
9 2 (5.00%) Senior Interaction Designer
10 1 (2.50%) Analyst
10 1 (2.50%) Business Analyst
10 1 (2.50%) Consultant
10 1 (2.50%) Digital Designer
10 1 (2.50%) UX Analyst
10 1 (2.50%) Visual Designer
10 1 (2.50%) Web Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (37.50%) CSS
1 15 (37.50%) HTML
2 7 (17.50%) AngularJS
2 7 (17.50%) HTML5
2 7 (17.50%) React
3 6 (15.00%) CSS3
3 6 (15.00%) RESTful
4 2 (5.00%) Framer.js
4 2 (5.00%) Sass
5 1 (2.50%) Bootstrap
5 1 (2.50%) HTML5 Canvas
5 1 (2.50%) jQuery
5 1 (2.50%) Next.js
5 1 (2.50%) REST
5 1 (2.50%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 8 (20.00%) Product Ownership
2 3 (7.50%) Mobile App
3 2 (5.00%) Augmented Reality
3 2 (5.00%) Digital Wallet
3 2 (5.00%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (5.00%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (5.00%) Virtual Reality
4 1 (2.50%) Educational Technology
4 1 (2.50%) e-Learning
4 1 (2.50%) Motion Graphics
4 1 (2.50%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (77.50%) User Experience
2 29 (72.50%) User Research
2 29 (72.50%) UX Design
3 23 (57.50%) Agile
4 21 (52.50%) Usability Testing
4 21 (52.50%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 17 (42.50%) Prototyping
5 17 (42.50%) Service Design
6 16 (40.00%) Wireframes
7 14 (35.00%) Journey Map
8 10 (25.00%) Interaction Design
9 9 (22.50%) Workshop Facilitation
10 8 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
10 8 (20.00%) User Stories
11 7 (17.50%) Acceptance Criteria
11 7 (17.50%) Design Thinking
11 7 (17.50%) Responsive Web Design
12 6 (15.00%) Analytics
12 6 (15.00%) Backlog Management
12 6 (15.00%) Customer-Centricity
Programming Languages
1 8 (20.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 7 (17.50%) Degree
2 5 (12.50%) SC Cleared
2 5 (12.50%) Security Cleared
3 4 (10.00%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.50%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (77.50%) Accessibility
2 18 (45.00%) WCAG
3 1 (2.50%) QA
Vendors
1 40 (100.00%) Adobe
2 5 (12.50%) MuleSoft
3 4 (10.00%) Google
3 4 (10.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (5.00%) Hotjar
4 2 (5.00%) SAP
5 1 (2.50%) Oracle
5 1 (2.50%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.50%) ServiceNow