Figma Contract Job Trends

Figma
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Figma skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 397 296 385
Rank change year-on-year -101 +89 +37
Contract jobs citing Figma 293 270 178
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.54% 0.82% 0.46%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.54% 2.19% 1.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 197 113
10th Percentile £363 £325 £278
25th Percentile £413 £390 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £468 £425
Median % change year-on-year +10.58% +10.12% -19.05%
75th Percentile £575 £565 £525
90th Percentile £675 £600 £598
UK excluding London median daily rate £467 £425 £418
% change year-on-year +9.84% +1.67% -12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 6 3
10th Percentile £22.39 £32.63 £31.06
25th Percentile £30.00 £35.25 £31.99
Median hourly rate £33.99 £36.50 £33.54
Median % change year-on-year -6.88% +8.83% -45.90%
75th Percentile - £37.75 £37.15
90th Percentile £46.45 £47.25 £39.31
UK excluding London median hourly rate £33.99 £30.00 £32.21
% change year-on-year +13.30% -6.85% -48.47%

All Cloud Computing Skills
UK

Figma falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 18,981 12,340 13,086
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.83% 37.41% 34.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,589 8,206 8,882
10th Percentile £325 £313 £313
25th Percentile £425 £410 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.42%
75th Percentile £625 £613 £638
90th Percentile £713 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 619 306 207
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.50 £14.21
25th Percentile £17.86 £18.87 £20.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £29.63 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.70% -1.25% -14.29%
75th Percentile £68.63 £54.69 £60.83
90th Percentile £81.45 £71.73 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £20.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year +50.00% -33.33% +11.11%

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Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Figma relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Figma job vacancy trend in the UK

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Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Figma.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Figma

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Figma over the 6 months to 10 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Figma in the UK

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Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Figma.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Figma

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Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Figma over the 6 months to 10 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Figma in the UK

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Top 16 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Figma within the UK over the 6 months to 10 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 -106 245 £500 +5.26% 168
London -83 147 £550 +10.55% 121
UK excluding London -90 112 £467 +9.84% 68
Work from Home -66 79 £531 +13.58% 79
South West -24 28 £475 -15.56% 16
North of England -87 26 £445 +4.71% 12
Midlands -41 23 £448 -4.17% 12
West Midlands -27 22 £449 -18.36% 9
Scotland -30 20 £550 +29.41% 6
Yorkshire -42 15 £470 -10.48% 4
South East -67 10 £310 -26.19% 16
North West -71 8 £381 -2.31% 7
East of England -28 4 £375 -3.23% 1
North East -49 3 £325 -38.10% 1
East Midlands -20 1 £425 -9.09% 3
Wales - 1 - - 1

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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 33 (11.26%) Confluence
2 10 (3.41%) CMS
3 6 (2.05%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.02%) Headless CMS
5 2 (0.68%) Camunda
5 2 (0.68%) Drupal
6 1 (0.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.34%) Kentico
6 1 (0.34%) Mendix
6 1 (0.34%) Moodle
6 1 (0.34%) nginx
6 1 (0.34%) Strapi
6 1 (0.34%) Traefik
6 1 (0.34%) Umbraco
Applications
1 46 (15.70%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 34 (11.60%) Sketch
3 28 (9.56%) Photoshop
4 26 (8.87%) Adobe Illustrator
5 24 (8.19%) Adobe After Effects
6 16 (5.46%) Adobe XD
7 12 (4.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 11 (3.75%) Microsoft Excel
9 7 (2.39%) Final Cut Pro
9 7 (2.39%) InDesign
10 6 (2.05%) MS Visio
11 2 (0.68%) Adobe Premiere
11 2 (0.68%) Chatbot
11 2 (0.68%) InVision
11 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
11 2 (0.68%) UserZoom
12 1 (0.34%) Adobe Captivate
12 1 (0.34%) Blender
Business Applications
1 1 (0.34%) Eloqua
1 1 (0.34%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 24 (8.19%) Miro
2 23 (7.85%) AWS
3 17 (5.80%) Azure
3 17 (5.80%) GitHub
4 14 (4.78%) SaaS
5 10 (3.41%) Slack
6 9 (3.07%) Serverless
7 8 (2.73%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (2.05%) GCP
8 6 (2.05%) GitHub Copilot
8 6 (2.05%) Google Analytics
8 6 (2.05%) Microsoft 365
8 6 (2.05%) Pendo
9 5 (1.71%) GitHub Actions
9 5 (1.71%) npm
9 5 (1.71%) Power Platform
10 4 (1.37%) Canva
10 4 (1.37%) Cloudflare
10 4 (1.37%) OpenShift
10 4 (1.37%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.37%) Broadband
2 1 (0.34%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.05%) NoSQL
2 5 (1.71%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (1.71%) Power BI
3 3 (1.02%) Qlik Sense
4 2 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.68%) DynamoDB
4 2 (0.68%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (0.68%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.68%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.68%) Tableau
5 1 (0.34%) Metadata
5 1 (0.34%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 34 (11.60%) JIRA
2 21 (7.17%) Git
3 16 (5.46%) Cypress.io
4 12 (4.10%) Claude Code
5 11 (3.75%) Storybook
6 5 (1.71%) Vite
7 4 (1.37%) Postman
8 3 (1.02%) Balsamiq
9 1 (0.34%) Axure RP
9 1 (0.34%) GitLab
9 1 (0.34%) Subversion
General
1 90 (30.72%) Social Skills
2 59 (20.14%) Finance
3 57 (19.45%) Public Sector
4 24 (8.19%) Banking
4 24 (8.19%) Marketing
5 20 (6.83%) Retail
6 15 (5.12%) Analytical Skills
7 14 (4.78%) Automotive
8 10 (3.41%) Publishing
9 9 (3.07%) Games
10 8 (2.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (2.73%) Manufacturing
11 7 (2.39%) Military
12 5 (1.71%) Pharmaceutical
12 5 (1.71%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.71%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (1.02%) Aerospace
14 3 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (1.02%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 190 (64.85%) Designer
2 57 (19.45%) Senior
3 56 (19.11%) UI Designer
4 45 (15.36%) UX Designer
5 43 (14.68%) Senior Designer
6 30 (10.24%) Developer
7 24 (8.19%) Service Designer
8 23 (7.85%) Product Designer
9 21 (7.17%) Senior UI Designer
10 18 (6.14%) Lead
11 17 (5.80%) Content Designer
12 16 (5.46%) Interaction Designer
13 15 (5.12%) UI/UX Designer
14 14 (4.78%) Digital Designer
15 13 (4.44%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
15 13 (4.44%) Junior
15 13 (4.44%) Junior Designer
16 12 (4.10%) User Researcher
17 10 (3.41%) Lead Designer
18 9 (3.07%) Graphic Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (16.72%) React
2 37 (12.63%) CSS
3 34 (11.60%) HTML
4 25 (8.53%) REST
5 18 (6.14%) Playwright
6 13 (4.44%) CSS3
6 13 (4.44%) HTML5
6 13 (4.44%) Node.js
7 12 (4.10%) GraphQL
8 11 (3.75%) Jest
9 10 (3.41%) RESTful
10 9 (3.07%) OAuth
10 9 (3.07%) OAuth2
11 8 (2.73%) Redux
12 7 (2.39%) Express.js
12 7 (2.39%) Kafka
12 7 (2.39%) Tailwind CSS
13 6 (2.05%) JWT
13 6 (2.05%) Material-UI
13 6 (2.05%) Zustand
Miscellaneous
1 37 (12.63%) Mobile App
2 34 (11.60%) Product Ownership
3 22 (7.51%) Animation
3 22 (7.51%) Graphic Design
4 20 (6.83%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (3.75%) Social Media
6 9 (3.07%) Onboarding
7 8 (2.73%) AI Agents
8 6 (2.05%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.71%) Cloud Native
10 4 (1.37%) Life Science
11 3 (1.02%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (1.02%) FMCG
11 3 (1.02%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (1.02%) Motion Graphics
12 2 (0.68%) 3D Graphics
12 2 (0.68%) Learning Management System
12 2 (0.68%) NHS
12 2 (0.68%) Taxonomies
12 2 (0.68%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.39%) Android
2 6 (2.05%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.34%) Linux
3 1 (0.34%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 190 (64.85%) User Experience
2 139 (47.44%) Agile
3 122 (41.64%) UX Design
4 82 (27.99%) Wireframes
5 76 (25.94%) AI
6 71 (24.23%) Prototyping
6 71 (24.23%) User Research
7 67 (22.87%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 54 (18.43%) Service Design
9 53 (18.09%) Interaction Design
10 49 (16.72%) Stakeholder Management
11 45 (15.36%) Problem-Solving
11 45 (15.36%) Usability Testing
12 43 (14.68%) Journey Map
13 42 (14.33%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
13 42 (14.33%) Workshop Facilitation
14 36 (12.29%) Inclusive Design
15 32 (10.92%) Continuous Improvement
16 30 (10.24%) Analytics
16 30 (10.24%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 39 (13.31%) TypeScript
2 35 (11.95%) JavaScript
3 11 (3.75%) Python
4 9 (3.07%) SQL
5 3 (1.02%) Java
6 2 (0.68%) C#
6 2 (0.68%) Ruby
6 2 (0.68%) Scala
7 1 (0.34%) C++
7 1 (0.34%) Haskell
Qualifications
1 47 (16.04%) Security Cleared
2 39 (13.31%) Degree
3 35 (11.95%) SC Cleared
4 13 (4.44%) DV Cleared
5 10 (3.41%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.34%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.34%) CBAP
6 1 (0.34%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.34%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 142 (48.46%) Accessibility
2 57 (19.45%) WCAG
3 8 (2.73%) QA
4 3 (1.02%) GDPR
5 2 (0.68%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.34%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.34%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.34%) WAI
6 1 (0.34%) WAI-ARIA
System Software
1 11 (3.75%) Docker
2 1 (0.34%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (3.41%) Grafana
2 8 (2.73%) Kubernetes
3 6 (2.05%) Prometheus
3 6 (2.05%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (1.37%) Argo
5 1 (0.34%) Istio
5 1 (0.34%) Kibana
Vendors
1 84 (28.67%) Adobe
2 13 (4.44%) Microsoft
3 12 (4.10%) Google
4 4 (1.37%) Red Hat
5 3 (1.02%) Atlassian
6 2 (0.68%) Databricks
6 2 (0.68%) OpenAI
6 2 (0.68%) Oracle
6 2 (0.68%) Synthesia
7 1 (0.34%) CODA
7 1 (0.34%) Pardot
7 1 (0.34%) Pega
7 1 (0.34%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.34%) TikTok
7 1 (0.34%) YouTube