User Experience Contracts

UX
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for User Experience skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited User Experience over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 74 61 59
Rank change year-on-year -13 -2 -2
Contract jobs citing User Experience 1,214 2,099 3,532
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.84% 3.61% 4.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.29% 4.02% 4.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 810 1,483 2,533
10th Percentile £306 £363 £375
25th Percentile £400 £425 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +13.51%
75th Percentile £600 £610 £600
90th Percentile £688 £700 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £465 £489
% change year-on-year +2.15% -4.86% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 32 54
10th Percentile £16.25 £16.85 £20.58
25th Percentile £23.75 £18.57 £24.81
Median hourly rate £29.14 £29.60 £55.25
Median % change year-on-year -1.55% -46.43% +68.19%
75th Percentile £61.63 £45.94 £73.31
90th Percentile £73.67 £60.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £17.50 £67.80
% change year-on-year +42.86% -74.19% +185.83%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

User Experience is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,868 52,242 79,883
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.23% 89.82% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,721 36,208 56,080
10th Percentile £300 £325 £343
25th Percentile £413 £438 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,429 1,718 1,919
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.22 £15.52
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +4.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -6.98%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing User Experience as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for User Experience in the UK

User Experience
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing User Experience.

Daily rate trend for User Experience in the UK

User Experience
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Experience over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for User Experience in the UK

User Experience
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing User Experience.

Hourly rate trend for User Experience in the UK

User Experience
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing User Experience over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for User Experience in the UK

User Experience
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing User Experience within the UK over the 6 months to 13 May 2024. 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 -15 977 £500 -4.76% 934
London -14 588 £500 -9.09% 400
Work from Home -1 480 £500 - 547
UK excluding London -14 426 £475 +2.15% 567
North of England -18 105 £475 -9.09% 216
Scotland -10 95 £464 +6.61% 47
South East -32 94 £500 +5.26% 99
North West -14 58 £463 -15.91% 141
Midlands +19 55 £500 +5.26% 96
South West -6 50 £413 -15.38% 50
West Midlands +22 49 £500 - 66
Yorkshire -10 35 £500 +2.56% 56
East of England -20 13 £388 +3.33% 42
North East +13 12 £450 -25.00% 20
Wales +12 8 £412 -25.09% 14
Northern Ireland +13 7 £513 - 6
East Midlands +11 5 £409 -9.11% 30

User Experience
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 62 (5.11%) CMS
2 36 (2.97%) SharePoint
3 25 (2.06%) Confluence
4 17 (1.40%) Apache
5 14 (1.15%) SAS
6 10 (0.82%) Sitecore CMS
7 8 (0.66%) Headless CMS
8 7 (0.58%) Drupal
9 6 (0.49%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 6 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
10 5 (0.41%) Oracle Self-Service HR
10 5 (0.41%) WordPress
11 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
11 4 (0.33%) Tornado
12 3 (0.25%) ArcGIS
12 3 (0.25%) nginx
13 2 (0.16%) Apache Solr
13 2 (0.16%) Umbraco
13 2 (0.16%) WebSphere
14 1 (0.082%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 62 (5.11%) Sketch
2 34 (2.80%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (2.64%) Adobe XD
4 28 (2.31%) Microsoft Excel
5 24 (1.98%) Photoshop
6 23 (1.89%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 20 (1.65%) InVision
8 19 (1.57%) Adobe Illustrator
9 9 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 8 (0.66%) Adobe Captivate
11 6 (0.49%) SPSS
12 5 (0.41%) MS Visio
12 5 (0.41%) UserZoom
13 4 (0.33%) InDesign
14 3 (0.25%) Chatbot
14 3 (0.25%) MicroStation
15 2 (0.16%) Adobe After Effects
15 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
16 1 (0.082%) Adobe Premiere
16 1 (0.082%) Maya
Business Applications
1 12 (0.99%) Salesforce CRM
2 10 (0.82%) Magento
3 7 (0.58%) Shopify
4 6 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.33%) WebTrends
6 3 (0.25%) Maximo
6 3 (0.25%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.082%) ION MarketView
7 1 (0.082%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.082%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.082%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.082%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 147 (12.11%) Figma
2 130 (10.71%) Azure
3 127 (10.46%) AWS
4 49 (4.04%) Power Platform
5 36 (2.97%) Azure DevOps
6 33 (2.72%) Microsoft 365
7 30 (2.47%) GCP
8 28 (2.31%) SaaS
8 28 (2.31%) Serverless
9 26 (2.14%) GitHub
10 18 (1.48%) Dynamics 365
10 18 (1.48%) Power Automate
11 17 (1.40%) AWS Lambda
12 16 (1.32%) Google Analytics
13 15 (1.24%) Miro
13 15 (1.24%) PowerApps
14 12 (0.99%) Adobe Creative Cloud
14 12 (0.99%) Amazon S3
14 12 (0.99%) Azure AKS
14 12 (0.99%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 32 (2.64%) Intranet
2 22 (1.81%) VPN
3 12 (0.99%) Internet
4 10 (0.82%) Firewall
5 9 (0.74%) HTTP
6 6 (0.49%) DHCP
6 6 (0.49%) DNS
7 5 (0.41%) SSH
8 4 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.25%) LAN
10 2 (0.16%) NetScaler
10 2 (0.16%) WAN
11 1 (0.082%) Cisco IPT
11 1 (0.082%) OpenLDAP
11 1 (0.082%) TCP/IP
11 1 (0.082%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (3.71%) SQL Server
2 44 (3.62%) Apache Cassandra
2 44 (3.62%) Power BI
3 26 (2.14%) MongoDB
3 26 (2.14%) PostgreSQL
4 22 (1.81%) MySQL
5 21 (1.73%) NoSQL
6 18 (1.48%) Data Warehouse
7 14 (1.15%) Relational Database
8 13 (1.07%) Big Data
9 11 (0.91%) Amazon Aurora
9 11 (0.91%) Amazon RDS
10 10 (0.82%) Crystal Reports
11 9 (0.74%) Tableau
12 8 (0.66%) BusinessObjects
13 7 (0.58%) Data Mining
13 7 (0.58%) Metadata
14 6 (0.49%) Apache Ignite
14 6 (0.49%) GIS
15 5 (0.41%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 70 (5.77%) JIRA
2 52 (4.28%) Git
3 14 (1.15%) Axure RP
3 14 (1.15%) Jenkins
4 13 (1.07%) webpack
5 12 (0.99%) Cypress.io
5 12 (0.99%) GitLab
5 12 (0.99%) Gradle
6 11 (0.91%) Visual Studio Code
7 9 (0.74%) Bitbucket
7 9 (0.74%) TeamCity
8 8 (0.66%) git-flow
9 6 (0.49%) SonarQube
10 5 (0.41%) Babel
10 5 (0.41%) Maven
10 5 (0.41%) Visual Website Optimizer
11 4 (0.33%) Selenium
12 3 (0.25%) Artifactory
12 3 (0.25%) JMeter
12 3 (0.25%) Visual Studio
General
1 337 (27.76%) Social Skills
2 180 (14.83%) Finance
3 135 (11.12%) Public Sector
4 117 (9.64%) Analytical Skills
5 98 (8.07%) Marketing
6 62 (5.11%) Banking
7 43 (3.54%) Retail
8 34 (2.80%) Presentation Skills
9 33 (2.72%) Legal
10 25 (2.06%) Telecoms
11 24 (1.98%) Influencing Skills
12 20 (1.65%) Games
13 19 (1.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 19 (1.57%) Local Government
13 19 (1.57%) Pharmaceutical
14 17 (1.40%) Front Office
15 16 (1.32%) Publishing
16 14 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
17 13 (1.07%) Law
18 11 (0.91%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 288 (23.72%) Developer
2 257 (21.17%) Designer
3 205 (16.89%) Senior
4 153 (12.60%) UX Designer
5 84 (6.92%) Analyst
6 71 (5.85%) Software Engineer
7 69 (5.68%) React Developer
8 61 (5.02%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 60 (4.94%) Lead
10 58 (4.78%) UI Designer
11 55 (4.53%) Architect
12 53 (4.37%) UI/UX Designer
13 49 (4.04%) Senior Developer
14 48 (3.95%) Business Analyst
14 48 (3.95%) Senior Designer
15 39 (3.21%) Senior Software Engineer
16 38 (3.13%) Consultant
17 37 (3.05%) .NET Developer
17 37 (3.05%) Senior UX Designer
18 36 (2.97%) Full Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 174 (14.33%) React
2 166 (13.67%) CSS
3 160 (13.18%) HTML
4 67 (5.52%) .NET
5 64 (5.27%) Node.js
6 63 (5.19%) AngularJS
7 54 (4.45%) RESTful
8 51 (4.20%) Kafka
9 41 (3.38%) REST
10 36 (2.97%) Redux
11 28 (2.31%) HTML5
12 24 (1.98%) CSS3
13 23 (1.89%) jQuery
13 23 (1.89%) Vue
14 22 (1.81%) Sass
15 20 (1.65%) Spring Boot
15 20 (1.65%) WebSockets
16 19 (1.57%) Jest
17 18 (1.48%) Tailwind CSS
18 17 (1.40%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 124 (10.21%) Product Ownership
2 78 (6.43%) Mobile App
3 29 (2.39%) Fixed Income
4 27 (2.22%) Management Information System
4 27 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
5 25 (2.06%) Enterprise Software
6 22 (1.81%) Onboarding
7 14 (1.15%) Data Structures
8 13 (1.07%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 12 (0.99%) Algorithms
9 12 (0.99%) Cloud Native
10 11 (0.91%) Digital Media
10 11 (0.91%) Legacy Applications
10 11 (0.91%) Renewable Energy
10 11 (0.91%) Video\Live Streaming
10 11 (0.91%) Wiki
11 10 (0.82%) Graphic Design
11 10 (0.82%) Legacy Systems
12 9 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
12 9 (0.74%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 55 (4.53%) Android
2 46 (3.79%) Apple iOS
3 44 (3.62%) Windows
4 14 (1.15%) Windows Server
5 11 (0.91%) Linux
6 8 (0.66%) Windows 10
6 8 (0.66%) Windows 7
7 4 (0.33%) Unix
7 4 (0.33%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.082%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 490 (40.36%) UX Design
2 384 (31.63%) Agile
3 175 (14.42%) Problem-Solving
4 171 (14.09%) User Research
5 121 (9.97%) Software Engineering
5 121 (9.97%) UX Research
6 117 (9.64%) Front End Development
7 115 (9.47%) DevOps
8 111 (9.14%) Stakeholder Management
9 109 (8.98%) Analytics
10 107 (8.81%) Roadmaps
11 106 (8.73%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
12 100 (8.24%) Continuous Improvement
13 95 (7.83%) Wireframes
14 79 (6.51%) Service Design
15 73 (6.01%) CI/CD
15 73 (6.01%) Prototyping
15 73 (6.01%) Scrum
16 68 (5.60%) Customer Experience
16 68 (5.60%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 197 (16.23%) JavaScript
2 104 (8.57%) Python
3 97 (7.99%) TypeScript
4 91 (7.50%) SQL
5 78 (6.43%) Java
6 58 (4.78%) C#
7 50 (4.12%) Go
8 24 (1.98%) Kotlin
9 16 (1.32%) PowerShell
9 16 (1.32%) Swift
10 14 (1.15%) PHP
11 12 (0.99%) Apex Code
11 12 (0.99%) Objective-C
12 11 (0.91%) Bicep
13 9 (0.74%) SOQL
14 7 (0.58%) C
15 6 (0.49%) C++
16 5 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 4 (0.33%) Bash
17 4 (0.33%) R
Qualifications
1 138 (11.37%) Degree
2 109 (8.98%) Security Cleared
3 74 (6.10%) SC Cleared
4 44 (3.62%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (1.48%) Master's Degree
6 17 (1.40%) DV Cleared
7 13 (1.07%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (0.91%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 7 (0.58%) AWS Certification
9 7 (0.58%) ISTQB
10 6 (0.49%) DBS Check
10 6 (0.49%) ITIL Certification
10 6 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.33%) AWS Certified Developer
11 4 (0.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 4 (0.33%) HNC
11 4 (0.33%) Tableau Certification
12 3 (0.25%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 3 (0.25%) CCNP
12 3 (0.25%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 139 (11.45%) Accessibility
2 63 (5.19%) QA
3 24 (1.98%) SLA
4 22 (1.81%) Data Quality
4 22 (1.81%) WCAG
5 11 (0.91%) Actionable Recommendations
6 9 (0.74%) Disclosure Scotland
7 8 (0.66%) GDPR
8 5 (0.41%) PMO
9 4 (0.33%) GRC
9 4 (0.33%) GxP
10 3 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.25%) MiFID
11 2 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 12207
11 2 (0.16%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.16%) Software Quality Assurance
12 1 (0.082%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.082%) HL7
System Software
1 65 (5.35%) Docker
2 19 (1.57%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.16%) vSphere
5 1 (0.082%) HDFS
5 1 (0.082%) OpenIDM
Systems Management
1 71 (5.85%) Kubernetes
2 17 (1.40%) Single Sign-On
3 13 (1.07%) Terraform
4 12 (0.99%) Grafana
5 4 (0.33%) Ansible
5 4 (0.33%) SCCM
6 3 (0.25%) Kibana
7 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.082%) AppManager
8 1 (0.082%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.082%) Hadoop YARN
8 1 (0.082%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.082%) Nessus
8 1 (0.082%) Oozie
Vendors
1 93 (7.66%) Microsoft
2 86 (7.08%) Adobe
3 44 (3.62%) Google
4 32 (2.64%) Salesforce
5 29 (2.39%) ServiceNow
6 25 (2.06%) SAP
7 18 (1.48%) Apple
8 17 (1.40%) Oracle
9 16 (1.32%) Sitecore
10 13 (1.07%) IFS
11 11 (0.91%) Atlassian
12 10 (0.82%) Citrix
12 10 (0.82%) RedPrairie
13 9 (0.74%) Cadence
14 8 (0.66%) Databricks
14 8 (0.66%) Pardot
15 7 (0.58%) Optimizely
16 5 (0.41%) Red Hat
16 5 (0.41%) VMware
16 5 (0.41%) Xamarin