UserZoom Contract Job Trends

UserZoom
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring UserZoom skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 576 537 606
Rank change year-on-year -39 +69 +181
Contract jobs citing UserZoom 6 6 2
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.017% 0.017% 0.004%
As % of the Applications category 0.20% 0.24% 0.055%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 2
10th Percentile - £212 £399
25th Percentile £463 £305 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £406 £513
Median % change year-on-year +16.92% -20.73% -5.53%
75th Percentile £488 £531 £584
90th Percentile - £633 £616
UK excluding London median daily rate - £450 £625
% change year-on-year - -28.00% +40.54%

All Software Application Skills
UK

UserZoom 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 2,960 2,522 3,609
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.16% 7.06% 7.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,708 1,464 2,216
10th Percentile £190 £164 £164
25th Percentile £300 £250 £231
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £403 £408
Median % change year-on-year +7.94% -1.33% -8.22%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £550
90th Percentile £650 £638 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £418 £365 £360
% change year-on-year +14.38% +1.39% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 372 237 284
10th Percentile £12.82 £15.24 £14.16
25th Percentile £16.33 £15.62 £17.00
Median hourly rate £21.50 £24.19 £26.37
Median % change year-on-year -11.12% -8.27% +5.48%
75th Percentile £31.00 £43.75 £45.05
90th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £50.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.91 £24.18 £26.00
% change year-on-year -17.66% -7.00% +5.61%

UserZoom
Job Vacancy Trend

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

UserZoom job vacancy trend in the UK

UserZoom
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

UserZoom
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

UserZoom
Top 7 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UserZoom within the UK over the 6 months to 8 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
Work from Home -2 4 £475 +31.03% 13
UK excluding London -36 4 - - 13
England -39 3 £475 +31.03% 13
Wales - 3 - -
London -7 2 £475 +31.03% 1
Yorkshire - 1 - - 1
North of England - 1 - - 1

UserZoom
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:

Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Miro
2 2 (33.33%) Figma
General
1 1 (16.67%) Banking
1 1 (16.67%) Corporate Banking
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
1 1 (16.67%) Investment Banking
1 1 (16.67%) Publishing
1 1 (16.67%) Retail
1 1 (16.67%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) User Researcher
2 2 (33.33%) Designer
2 2 (33.33%) Lead
3 1 (16.67%) Product Designer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior
3 1 (16.67%) Senior User Researcher
3 1 (16.67%) UI Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) CSS
1 1 (16.67%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Mobile App
1 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) User Research
2 4 (66.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 3 (50.00%) Agile
3 3 (50.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 3 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 3 (50.00%) Product Roadmap
3 3 (50.00%) Roadmaps
3 3 (50.00%) Service Design
3 3 (50.00%) Sprint Planning
3 3 (50.00%) User Experience
4 1 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (16.67%) Behavioural Analytics
4 1 (16.67%) Content Writing
4 1 (16.67%) Creative Problem-Solving
4 1 (16.67%) Data Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Inclusive Design
4 1 (16.67%) Prototyping
4 1 (16.67%) Responsive Web Design
4 1 (16.67%) UX Design
4 1 (16.67%) Wealth Management
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Degree
1 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Accessibility
1 1 (16.67%) Actionable Recommendations