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

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 598 534 589
Rank change year-on-year -64 +55 +161
Contract jobs citing UserZoom 3 3 5
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.007% 0.010% 0.011%
As % of the Applications category 0.10% 0.13% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - £433
25th Percentile £463 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £481
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -6.49% -8.33%
75th Percentile £488 £475 £548
90th Percentile - - £602
UK excluding London median daily rate - £450 £569
% change year-on-year - -20.88% +19.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £53.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

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 2,912 2,367 3,632
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.05% 7.77% 8.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,702 1,423 1,982
10th Percentile £203 £175 £161
25th Percentile £315 £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 £665
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £356 £350
% change year-on-year +19.38% +1.71% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 339 197 555
10th Percentile £12.95 £15.37 £12.13
25th Percentile £15.50 £17.00 £14.26
Median hourly rate £19.91 £27.35 £20.61
Median % change year-on-year -27.20% +32.73% -36.64%
75th Percentile £29.56 £44.50 £43.75
90th Percentile £62.01 £77.90 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.00 £27.35 £20.58
% change year-on-year -30.53% +32.90% -37.20%

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 6 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 25 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 -75 3 £475 -
Work from Home -11 2 £475 -
London -49 2 £475 -
UK excluding London -75 1 - -
North of England - 1 - -
Yorkshire - 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Figma
General
1 1 (33.33%) Banking
1 1 (33.33%) Corporate Banking
1 1 (33.33%) Investment Banking
1 1 (33.33%) Publishing
1 1 (33.33%) Retail
1 1 (33.33%) Retail Banking
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Designer
2 1 (33.33%) Product Designer
2 1 (33.33%) User Researcher
2 1 (33.33%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) CSS
1 1 (33.33%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) User Experience
1 3 (100.00%) User Research
2 2 (66.67%) Human-Centred Design
3 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Behavioural Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Insight
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Fintech
3 1 (33.33%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
3 1 (33.33%) Ideation Sessions
3 1 (33.33%) Inclusive Design
3 1 (33.33%) Journey Map
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Prototyping
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Usability Testing
3 1 (33.33%) UX Design
3 1 (33.33%) Wealth Management
3 1 (33.33%) Wireframes
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Accessibility
2 1 (33.33%) Actionable Recommendations