User Experience Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

UX
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring User Experience skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 72 85
Rank change year-on-year +6 +13 +5
Contract jobs citing User Experience 79 35 33
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 3.51% 2.09% 1.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.02% 2.44% 2.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 16 22
10th Percentile £382 £264 £326
25th Percentile £402 £361 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £441 £538 £456
Median % change year-on-year -17.95% +17.81% -11.84%
75th Percentile £538 £591 £540
90th Percentile £720 £613 £645
England median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 0
10th Percentile £23.10 £30.75 -
25th Percentile £27.50 £31.21 -
Median hourly rate £35.60 £32.21 -
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% - -
75th Percentile - £32.98 -
90th Percentile £44.66 £33.32 -
England median hourly rate £35.60 £41.91 £50.50
% change year-on-year -15.06% -17.01% -19.20%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

User Experience falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,965 1,432 1,551
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 87.29% 85.70% 85.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,239 907 1,057
10th Percentile £263 £225 £273
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -
75th Percentile £584 £612 £600
90th Percentile £672 £725 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 107 47 49
10th Percentile £13.51 £14.70 £14.46
25th Percentile £16.13 £16.88 £17.50
Median hourly rate £20.50 £23.60 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.14% +2.61% +29.94%
75th Percentile £27.21 £34.38 £55.00
90th Percentile £40.19 £52.50 £67.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.30%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing User Experience relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

User Experience job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

User Experience
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing User Experience.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing User Experience

User Experience
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Experience in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for User Experience in the West Midlands

User Experience
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing User Experience.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing User Experience

User Experience
Hourly Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing User Experience in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for User Experience in the West Midlands

User Experience
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 17 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
Warwickshire +9 29 £490 - 18
Shropshire - 23 £420 - 8
Birmingham -6 16 £550 +10.00% 24
Coventry -9 6 £419 - 2
Staffordshire +4 2 £135 -64.00% 17
Worcestershire -21 1 £550 -6.38% 9
User Experience
England

User Experience
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 14 (17.72%) SharePoint
2 3 (3.80%) Anypoint
2 3 (3.80%) SugarCRM
3 1 (1.27%) CMS
3 1 (1.27%) Drupal
3 1 (1.27%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 14 (17.72%) MS Visio
2 6 (7.59%) Adobe Illustrator
2 6 (7.59%) Photoshop
3 5 (6.33%) Adobe XD
3 5 (6.33%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (6.33%) Sketch
4 2 (2.53%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (2.53%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (2.53%) Trello
5 1 (1.27%) Adobe After Effects
5 1 (1.27%) Blender
5 1 (1.27%) CINEMA 4D
5 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (1.27%) Moqups
Business Applications
1 1 (1.27%) SAP CO
1 1 (1.27%) SAP CRM
1 1 (1.27%) SAP FI
1 1 (1.27%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (1.27%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 9 (11.39%) AWS
1 9 (11.39%) Azure
1 9 (11.39%) Figma
2 7 (8.86%) Lucidchart
3 6 (7.59%) Power Platform
4 3 (3.80%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (2.53%) Asana
5 2 (2.53%) GCP
6 1 (1.27%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (1.27%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.27%) GitHub
6 1 (1.27%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (1.27%) Google Analytics
6 1 (1.27%) Miro
6 1 (1.27%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 8 (10.13%) DNS
2 7 (8.86%) BGP
2 7 (8.86%) Cisco ISE
2 7 (8.86%) Cisco Wireless
2 7 (8.86%) DHCP
2 7 (8.86%) NX-OS
2 7 (8.86%) VXLAN
2 7 (8.86%) Wireless
3 3 (3.80%) HTTPS
4 1 (1.27%) Firewall
4 1 (1.27%) Intranet
4 1 (1.27%) LAN
4 1 (1.27%) SD-WAN
4 1 (1.27%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.27%) VPN
4 1 (1.27%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.86%) MySQL
2 6 (7.59%) Power BI
3 5 (6.33%) Tableau
4 4 (5.06%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (1.27%) MongoDB
5 1 (1.27%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 11 (13.92%) JIRA
2 10 (12.66%) Git
3 1 (1.27%) GitLab
3 1 (1.27%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.27%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.27%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 36 (45.57%) Social Skills
2 16 (20.25%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (17.72%) Public Sector
4 9 (11.39%) Finance
5 8 (10.13%) Influencing Skills
6 7 (8.86%) Banking
6 7 (8.86%) Investment Banking
6 7 (8.86%) Legal
6 7 (8.86%) Manufacturing
7 5 (6.33%) Automotive
8 4 (5.06%) Marketing
9 3 (3.80%) Aerospace
9 3 (3.80%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (1.27%) Publishing
11 1 (1.27%) Retail
11 1 (1.27%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (21.52%) Designer
2 12 (15.19%) Developer
3 8 (10.13%) Lead
4 7 (8.86%) Cisco Engineer
4 7 (8.86%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 7 (8.86%) Cisco Wireless Engineer
4 7 (8.86%) Network Engineer
4 7 (8.86%) RF Engineer
4 7 (8.86%) Wireless Engineer
4 7 (8.86%) Wireless Network Engineer
5 6 (7.59%) Content Manager
5 6 (7.59%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 5 (6.33%) Interaction Designer
6 5 (6.33%) Project Manager
6 5 (6.33%) Training Manager
6 5 (6.33%) UX Designer
7 4 (5.06%) Service Designer
7 4 (5.06%) UI Designer
8 3 (3.80%) React Developer
8 3 (3.80%) UI/UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (16.46%) CSS
1 13 (16.46%) React
2 11 (13.92%) HTML
2 11 (13.92%) RESTful
3 8 (10.13%) AngularJS
4 7 (8.86%) HTML5
5 6 (7.59%) CSS3
5 6 (7.59%) Material-UI
5 6 (7.59%) Playwright
6 3 (3.80%) REST
6 3 (3.80%) SOAP
7 2 (2.53%) .NET
7 2 (2.53%) SAP Fiori
7 2 (2.53%) Spring
7 2 (2.53%) Spring Boot
7 2 (2.53%) Tailwind CSS
8 1 (1.27%) Blazor
8 1 (1.27%) Framer.js
8 1 (1.27%) Jest
8 1 (1.27%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.86%) Data Centre
1 7 (8.86%) e-Learning
2 6 (7.59%) Graphic Design
3 4 (5.06%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.80%) Educational Technology
4 3 (3.80%) Learning Management System
4 3 (3.80%) Mobile App
4 3 (3.80%) Product Ownership
4 3 (3.80%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.53%) Data Structures
5 2 (2.53%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.27%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.27%) Animation
6 1 (1.27%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.27%) FMCG
6 1 (1.27%) Motion Graphics
6 1 (1.27%) PKI
6 1 (1.27%) Podcast
6 1 (1.27%) SCORM
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.53%) Windows
2 1 (1.27%) Android
2 1 (1.27%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.27%) Linux
2 1 (1.27%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (41.77%) Agile
2 30 (37.97%) UX Design
3 19 (24.05%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (17.72%) CI/CD
5 12 (15.19%) Stakeholder Management
6 11 (13.92%) Project Management
7 10 (12.66%) Front End Development
7 10 (12.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 9 (11.39%) Roadmaps
9 8 (10.13%) Cybersecurity
9 8 (10.13%) Requirements Gathering
9 8 (10.13%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
10 7 (8.86%) Service Design
10 7 (8.86%) User Stories
11 6 (7.59%) Analytics
11 6 (7.59%) End-to-End Testing
11 6 (7.59%) Interaction Design
11 6 (7.59%) Progressive Enhancement
11 6 (7.59%) Responsive Web Design
11 6 (7.59%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 13 (16.46%) JavaScript
2 8 (10.13%) TypeScript
3 7 (8.86%) Java
3 7 (8.86%) Lisp
4 5 (6.33%) PHP
5 3 (3.80%) SQL
6 2 (2.53%) Kotlin
6 2 (2.53%) Python
7 1 (1.27%) ABAP
7 1 (1.27%) Bash
7 1 (1.27%) C#
7 1 (1.27%) Go
7 1 (1.27%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 12 (15.19%) Degree
2 7 (8.86%) CCNP
2 7 (8.86%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (8.86%) Security Cleared
3 5 (6.33%) PMI Certification
3 5 (6.33%) PMP
4 4 (5.06%) Master's Degree
5 2 (2.53%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.27%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.27%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (13.92%) Accessibility
2 8 (10.13%) QA
3 4 (5.06%) WCAG
4 2 (2.53%) FIPS 140-2
4 2 (2.53%) GDPR
4 2 (2.53%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.27%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (1.27%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.27%) GRC
5 1 (1.27%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (5.06%) Docker
2 1 (1.27%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.27%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 7 (8.86%) FortiGate
2 4 (5.06%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.27%) Ansible
3 1 (1.27%) Progress Chef
3 1 (1.27%) Puppet
3 1 (1.27%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (11.39%) Adobe
2 8 (10.13%) MuleSoft
3 7 (8.86%) Cisco
3 7 (8.86%) Ekahau
3 7 (8.86%) Remedy
3 7 (8.86%) ServiceNow
4 5 (6.33%) Microsoft
5 3 (3.80%) Axway
5 3 (3.80%) IBM
5 3 (3.80%) IBM Sterling
5 3 (3.80%) OneLogin
5 3 (3.80%) Progress
5 3 (3.80%) SAP
6 2 (2.53%) Google
7 1 (1.27%) Anaplan
7 1 (1.27%) Ariba
7 1 (1.27%) Oracle
7 1 (1.27%) Sitecore
7 1 (1.27%) Workday