User Experience Contract Job Trends in Wiltshire

UX
South West > Wiltshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wiltshire requiring User Experience skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 47 76
Rank change year-on-year +12 +29 -26
Contract jobs citing User Experience 36 6 3
As % of all contract jobs in Wiltshire 4.77% 1.27% 0.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.67% 1.40% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 5 2
10th Percentile £340 £337 £254
25th Percentile £413 £363 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £375 £331
Median % change year-on-year +26.67% +13.21% -39.77%
75th Percentile £488 £488 £380
90th Percentile - - £403
South West median daily rate £475 £400 £555
% change year-on-year +18.75% -27.93% +5.71%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 635 428 645
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 84.11% 90.30% 85.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 425 276 501
10th Percentile £362 £308 £363
25th Percentile £431 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £613 £640 £675
90th Percentile £725 £693 £700
South West median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 16 8
10th Percentile - £18.69 £12.55
25th Percentile £13.45 £18.87 -
Median hourly rate £39.75 £22.25 £12.79
Median % change year-on-year +78.65% +73.96% -79.70%
75th Percentile £85.25 £25.15 -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £25.15 £65.00
% change year-on-year +128.63% -61.31% -

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

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

User Experience job vacancy trend in Wiltshire

User Experience
Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing User Experience.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing User Experience

User Experience
Daily Rate Histogram in Wiltshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Experience in Wiltshire over the 6 months to 9 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for User Experience in Wiltshire

User Experience
Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 9 August 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
Corsham - 20 £475 - 1
Swindon -2 11 £480 +28.00% 3
Malmesbury - 4 £349 -
Salisbury -1 1 £331 -
User Experience
South West

User Experience
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire 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 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.78%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 6 (16.67%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 6 (16.67%) Sketch
2 2 (5.56%) Adobe Captivate
2 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (8.33%) Workday HCM
2 1 (2.78%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 14 (38.89%) Figma
2 1 (2.78%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.78%) Skype
Development Applications
1 2 (5.56%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 7 (19.44%) Public Sector
1 7 (19.44%) Social Skills
2 5 (13.89%) Publishing
3 4 (11.11%) Military
4 3 (8.33%) Finance
5 2 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (5.56%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 27 (75.00%) Designer
2 15 (41.67%) UX Designer
3 11 (30.56%) UI Designer
3 11 (30.56%) UI/UX Designer
4 9 (25.00%) Junior
4 9 (25.00%) Junior Designer
5 6 (16.67%) Digital Designer
6 5 (13.89%) Content Designer
6 5 (13.89%) Junior Content Designer
7 4 (11.11%) Junior UI/UX Designer
7 4 (11.11%) Junior UX Designer
8 3 (8.33%) Analyst
9 2 (5.56%) Business Analyst
9 2 (5.56%) Copywriter
9 2 (5.56%) Digital Product Manager
9 2 (5.56%) Finance Business Analyst
9 2 (5.56%) Financial Analyst
9 2 (5.56%) Financial Business Analyst
9 2 (5.56%) Product Manager
10 1 (2.78%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 6 (16.67%) Mobile App
1 6 (16.67%) Social Media
2 4 (11.11%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.78%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.78%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.56%) Windows
2 1 (2.78%) Windows 10
2 1 (2.78%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (72.22%) UX Design
2 13 (36.11%) Agile
3 10 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (16.67%) Digital Strategy
5 4 (11.11%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 4 (11.11%) Prototyping
5 4 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
6 3 (8.33%) Decision-Making
6 3 (8.33%) Design Patterns
6 3 (8.33%) Interaction Design
6 3 (8.33%) Roadmaps
6 3 (8.33%) Service Design
6 3 (8.33%) Storytelling
6 3 (8.33%) Workshop Facilitation
7 2 (5.56%) Creative Thinking
7 2 (5.56%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 2 (5.56%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 2 (5.56%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.78%) PowerShell
1 1 (2.78%) VB
1 1 (2.78%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 24 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 17 (47.22%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (22.22%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.78%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (2.78%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.78%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (22.22%) Adobe
2 3 (8.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.33%) Workday
3 1 (2.78%) BMC
3 1 (2.78%) Remedy
3 1 (2.78%) ServiceNow