User Experience Contracts in England

UX
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring User Experience skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited User Experience over the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 77 59 61
Rank change year-on-year -18 +2 -7
Contract jobs citing User Experience 979 1,732 2,740
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.61% 3.68% 3.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.06% 4.09% 4.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 659 1,227 1,993
10th Percentile £300 £350 £363
25th Percentile £402 £438 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £621
90th Percentile £700 £706 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 26 49
10th Percentile £16.25 £16.85 £22.10
25th Percentile £23.75 £17.50 £29.25
Median hourly rate £30.00 £26.50 £55.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.21% -52.25% +68.95%
75th Percentile £64.63 £57.19 £75.00
90th Percentile £74.44 £69.51 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £31.71 £29.60 £56.38
% change year-on-year +7.15% -47.50% +71.61%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,009 42,303 63,788
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.42% 89.91% 90.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,803 29,700 45,505
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £440 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,367 1,525 1,690
10th Percentile £12.80 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.50 £15.63
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.25 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +6.38% +37.27% +14.13%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.50 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £35.02 £25.68
% change year-on-year +4.24% +36.35% +11.65%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for User Experience in England

User Experience
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for User Experience in England

User Experience
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Experience in England over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for User Experience in England

User Experience
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for User Experience in England

User Experience
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing User Experience in England over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for User Experience in England

User Experience
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 11 June 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
London -14 583 £504 -8.32% 345
North of England -7 109 £475 -9.95% 165
South East -31 91 £475 - 96
Midlands +7 62 £500 +8.11% 89
North West -15 62 £463 -14.94% 110
South West -14 56 £406 -16.67% 47
West Midlands +9 53 £525 +5.00% 49
Yorkshire -16 35 £513 +1.49% 43
East of England -24 13 £381 +1.67% 36
North East +12 12 £450 -29.41% 12
East Midlands 0 8 £418 -7.11% 38
User Experience
UK

User Experience
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 57 (5.82%) CMS
2 30 (3.06%) SharePoint
3 23 (2.35%) Apache
4 22 (2.25%) Confluence
5 13 (1.33%) SAS
6 10 (1.02%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (1.02%) Sitecore CMS
7 9 (0.92%) Drupal
7 9 (0.92%) Headless CMS
8 6 (0.61%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 6 (0.61%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 6 (0.61%) WordPress
9 5 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
10 3 (0.31%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.20%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.10%) Cloud Foundry
12 1 (0.10%) Jadu
12 1 (0.10%) Moodle
12 1 (0.10%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.10%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 42 (4.29%) Sketch
2 33 (3.37%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (2.66%) Microsoft Excel
4 25 (2.55%) Adobe XD
5 22 (2.25%) InVision
5 22 (2.25%) Photoshop
6 20 (2.04%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 19 (1.94%) Adobe Illustrator
8 9 (0.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 7 (0.72%) Adobe Captivate
10 5 (0.51%) SPSS
10 5 (0.51%) UserZoom
11 4 (0.41%) Chatbot
12 3 (0.31%) InDesign
12 3 (0.31%) MicroStation
13 2 (0.20%) MS Visio
13 2 (0.20%) OmniGraffle
13 2 (0.20%) UXPin
14 1 (0.10%) 3ds Max
14 1 (0.10%) Adobe Premiere
Business Applications
1 9 (0.92%) Magento
2 7 (0.72%) Shopify
3 6 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.41%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.31%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.31%) WebTrends
6 2 (0.20%) ION MarketView
7 1 (0.10%) Relativity
7 1 (0.10%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.10%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.10%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 110 (11.24%) Figma
2 105 (10.73%) AWS
3 84 (8.58%) Azure
4 40 (4.09%) Power Platform
5 35 (3.58%) GCP
6 31 (3.17%) Microsoft 365
7 24 (2.45%) GitHub
8 19 (1.94%) Azure DevOps
9 18 (1.84%) SaaS
10 16 (1.63%) Miro
11 15 (1.53%) Dynamics 365
11 15 (1.53%) Serverless
12 14 (1.43%) PowerApps
13 12 (1.23%) Google Analytics
13 12 (1.23%) Power Automate
14 11 (1.12%) Cloud Computing
14 11 (1.12%) Entra ID
15 9 (0.92%) Adobe Creative Cloud
16 7 (0.72%) npm
17 6 (0.61%) Azure App Service
Communications & Networking
1 22 (2.25%) VPN
2 12 (1.23%) Intranet
3 11 (1.12%) DNS
3 11 (1.12%) Firewall
4 9 (0.92%) DHCP
5 8 (0.82%) HTTP
6 6 (0.61%) Internet
6 6 (0.61%) SSH
7 5 (0.51%) NetScaler
8 4 (0.41%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.31%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.31%) Wireless
10 2 (0.20%) LAN
11 1 (0.10%) Broadband
11 1 (0.10%) Cisco IPT
11 1 (0.10%) LTE
11 1 (0.10%) OpenLDAP
11 1 (0.10%) Radio Access Network
11 1 (0.10%) VoIP
11 1 (0.10%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (3.98%) Apache Cassandra
2 37 (3.78%) Power BI
3 29 (2.96%) SQL Server
4 17 (1.74%) MySQL
5 16 (1.63%) PostgreSQL
6 15 (1.53%) NoSQL
7 13 (1.33%) Data Warehouse
7 13 (1.33%) MongoDB
8 11 (1.12%) Crystal Reports
8 11 (1.12%) Relational Database
9 10 (1.02%) Apache Ignite
10 9 (0.92%) Amazon RDS
11 8 (0.82%) Big Data
12 7 (0.72%) BusinessObjects
13 6 (0.61%) Metadata
13 6 (0.61%) Tableau
14 5 (0.51%) Power Query
15 4 (0.41%) BigQuery
16 3 (0.31%) QGIS
16 3 (0.31%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 52 (5.31%) Git
2 39 (3.98%) JIRA
3 15 (1.53%) Axure RP
4 11 (1.12%) git-flow
5 10 (1.02%) Gradle
6 9 (0.92%) Cypress.io
6 9 (0.92%) webpack
7 8 (0.82%) GitLab
8 7 (0.72%) TeamCity
9 6 (0.61%) Bitbucket
9 6 (0.61%) JMeter
9 6 (0.61%) SonarQube
10 5 (0.51%) Babel
10 5 (0.51%) Balsamiq
10 5 (0.51%) Jenkins
10 5 (0.51%) LoadRunner
10 5 (0.51%) Visual Studio Code
10 5 (0.51%) Visual Website Optimizer
11 4 (0.41%) Artifactory
12 2 (0.20%) Android Studio
General
1 269 (27.48%) Social Skills
2 151 (15.42%) Finance
3 103 (10.52%) Analytical Skills
4 93 (9.50%) Marketing
5 84 (8.58%) Public Sector
6 42 (4.29%) Banking
7 30 (3.06%) Retail
8 27 (2.76%) Legal
9 25 (2.55%) Telecoms
10 23 (2.35%) Local Government
11 20 (2.04%) Front Office
12 18 (1.84%) Publishing
13 17 (1.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 17 (1.74%) Influencing Skills
14 16 (1.63%) Pharmaceutical
14 16 (1.63%) Presentation Skills
15 14 (1.43%) Games
16 11 (1.12%) Law
16 11 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
17 10 (1.02%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 215 (21.96%) Developer
2 192 (19.61%) Designer
3 167 (17.06%) Senior
4 114 (11.64%) UX Designer
5 70 (7.15%) Software Engineer
6 64 (6.54%) Analyst
7 63 (6.44%) UI Designer
8 55 (5.62%) UI/UX Designer
9 53 (5.41%) React Developer
10 52 (5.31%) Architect
11 50 (5.11%) Lead
12 47 (4.80%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
13 38 (3.88%) Business Analyst
14 36 (3.68%) UI Developer
15 35 (3.58%) Senior Software Engineer
16 34 (3.47%) Senior Designer
17 33 (3.37%) Consultant
18 31 (3.17%) UI Engineer
19 30 (3.06%) Senior Developer
20 27 (2.76%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 134 (13.69%) React
2 129 (13.18%) CSS
3 127 (12.97%) HTML
4 65 (6.64%) AngularJS
5 52 (5.31%) Node.js
6 42 (4.29%) RESTful
7 41 (4.19%) Kafka
7 41 (4.19%) Redux
8 35 (3.58%) REST
9 30 (3.06%) .NET
10 25 (2.55%) HTML5
11 22 (2.25%) CSS3
12 20 (2.04%) Sass
13 19 (1.94%) Jest
13 19 (1.94%) WebSockets
14 16 (1.63%) Material-UI
14 16 (1.63%) Tailwind CSS
15 15 (1.53%) React Native
16 13 (1.33%) jQuery
16 13 (1.33%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 83 (8.48%) Product Ownership
2 59 (6.03%) Mobile App
3 35 (3.58%) Fixed Income
4 24 (2.45%) Self-Motivation
5 22 (2.25%) Onboarding
6 21 (2.15%) Enterprise Software
6 21 (2.15%) Management Information System
7 16 (1.63%) Virtual Team
8 13 (1.33%) Data Structures
9 12 (1.23%) Digital Media
10 11 (1.12%) Algorithms
10 11 (1.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 11 (1.12%) Graphic Design
10 11 (1.12%) Video\Live Streaming
11 9 (0.92%) Cloud Native
12 8 (0.82%) Analytical Mindset
12 8 (0.82%) Animation
12 8 (0.82%) Over-the-Top Content
13 7 (0.72%) Public Cloud
13 7 (0.72%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 49 (5.01%) Windows
2 41 (4.19%) Android
3 32 (3.27%) Apple iOS
4 16 (1.63%) Windows Server
5 9 (0.92%) Linux
6 7 (0.72%) Windows 10
6 7 (0.72%) Windows 7
7 4 (0.41%) Unix
8 3 (0.31%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.10%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 396 (40.45%) UX Design
2 296 (30.23%) Agile
3 159 (16.24%) Problem-Solving
4 134 (13.69%) User Research
5 126 (12.87%) Software Engineering
6 97 (9.91%) Front End Development
7 94 (9.60%) UX Research
8 91 (9.30%) Roadmaps
9 85 (8.68%) DevOps
10 84 (8.58%) Analytics
11 82 (8.38%) Stakeholder Management
12 80 (8.17%) Wireframes
13 77 (7.87%) Continuous Improvement
14 64 (6.54%) Customer Experience
15 62 (6.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
16 61 (6.23%) CI/CD
16 61 (6.23%) Fintech
17 59 (6.03%) Project Management
18 58 (5.92%) Computer Science
18 58 (5.92%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 142 (14.50%) JavaScript
2 78 (7.97%) TypeScript
3 75 (7.66%) SQL
4 70 (7.15%) Python
5 62 (6.33%) Java
6 42 (4.29%) Go
7 38 (3.88%) C#
8 23 (2.35%) Kotlin
9 22 (2.25%) PowerShell
10 16 (1.63%) Swift
11 14 (1.43%) PHP
12 12 (1.23%) Objective-C
13 9 (0.92%) C
14 7 (0.72%) Bicep
14 7 (0.72%) C++
15 5 (0.51%) Apex Code
16 4 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 3 (0.31%) SOQL
17 3 (0.31%) T-SQL
18 2 (0.20%) Dart
Qualifications
1 129 (13.18%) Degree
2 100 (10.21%) Security Cleared
3 59 (6.03%) SC Cleared
4 41 (4.19%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (2.35%) DV Cleared
6 17 (1.74%) Master's Degree
7 11 (1.12%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 10 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (0.82%) AWS Certification
10 6 (0.61%) DBS Check
11 5 (0.51%) Citrix Certification
11 5 (0.51%) ISTQB
11 5 (0.51%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (0.41%) HNC
12 4 (0.41%) MCSA
13 3 (0.31%) CCA
14 2 (0.20%) Cisco Certification
14 2 (0.20%) ISEB
14 2 (0.20%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (8.99%) Accessibility
2 54 (5.52%) QA
3 17 (1.74%) WCAG
4 16 (1.63%) SLA
5 15 (1.53%) Data Quality
6 11 (1.12%) PMO
7 10 (1.02%) Actionable Recommendations
8 5 (0.51%) GDPR
9 4 (0.41%) GRC
10 3 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.31%) MiFID
11 2 (0.20%) EMIR
11 2 (0.20%) GxP
11 2 (0.20%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 12207
11 2 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
12 1 (0.10%) HIPAA
System Software
1 49 (5.01%) Docker
2 20 (2.04%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.41%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.41%) Microsoft App-V
4 4 (0.41%) XenApp
4 4 (0.41%) XenDesktop
5 2 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.10%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.10%) VMware Workstation
6 1 (0.10%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 59 (6.03%) Kubernetes
2 14 (1.43%) Terraform
3 13 (1.33%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (0.61%) Ansible
5 4 (0.41%) SCCM
6 2 (0.20%) Failover Clustering
6 2 (0.20%) Grafana
7 1 (0.10%) AppManager
7 1 (0.10%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.10%) Kibana
7 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 86 (8.78%) Microsoft
2 71 (7.25%) Adobe
3 31 (3.17%) Google
4 25 (2.55%) ServiceNow
5 22 (2.25%) SAP
6 19 (1.94%) Salesforce
7 15 (1.53%) Sitecore
8 14 (1.43%) Apple
8 14 (1.43%) Citrix
9 11 (1.12%) Oracle
10 10 (1.02%) IFS
11 9 (0.92%) Atlassian
12 7 (0.72%) Red Hat
12 7 (0.72%) RedPrairie
12 7 (0.72%) VMware
13 6 (0.61%) Optimizely
14 5 (0.51%) CyberArk
14 5 (0.51%) MicroStrategy
15 4 (0.41%) Cognizant
15 4 (0.41%) Pardot