User Experience Contracts in London

UX
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 66 52 55
Rank change year-on-year -14 +3 -3
Contract jobs citing User Experience 583 1,123 1,794
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 3.30% 4.47% 4.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.73% 4.91% 5.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 410 795 1,286
10th Percentile £325 £375 £378
25th Percentile £414 £457 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.32% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £636 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £742 £775
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 13 26
10th Percentile £16.74 £20.29 £24.25
25th Percentile £21.89 £25.75 £40.59
Median hourly rate £33.07 £37.50 £53.13
Median % change year-on-year -11.81% -29.41% +53.21%
75th Percentile £50.88 £60.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £52.40 £73.75 £65.38
England median hourly rate £30.00 £26.50 £55.50
% change year-on-year +13.21% -52.25% +68.95%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,610 22,863 35,503
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.31% 90.91% 92.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,175 16,559 26,061
10th Percentile £340 £375 £394
25th Percentile £446 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £780
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 317 265 388
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.00 £17.09
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.50 £23.91
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.21% +8.33% +9.59%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.00 £50.83
90th Percentile £67.40 £82.40 £67.50
England median hourly rate £37.50 £35.25 £25.68
% change year-on-year +6.38% +37.27% +14.13%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for User Experience in London

User Experience
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for User Experience in London

User Experience
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for User Experience in London

User Experience
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for User Experience in London

User Experience
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

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

Hourly rate histogram for User Experience in London

User Experience
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London 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
Central London -2 68 £525 -4.55% 37
South London -4 8 £450 -25.00% 3
West London -34 7 £463 -15.91% 10
East London -1 4 £539 - 9
North London +3 2 £225 -65.38% 2
User Experience
England

User Experience
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 37 (6.35%) CMS
2 21 (3.60%) SharePoint
3 15 (2.57%) Confluence
4 12 (2.06%) Apache
5 10 (1.72%) Apache Airflow
6 8 (1.37%) Drupal
7 6 (1.03%) Headless CMS
7 6 (1.03%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 6 (1.03%) WordPress
8 5 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.69%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.51%) SAS
11 1 (0.17%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.17%) Kentico
11 1 (0.17%) Oracle Coherence
11 1 (0.17%) Umbraco
Applications
1 27 (4.63%) Sketch
2 20 (3.43%) Adobe XD
2 20 (3.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (2.23%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (2.06%) Photoshop
5 11 (1.89%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 10 (1.72%) Adobe Illustrator
6 10 (1.72%) InVision
7 8 (1.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 5 (0.86%) SPSS
8 5 (0.86%) UserZoom
9 3 (0.51%) Adobe Captivate
9 3 (0.51%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.51%) InDesign
10 2 (0.34%) MS Visio
11 1 (0.17%) 3ds Max
11 1 (0.17%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.17%) Elementor
11 1 (0.17%) Final Cut Pro
11 1 (0.17%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 6 (1.03%) Shopify
2 5 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.51%) WebTrends
4 2 (0.34%) ION MarketView
4 2 (0.34%) Magento
4 2 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.17%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 78 (13.38%) Figma
2 69 (11.84%) AWS
3 65 (11.15%) Azure
4 28 (4.80%) GCP
5 27 (4.63%) Microsoft 365
6 23 (3.95%) Power Platform
7 21 (3.60%) GitHub
8 15 (2.57%) Miro
9 13 (2.23%) Azure DevOps
9 13 (2.23%) SaaS
10 11 (1.89%) Serverless
11 10 (1.72%) Cloud Computing
12 9 (1.54%) Entra ID
12 9 (1.54%) Power Automate
13 8 (1.37%) Google Analytics
13 8 (1.37%) PowerApps
14 5 (0.86%) BigCommerce
14 5 (0.86%) Dynamics 365
15 4 (0.69%) Azure Data Factory
15 4 (0.69%) Contentful
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.54%) DNS
2 8 (1.37%) DHCP
2 8 (1.37%) Intranet
3 7 (1.20%) VPN
4 6 (1.03%) SSH
5 5 (0.86%) Internet
5 5 (0.86%) NetScaler
6 3 (0.51%) HTTP
6 3 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.17%) Broadband
7 1 (0.17%) LAN
7 1 (0.17%) VoIP
7 1 (0.17%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (3.95%) SQL Server
2 22 (3.77%) Power BI
3 15 (2.57%) NoSQL
4 13 (2.23%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (2.06%) Apache Cassandra
5 12 (2.06%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (1.89%) MySQL
7 10 (1.72%) Apache Ignite
8 9 (1.54%) MongoDB
9 8 (1.37%) Amazon RDS
9 8 (1.37%) Relational Database
10 5 (0.86%) Big Data
10 5 (0.86%) BusinessObjects
10 5 (0.86%) Tableau
11 3 (0.51%) BusinessObjects XI
11 3 (0.51%) Power Query
11 3 (0.51%) PowerPivot
12 2 (0.34%) EDMS
13 1 (0.17%) Crystal Reports
13 1 (0.17%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 44 (7.55%) Git
2 27 (4.63%) JIRA
3 11 (1.89%) git-flow
4 8 (1.37%) Axure RP
4 8 (1.37%) Cypress.io
4 8 (1.37%) Gradle
5 7 (1.20%) TeamCity
5 7 (1.20%) webpack
6 6 (1.03%) SonarQube
7 5 (0.86%) Bitbucket
7 5 (0.86%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.86%) Visual Website Optimizer
8 3 (0.51%) Babel
8 3 (0.51%) Balsamiq
8 3 (0.51%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.34%) Ant
9 2 (0.34%) JMeter
9 2 (0.34%) Maven
9 2 (0.34%) NUnit
9 2 (0.34%) Storybook
General
1 169 (28.99%) Social Skills
2 114 (19.55%) Finance
3 59 (10.12%) Marketing
4 53 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
5 43 (7.38%) Public Sector
6 31 (5.32%) Banking
7 21 (3.60%) Local Government
8 20 (3.43%) Front Office
9 18 (3.09%) Retail
10 16 (2.74%) Publishing
11 13 (2.23%) Presentation Skills
12 11 (1.89%) Games
13 10 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 10 (1.72%) Law
13 10 (1.72%) Legal
13 10 (1.72%) Pharmaceutical
13 10 (1.72%) Telecoms
14 8 (1.37%) Advertising
14 8 (1.37%) Health Technology
14 8 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 138 (23.67%) Developer
2 130 (22.30%) Designer
3 114 (19.55%) Senior
4 81 (13.89%) UX Designer
5 45 (7.72%) React Developer
6 44 (7.55%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 39 (6.69%) UI Designer
8 35 (6.00%) Analyst
8 35 (6.00%) Software Engineer
9 34 (5.83%) UI/UX Designer
10 31 (5.32%) UI Engineer
11 30 (5.15%) UI Developer
12 29 (4.97%) Lead
13 27 (4.63%) Senior Designer
14 24 (4.12%) Architect
14 24 (4.12%) Senior Developer
15 23 (3.95%) Senior UX Designer
16 21 (3.60%) Full Stack Developer
17 20 (3.43%) Business Analyst
17 20 (3.43%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 114 (19.55%) React
2 99 (16.98%) CSS
3 91 (15.61%) HTML
4 41 (7.03%) AngularJS
5 37 (6.35%) Redux
6 31 (5.32%) Node.js
7 24 (4.12%) RESTful
8 23 (3.95%) REST
9 22 (3.77%) .NET
10 18 (3.09%) Sass
11 17 (2.92%) HTML5
11 17 (2.92%) Jest
12 16 (2.74%) CSS3
12 16 (2.74%) Tailwind CSS
12 16 (2.74%) WebSockets
13 15 (2.57%) Material-UI
14 14 (2.40%) Kafka
15 13 (2.23%) React Native
16 11 (1.89%) LESS
16 11 (1.89%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 42 (7.20%) Product Ownership
2 39 (6.69%) Mobile App
3 35 (6.00%) Fixed Income
4 21 (3.60%) Self-Motivation
5 17 (2.92%) Management Information System
5 17 (2.92%) Onboarding
6 15 (2.57%) Enterprise Software
7 11 (1.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 10 (1.72%) Video\Live Streaming
9 9 (1.54%) Cloud Native
9 9 (1.54%) Data Structures
9 9 (1.54%) Graphic Design
10 8 (1.37%) Algorithms
10 8 (1.37%) Digital Media
10 8 (1.37%) Virtual Team
11 7 (1.20%) Over-the-Top Content
12 6 (1.03%) Animation
12 6 (1.03%) Data Protection Act
12 6 (1.03%) Derivative
12 6 (1.03%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 24 (4.12%) Windows
2 20 (3.43%) Android
3 16 (2.74%) Apple iOS
4 7 (1.20%) Windows 7
5 6 (1.03%) Linux
5 6 (1.03%) Windows 10
5 6 (1.03%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.51%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (0.34%) Unix
8 1 (0.17%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 257 (44.08%) UX Design
2 173 (29.67%) Agile
3 93 (15.95%) Problem-Solving
4 81 (13.89%) Front End Development
5 70 (12.01%) User Research
6 64 (10.98%) Software Engineering
7 51 (8.75%) Stakeholder Management
8 47 (8.06%) UX Research
9 46 (7.89%) Customer Experience
10 45 (7.72%) Wireframes
11 42 (7.20%) DevOps
12 40 (6.86%) SDLC
13 39 (6.69%) Continuous Improvement
14 38 (6.52%) CI/CD
14 38 (6.52%) Full Stack Development
15 36 (6.17%) E-Commerce
16 35 (6.00%) Computer Science
17 34 (5.83%) Roadmaps
17 34 (5.83%) Scrum
18 32 (5.49%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 108 (18.52%) JavaScript
2 63 (10.81%) TypeScript
3 50 (8.58%) Java
4 48 (8.23%) SQL
5 38 (6.52%) Python
6 24 (4.12%) C#
7 16 (2.74%) Kotlin
8 15 (2.57%) Go
9 14 (2.40%) PowerShell
9 14 (2.40%) Swift
10 11 (1.89%) Objective-C
11 9 (1.54%) PHP
12 8 (1.37%) C
13 2 (0.34%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.34%) C++
13 2 (0.34%) Dart
13 2 (0.34%) R
14 1 (0.17%) JSX
14 1 (0.17%) SOQL
14 1 (0.17%) VB
Qualifications
1 72 (12.35%) Degree
2 46 (7.89%) Security Cleared
3 36 (6.17%) SC Cleared
4 21 (3.60%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (2.23%) Master's Degree
6 7 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (1.03%) AWS Certification
8 5 (0.86%) Citrix Certification
9 4 (0.69%) DBS Check
9 4 (0.69%) MCSA
9 4 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.51%) CCA
11 2 (0.34%) CCNA
11 2 (0.34%) CCNP
11 2 (0.34%) CESG Certified Professional
11 2 (0.34%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.34%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.34%) MBA
11 2 (0.34%) MCSE
11 2 (0.34%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (10.98%) Accessibility
2 23 (3.95%) QA
3 13 (2.23%) Data Quality
3 13 (2.23%) WCAG
4 12 (2.06%) SLA
5 4 (0.69%) GRC
6 3 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.51%) GDPR
6 3 (0.51%) MiFID
6 3 (0.51%) PMO
7 2 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.34%) EMIR
7 2 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 2 (0.34%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 19 (3.26%) Docker
2 16 (2.74%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.69%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.69%) Microsoft App-V
4 4 (0.69%) XenApp
4 4 (0.69%) XenDesktop
5 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 21 (3.60%) Kubernetes
2 12 (2.06%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.86%) Terraform
4 3 (0.51%) SCCM
5 2 (0.34%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.17%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 52 (8.92%) Microsoft
2 50 (8.58%) Adobe
3 17 (2.92%) ServiceNow
4 16 (2.74%) Google
5 14 (2.40%) SAP
6 13 (2.23%) Citrix
7 11 (1.89%) Salesforce
8 9 (1.54%) Apple
8 9 (1.54%) Oracle
9 6 (1.03%) Optimizely
10 5 (0.86%) CyberArk
10 5 (0.86%) MicroStrategy
10 5 (0.86%) Sitecore
10 5 (0.86%) VMware
11 4 (0.69%) Black Duck
11 4 (0.69%) Hotjar
11 4 (0.69%) Screaming Frog
12 3 (0.51%) BeyondTrust
12 3 (0.51%) MuleSoft
12 3 (0.51%) Xamarin