User Experience Contracts in the Thames Valley

UX
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for User Experience skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited User Experience over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 81 54 108
Rank change year-on-year -27 +54 -50
Contract jobs citing User Experience 51 102 58
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.93% 3.56% 1.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.25% 3.92% 1.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 70 42
10th Percentile £242 £363 £279
25th Percentile £263 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +7.89% +5.56% +20.00%
75th Percentile £620 £513 £488
90th Percentile £688 £576 £600
South East median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £58.22
25th Percentile - £16.25 £59.86
Median hourly rate £70.39 £17.50 £62.71
Median % change year-on-year +302.23% -72.09% +67.22%
75th Percentile - £18.75 £65.53
90th Percentile - - £67.16
South East median hourly rate £45.45 £17.50 £62.71
% change year-on-year +159.69% -72.09% +123.96%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

User Experience is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,268 2,599 3,223
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 85.88% 90.75% 89.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,245 1,764 2,187
10th Percentile £213 £317 £235
25th Percentile £375 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £485
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +4.12% +7.78%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £585
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £510 £504 £500
% change year-on-year +1.29% +0.70% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 70 89
10th Percentile £14.09 £16.25 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £24.86 £12.25
Median hourly rate £46.25 £52.30 £17.42
Median % change year-on-year -11.57% +200.23% -17.24%
75th Percentile £64.42 £72.69 £24.42
90th Percentile £85.65 £79.19 £63.27
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £52.50 £21.99
% change year-on-year -9.52% +138.80% -20.05%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing User Experience as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for User Experience in the Thames Valley

User Experience
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing User Experience in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for User Experience in the Thames Valley

User Experience
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Experience in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for User Experience in the Thames Valley

User Experience
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing User Experience in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for User Experience in the Thames Valley

User Experience
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 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
Berkshire -2 44 £550 +15.79% 12
Oxfordshire 0 4 £275 -31.25% 13
Buckinghamshire -14 3 £450 -5.26% 10
User Experience
South East

User Experience
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 10 (19.61%) SAS
2 4 (7.84%) SharePoint
3 2 (3.92%) Apache
4 1 (1.96%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (1.96%) CMS
4 1 (1.96%) Moodle
Applications
1 4 (7.84%) Sketch
2 1 (1.96%) InVision
2 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.96%) OmniGraffle
2 1 (1.96%) UXPin
Cloud Services
1 9 (17.65%) Figma
2 2 (3.92%) Azure
3 1 (1.96%) AWS
3 1 (1.96%) OpenShift
3 1 (1.96%) PaaS
3 1 (1.96%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.96%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.96%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (19.61%) Crystal Reports
2 2 (3.92%) MongoDB
2 2 (3.92%) MySQL
3 1 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.96%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (7.84%) JIRA
2 1 (1.96%) Axure RP
2 1 (1.96%) Balsamiq
General
1 13 (25.49%) Telecoms
2 9 (17.65%) Social Skills
3 8 (15.69%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (15.69%) Marketing
4 6 (11.76%) Finance
4 6 (11.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (5.88%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.96%) Military
6 1 (1.96%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.96%) Retail
Job Titles
1 18 (35.29%) Developer
2 8 (15.69%) Designer
2 8 (15.69%) UX Designer
3 7 (13.73%) IFS Developer
3 7 (13.73%) UI Designer
3 7 (13.73%) UI/UX Designer
4 6 (11.76%) Analyst
4 6 (11.76%) Product Manager
5 5 (9.80%) Lead
5 5 (9.80%) Senior
6 4 (7.84%) Product Designer
6 4 (7.84%) Report Developer
7 3 (5.88%) Business Analyst
7 3 (5.88%) Configuration Specialist
7 3 (5.88%) Project Leader
7 3 (5.88%) React Developer
7 3 (5.88%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
7 3 (5.88%) UX Developer
8 2 (3.92%) Digital Business Analyst
8 2 (3.92%) Product Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (13.73%) HTML
2 6 (11.76%) CSS
2 6 (11.76%) React
3 4 (7.84%) AngularJS
4 3 (5.88%) PySpark
5 2 (3.92%) Node.js
6 1 (1.96%) CSS3
6 1 (1.96%) Framer.js
6 1 (1.96%) HTML5
6 1 (1.96%) jQuery
6 1 (1.96%) JSON
6 1 (1.96%) Redux
6 1 (1.96%) REST
6 1 (1.96%) Vue
6 1 (1.96%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.76%) Product Ownership
2 5 (9.80%) Robotics
3 3 (5.88%) Biopharmaceutical
3 3 (5.88%) Data Structures
4 2 (3.92%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.96%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.96%) Blockchain
5 1 (1.96%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.96%) e-Learning
5 1 (1.96%) IoT
5 1 (1.96%) Learning Management System
5 1 (1.96%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.96%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.92%) Windows
2 1 (1.96%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (31.37%) Analytics
2 14 (27.45%) Agile
3 12 (23.53%) Project Delivery
4 11 (21.57%) Data Security
4 11 (21.57%) Matrix Organization
4 11 (21.57%) UX Design
5 10 (19.61%) Data Analytics
6 9 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (17.65%) DevOps
7 8 (15.69%) ITIL
7 8 (15.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 7 (13.73%) Customer Experience
8 7 (13.73%) Prototyping
8 7 (13.73%) Roadmaps
8 7 (13.73%) Wireframes
9 6 (11.76%) Contract Management
9 6 (11.76%) Development Roadmap
9 6 (11.76%) Project Management
10 5 (9.80%) ERP
10 5 (9.80%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 10 (19.61%) SQL
2 7 (13.73%) JavaScript
3 5 (9.80%) Python
4 3 (5.88%) Java
5 1 (1.96%) C#
5 1 (1.96%) PHP
5 1 (1.96%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 9 (17.65%) Degree
2 5 (9.80%) Security Cleared
3 3 (5.88%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (3.92%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.96%) A+ Certification
5 1 (1.96%) CCNP
5 1 (1.96%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.96%) ISTQB
5 1 (1.96%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (1.96%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.96%) MCSE
5 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.96%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.88%) Accessibility
1 3 (5.88%) SLA
2 2 (3.92%) QA
3 1 (1.96%) NCSC
3 1 (1.96%) NIST
Systems Management
1 2 (3.92%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.96%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (19.61%) IFS
2 4 (7.84%) Salesforce
2 4 (7.84%) ServiceNow
3 1 (1.96%) Adobe
3 1 (1.96%) Blackboard
3 1 (1.96%) Red Hat
3 1 (1.96%) VMware