User Experience Contracts

UX
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 77 59 60
Rank change year-on-year -18 +1 -3
Contract jobs citing User Experience 1,183 2,053 3,431
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.75% 3.66% 3.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.21% 4.08% 4.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 791 1,454 2,447
10th Percentile £306 £357 £375
25th Percentile £401 £425 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% +12.30%
75th Percentile £600 £611 £600
90th Percentile £688 £700 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £495
% change year-on-year - -4.04% +16.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 34 50
10th Percentile £16.25 £16.85 £22.30
25th Percentile £23.75 £18.93 £32.00
Median hourly rate £29.14 £29.60 £56.38
Median % change year-on-year -1.55% -47.50% +71.61%
75th Percentile £59.69 £47.81 £75.00
90th Percentile £74.44 £67.25 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £17.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year +42.86% -75.00% +260.08%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,802 50,277 79,372
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.47% 89.69% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,632 34,811 55,790
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £644
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +9.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,530 1,673 1,868
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.72 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.76%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for User Experience in the UK

User Experience
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for User Experience in the UK

User Experience
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for User Experience in the UK

User Experience
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for User Experience in the UK

User Experience
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing User Experience over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for User Experience in the UK

User Experience
Top 17 Contract Locations

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 UK 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
England -21 963 £500 -4.76% 871
London -11 578 £513 -6.82% 394
Work from Home -8 467 £500 -2.20% 460
UK excluding London -20 424 £475 - 484
North of England -11 112 £475 -9.52% 165
Scotland -8 95 £463 +3.35% 43
South East -45 81 £500 +5.26% 97
North West -10 64 £456 -15.12% 107
Midlands +12 59 £500 +5.26% 85
West Midlands +12 53 £525 +5.00% 51
South West -20 51 £413 -15.38% 58
Yorkshire -8 36 £500 +5.26% 44
North East +12 12 £450 -27.27% 14
East of England -23 12 £381 +1.67% 33
Wales +8 8 £412 -24.92% 6
Northern Ireland +8 7 £513 - 5
East Midlands +1 5 £409 -9.11% 34

User Experience
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 62 (5.24%) CMS
2 34 (2.87%) SharePoint
3 22 (1.86%) Confluence
4 21 (1.78%) Apache
5 15 (1.27%) SAS
6 10 (0.85%) Headless CMS
6 10 (0.85%) Sitecore CMS
7 9 (0.76%) Apache Airflow
8 8 (0.68%) Drupal
9 6 (0.51%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 6 (0.51%) Oracle Self-Service HR
9 6 (0.51%) WordPress
10 5 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
11 3 (0.25%) ArcGIS
12 2 (0.17%) Umbraco
13 1 (0.085%) Alfresco
13 1 (0.085%) Cloud Foundry
13 1 (0.085%) Jadu
13 1 (0.085%) OpenStack
13 1 (0.085%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 59 (4.99%) Sketch
2 34 (2.87%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (2.62%) Adobe XD
4 27 (2.28%) Microsoft Excel
5 22 (1.86%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 22 (1.86%) InVision
5 22 (1.86%) Photoshop
6 19 (1.61%) Adobe Illustrator
7 9 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 8 (0.68%) Adobe Captivate
9 7 (0.59%) SPSS
10 5 (0.42%) MS Visio
10 5 (0.42%) UserZoom
11 4 (0.34%) Chatbot
12 3 (0.25%) InDesign
12 3 (0.25%) MicroStation
13 1 (0.085%) Adobe Premiere
13 1 (0.085%) Final Cut Pro
13 1 (0.085%) OmniGraffle
13 1 (0.085%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (0.76%) Magento
2 8 (0.68%) Salesforce CRM
3 7 (0.59%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.51%) Shopify
5 3 (0.25%) Maximo
5 3 (0.25%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.25%) WebTrends
6 2 (0.17%) ION MarketView
7 1 (0.085%) Relativity
7 1 (0.085%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.085%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.085%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 143 (12.09%) Figma
2 129 (10.90%) AWS
3 123 (10.40%) Azure
4 49 (4.14%) Power Platform
5 39 (3.30%) GCP
6 33 (2.79%) Azure DevOps
7 31 (2.62%) Microsoft 365
8 30 (2.54%) SaaS
9 29 (2.45%) Serverless
10 28 (2.37%) GitHub
11 20 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
12 19 (1.61%) AWS Lambda
13 16 (1.35%) Miro
13 16 (1.35%) Power Automate
14 15 (1.27%) Amazon S3
14 15 (1.27%) Google Analytics
15 14 (1.18%) Entra ID
15 14 (1.18%) PowerApps
16 13 (1.10%) AWS CloudFormation
17 12 (1.01%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 32 (2.70%) Intranet
2 23 (1.94%) VPN
3 10 (0.85%) Firewall
4 9 (0.76%) DNS
4 9 (0.76%) HTTP
4 9 (0.76%) Internet
5 8 (0.68%) DHCP
6 6 (0.51%) SSH
7 4 (0.34%) NetScaler
7 4 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.25%) LAN
8 3 (0.25%) Wireless
9 2 (0.17%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.17%) WAN
10 1 (0.085%) Broadband
10 1 (0.085%) Cisco IPT
10 1 (0.085%) LTE
10 1 (0.085%) OpenLDAP
10 1 (0.085%) Radio Access Network
10 1 (0.085%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (3.72%) Power BI
2 42 (3.55%) Apache Cassandra
3 40 (3.38%) SQL Server
4 30 (2.54%) PostgreSQL
5 27 (2.28%) MongoDB
6 23 (1.94%) MySQL
7 17 (1.44%) NoSQL
8 15 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
8 15 (1.27%) Relational Database
9 14 (1.18%) Amazon Aurora
10 11 (0.93%) Amazon RDS
10 11 (0.93%) Crystal Reports
11 10 (0.85%) Big Data
12 9 (0.76%) Apache Ignite
12 9 (0.76%) Tableau
13 8 (0.68%) BusinessObjects
14 7 (0.59%) Metadata
15 6 (0.51%) Data Mining
15 6 (0.51%) GIS
16 5 (0.42%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 65 (5.49%) JIRA
2 62 (5.24%) Git
3 14 (1.18%) Axure RP
4 13 (1.10%) Jenkins
5 12 (1.01%) GitLab
5 12 (1.01%) Gradle
5 12 (1.01%) webpack
6 11 (0.93%) Cypress.io
7 10 (0.85%) git-flow
8 9 (0.76%) Bitbucket
9 8 (0.68%) Visual Studio Code
10 7 (0.59%) TeamCity
11 6 (0.51%) Babel
11 6 (0.51%) SonarQube
12 5 (0.42%) Visual Website Optimizer
13 4 (0.34%) Artifactory
13 4 (0.34%) Maven
14 3 (0.25%) Balsamiq
14 3 (0.25%) JMeter
14 3 (0.25%) Storybook
General
1 323 (27.30%) Social Skills
2 176 (14.88%) Finance
3 133 (11.24%) Public Sector
4 116 (9.81%) Analytical Skills
5 92 (7.78%) Marketing
6 56 (4.73%) Banking
7 36 (3.04%) Retail
8 33 (2.79%) Legal
9 32 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
10 27 (2.28%) Telecoms
11 20 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
11 20 (1.69%) Local Government
11 20 (1.69%) Publishing
12 19 (1.61%) Front Office
12 19 (1.61%) Pharmaceutical
13 17 (1.44%) Games
13 17 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 14 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
15 12 (1.01%) Law
16 11 (0.93%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 286 (24.18%) Developer
2 248 (20.96%) Designer
3 189 (15.98%) Senior
4 144 (12.17%) UX Designer
5 84 (7.10%) Analyst
6 74 (6.26%) Software Engineer
7 70 (5.92%) React Developer
8 61 (5.16%) UI Designer
9 60 (5.07%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 54 (4.56%) Lead
10 54 (4.56%) UI/UX Designer
11 53 (4.48%) Architect
12 50 (4.23%) Business Analyst
13 43 (3.63%) Senior Designer
14 41 (3.47%) Full Stack Developer
15 40 (3.38%) Consultant
15 40 (3.38%) Senior Developer
16 38 (3.21%) Senior Software Engineer
17 36 (3.04%) UI Developer
18 33 (2.79%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 186 (15.72%) React
2 177 (14.96%) CSS
3 175 (14.79%) HTML
4 76 (6.42%) AngularJS
5 64 (5.41%) Node.js
6 58 (4.90%) .NET
6 58 (4.90%) RESTful
7 44 (3.72%) Kafka
8 42 (3.55%) REST
9 40 (3.38%) Redux
10 29 (2.45%) HTML5
11 26 (2.20%) CSS3
12 23 (1.94%) Spring Boot
13 20 (1.69%) Sass
13 20 (1.69%) Vue
14 19 (1.61%) Jest
14 19 (1.61%) jQuery
15 18 (1.52%) WebSockets
16 17 (1.44%) React Native
16 17 (1.44%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 116 (9.81%) Product Ownership
2 72 (6.09%) Mobile App
3 33 (2.79%) Fixed Income
4 26 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
5 24 (2.03%) Enterprise Software
6 23 (1.94%) Management Information System
6 23 (1.94%) Onboarding
7 14 (1.18%) Data Structures
8 13 (1.10%) Digital Media
9 12 (1.01%) Algorithms
10 11 (0.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 11 (0.93%) Legacy Systems
10 11 (0.93%) Video\Live Streaming
10 11 (0.93%) Virtual Team
11 10 (0.85%) Cloud Native
11 10 (0.85%) Renewable Energy
12 9 (0.76%) Data Protection Act
12 9 (0.76%) Graphic Design
12 9 (0.76%) Legacy Applications
12 9 (0.76%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 54 (4.56%) Android
2 47 (3.97%) Windows
3 46 (3.89%) Apple iOS
4 16 (1.35%) Windows Server
5 11 (0.93%) Linux
6 8 (0.68%) Windows 10
7 7 (0.59%) Windows 7
8 4 (0.34%) Unix
9 3 (0.25%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.085%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 490 (41.42%) UX Design
2 374 (31.61%) Agile
3 174 (14.71%) Problem-Solving
4 168 (14.20%) User Research
5 131 (11.07%) Software Engineering
6 121 (10.23%) UX Research
7 112 (9.47%) Front End Development
8 111 (9.38%) DevOps
9 107 (9.04%) Analytics
10 106 (8.96%) Stakeholder Management
11 105 (8.88%) Roadmaps
12 100 (8.45%) Wireframes
13 99 (8.37%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
14 93 (7.86%) Continuous Improvement
15 81 (6.85%) Service Design
16 76 (6.42%) CI/CD
17 75 (6.34%) Scrum
18 73 (6.17%) Prototyping
19 71 (6.00%) Full Stack Development
20 68 (5.75%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 200 (16.91%) JavaScript
2 105 (8.88%) TypeScript
3 102 (8.62%) Python
4 86 (7.27%) SQL
5 80 (6.76%) Java
6 54 (4.56%) C#
7 47 (3.97%) Go
8 23 (1.94%) Kotlin
9 19 (1.61%) PowerShell
10 16 (1.35%) Swift
11 15 (1.27%) PHP
12 12 (1.01%) Objective-C
13 11 (0.93%) Bicep
14 9 (0.76%) Apex Code
15 7 (0.59%) C
15 7 (0.59%) C++
16 6 (0.51%) SOQL
17 5 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 4 (0.34%) Bash
18 4 (0.34%) R
Qualifications
1 135 (11.41%) Degree
2 108 (9.13%) Security Cleared
3 70 (5.92%) SC Cleared
4 47 (3.97%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (1.69%) DV Cleared
5 20 (1.69%) Master's Degree
6 12 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (0.93%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 9 (0.76%) AWS Certification
9 8 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (0.51%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (0.42%) Citrix Certification
11 5 (0.42%) DBS Check
11 5 (0.42%) ISTQB
12 4 (0.34%) HNC
12 4 (0.34%) MCSA
12 4 (0.34%) Tableau Certification
13 3 (0.25%) AWS Certified Developer
13 3 (0.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 3 (0.25%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (11.50%) Accessibility
2 64 (5.41%) QA
3 25 (2.11%) WCAG
4 20 (1.69%) SLA
5 16 (1.35%) Data Quality
6 9 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
6 9 (0.76%) Disclosure Scotland
7 5 (0.42%) GDPR
7 5 (0.42%) PMO
8 4 (0.34%) GRC
8 4 (0.34%) GxP
9 3 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.25%) MiFID
10 2 (0.17%) EMIR
10 2 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 12207
10 2 (0.17%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.17%) Software Quality Assurance
11 1 (0.085%) HIPAA
System Software
1 65 (5.49%) Docker
2 21 (1.78%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.17%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.17%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.17%) vSphere
4 2 (0.17%) XenApp
4 2 (0.17%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 68 (5.75%) Kubernetes
2 19 (1.61%) Single Sign-On
3 14 (1.18%) Terraform
4 13 (1.10%) Grafana
5 5 (0.42%) Ansible
6 4 (0.34%) SCCM
7 3 (0.25%) Kibana
8 2 (0.17%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.085%) AppManager
9 1 (0.085%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 94 (7.95%) Microsoft
2 81 (6.85%) Adobe
3 43 (3.63%) Google
4 27 (2.28%) ServiceNow
5 25 (2.11%) Salesforce
5 25 (2.11%) SAP
6 18 (1.52%) Apple
7 17 (1.44%) Oracle
8 15 (1.27%) Sitecore
9 11 (0.93%) Atlassian
9 11 (0.93%) Citrix
9 11 (0.93%) IFS
9 11 (0.93%) RedPrairie
10 9 (0.76%) Cadence
11 7 (0.59%) Pardot
12 6 (0.51%) Optimizely
12 6 (0.51%) Red Hat
12 6 (0.51%) VMware
13 5 (0.42%) CyberArk
13 5 (0.42%) MicroStrategy