User Experience Contracts in the Midlands

UX
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 79 87 107
Rank change year-on-year +8 +20 -50
Contract jobs citing User Experience 62 74 109
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.10% 2.30% 2.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.61% 2.63% 2.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 55 86
10th Percentile £369 £263 £413
25th Percentile £450 £363 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £573
90th Percentile £611 £590 £613
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 5
10th Percentile £66.19 - £14.40
25th Percentile £67.98 £21.25 £20.25
Median hourly rate £71.93 £22.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +219.69% +4.65% +34.38%
75th Percentile £73.95 £23.75 £27.50
90th Percentile £74.58 - -
England median hourly rate £31.71 £26.50 £55.50
% change year-on-year +19.66% -52.25% +68.95%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,373 2,816 4,402
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 80.50% 87.48% 87.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,577 1,978 3,231
10th Percentile £234 £258 £250
25th Percentile £358 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £700 £669
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 178 101 130
10th Percentile £11.11 £12.50 £10.68
25th Percentile £14.00 £15.00 £14.00
Median hourly rate £19.00 £24.00 £18.25
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +31.51% +24.91%
75th Percentile £35.00 £46.25 £24.50
90th Percentile £55.00 £65.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for User Experience in the Midlands

User Experience
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for User Experience in the Midlands

User Experience
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Experience in the Midlands over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for User Experience in the Midlands

User Experience
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for User Experience in the Midlands

User Experience
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 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
West Midlands +15 53 £525 +5.00% 51
East Midlands -3 8 £418 -4.46% 40
User Experience
England

User Experience
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 2 (3.23%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.61%) Apache
2 1 (1.61%) CMS
2 1 (1.61%) Jadu
Applications
1 5 (8.06%) Sketch
2 4 (6.45%) Adobe XD
3 3 (4.84%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (4.84%) Photoshop
4 2 (3.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (3.23%) InVision
4 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (1.61%) Adobe Captivate
5 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (4.84%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (12.90%) Azure
1 8 (12.90%) Power Platform
2 7 (11.29%) Dynamics 365
3 5 (8.06%) Azure AKS
3 5 (8.06%) Azure App Service
3 5 (8.06%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (8.06%) Figma
4 2 (3.23%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 2 (3.23%) Azure Monitor
4 2 (3.23%) dbt
4 2 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.61%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 1 (1.61%) Google Analytics
5 1 (1.61%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.61%) SaaS
5 1 (1.61%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (1.61%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.84%) VPN
2 2 (3.23%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (11.29%) Power BI
2 3 (4.84%) Data Mining
3 2 (3.23%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (3.23%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 2 (3.23%) Axure RP
1 2 (3.23%) Git
2 1 (1.61%) Appium
2 1 (1.61%) Artifactory
2 1 (1.61%) GitLab
2 1 (1.61%) UI Automator
2 1 (1.61%) XCUITest
General
1 20 (32.26%) Social Skills
2 15 (24.19%) Finance
3 13 (20.97%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (14.52%) Public Sector
5 3 (4.84%) Games
5 3 (4.84%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (4.84%) Marketing
6 2 (3.23%) Banking
7 1 (1.61%) Law
7 1 (1.61%) Legal
7 1 (1.61%) Multimedia
7 1 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (17.74%) DevOps Engineer
2 9 (14.52%) Designer
2 9 (14.52%) Developer
3 6 (9.68%) Analyst
3 6 (9.68%) UX Designer
4 5 (8.06%) Angular Developer
4 5 (8.06%) Lead
4 5 (8.06%) Product Owner
4 5 (8.06%) Senior
5 4 (6.45%) Business Analyst
5 4 (6.45%) Lead Product Owner
5 4 (6.45%) UI Designer
5 4 (6.45%) UI/UX Designer
6 3 (4.84%) Business Change Manager
6 3 (4.84%) Change Manager
6 3 (4.84%) Consultant
6 3 (4.84%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
6 3 (4.84%) Senior Analyst
6 3 (4.84%) Service Delivery Manager
6 3 (4.84%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (11.29%) AngularJS
2 6 (9.68%) RESTful
3 5 (8.06%) .NET
4 4 (6.45%) HTML
5 2 (3.23%) ADO
5 2 (3.23%) CSS
5 2 (3.23%) Flask
5 2 (3.23%) HTML5
5 2 (3.23%) Pandas
5 2 (3.23%) React
5 2 (3.23%) Twitter Bootstrap
5 2 (3.23%) Vue
6 1 (1.61%) Apache NiFi
6 1 (1.61%) React Native
6 1 (1.61%) REST
6 1 (1.61%) Software Packaging
6 1 (1.61%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 11 (17.74%) Product Ownership
2 5 (8.06%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (6.45%) Mobile App
4 2 (3.23%) Graphic Design
4 2 (3.23%) Low-Code
4 2 (3.23%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (3.23%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.61%) Digital Media
5 1 (1.61%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.61%) Social Media
5 1 (1.61%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.45%) Windows
2 1 (1.61%) Android
2 1 (1.61%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (32.26%) Decision-Making
2 16 (25.81%) DevOps
2 16 (25.81%) UX Design
3 15 (24.19%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (24.19%) Roadmaps
4 13 (20.97%) Agile
4 13 (20.97%) Software Engineering
5 12 (19.35%) Computer Science
5 12 (19.35%) Workflow
6 11 (17.74%) Stakeholder Management
7 10 (16.13%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (12.90%) Analytics
9 7 (11.29%) Business Intelligence
9 7 (11.29%) Wireframes
10 6 (9.68%) Actionable Insight
10 6 (9.68%) Change Management
10 6 (9.68%) CRM
10 6 (9.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 6 (9.68%) Visualisation
11 5 (8.06%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 7 (11.29%) SQL
2 5 (8.06%) Bicep
2 5 (8.06%) C#
2 5 (8.06%) TypeScript
3 4 (6.45%) JavaScript
4 3 (4.84%) Python
5 2 (3.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (3.23%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.61%) Kotlin
6 1 (1.61%) Swift
Qualifications
1 17 (27.42%) Degree
2 11 (17.74%) Computer Science Degree
2 11 (17.74%) Security Cleared
3 9 (14.52%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.61%) CBAP
4 1 (1.61%) IIBA
4 1 (1.61%) ISEB
4 1 (1.61%) ISTQB
4 1 (1.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (1.61%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.61%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (27.42%) QA
2 5 (8.06%) Accessibility
3 2 (3.23%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.61%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.61%) GDPR
4 1 (1.61%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (1.61%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.61%) Ansible
1 1 (1.61%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.61%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (16.13%) Microsoft
2 6 (9.68%) Adobe
3 3 (4.84%) Anaplan
4 2 (3.23%) Cognizant
4 2 (3.23%) OutSystems
4 2 (3.23%) SAP
5 1 (1.61%) Google
5 1 (1.61%) iManage
5 1 (1.61%) Intapp
5 1 (1.61%) Progress
5 1 (1.61%) Red Hat
5 1 (1.61%) VMware
5 1 (1.61%) Workday