User Experience Contracts in the North West

UX
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 74 63 72
Rank change year-on-year -11 +9 -18
Contract jobs citing User Experience 62 103 129
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 2.22% 3.42% 3.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.65% 3.81% 3.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 61 96
10th Percentile £325 £375 £319
25th Percentile £384 £440 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £538 £500
Median % change year-on-year -13.95% +7.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £556 £588 £556
90th Percentile £850 £625 £594
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 13
10th Percentile £21.35 - -
25th Percentile £35.38 - £65.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £16.85 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year +256.08% -77.53% +120.59%
75th Percentile £71.88 £23.71 £77.50
90th Percentile £78.25 £30.50 £81.00
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
North West

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 North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,341 2,704 3,569
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 83.85% 89.77% 88.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,432 1,900 2,591
10th Percentile £310 £313 £241
25th Percentile £401 £413 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £575
90th Percentile £675 £675 £660
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 269 142 155
10th Percentile £11.00 £16.02 £10.63
25th Percentile £14.13 £20.00 £14.25
Median hourly rate £28.00 £30.54 £23.70
Median % change year-on-year -8.32% +28.86% +30.83%
75th Percentile £46.18 £43.75 £52.63
90th Percentile £66.61 £59.08 £75.00
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 North West

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

Job vacancy trend for User Experience in the North West

User Experience
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for User Experience in the North West

User Experience
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

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

Daily rate histogram for User Experience in the North West

User Experience
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for User Experience in the North West

User Experience
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing User Experience in the North West over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for User Experience in the North West

User Experience
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West 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
Manchester -3 45 £488 -11.36% 75
Cheshire -15 10 £403 -30.54% 16
Merseyside +6 2 £500 +12.36% 12
Lancashire +5 2 - - 7
Cumbria - 1 - -
User Experience
England

User Experience
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 3 (4.84%) CMS
1 3 (4.84%) Headless CMS
2 2 (3.23%) Apache
2 2 (3.23%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.61%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 1 (1.61%) Chatbot
1 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (4.84%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 3 (4.84%) Contentstack
1 3 (4.84%) Figma
2 2 (3.23%) Azure
2 2 (3.23%) Power Platform
2 2 (3.23%) SAP Fieldglass
3 1 (1.61%) AWS
3 1 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.61%) Azure Functions
3 1 (1.61%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (1.61%) Entra ID
3 1 (1.61%) Firebase
3 1 (1.61%) GCP
3 1 (1.61%) Power Automate
3 1 (1.61%) PowerApps
3 1 (1.61%) SaaS
3 1 (1.61%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 7 (11.29%) Firewall
1 7 (11.29%) VPN
2 1 (1.61%) LAN
2 1 (1.61%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.23%) MongoDB
1 2 (3.23%) MySQL
1 2 (3.23%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (3.23%) Power BI
2 1 (1.61%) Big Data
2 1 (1.61%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.61%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (1.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (3.23%) Git
2 1 (1.61%) Crashlytics
2 1 (1.61%) GitLab
2 1 (1.61%) GoCD
2 1 (1.61%) Gradle
2 1 (1.61%) Selenium
2 1 (1.61%) TestCafe
General
1 10 (16.13%) Social Skills
2 9 (14.52%) Legal
3 5 (8.06%) Public Sector
4 4 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (6.45%) Marketing
5 2 (3.23%) Banking
6 1 (1.61%) Automotive
6 1 (1.61%) Finance
6 1 (1.61%) Health Technology
6 1 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.61%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 15 (24.19%) Developer
2 9 (14.52%) Architect
3 7 (11.29%) Designer
3 7 (11.29%) Lead
3 7 (11.29%) Lead Architect
3 7 (11.29%) Senior
3 7 (11.29%) Technical Architect
3 7 (11.29%) Technical Leader
3 7 (11.29%) User Researcher
4 5 (8.06%) Agile Delivery Manager
4 5 (8.06%) Delivery Manager
5 4 (6.45%) Project Manager
6 3 (4.84%) Analyst
6 3 (4.84%) Business Analyst
6 3 (4.84%) Content Designer
7 2 (3.23%) E-Commerce Developer
7 2 (3.23%) Full Stack Developer
7 2 (3.23%) Senior Designer
7 2 (3.23%) ServiceNow Developer
7 2 (3.23%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (16.13%) Node.js
2 5 (8.06%) AngularJS
2 5 (8.06%) React
3 4 (6.45%) CSS
3 4 (6.45%) HTML
4 2 (3.23%) Hugging Face
4 2 (3.23%) jQuery
4 2 (3.23%) XML
5 1 (1.61%) .NET Core
5 1 (1.61%) .NET Framework
5 1 (1.61%) Android Jetpack
5 1 (1.61%) ASP.NET Web Forms
5 1 (1.61%) D3.js
5 1 (1.61%) Dagger
5 1 (1.61%) Entity Framework
5 1 (1.61%) HTML5 Canvas
5 1 (1.61%) Jetpack Compose
5 1 (1.61%) Redux
5 1 (1.61%) Sass
5 1 (1.61%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (12.90%) Mobile App
1 8 (12.90%) Product Ownership
2 7 (11.29%) Public Cloud
3 2 (3.23%) Blockchain
3 2 (3.23%) Taxonomies
4 1 (1.61%) Low-Code
4 1 (1.61%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.61%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.61%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (17.74%) Android
2 10 (16.13%) Apple iOS
3 8 (12.90%) Windows
4 7 (11.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (43.55%) Agile
1 27 (43.55%) UX Design
2 12 (19.35%) Roadmaps
2 12 (19.35%) User Research
3 10 (16.13%) DevOps
4 9 (14.52%) Front End Development
4 9 (14.52%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 8 (12.90%) CI/CD
5 8 (12.90%) Data Science
5 8 (12.90%) Design Patterns
5 8 (12.90%) Microservices
5 8 (12.90%) Mobile Device Management
5 8 (12.90%) Product Roadmap
5 8 (12.90%) Service Design
6 7 (11.29%) E-Commerce
6 7 (11.29%) Qualitative Research
6 7 (11.29%) Quantitative Research
6 7 (11.29%) Risk Management
6 7 (11.29%) Security Architecture
6 7 (11.29%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.06%) JavaScript
2 4 (6.45%) Java
2 4 (6.45%) SQL
3 3 (4.84%) C#
4 2 (3.23%) Python
4 2 (3.23%) T-SQL
4 2 (3.23%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.61%) Bicep
5 1 (1.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (1.61%) Kotlin
5 1 (1.61%) PHP
Qualifications
1 11 (17.74%) Security Cleared
2 8 (12.90%) SC Cleared
3 2 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (3.23%) Degree
4 1 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.61%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.61%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.68%) Actionable Recommendations
2 3 (4.84%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.61%) PMO
3 1 (1.61%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (3.23%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.61%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (3.23%) Grafana
1 2 (3.23%) Terraform
2 1 (1.61%) Kibana
2 1 (1.61%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (8.06%) Apple
1 5 (8.06%) Google
2 2 (3.23%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.23%) ServiceNow
3 1 (1.61%) Adobe
3 1 (1.61%) Okta
3 1 (1.61%) SAP