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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 78 60 60
Rank change year-on-year -18 0 -4
Contract jobs citing User Experience 1,180 2,034 3,447
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.72% 3.66% 3.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.20% 4.08% 4.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 783 1,439 2,469
10th Percentile £308 £350 £375
25th Percentile £400 £425 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £610 £600
90th Percentile £688 £700 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 34 50
10th Percentile £16.25 £16.85 £22.30
25th Percentile £23.75 £18.93 £32.00
Median hourly rate £31.71 £29.60 £56.38
Median % change year-on-year +7.15% -47.50% +71.61%
75th Percentile £58.13 £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% +195.11%

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 36,914 49,809 79,437
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.21% 89.64% 90.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,592 34,469 55,846
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £649
90th Percentile £750 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,564 1,687 1,868
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.70 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.75
Median hourly rate £36.50 £35.80 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% +39.41% +11.65%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.51
% change year-on-year +8.91% +70.69% -2.36%

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 9 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 9 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 9 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 -22 963 £500 -4.76% 819
London -14 582 £504 -8.32% 343
Work from Home -7 466 £500 -3.38% 429
UK excluding London -20 421 £475 - 490
North of England -9 109 £475 -9.95% 167
Scotland -11 93 £463 +3.93% 37
South East -46 80 £513 +7.89% 103
North West -17 62 £463 -14.94% 112
Midlands +9 58 £506 +9.46% 85
South West -13 54 £406 -16.67% 51
West Midlands +8 51 £525 +5.00% 52
Yorkshire -10 35 £513 +1.49% 43
East of England -25 13 £381 +1.67% 36
North East +14 12 £450 -29.41% 12
Wales +9 8 £412 -24.92% 9
Northern Ireland +8 7 £513 - 12
East Midlands +1 6 £409 -9.11% 33

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 60 (5.08%) CMS
2 35 (2.97%) SharePoint
3 23 (1.95%) Confluence
4 22 (1.86%) Apache
5 15 (1.27%) SAS
6 10 (0.85%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (0.85%) Sitecore CMS
7 9 (0.76%) Drupal
7 9 (0.76%) Headless CMS
8 6 (0.51%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 6 (0.51%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 6 (0.51%) WordPress
9 5 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
10 3 (0.25%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.17%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.085%) Alfresco
12 1 (0.085%) Liferay
12 1 (0.085%) Moodle
12 1 (0.085%) nginx
12 1 (0.085%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 64 (5.42%) Sketch
2 34 (2.88%) Adobe XD
2 34 (2.88%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (2.20%) Microsoft Excel
4 25 (2.12%) InVision
5 23 (1.95%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 23 (1.95%) Photoshop
6 20 (1.69%) Adobe Illustrator
7 9 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 8 (0.68%) Adobe Captivate
9 7 (0.59%) SPSS
10 5 (0.42%) UserZoom
11 4 (0.34%) Chatbot
11 4 (0.34%) MS Visio
12 3 (0.25%) InDesign
12 3 (0.25%) MicroStation
13 2 (0.17%) OmniGraffle
13 2 (0.17%) UXPin
14 1 (0.085%) Final Cut Pro
14 1 (0.085%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (0.76%) Magento
2 8 (0.68%) Salesforce CRM
3 7 (0.59%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.59%) Shopify
4 6 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
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
1 146 (12.37%) Figma
2 124 (10.51%) AWS
3 122 (10.34%) Azure
4 47 (3.98%) Power Platform
5 41 (3.47%) GCP
6 33 (2.80%) Azure DevOps
7 31 (2.63%) Microsoft 365
8 30 (2.54%) SaaS
9 29 (2.46%) GitHub
10 28 (2.37%) Serverless
11 20 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
12 18 (1.53%) AWS Lambda
13 17 (1.44%) Miro
14 16 (1.36%) Power Automate
15 15 (1.27%) Amazon S3
15 15 (1.27%) Google Analytics
16 14 (1.19%) PowerApps
17 13 (1.10%) AWS CloudFormation
17 13 (1.10%) Entra ID
18 12 (1.02%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 32 (2.71%) Intranet
2 22 (1.86%) VPN
3 11 (0.93%) DNS
3 11 (0.93%) Firewall
4 9 (0.76%) DHCP
4 9 (0.76%) HTTP
4 9 (0.76%) Internet
5 6 (0.51%) SSH
6 5 (0.42%) NetScaler
7 4 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.25%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.25%) Wireless
9 2 (0.17%) LAN
10 1 (0.085%) 5G
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%) VoIP
10 1 (0.085%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (3.56%) SQL Server
2 41 (3.47%) Power BI
3 40 (3.39%) Apache Cassandra
4 30 (2.54%) PostgreSQL
5 27 (2.29%) MongoDB
6 23 (1.95%) MySQL
7 18 (1.53%) NoSQL
8 15 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
9 14 (1.19%) Amazon Aurora
10 13 (1.10%) Relational Database
11 11 (0.93%) Amazon RDS
11 11 (0.93%) Crystal Reports
12 10 (0.85%) Apache Ignite
13 8 (0.68%) Big Data
13 8 (0.68%) Tableau
14 7 (0.59%) BusinessObjects
15 6 (0.51%) GIS
15 6 (0.51%) Metadata
15 6 (0.51%) Power Query
16 5 (0.42%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 66 (5.59%) JIRA
2 64 (5.42%) Git
3 16 (1.36%) Axure RP
4 13 (1.10%) Jenkins
5 12 (1.02%) GitLab
5 12 (1.02%) Gradle
5 12 (1.02%) webpack
6 11 (0.93%) Cypress.io
6 11 (0.93%) git-flow
7 8 (0.68%) Bitbucket
7 8 (0.68%) Visual Studio Code
8 7 (0.59%) TeamCity
9 6 (0.51%) Babel
9 6 (0.51%) JMeter
9 6 (0.51%) SonarQube
10 5 (0.42%) Balsamiq
10 5 (0.42%) LoadRunner
10 5 (0.42%) Visual Website Optimizer
11 4 (0.34%) Artifactory
11 4 (0.34%) Maven
General
1 325 (27.54%) Social Skills
2 180 (15.25%) Finance
3 134 (11.36%) Public Sector
4 119 (10.08%) Analytical Skills
5 94 (7.97%) Marketing
6 60 (5.08%) Banking
7 33 (2.80%) Legal
7 33 (2.80%) Retail
8 32 (2.71%) Presentation Skills
9 28 (2.37%) Telecoms
10 23 (1.95%) Local Government
11 21 (1.78%) Influencing Skills
12 20 (1.69%) Front Office
12 20 (1.69%) Pharmaceutical
12 20 (1.69%) Publishing
13 17 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 16 (1.36%) Games
15 14 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
16 12 (1.02%) Law
17 10 (0.85%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 287 (24.32%) Developer
2 244 (20.68%) Designer
3 187 (15.85%) Senior
4 144 (12.20%) UX Designer
5 80 (6.78%) Analyst
6 73 (6.19%) Software Engineer
7 70 (5.93%) React Developer
8 65 (5.51%) UI Designer
9 61 (5.17%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 56 (4.75%) Lead
10 56 (4.75%) UI/UX Designer
11 53 (4.49%) Architect
12 48 (4.07%) Business Analyst
13 41 (3.47%) Full Stack Developer
14 40 (3.39%) Senior Designer
14 40 (3.39%) Senior Developer
15 39 (3.31%) Consultant
16 37 (3.14%) UI Developer
17 36 (3.05%) Senior Software Engineer
18 32 (2.71%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 186 (15.76%) React
2 182 (15.42%) CSS
3 179 (15.17%) HTML
4 79 (6.69%) AngularJS
5 63 (5.34%) Node.js
6 58 (4.92%) .NET
6 58 (4.92%) RESTful
7 44 (3.73%) Redux
8 43 (3.64%) REST
9 42 (3.56%) Kafka
10 31 (2.63%) HTML5
11 27 (2.29%) CSS3
12 22 (1.86%) Spring Boot
13 21 (1.78%) Sass
14 20 (1.69%) Jest
14 20 (1.69%) Vue
15 19 (1.61%) jQuery
15 19 (1.61%) WebSockets
16 18 (1.53%) Tailwind CSS
17 17 (1.44%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 116 (9.83%) Product Ownership
2 69 (5.85%) Mobile App
3 35 (2.97%) Fixed Income
4 27 (2.29%) Self-Motivation
5 24 (2.03%) Enterprise Software
6 23 (1.95%) Management Information System
7 22 (1.86%) Onboarding
8 13 (1.10%) Data Structures
8 13 (1.10%) Digital Media
9 11 (0.93%) Algorithms
9 11 (0.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 11 (0.93%) Legacy Systems
9 11 (0.93%) Video\Live Streaming
9 11 (0.93%) Virtual Team
10 10 (0.85%) Cloud Native
10 10 (0.85%) Graphic Design
10 10 (0.85%) Renewable Energy
11 9 (0.76%) Legacy Applications
11 9 (0.76%) Wiki
12 8 (0.68%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 53 (4.49%) Android
2 50 (4.24%) Windows
3 46 (3.90%) Apple iOS
4 17 (1.44%) 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
1 483 (40.93%) UX Design
2 379 (32.12%) Agile
3 180 (15.25%) Problem-Solving
4 170 (14.41%) User Research
5 132 (11.19%) Software Engineering
6 116 (9.83%) UX Research
7 112 (9.49%) DevOps
7 112 (9.49%) Front End Development
8 108 (9.15%) Analytics
9 106 (8.98%) Wireframes
10 104 (8.81%) Stakeholder Management
11 102 (8.64%) Roadmaps
12 101 (8.56%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
13 93 (7.88%) Continuous Improvement
14 77 (6.53%) CI/CD
14 77 (6.53%) Service Design
15 74 (6.27%) Scrum
16 73 (6.19%) Prototyping
17 72 (6.10%) Full Stack Development
18 67 (5.68%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 203 (17.20%) JavaScript
2 104 (8.81%) TypeScript
3 100 (8.47%) Python
4 84 (7.12%) SQL
5 78 (6.61%) Java
6 53 (4.49%) C#
7 43 (3.64%) Go
8 22 (1.86%) Kotlin
9 21 (1.78%) PowerShell
10 16 (1.36%) Swift
11 15 (1.27%) PHP
12 12 (1.02%) Objective-C
13 11 (0.93%) Bicep
14 9 (0.76%) Apex Code
15 8 (0.68%) C
16 7 (0.59%) C++
17 6 (0.51%) SOQL
18 5 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
19 4 (0.34%) Bash
19 4 (0.34%) R
Qualifications
1 138 (11.69%) Degree
2 110 (9.32%) Security Cleared
3 71 (6.02%) SC Cleared
4 46 (3.90%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (1.78%) DV Cleared
5 21 (1.78%) Master's Degree
6 13 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (0.93%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 8 (0.68%) AWS Certification
9 6 (0.51%) DBS Check
9 6 (0.51%) ITIL Certification
9 6 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (0.42%) Citrix Certification
10 5 (0.42%) ISTQB
11 4 (0.34%) HNC
11 4 (0.34%) MCSA
11 4 (0.34%) Tableau Certification
12 3 (0.25%) CCA
12 3 (0.25%) PMP
13 2 (0.17%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 142 (12.03%) Accessibility
2 65 (5.51%) QA
3 27 (2.29%) WCAG
4 20 (1.69%) SLA
5 15 (1.27%) Data Quality
6 10 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
7 9 (0.76%) Disclosure Scotland
8 5 (0.42%) GDPR
8 5 (0.42%) PMO
9 4 (0.34%) GRC
9 4 (0.34%) GxP
10 3 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.25%) MiFID
11 2 (0.17%) EMIR
11 2 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 12207
11 2 (0.17%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.17%) Software Quality Assurance
12 1 (0.085%) HIPAA
System Software
1 63 (5.34%) Docker
2 22 (1.86%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.34%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.34%) Microsoft App-V
4 4 (0.34%) XenApp
4 4 (0.34%) XenDesktop
5 2 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.085%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.085%) VMware Workstation
6 1 (0.085%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 66 (5.59%) Kubernetes
2 19 (1.61%) Single Sign-On
3 15 (1.27%) 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 93 (7.88%) Microsoft
2 85 (7.20%) Adobe
3 42 (3.56%) Google
4 27 (2.29%) ServiceNow
5 25 (2.12%) Salesforce
6 24 (2.03%) SAP
7 17 (1.44%) Oracle
8 16 (1.36%) Apple
9 15 (1.27%) Sitecore
10 13 (1.10%) Citrix
11 11 (0.93%) Atlassian
11 11 (0.93%) RedPrairie
12 10 (0.85%) IFS
13 9 (0.76%) Cadence
14 7 (0.59%) Pardot
14 7 (0.59%) VMware
15 6 (0.51%) Optimizely
15 6 (0.51%) Red Hat
16 5 (0.42%) CyberArk
16 5 (0.42%) Xamarin