User Experience Contracts in London

UX
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 65 52 53
Rank change year-on-year -13 +1 -1
Contract jobs citing User Experience 579 1,142 1,810
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 3.30% 4.46% 4.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.74% 4.91% 5.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 411 806 1,298
10th Percentile £325 £376 £375
25th Percentile £416 £461 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £741 £766
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 13 26
10th Percentile £16.68 £20.29 £24.25
25th Percentile £20.96 £25.75 £40.59
Median hourly rate £32.39 £37.50 £53.13
Median % change year-on-year -13.63% -29.41% +45.55%
75th Percentile £51.31 £60.00 £61.67
90th Percentile £52.73 £73.75 £65.00
England median hourly rate £26.03 £26.50 £55.50
% change year-on-year -1.77% -52.25% +68.95%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,473 23,264 35,752
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.29% 90.93% 92.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,093 16,856 26,215
10th Percentile £340 £375 £394
25th Percentile £449 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 320 265 402
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.00 £16.50
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.49 £23.91
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.00 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.21% +9.86% +8.07%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.50 £50.00
90th Percentile £68.08 £82.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £37.50 £37.15 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.94% +48.60% +11.11%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for User Experience in London

User Experience
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for User Experience in London

User Experience
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Experience in London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for User Experience in London

User Experience
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for User Experience in London

User Experience
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing User Experience in London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for User Experience in London

User Experience
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 2 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
Central London -8 67 £525 -4.55% 28
South London -6 8 £450 -25.00% 1
West London -29 7 £463 -15.91% 10
East London -2 4 £539 - 6
North London +3 2 £225 -65.38% 2
User Experience
England

User Experience
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 39 (6.74%) CMS
2 20 (3.45%) SharePoint
3 14 (2.42%) Confluence
4 11 (1.90%) Apache
5 9 (1.55%) Apache Airflow
6 7 (1.21%) Drupal
6 7 (1.21%) Headless CMS
7 6 (1.04%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 6 (1.04%) WordPress
8 5 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.69%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.52%) SAS
11 1 (0.17%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.17%) Kentico
11 1 (0.17%) Oracle Coherence
11 1 (0.17%) Umbraco
Applications
1 26 (4.49%) Sketch
2 20 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (3.11%) Adobe XD
4 13 (2.25%) Microsoft Office
5 11 (1.90%) Photoshop
6 10 (1.73%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 9 (1.55%) Adobe Illustrator
7 9 (1.55%) InVision
8 8 (1.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 5 (0.86%) SPSS
10 4 (0.69%) UserZoom
11 3 (0.52%) Adobe Captivate
11 3 (0.52%) Chatbot
11 3 (0.52%) InDesign
12 2 (0.35%) MS Visio
13 1 (0.17%) 3ds Max
13 1 (0.17%) Adobe After Effects
13 1 (0.17%) Elementor
13 1 (0.17%) Final Cut Pro
13 1 (0.17%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 6 (1.04%) Shopify
2 5 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.52%) WebTrends
4 2 (0.35%) ION MarketView
4 2 (0.35%) Magento
4 2 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.17%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 76 (13.13%) Figma
2 70 (12.09%) AWS
3 66 (11.40%) Azure
4 27 (4.66%) Microsoft 365
5 26 (4.49%) GCP
6 22 (3.80%) Power Platform
7 19 (3.28%) GitHub
8 14 (2.42%) Miro
8 14 (2.42%) SaaS
9 13 (2.25%) Azure DevOps
10 11 (1.90%) Entra ID
10 11 (1.90%) Serverless
11 10 (1.73%) Cloud Computing
12 9 (1.55%) Power Automate
13 8 (1.38%) PowerApps
14 7 (1.21%) Google Analytics
15 5 (0.86%) BigCommerce
15 5 (0.86%) Dynamics 365
16 4 (0.69%) Azure Data Factory
16 4 (0.69%) Contentful
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.38%) DNS
1 8 (1.38%) Intranet
1 8 (1.38%) VPN
2 7 (1.21%) DHCP
3 6 (1.04%) SSH
4 5 (0.86%) Internet
5 4 (0.69%) NetScaler
6 3 (0.52%) HTTP
6 3 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.35%) LAN
7 2 (0.35%) WAN
8 1 (0.17%) Broadband
8 1 (0.17%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (3.80%) Power BI
1 22 (3.80%) SQL Server
2 14 (2.42%) Apache Cassandra
2 14 (2.42%) NoSQL
3 13 (2.25%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (1.90%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (1.90%) MySQL
5 9 (1.55%) Apache Ignite
5 9 (1.55%) MongoDB
6 8 (1.38%) Amazon RDS
6 8 (1.38%) Relational Database
7 5 (0.86%) Big Data
7 5 (0.86%) BusinessObjects
7 5 (0.86%) Tableau
8 3 (0.52%) BusinessObjects XI
8 3 (0.52%) Power Query
8 3 (0.52%) PowerPivot
9 2 (0.35%) EDMS
10 1 (0.17%) Crystal Reports
10 1 (0.17%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 42 (7.25%) Git
2 28 (4.84%) JIRA
3 10 (1.73%) git-flow
4 8 (1.38%) Cypress.io
4 8 (1.38%) Gradle
5 7 (1.21%) Axure RP
5 7 (1.21%) TeamCity
5 7 (1.21%) webpack
6 6 (1.04%) SonarQube
7 5 (0.86%) Bitbucket
7 5 (0.86%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.86%) Visual Website Optimizer
8 3 (0.52%) Babel
8 3 (0.52%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.35%) Ant
9 2 (0.35%) Balsamiq
9 2 (0.35%) Maven
9 2 (0.35%) Storybook
10 1 (0.17%) JMeter
10 1 (0.17%) NUnit
General
1 168 (29.02%) Social Skills
2 109 (18.83%) Finance
3 58 (10.02%) Marketing
4 50 (8.64%) Analytical Skills
5 42 (7.25%) Public Sector
6 28 (4.84%) Banking
7 22 (3.80%) Retail
8 19 (3.28%) Front Office
9 18 (3.11%) Local Government
10 16 (2.76%) Publishing
11 13 (2.25%) Presentation Skills
12 12 (2.07%) Games
13 10 (1.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 10 (1.73%) Law
13 10 (1.73%) Legal
14 9 (1.55%) Pharmaceutical
15 8 (1.38%) Advertising
15 8 (1.38%) Health Technology
15 8 (1.38%) Organisational Skills
15 8 (1.38%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 135 (23.32%) Developer
2 133 (22.97%) Designer
3 117 (20.21%) Senior
4 82 (14.16%) UX Designer
5 45 (7.77%) React Developer
6 43 (7.43%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 36 (6.22%) Software Engineer
7 36 (6.22%) UI Designer
8 32 (5.53%) Analyst
8 32 (5.53%) UI/UX Designer
9 30 (5.18%) UI Engineer
10 29 (5.01%) Senior Designer
11 28 (4.84%) UI Developer
12 27 (4.66%) Lead
13 25 (4.32%) Senior Developer
13 25 (4.32%) Senior UX Designer
14 24 (4.15%) Architect
15 22 (3.80%) Senior Software Engineer
16 21 (3.63%) Full Stack Developer
17 19 (3.28%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 114 (19.69%) React
2 95 (16.41%) CSS
3 88 (15.20%) HTML
4 39 (6.74%) AngularJS
5 34 (5.87%) Redux
6 30 (5.18%) Node.js
7 24 (4.15%) RESTful
8 22 (3.80%) REST
9 21 (3.63%) .NET
10 17 (2.94%) HTML5
10 17 (2.94%) Sass
11 16 (2.76%) CSS3
11 16 (2.76%) Jest
11 16 (2.76%) Kafka
12 15 (2.59%) Tailwind CSS
12 15 (2.59%) WebSockets
13 14 (2.42%) Material-UI
14 13 (2.25%) React Native
15 12 (2.07%) Spring Boot
16 10 (1.73%) LESS
Miscellaneous
1 42 (7.25%) Product Ownership
2 41 (7.08%) Mobile App
3 33 (5.70%) Fixed Income
4 21 (3.63%) Self-Motivation
5 17 (2.94%) Management Information System
6 16 (2.76%) Onboarding
7 14 (2.42%) Enterprise Software
8 11 (1.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 10 (1.73%) Data Structures
9 10 (1.73%) Video\Live Streaming
10 9 (1.55%) Algorithms
10 9 (1.55%) Cloud Native
11 8 (1.38%) Digital Media
11 8 (1.38%) Graphic Design
12 7 (1.21%) Data Protection Act
12 7 (1.21%) Over-the-Top Content
12 7 (1.21%) Virtual Team
13 6 (1.04%) Animation
13 6 (1.04%) Derivative
13 6 (1.04%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 23 (3.97%) Windows
2 19 (3.28%) Android
3 16 (2.76%) Apple iOS
4 7 (1.21%) Windows 7
5 6 (1.04%) Linux
5 6 (1.04%) Windows 10
5 6 (1.04%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.52%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (0.35%) Unix
8 1 (0.17%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 263 (45.42%) UX Design
2 171 (29.53%) Agile
3 90 (15.54%) Problem-Solving
4 77 (13.30%) Front End Development
5 70 (12.09%) User Research
6 65 (11.23%) Software Engineering
7 51 (8.81%) Stakeholder Management
7 51 (8.81%) UX Research
8 47 (8.12%) Customer Experience
9 43 (7.43%) Wireframes
10 40 (6.91%) Continuous Improvement
11 39 (6.74%) DevOps
12 38 (6.56%) SDLC
13 37 (6.39%) Computer Science
13 37 (6.39%) Full Stack Development
14 36 (6.22%) E-Commerce
14 36 (6.22%) Roadmaps
14 36 (6.22%) Scrum
15 35 (6.04%) CI/CD
16 33 (5.70%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 106 (18.31%) JavaScript
2 60 (10.36%) TypeScript
3 49 (8.46%) Java
4 47 (8.12%) SQL
5 38 (6.56%) Python
6 24 (4.15%) C#
7 17 (2.94%) Go
8 15 (2.59%) Kotlin
9 14 (2.42%) Swift
10 13 (2.25%) PowerShell
11 11 (1.90%) Objective-C
12 9 (1.55%) PHP
13 6 (1.04%) C
14 2 (0.35%) Apex Code
14 2 (0.35%) C++
14 2 (0.35%) Dart
14 2 (0.35%) R
15 1 (0.17%) JSX
15 1 (0.17%) SOQL
15 1 (0.17%) VB
Qualifications
1 71 (12.26%) Degree
2 43 (7.43%) Security Cleared
3 35 (6.04%) SC Cleared
4 23 (3.97%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (2.07%) Master's Degree
6 7 (1.21%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (1.04%) AWS Certification
7 6 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (0.86%) Citrix Certification
9 4 (0.69%) MCSA
10 3 (0.52%) CCA
10 3 (0.52%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.52%) PMP
11 2 (0.35%) CCNA
11 2 (0.35%) CCNP
11 2 (0.35%) CESG Certified Professional
11 2 (0.35%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.35%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.35%) MCSE
11 2 (0.35%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (10.54%) Accessibility
2 24 (4.15%) QA
3 13 (2.25%) Data Quality
3 13 (2.25%) SLA
4 12 (2.07%) WCAG
5 4 (0.69%) GRC
6 3 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.52%) GDPR
6 3 (0.52%) MiFID
6 3 (0.52%) PMO
7 2 (0.35%) EMIR
7 2 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 2 (0.35%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 21 (3.63%) Docker
2 16 (2.76%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.35%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.35%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.35%) vSphere
4 2 (0.35%) XenApp
4 2 (0.35%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 23 (3.97%) Kubernetes
2 12 (2.07%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (0.69%) Terraform
4 3 (0.52%) SCCM
5 2 (0.35%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.17%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 52 (8.98%) Microsoft
2 47 (8.12%) Adobe
3 17 (2.94%) Google
3 17 (2.94%) ServiceNow
4 14 (2.42%) SAP
5 12 (2.07%) Apple
6 11 (1.90%) Citrix
6 11 (1.90%) Salesforce
7 9 (1.55%) Oracle
8 6 (1.04%) Optimizely
9 5 (0.86%) CyberArk
9 5 (0.86%) MicroStrategy
9 5 (0.86%) Sitecore
10 4 (0.69%) Black Duck
10 4 (0.69%) Cognos
10 4 (0.69%) Hotjar
10 4 (0.69%) Screaming Frog
10 4 (0.69%) VMware
11 3 (0.52%) BeyondTrust
11 3 (0.52%) MuleSoft