User Experience Contracts in the UK excluding London

UX
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 107 72
Rank change year-on-year +30 -35 +6
Contract jobs citing User Experience 425 409 718
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.95% 1.94% 3.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.29% 2.34% 3.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 278 257 531
10th Percentile £284 £263 £313
25th Percentile £358 £364 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £449 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.58% - -4.04%
75th Percentile £529 £569 £550
90th Percentile £614 £626 £600
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £510
% change year-on-year -5.00% -1.96% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 25 18
10th Percentile £13.99 £13.50 £16.66
25th Percentile £17.88 - £16.85
Median hourly rate £70.00 £25.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +180.00% +41.08% -73.25%
75th Percentile £84.23 £74.00 £32.75
90th Percentile £91.50 £76.50 £65.70
UK median hourly rate £49.50 £30.86 £29.60
% change year-on-year +60.43% +4.26% -45.32%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,936 17,476 20,662
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 89.83% 82.94% 89.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,885 10,313 14,047
10th Percentile £235 £250 £263
25th Percentile £365 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £694
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% +0.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,096 2,138 1,293
10th Percentile £13.85 £12.50 £13.00
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.62 £16.00
Median hourly rate £24.66 £38.12 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.31% +8.91% +66.67%
75th Percentile £52.13 £62.38 £63.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £38.00 £37.34
% change year-on-year -33.82% +1.77% +43.62%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for User Experience in the UK excluding London

User Experience
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for User Experience in the UK excluding London

User Experience
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Experience in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for User Experience in the UK excluding London

User Experience
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for User Experience in the UK excluding London

User Experience
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing User Experience in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for User Experience in the UK excluding London

User Experience
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 July 2025. 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
North of England +29 138 £450 -10.00% 817
North West +25 88 £450 -2.70% 554
South East +21 83 £475 +15.15% 591
Midlands +19 72 £420 -16.00% 400
Scotland -18 58 £460 -0.54% 143
West Midlands +6 48 £500 -4.76% 256
South West +29 45 £375 -21.05% 304
Yorkshire +10 36 £400 -23.81% 201
East Midlands +18 24 £356 -14.83% 141
East of England +33 18 £475 +15.15% 269
North East +1 14 £480 +6.67% 64
Wales +10 12 £306 -25.73% 94
Northern Ireland -12 4 £416 +4.06% 67
Channel Islands - 1 - -
User Experience
UK

User Experience
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 12 (2.82%) Confluence
2 9 (2.12%) CMS
2 9 (2.12%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.18%) IBM Domino
4 4 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.71%) Apache
6 2 (0.47%) CICS
6 2 (0.47%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.24%) Drupal
7 1 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.24%) GeoServer
7 1 (0.24%) nginx
7 1 (0.24%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.24%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.24%) WordPress
Applications
1 17 (4.00%) Siemens NX
2 12 (2.82%) Chatbot
3 8 (1.88%) Sketch
4 7 (1.65%) Adobe XD
5 6 (1.41%) Microsoft Excel
6 3 (0.71%) InVision
6 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (0.71%) Trello
7 2 (0.47%) Adobe Captivate
7 2 (0.47%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.47%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.47%) UserZoom
8 1 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.24%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.24%) Maple
8 1 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.24%) OmniGraffle
8 1 (0.24%) UXPin
Business Applications
1 17 (4.00%) Teamcenter
2 4 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.71%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.47%) Magento
4 2 (0.47%) Oracle Assets
4 2 (0.47%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.47%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.47%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (0.47%) Oracle iProcurement
4 2 (0.47%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.47%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.47%) Shopify
5 1 (0.24%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.24%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.24%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (0.24%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 59 (13.88%) Azure
2 44 (10.35%) Figma
3 39 (9.18%) AWS
4 33 (7.76%) SaaS
5 22 (5.18%) GCP
6 21 (4.94%) Power Platform
7 20 (4.71%) Microsoft 365
8 16 (3.76%) Google Workspace
9 14 (3.29%) Entra ID
10 12 (2.82%) Azure DevOps
11 11 (2.59%) Serverless
12 10 (2.35%) Google Analytics
13 9 (2.12%) Amazon S3
13 9 (2.12%) AWS Lambda
13 9 (2.12%) GitHub
14 8 (1.88%) GitHub Actions
15 7 (1.65%) AWS CloudFormation
16 6 (1.41%) Dynamics 365
17 4 (0.94%) Amazon Cognito
17 4 (0.94%) AWS CodePipeline
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.18%) HTTP
1 5 (1.18%) NFC
1 5 (1.18%) PPP
2 4 (0.94%) Firewall
3 3 (0.71%) Network Security
3 3 (0.71%) VPN
3 3 (0.71%) Wireless
4 2 (0.47%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (0.47%) LAN
4 2 (0.47%) Unified Communications
4 2 (0.47%) WAN
5 1 (0.24%) 5G
5 1 (0.24%) Cisco Firepower
5 1 (0.24%) IP Telephony
5 1 (0.24%) NAS
5 1 (0.24%) NetScaler
5 1 (0.24%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.24%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.24%) Skype
5 1 (0.24%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (4.47%) Power BI
2 10 (2.35%) Tableau
3 8 (1.88%) MongoDB
3 8 (1.88%) Relational Database
4 7 (1.65%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (1.65%) Metadata
5 6 (1.41%) Amazon Aurora
5 6 (1.41%) NoSQL
6 4 (0.94%) BigQuery
6 4 (0.94%) Looker
6 4 (0.94%) Mixpanel
6 4 (0.94%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (0.94%) SQL Server
7 3 (0.71%) MySQL
8 2 (0.47%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.47%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (0.47%) DB2
8 2 (0.47%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.24%) Qlik Sense
9 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 28 (6.59%) Git
2 26 (6.12%) JIRA
3 20 (4.71%) Jenkins
4 15 (3.53%) Cypress.io
5 13 (3.06%) Xcode
6 8 (1.88%) Eclipse
7 7 (1.65%) GitLab
7 7 (1.65%) Storybook
8 6 (1.41%) Gradle
8 6 (1.41%) Vite
8 6 (1.41%) webpack
9 5 (1.18%) Android Studio
9 5 (1.18%) Axure RP
9 5 (1.18%) Valgrind
10 4 (0.94%) REST Assured
10 4 (0.94%) Visual Studio Code
11 3 (0.71%) Browser DevTools
11 3 (0.71%) CircleCI
11 3 (0.71%) Cucumber
11 3 (0.71%) Plastic SCM
General
1 123 (28.94%) Social Skills
2 70 (16.47%) Finance
3 62 (14.59%) Public Sector
4 41 (9.65%) Analytical Skills
5 30 (7.06%) Marketing
6 19 (4.47%) Banking
7 12 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
7 12 (2.82%) Retail
7 12 (2.82%) Telecoms
8 11 (2.59%) Legal
9 9 (2.12%) Games
9 9 (2.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (2.12%) Manufacturing
9 9 (2.12%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (1.88%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (1.65%) Electronics
12 6 (1.41%) Military
13 5 (1.18%) Automotive
14 4 (0.94%) Law
14 4 (0.94%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 94 (22.12%) Developer
2 72 (16.94%) Designer
3 61 (14.35%) Senior
4 38 (8.94%) Analyst
5 32 (7.53%) UX Designer
6 28 (6.59%) Lead
7 27 (6.35%) Applications Engineer
8 23 (5.41%) React Developer
9 19 (4.47%) Architect
10 16 (3.76%) Business Analyst
10 16 (3.76%) Configuration Engineer
11 14 (3.29%) Software Engineer
12 13 (3.06%) Senior Designer
12 13 (3.06%) Support Engineer
13 12 (2.82%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
13 12 (2.82%) Full-Stack Developer
13 12 (2.82%) Product Owner
13 12 (2.82%) User Experience Researcher
14 11 (2.59%) DevOps Engineer
14 11 (2.59%) UI Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (15.76%) CSS
2 61 (14.35%) HTML
3 53 (12.47%) React
4 34 (8.00%) RESTful
5 31 (7.29%) XML
6 29 (6.82%) Node.js
7 23 (5.41%) AngularJS
8 20 (4.71%) .NET
9 16 (3.76%) REST
10 15 (3.53%) Jest
11 14 (3.29%) JSON
12 13 (3.06%) Redux
13 12 (2.82%) Playwright
14 11 (2.59%) GraphQL
14 11 (2.59%) React Native
15 9 (2.12%) HTML5
15 9 (2.12%) Spring
16 8 (1.88%) AWS CDK
16 8 (1.88%) Spring Boot
17 7 (1.65%) SwiftUI
Miscellaneous
1 38 (8.94%) Product Ownership
2 35 (8.24%) Mobile App
3 20 (4.71%) Onboarding
4 17 (4.00%) Hybrid Cloud
5 15 (3.53%) Management Information System
6 9 (2.12%) Data Protection Act
6 9 (2.12%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (1.88%) Cloud Native
7 8 (1.88%) Virtual Team
8 7 (1.65%) e-Learning
8 7 (1.65%) iPhone
9 6 (1.41%) Algorithms
9 6 (1.41%) Credit Risk
9 6 (1.41%) iPad
9 6 (1.41%) Learning Management System
9 6 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (1.18%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.18%) Mobile Games
10 5 (1.18%) Smartcard
10 5 (1.18%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 27 (6.35%) Android
2 25 (5.88%) Windows
3 24 (5.65%) Apple iOS
4 13 (3.06%) Windows 10
5 11 (2.59%) Mac OS
6 7 (1.65%) Linux
7 5 (1.18%) Ubuntu
7 5 (1.18%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.24%) Unix
8 1 (0.24%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (33.88%) Agile
2 135 (31.76%) UX Design
3 81 (19.06%) Problem-Solving
4 62 (14.59%) CI/CD
5 56 (13.18%) Continuous Improvement
6 54 (12.71%) Analytics
6 54 (12.71%) Decision-Making
6 54 (12.71%) DevOps
7 49 (11.53%) Software Engineering
8 46 (10.82%) User Research
8 46 (10.82%) Wireframes
9 44 (10.35%) Roadmaps
9 44 (10.35%) Stakeholder Management
10 40 (9.41%) Scrum
11 38 (8.94%) Front End Development
12 37 (8.71%) Test Automation
13 33 (7.76%) Prototyping
14 32 (7.53%) User Stories
15 30 (7.06%) TDD
15 30 (7.06%) UX Research
Programming Languages
1 75 (17.65%) JavaScript
2 42 (9.88%) Python
3 37 (8.71%) TypeScript
4 31 (7.29%) Java
5 26 (6.12%) SQL
6 23 (5.41%) C#
7 14 (3.29%) Swift
8 13 (3.06%) Objective-C
9 12 (2.82%) Bash
9 12 (2.82%) Kotlin
10 11 (2.59%) PowerShell
11 9 (2.12%) C++
12 6 (1.41%) Scala
13 4 (0.94%) C
13 4 (0.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (0.94%) Ruby
14 3 (0.71%) Apex Code
14 3 (0.71%) PHP
15 2 (0.47%) COBOL
15 2 (0.47%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 54 (12.71%) Security Cleared
2 48 (11.29%) Degree
3 40 (9.41%) SC Cleared
4 21 (4.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (2.12%) Master's Degree
6 8 (1.88%) Azure Certification
7 7 (1.65%) DV Cleared
8 5 (1.18%) IIBA
9 4 (0.94%) A+ Certification
9 4 (0.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 4 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.71%) Citrix Certification
11 2 (0.47%) CISSP
11 2 (0.47%) HND
11 2 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.47%) MBA
12 1 (0.24%) CCIE
12 1 (0.24%) HNC
12 1 (0.24%) MCP
12 1 (0.24%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (10.82%) Accessibility
2 34 (8.00%) QA
3 21 (4.94%) Data Quality
4 16 (3.76%) WCAG
5 13 (3.06%) GDPR
6 7 (1.65%) Disclosure Scotland
6 7 (1.65%) SLA
7 3 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.47%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.47%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.24%) GRC
9 1 (0.24%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.24%) PMO
System Software
1 15 (3.53%) Active Directory
2 13 (3.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.88%) Docker
4 3 (0.71%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.24%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.24%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.24%) vSphere
5 1 (0.24%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 19 (4.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (3.29%) Terraform
3 8 (1.88%) SCCM
4 5 (1.18%) Grafana
4 5 (1.18%) Jamf Pro
4 5 (1.18%) Kubernetes
5 4 (0.94%) Ansible
5 4 (0.94%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.71%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.24%) HP Data Protector
7 1 (0.24%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.24%) Network Intrusion Detection System
7 1 (0.24%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.24%) Puppet
Vendors
1 57 (13.41%) Microsoft
2 39 (9.18%) Google
3 18 (4.24%) Adobe
4 16 (3.76%) SAP
5 13 (3.06%) ServiceNow
5 13 (3.06%) VMware
6 11 (2.59%) Salesforce
7 9 (2.12%) Oracle
8 8 (1.88%) Citrix
8 8 (1.88%) Hotjar
9 5 (1.18%) Apple
10 4 (0.94%) CheckPoint
10 4 (0.94%) CyberArk
10 4 (0.94%) Genesys
10 4 (0.94%) Zscaler
11 3 (0.71%) Cisco
11 3 (0.71%) IBM
11 3 (0.71%) OneLogin
11 3 (0.71%) PagerDuty
11 3 (0.71%) Workday