User Experience Contracts in London

UX
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in 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 17 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 67 52
Rank change year-on-year +14 -15 +4
Contract jobs citing User Experience 561 579 1,126
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 4.53% 3.29% 4.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.92% 3.72% 4.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 355 405 797
10th Percentile £307 £325 £375
25th Percentile £401 £413 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -
75th Percentile £650 £638 £650
90th Percentile £788 £753 £738
England median daily rate £475 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 18 13
10th Percentile £33.00 £16.68 £20.29
25th Percentile £35.25 £20.96 £25.75
Median hourly rate £47.50 £32.39 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +46.65% -13.63% -29.41%
75th Percentile £63.75 £47.96 £60.00
90th Percentile - £52.73 £73.75
England median hourly rate £53.00 £30.86 £26.25
% change year-on-year +71.77% +17.54% -52.49%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,412 15,550 22,785
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.24% 88.23% 90.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,656 11,104 16,509
10th Percentile £344 £343 £375
25th Percentile £425 £445 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £588
Median % change year-on-year - -6.38% +2.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 202 313 262
10th Percentile £16.50 £15.50 £18.50
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.00 £22.50
Median hourly rate £32.70 £30.00 £39.63
Median % change year-on-year +8.98% -24.29% +10.07%
75th Percentile £50.50 £48.75 £64.50
90th Percentile £63.75 £67.80 £82.50
England median hourly rate £27.13 £37.88 £35.03
% change year-on-year -28.38% +8.12% +36.41%

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 17 June 2025.

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 17 June 2025.

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 17 June 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
Central London +14 78 £538 +2.38% 614
West London +22 14 £440 -4.92% 144
East London +14 4 £495 -8.33% 123
South London -5 1 £675 +50.00% 27
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 27 (4.81%) CMS
2 21 (3.74%) SharePoint
3 20 (3.57%) Confluence
4 6 (1.07%) Drupal
4 6 (1.07%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.89%) SharePoint 2010
6 4 (0.71%) Apache
6 4 (0.71%) IIS
7 3 (0.53%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.53%) Headless CMS
7 3 (0.53%) JBoss
7 3 (0.53%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.36%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.36%) Moodle
9 1 (0.18%) Camunda
9 1 (0.18%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.18%) Mendix
9 1 (0.18%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.18%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 29 (5.17%) Sketch
2 16 (2.85%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (2.32%) Adobe XD
3 13 (2.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (2.14%) Microsoft Excel
5 11 (1.96%) Chatbot
6 7 (1.25%) Autodesk Smoke
7 6 (1.07%) Adobe Illustrator
7 6 (1.07%) InVision
7 6 (1.07%) Photoshop
8 5 (0.89%) InfoPath
8 5 (0.89%) Trello
9 4 (0.71%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 3 (0.53%) OmniGraffle
10 3 (0.53%) UXPin
11 2 (0.36%) Adobe After Effects
11 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
11 2 (0.36%) MS Visio
11 2 (0.36%) SPSS
11 2 (0.36%) Stata
Business Applications
1 11 (1.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.71%) Shopify
3 2 (0.36%) Magento
3 2 (0.36%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.18%) Advent Portfolio Exchange
4 1 (0.18%) Endur
4 1 (0.18%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.18%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 98 (17.47%) Figma
2 86 (15.33%) AWS
3 66 (11.76%) Azure
4 48 (8.56%) GCP
5 38 (6.77%) Microsoft 365
6 36 (6.42%) Power Platform
7 24 (4.28%) Entra ID
8 19 (3.39%) SaaS
9 18 (3.21%) Serverless
10 15 (2.67%) GitHub
11 13 (2.32%) Power Automate
11 13 (2.32%) PowerApps
12 12 (2.14%) AWS Lambda
13 11 (1.96%) Amazon S3
14 10 (1.78%) Amazon SQS
14 10 (1.78%) Dynamics 365
15 9 (1.60%) Amazon Cognito
16 8 (1.43%) OneDrive
17 7 (1.25%) Firebase
17 7 (1.25%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.43%) Remote Desktop
2 4 (0.71%) DNS
2 4 (0.71%) HTTP
2 4 (0.71%) Internet
2 4 (0.71%) VPN
3 3 (0.53%) DHCP
3 3 (0.53%) Firewall
3 3 (0.53%) Intranet
3 3 (0.53%) SMTP
3 3 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.36%) Bluetooth
4 2 (0.36%) DMARC
4 2 (0.36%) Unified Communications
4 2 (0.36%) WebEx
5 1 (0.18%) Broadband
5 1 (0.18%) LAN
5 1 (0.18%) PSTN
5 1 (0.18%) SMS
5 1 (0.18%) VoIP
5 1 (0.18%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (7.49%) PostgreSQL
2 22 (3.92%) Power BI
3 14 (2.50%) SQL Server
4 11 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (1.78%) DynamoDB
6 8 (1.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (1.25%) MongoDB
7 7 (1.25%) NoSQL
7 7 (1.25%) Relational Database
7 7 (1.25%) Tableau
8 6 (1.07%) Elasticsearch
8 6 (1.07%) Redis
9 5 (0.89%) BusinessObjects
9 5 (0.89%) Crystal Reports
10 4 (0.71%) Metadata
10 4 (0.71%) Qlik Sense
10 4 (0.71%) Spotfire
11 3 (0.53%) BigQuery
11 3 (0.53%) Neo4j
11 3 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 43 (7.66%) JIRA
2 30 (5.35%) Git
3 16 (2.85%) Axure RP
4 13 (2.32%) Jenkins
5 9 (1.60%) Cypress.io
6 7 (1.25%) Bitbucket
6 7 (1.25%) Selenium
6 7 (1.25%) TeamCity
7 6 (1.07%) webpack
8 5 (0.89%) Babel
8 5 (0.89%) REST Assured
9 4 (0.71%) Balsamiq
9 4 (0.71%) JUnit
9 4 (0.71%) Mocha
9 4 (0.71%) Postman
9 4 (0.71%) Visual Studio Code
10 3 (0.53%) Ant
10 3 (0.53%) GitLab
10 3 (0.53%) Gradle
10 3 (0.53%) Xcode
General
1 170 (30.30%) Social Skills
2 151 (26.92%) Finance
3 86 (15.33%) Banking
4 61 (10.87%) Analytical Skills
5 53 (9.45%) Marketing
6 42 (7.49%) Front Office
7 34 (6.06%) Retail
8 31 (5.53%) Public Sector
9 25 (4.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 25 (4.46%) Presentation Skills
10 20 (3.57%) Legal
11 15 (2.67%) Documentation Skills
12 11 (1.96%) Retail Banking
13 10 (1.78%) Back Office
14 9 (1.60%) Investment Banking
15 8 (1.43%) Corporate Banking
16 7 (1.25%) Law
17 6 (1.07%) Financial Institution
17 6 (1.07%) Games
17 6 (1.07%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 158 (28.16%) Developer
2 118 (21.03%) Designer
3 80 (14.26%) Senior
4 57 (10.16%) React Developer
5 51 (9.09%) UX Designer
6 46 (8.20%) Software Engineer
7 45 (8.02%) Analyst
8 39 (6.95%) Developer/Software Engineer
9 33 (5.88%) Product Designer
10 28 (4.99%) Business Analyst
10 28 (4.99%) Lead
11 23 (4.10%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 21 (3.74%) Senior Designer
13 20 (3.57%) UI Designer
14 19 (3.39%) Product Owner
15 18 (3.21%) Senior Developer
16 15 (2.67%) Architect
16 15 (2.67%) Consultant
16 15 (2.67%) Product Manager
16 15 (2.67%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (16.22%) React
2 64 (11.41%) HTML
3 61 (10.87%) CSS
4 60 (10.70%) Node.js
5 54 (9.63%) Redux
6 26 (4.63%) AngularJS
7 24 (4.28%) HTML5
7 24 (4.28%) RESTful
8 23 (4.10%) .NET
9 22 (3.92%) REST
10 19 (3.39%) GraphQL
11 16 (2.85%) jQuery
12 14 (2.50%) CSS3
13 13 (2.32%) Jest
13 13 (2.32%) Web Services
14 12 (2.14%) Next.js
15 11 (1.96%) WebSockets
16 9 (1.60%) Vue
17 8 (1.43%) Android SDK
17 8 (1.43%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 64 (11.41%) Product Ownership
2 45 (8.02%) Mobile App
3 39 (6.95%) Fixed Income
4 16 (2.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 16 (2.85%) Onboarding
5 13 (2.32%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (2.14%) Equities
7 8 (1.43%) Cloud Native
7 8 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
7 8 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
7 8 (1.43%) Social Media
8 7 (1.25%) Algorithms
8 7 (1.25%) Data Structures
8 7 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (1.25%) Hybrid Cloud
9 6 (1.07%) IoT
9 6 (1.07%) Learning Management System
9 6 (1.07%) Life Science
9 6 (1.07%) Low-Code
9 6 (1.07%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 34 (6.06%) Android
2 31 (5.53%) Apple iOS
3 26 (4.63%) Windows
4 10 (1.78%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.71%) Linux
5 4 (0.71%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.71%) Windows 7
6 3 (0.53%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (0.36%) Mac OS X
7 2 (0.36%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 209 (37.25%) UX Design
2 193 (34.40%) Agile
3 114 (20.32%) Problem-Solving
4 69 (12.30%) User Research
5 65 (11.59%) Software Engineering
6 63 (11.23%) Roadmaps
7 59 (10.52%) Prototyping
8 55 (9.80%) CI/CD
9 54 (9.63%) Wireframes
10 53 (9.45%) Stakeholder Management
11 51 (9.09%) Fintech
12 50 (8.91%) DevOps
13 49 (8.73%) Analytics
14 48 (8.56%) Project Management
14 48 (8.56%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
15 47 (8.38%) Front End Development
16 46 (8.20%) Asset Management
16 46 (8.20%) UX Research
17 43 (7.66%) Artificial Intelligence
18 42 (7.49%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 111 (19.79%) JavaScript
2 71 (12.66%) TypeScript
3 64 (11.41%) Python
4 53 (9.45%) SQL
5 27 (4.81%) Java
6 22 (3.92%) C#
7 14 (2.50%) Kotlin
8 11 (1.96%) PowerShell
9 4 (0.71%) Scala
10 3 (0.53%) Go
10 3 (0.53%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.36%) Objective-C
11 2 (0.36%) PHP
11 2 (0.36%) R
11 2 (0.36%) RPG
11 2 (0.36%) Swift
12 1 (0.18%) ABAP
12 1 (0.18%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.18%) Dart
12 1 (0.18%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 51 (9.09%) Degree
2 46 (8.20%) Security Cleared
3 32 (5.70%) SC Cleared
4 15 (2.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (1.78%) Master's Degree
6 8 (1.43%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (1.07%) CBAP
7 6 (1.07%) DV Cleared
8 4 (0.71%) PhD
9 3 (0.53%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.53%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.53%) PMP
10 2 (0.36%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.36%) CISM
10 2 (0.36%) CISSP
10 2 (0.36%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 1 (0.18%) APMG
11 1 (0.18%) CSPO
11 1 (0.18%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (13.37%) Accessibility
2 21 (3.74%) QA
3 17 (3.03%) WCAG
4 8 (1.43%) GDPR
5 4 (0.71%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.71%) SLA
6 3 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (0.53%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.36%) PERC
7 2 (0.36%) Section 508
7 2 (0.36%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.18%) GRC
8 1 (0.18%) MiFID
8 1 (0.18%) NIST
8 1 (0.18%) PMO
System Software
1 38 (6.77%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.25%) Docker
3 4 (0.71%) OpenAM
4 3 (0.53%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.18%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (1.78%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.43%) Prometheus
3 7 (1.25%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.89%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 4 (0.71%) Terraform
6 3 (0.53%) Grafana
7 2 (0.36%) Kibana
8 1 (0.18%) Apache Ranger
8 1 (0.18%) SCCM
Vendors
1 72 (12.83%) Microsoft
2 32 (5.70%) Adobe
3 20 (3.57%) ServiceNow
4 19 (3.39%) Salesforce
5 17 (3.03%) SAP
6 16 (2.85%) Google
7 9 (1.60%) OutSystems
8 7 (1.25%) Databricks
8 7 (1.25%) Workday
9 5 (0.89%) Genesys
9 5 (0.89%) Oracle
10 4 (0.71%) Cisco
10 4 (0.71%) OneTrust
11 3 (0.53%) Apple
11 3 (0.53%) CA Agile Central
11 3 (0.53%) Logitech
11 3 (0.53%) Optimizely
11 3 (0.53%) Palo Alto
11 3 (0.53%) Sitecore
11 3 (0.53%) Zoho
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