Figma
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Figma skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Figma over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 388 421 451
Rank change year-on-year +33 +30 +70
Contract jobs citing Figma 199 277 454
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.47% 0.49% 0.52%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.44% 1.32% 1.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 190 346
10th Percentile £350 £325 £338
25th Percentile £400 £413 £427
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £491 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -1.75% -2.44% +20.59%
75th Percentile £570 £595 £575
90th Percentile £600 £677 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £418 £450 £450
% change year-on-year -7.11% - +16.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 10
10th Percentile - £38.00 £27.15
25th Percentile £38.25 £40.63 £35.31
Median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £60.25
Median % change year-on-year -12.22% -25.31% +83.41%
75th Percentile £40.75 £46.88 £65.00
90th Percentile - £48.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Cloud Skills
UK

Figma is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 13,826 20,933 33,670
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.49% 36.75% 38.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,828 15,157 24,567
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £634 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £745 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 348 336 412
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £13.88
25th Percentile £16.05 £18.44 £15.37
Median hourly rate £21.37 £35.00 £22.40
Median % change year-on-year -38.94% +56.25% -0.44%
75th Percentile £36.16 £66.00 £55.00
90th Percentile £65.75 £78.00 £69.19
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.72 £25.87 £19.63
% change year-on-year -31.49% +31.80% -1.88%

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Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Figma as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Figma in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Figma.

Daily rate trend for Figma in the UK

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Figma over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Figma in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Figma.

Hourly rate trend for Figma in the UK

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Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Figma within the UK over the 6 months to 16 May 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 +30 155 £500 - 128
London +31 116 £513 - 69
Work from Home +72 75 £511 +2.10% 80
UK excluding London +57 57 £418 -7.11% 61
Scotland +49 21 £425 -10.53% 4
South East +23 17 £500 +5.26% 8
North of England +15 12 £350 -16.42% 28
Yorkshire +8 7 £363 -14.71% 6
North West +15 5 £350 -30.86% 22
Midlands +21 3 £418 -24.00% 16
East Midlands - 2 £418 - 8
Northern Ireland - 2 £563 -
West Midlands +18 1 £400 -27.27% 8
East of England +8 1 £285 +3.64% 4
South West +2 1 £325 -27.78% 1

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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 9 (4.52%) Confluence
2 5 (2.51%) CMS
3 4 (2.01%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.50%) EPiServer
4 1 (0.50%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (0.50%) Umbraco
Applications
1 69 (34.67%) Sketch
2 33 (16.58%) Adobe XD
3 18 (9.05%) InVision
4 14 (7.04%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 10 (5.03%) Photoshop
6 9 (4.52%) Adobe Illustrator
7 4 (2.01%) Adobe After Effects
7 4 (2.01%) InDesign
8 3 (1.51%) Zeplin
9 2 (1.01%) Adobe Premiere
9 2 (1.01%) UserZoom
10 1 (0.50%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.50%) Final Cut Pro
10 1 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.51%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 21 (10.55%) Azure
2 13 (6.53%) Miro
3 10 (5.03%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (4.02%) SaaS
5 6 (3.02%) AWS
6 4 (2.01%) Power Platform
7 3 (1.51%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 3 (1.51%) BigCommerce
7 3 (1.51%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.50%) Adobe Analytics
8 1 (0.50%) Basecamp
8 1 (0.50%) Datadog
8 1 (0.50%) GitHub
8 1 (0.50%) Google Analytics
8 1 (0.50%) npm
8 1 (0.50%) Pendo
8 1 (0.50%) Sentry
8 1 (0.50%) Unqork
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.01%) Internet
2 1 (0.50%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.03%) MongoDB
2 4 (2.01%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (2.01%) Power BI
3 3 (1.51%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.50%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 12 (6.03%) Axure RP
2 11 (5.53%) JIRA
3 5 (2.51%) Git
4 4 (2.01%) SonarQube
5 3 (1.51%) Cypress.io
5 3 (1.51%) Storybook
5 3 (1.51%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (1.01%) Postman
6 2 (1.01%) Selenium
7 1 (0.50%) Balsamiq
7 1 (0.50%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.50%) rollup.js
7 1 (0.50%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.50%) webpack
General
1 66 (33.17%) Social Skills
2 38 (19.10%) Finance
3 26 (13.07%) Marketing
4 13 (6.53%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (6.53%) Banking
4 13 (6.53%) Public Sector
5 12 (6.03%) Presentation Skills
5 12 (6.03%) Retail
6 8 (4.02%) Legal
7 7 (3.52%) Games
8 6 (3.02%) Advertising
9 5 (2.51%) Automotive
10 4 (2.01%) Retail Banking
11 3 (1.51%) Publishing
12 2 (1.01%) Health Technology
12 2 (1.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.01%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.50%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.50%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 140 (70.35%) Designer
2 83 (41.71%) UX Designer
3 32 (16.08%) UI Designer
4 28 (14.07%) Developer
4 28 (14.07%) UI/UX Designer
5 25 (12.56%) Product Designer
5 25 (12.56%) Senior
6 21 (10.55%) Senior Designer
7 12 (6.03%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 12 (6.03%) Senior UX Designer
8 10 (5.03%) Lead
8 10 (5.03%) UX Developer
9 9 (4.52%) Service Designer
10 7 (3.52%) Content Designer
10 7 (3.52%) Interaction Designer
10 7 (3.52%) Senior Product Designer
11 6 (3.02%) Lead Designer
11 6 (3.02%) React Developer
12 5 (2.51%) UI Specialist
12 5 (2.51%) UX Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (19.10%) CSS
2 36 (18.09%) HTML
3 26 (13.07%) React
4 8 (4.02%) React Native
5 7 (3.52%) AngularJS
6 6 (3.02%) CSS3
7 5 (2.51%) Jest
7 5 (2.51%) Node.js
7 5 (2.51%) Vue
8 4 (2.01%) .NET
8 4 (2.01%) GraphQL
8 4 (2.01%) jQuery
8 4 (2.01%) Redux
8 4 (2.01%) REST
8 4 (2.01%) Sass
9 3 (1.51%) ASP.NET
9 3 (1.51%) ASP.NET Core
9 3 (1.51%) Framer.js
9 3 (1.51%) HTML5
9 3 (1.51%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 27 (13.57%) Product Ownership
2 20 (10.05%) Mobile App
3 11 (5.53%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (4.52%) Graphic Design
5 4 (2.01%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.51%) Animation
6 3 (1.51%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.01%) Augmented Reality
7 2 (1.01%) Biopharmaceutical
7 2 (1.01%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.01%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.01%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.01%) Mobile Banking
7 2 (1.01%) Online Banking
7 2 (1.01%) Social Media
7 2 (1.01%) Taxonomies
7 2 (1.01%) Virtual Reality
7 2 (1.01%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.50%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.50%) Mobile Games
Operating Systems
1 18 (9.05%) Android
2 17 (8.54%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (74.37%) User Experience
2 110 (55.28%) UX Design
3 55 (27.64%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 53 (26.63%) User Research
5 52 (26.13%) Wireframes
6 46 (23.12%) Prototyping
7 45 (22.61%) Agile
8 33 (16.58%) Usability Testing
9 29 (14.57%) Problem-Solving
10 26 (13.07%) Interaction Design
11 24 (12.06%) UX Research
12 23 (11.56%) Visualisation
13 21 (10.55%) Analytics
14 20 (10.05%) User Stories
15 19 (9.55%) Front End Development
16 17 (8.54%) Web Development
16 17 (8.54%) Workshop Facilitation
17 16 (8.04%) B2B
17 16 (8.04%) Service Design
18 15 (7.54%) Design Thinking
Programming Languages
1 25 (12.56%) JavaScript
2 12 (6.03%) Python
3 6 (3.02%) C#
4 5 (2.51%) TypeScript
5 3 (1.51%) Java
6 1 (0.50%) Bash
6 1 (0.50%) PHP
Qualifications
1 26 (13.07%) Degree
2 9 (4.52%) Security Cleared
3 8 (4.02%) SC Cleared
4 6 (3.02%) Master's Degree
5 3 (1.51%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (19.10%) Accessibility
2 9 (4.52%) WCAG
3 1 (0.50%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (2.01%) Terraform
2 1 (0.50%) Bugsnag
2 1 (0.50%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 53 (26.63%) Adobe
2 7 (3.52%) Microsoft
3 4 (2.01%) MicroStrategy
3 4 (2.01%) Xamarin
4 3 (1.51%) Salesforce
4 3 (1.51%) SAP
4 3 (1.51%) Sitecore
5 2 (1.01%) Apple
5 2 (1.01%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.50%) Foundry
6 1 (0.50%) Google
6 1 (0.50%) Optimizely