User Experience Contracts in the West Midlands

UX
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 11 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 63 72 103
Rank change year-on-year +9 +31 -50
Contract jobs citing User Experience 53 56 76
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.61% 2.53% 2.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.19% 2.89% 2.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 37 59
10th Percentile £404 £258 £413
25th Percentile £463 £363 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +23.53%
75th Percentile £588 £550 £575
90th Percentile £611 £600 £650
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile £66.19 - -
25th Percentile £67.98 £21.25 £10.50
Median hourly rate £71.93 £22.50 £11.00
Median % change year-on-year +219.69% +104.55% -
75th Percentile £73.95 £23.75 £11.50
90th Percentile £74.58 - -
England median hourly rate £30.00 £26.50 £55.50
% change year-on-year +13.21% -52.25% +68.95%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,664 1,941 3,221
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 81.89% 87.67% 90.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,108 1,315 2,341
10th Percentile £263 £263 £275
25th Percentile £363 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £496
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.94% +16.59%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £588
90th Percentile £731 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 51 58
10th Percentile £11.11 £12.50 £12.18
25th Percentile £14.31 £14.03 £13.90
Median hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £17.25
Median % change year-on-year - +30.43% +15.00%
75th Percentile £40.38 £28.75 £19.97
90th Percentile £58.75 £47.50 £24.50
England median hourly rate £37.50 £35.25 £25.68
% change year-on-year +6.38% +37.27% +14.13%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing User Experience as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for User Experience in the West Midlands

User Experience
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing User Experience in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for User Experience in the West Midlands

User Experience
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Experience in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for User Experience in the West Midlands

User Experience
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing User Experience in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for User Experience in the West Midlands

User Experience
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 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
Birmingham 0 20 £488 +2.63% 16
Worcestershire +14 12 £550 +57.14% 3
Warwickshire -1 10 £607 - 16
Coventry +15 6 £563 - 1
Staffordshire +6 2 £488 +2.63% 5
User Experience
England

User Experience
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 2 (3.77%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.89%) Apache
2 1 (1.89%) CMS
2 1 (1.89%) Jadu
Applications
1 2 (3.77%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (1.89%) Adobe Captivate
2 1 (1.89%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.89%) Photoshop
2 1 (1.89%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 3 (5.66%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (15.09%) Azure
1 8 (15.09%) Power Platform
2 7 (13.21%) Dynamics 365
3 5 (9.43%) Azure AKS
3 5 (9.43%) Azure App Service
3 5 (9.43%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (3.77%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 2 (3.77%) Azure Monitor
4 2 (3.77%) dbt
4 2 (3.77%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.89%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 1 (1.89%) Figma
5 1 (1.89%) Google Analytics
5 1 (1.89%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.89%) SaaS
5 1 (1.89%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.66%) VPN
2 2 (3.77%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (13.21%) Power BI
2 3 (5.66%) Data Mining
3 2 (3.77%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (3.77%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 2 (3.77%) Git
2 1 (1.89%) Appium
2 1 (1.89%) Artifactory
2 1 (1.89%) GitLab
2 1 (1.89%) UI Automator
2 1 (1.89%) XCUITest
General
1 17 (32.08%) Social Skills
2 14 (26.42%) Finance
3 12 (22.64%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (13.21%) Public Sector
5 3 (5.66%) Marketing
6 1 (1.89%) Games
6 1 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.89%) Law
6 1 (1.89%) Legal
6 1 (1.89%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 11 (20.75%) DevOps Engineer
2 9 (16.98%) Developer
3 5 (9.43%) Angular Developer
3 5 (9.43%) Product Owner
4 4 (7.55%) Designer
4 4 (7.55%) Lead
4 4 (7.55%) Lead Product Owner
4 4 (7.55%) Senior
5 3 (5.66%) Analyst
5 3 (5.66%) Business Change Manager
5 3 (5.66%) Business Manager
5 3 (5.66%) Change Manager
5 3 (5.66%) Consultant
5 3 (5.66%) Delivery Manager
5 3 (5.66%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
5 3 (5.66%) Service Delivery Manager
5 3 (5.66%) Service Manager
6 2 (3.77%) Data Engineer
6 2 (3.77%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (3.77%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (13.21%) AngularJS
2 6 (11.32%) RESTful
3 5 (9.43%) .NET
4 2 (3.77%) ADO
4 2 (3.77%) CSS
4 2 (3.77%) Flask
4 2 (3.77%) HTML
4 2 (3.77%) HTML5
4 2 (3.77%) Pandas
4 2 (3.77%) React
4 2 (3.77%) Twitter Bootstrap
4 2 (3.77%) Vue
5 1 (1.89%) Apache NiFi
5 1 (1.89%) React Native
5 1 (1.89%) REST
5 1 (1.89%) Software Packaging
5 1 (1.89%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 11 (20.75%) Product Ownership
2 5 (9.43%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (3.77%) Low-Code
3 2 (3.77%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.77%) Mobile App
3 2 (3.77%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (3.77%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 1 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.89%) Digital Media
4 1 (1.89%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.89%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.55%) Windows
2 1 (1.89%) Android
2 1 (1.89%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (37.74%) Decision-Making
2 16 (30.19%) DevOps
3 13 (24.53%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (24.53%) Roadmaps
3 13 (24.53%) Software Engineering
4 12 (22.64%) Agile
4 12 (22.64%) Computer Science
4 12 (22.64%) Workflow
5 11 (20.75%) UX Design
6 10 (18.87%) Continuous Improvement
6 10 (18.87%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (13.21%) Business Intelligence
8 6 (11.32%) Actionable Insight
8 6 (11.32%) Change Management
8 6 (11.32%) CRM
8 6 (11.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 5 (9.43%) Critical Thinking
9 5 (9.43%) Infrastructure as Code
9 5 (9.43%) Microservices
9 5 (9.43%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 7 (13.21%) SQL
2 5 (9.43%) Bicep
2 5 (9.43%) C#
2 5 (9.43%) TypeScript
3 3 (5.66%) Python
4 2 (3.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (3.77%) JavaScript
4 2 (3.77%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.89%) Kotlin
5 1 (1.89%) Swift
Qualifications
1 15 (28.30%) Degree
2 11 (20.75%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (18.87%) Security Cleared
4 9 (16.98%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.89%) ISTQB
5 1 (1.89%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (1.89%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.89%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (32.08%) QA
2 2 (3.77%) Accessibility
2 2 (3.77%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (1.89%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.89%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (1.89%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.89%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.89%) Ansible
1 1 (1.89%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.89%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (16.98%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.66%) Anaplan
3 2 (3.77%) Adobe
3 2 (3.77%) OutSystems
4 1 (1.89%) Google
4 1 (1.89%) iManage
4 1 (1.89%) Intapp
4 1 (1.89%) Progress
4 1 (1.89%) Red Hat
4 1 (1.89%) SAP
4 1 (1.89%) VMware