User Research Contracts in the East Midlands

User Research
England > East Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands with a requirement for User Research skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited User Research 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 - 68 72
Rank change year-on-year - +4 -4
Contract jobs citing User Research 0 12 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands - 1.19% 1.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 1.34% 2.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 12 23
10th Percentile - £471 £383
25th Percentile - £550 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £600 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +25.00% +32.41%
75th Percentile - £613 £525
90th Percentile - £650 £538
England median daily rate £550 £550 £525
% change year-on-year - +4.76% +6.60%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East Midlands

User Research 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 the East Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 606 894 1,127
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 78.70% 88.43% 82.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 412 688 840
10th Percentile £200 £206 £210
25th Percentile £272 £330 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £419 £455 £440
Median % change year-on-year -8.02% +3.41% +12.82%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £520
90th Percentile £625 £700 £610
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 56 80
10th Percentile £11.24 £11.80 £9.73
25th Percentile £12.75 £16.25 £13.67
Median hourly rate £17.00 £20.65 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.69% +3.26% +36.99%
75th Percentile £26.15 £51.50 £28.91
90th Percentile £35.00 £65.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +7.71%

User Research
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for User Research in the East Midlands

User Research
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing User Research in the East Midlands.

Daily rate trend for User Research in the East Midlands