User Research Contracts in the Midlands

User Research
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 127 116 119
Rank change year-on-year -11 +3 -23
Contract jobs citing User Research 4 50 78
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.15% 1.49% 1.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 1.69% 1.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 39 69
10th Percentile £387 £263 £406
25th Percentile £395 £416 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% +7.64%
75th Percentile £538 £598 £540
90th Percentile £583 £650 £585
England median daily rate £550 £550 £525
% change year-on-year - +4.76% +7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,231 2,964 4,359
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 82.02% 88.40% 88.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,490 2,073 3,221
10th Percentile £237 £250 £250
25th Percentile £356 £365 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% +3.16% +15.85%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £567
90th Percentile £700 £687 £653
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 113 142
10th Percentile £11.06 £11.84 £10.50
25th Percentile £13.71 £15.00 £13.73
Median hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year - +8.57% +10.34%
75th Percentile £35.00 £30.00 £22.63
90th Percentile £55.00 £54.75 £34.95
England median hourly rate £36.50 £37.30 £24.50
% change year-on-year -2.14% +52.24% +4.26%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for User Research in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for User Research in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Research in the Midlands over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for User Research in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for User Research in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing User Research within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 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
West Midlands -22 4 £450 -18.18% 6
User Research
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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:

General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Law
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Designer
2 2 (50.00%) UX Designer
3 1 (25.00%) Interaction Designer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior
3 1 (25.00%) Senior User Researcher
3 1 (25.00%) Service Designer
3 1 (25.00%) User Researcher
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Agile
1 2 (50.00%) User Experience
1 2 (50.00%) UX Design
2 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (25.00%) Interaction Design
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Journey Map
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Prototyping
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Service Design
2 1 (25.00%) Service Management
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Map
2 1 (25.00%) Usability Testing
2 1 (25.00%) User Journey Map
2 1 (25.00%) User Stories
2 1 (25.00%) UX Research
2 1 (25.00%) Wireframes
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) SAP
1 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow