User Researcher Contracts in the North West

User Researcher
England > North West

The median User Researcher daily rate in the North West is £350 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 126 145 158
Rank change year-on-year +19 +13 -47
Contract jobs requiring a User Researcher 12 15 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.45% 0.48% 0.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 0.51% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 12 19
10th Percentile - £423 £410
25th Percentile £325 £450 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £563 £525
Median % change year-on-year -37.78% +7.14% +0.19%
75th Percentile £375 £650 £563
90th Percentile £445 £661 £588
England median daily rate £475 £563 £525
% change year-on-year -15.56% +7.14% +7.69%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the North West with a recognized job title 2,533 2,968 3,891
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.59% 94.92% 96.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,645 2,109 2,840
10th Percentile £275 £300 £213
25th Percentile £388 £406 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +13.10%
75th Percentile £585 £588 £569
90th Percentile £675 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 270 127 176
10th Percentile £11.07 £14.71 £11.75
25th Percentile £13.50 £20.00 £15.61
Median hourly rate £27.00 £30.76 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.21% +23.02% +38.01%
75th Percentile £46.91 £49.08 £50.01
90th Percentile £69.14 £66.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £44.06 £23.00
% change year-on-year -14.88% +91.54% +3.00%

User Researcher
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings that featured User Researcher in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for User Researcher in the North West

User Researcher
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing User Researcher in the North West.

Daily rate trend for User Researcher in the North West

User Researcher
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Researcher in the North West over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for User Researcher in the North West

User Researcher
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing User Researcher within the North West region over the 6 months to 12 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
Manchester +21 12 £350 -32.53% 4
User Researcher
England

User Researcher Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 12 May 2024, User Researcher contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North West region featuring User Researcher in the job title.

1 12 (100.00%) User Research
2 11 (91.67%) Agile
3 10 (83.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 8 (66.67%) Actionable Insight
4 8 (66.67%) Actionable Recommendations
4 8 (66.67%) Usability Testing
5 7 (58.33%) User Experience
6 6 (50.00%) Qualitative Research
6 6 (50.00%) Mentoring
6 6 (50.00%) UX Design
6 6 (50.00%) Market Research
6 6 (50.00%) Ergonomics
6 6 (50.00%) Human Factors
6 6 (50.00%) Quantitative Research
6 6 (50.00%) Data Science
6 6 (50.00%) Ethnography
6 6 (50.00%) Front End Development
6 6 (50.00%) Service Design
6 6 (50.00%) Guerrilla Testing
6 6 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
6 6 (50.00%) Focus Group
6 6 (50.00%) Design Persona
7 3 (25.00%) Public Sector
8 2 (16.67%) GAP Analysis
9 1 (8.33%) Workflow
9 1 (8.33%) Finance
9 1 (8.33%) Military
9 1 (8.33%) Quantitative Analysis
9 1 (8.33%) Customer Engagement
9 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared

User Researcher Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 3 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (8.33%) Finance
2 1 (8.33%) Military
2 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) BYOD
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) User Research
2 11 (91.67%) Agile
3 10 (83.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 8 (66.67%) Actionable Insight
4 8 (66.67%) Usability Testing
5 7 (58.33%) User Experience
6 6 (50.00%) Data Science
6 6 (50.00%) Ergonomics
6 6 (50.00%) Ethnography
6 6 (50.00%) Focus Group
6 6 (50.00%) Front End Development
6 6 (50.00%) Guerrilla Testing
6 6 (50.00%) Human Factors
6 6 (50.00%) Market Research
6 6 (50.00%) Mentoring
6 6 (50.00%) Qualitative Research
6 6 (50.00%) Quantitative Research
6 6 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
6 6 (50.00%) Service Design
6 6 (50.00%) UX Design
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (66.67%) Actionable Recommendations