User Research Contracts in South Yorkshire

User Research
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Yorkshire 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 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 52 41 53
Rank change year-on-year -11 +12 -30
Contract jobs citing User Research 5 16 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 1.10% 3.01% 0.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.23% 3.24% 1.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 12 5
10th Percentile £410 £550 £448
25th Percentile - £559 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £600 £520
Median % change year-on-year -29.17% +15.38% +22.35%
75th Percentile £450 £613 £850
90th Percentile £480 £650 -
Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -13.64% +1.85% +20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South Yorkshire

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 South Yorkshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 407 494 456
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 89.25% 93.03% 89.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 244 322 360
10th Percentile £315 £300 £325
25th Percentile £411 £463 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £474 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -13.91% +10.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £588 £663 £551
90th Percentile £650 £700 £650
Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £525 £480
% change year-on-year -9.52% +9.38% +9.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 38 23
10th Percentile £10.90 - £10.76
25th Percentile £12.64 £9.80 £11.00
Median hourly rate £17.62 £10.63 £16.75
Median % change year-on-year +65.71% -36.54% +38.83%
75th Percentile £23.75 - £22.44
90th Percentile - - £23.95
Yorkshire median hourly rate £13.50 £10.63 £17.64
% change year-on-year +27.00% -39.74% -9.54%

User Research
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

Job postings citing User Research as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire.

Job vacancy trend for User Research in South Yorkshire

User Research
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing User Research in South Yorkshire.

Daily rate trend for User Research in South Yorkshire

User Research
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

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 South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 29 April 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
Sheffield -9 5 £425 -29.17% 2
User Research
Yorkshire

User Research
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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:

Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Adobe XD
1 2 (40.00%) InVision
1 2 (40.00%) Sketch
1 2 (40.00%) Zeplin
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Figma
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Axure RP
General
1 1 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Designer
1 2 (40.00%) Service Designer
1 2 (40.00%) User Researcher
2 1 (20.00%) Development Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior User Researcher
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Blog
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Agile
1 4 (80.00%) Service Design
2 3 (60.00%) Ergonomics
2 3 (60.00%) Ethnography
2 3 (60.00%) Human Factors
2 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (60.00%) Usability Testing
2 3 (60.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 2 (40.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 2 (40.00%) Backlog Management
3 2 (40.00%) Co-Creation
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (40.00%) Customer-Centricity
3 2 (40.00%) Data Analysis
3 2 (40.00%) Design Thinking
3 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (40.00%) Storytelling
3 2 (40.00%) User Journey Map
3 2 (40.00%) User Stories
3 2 (40.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Accessibility
1 2 (40.00%) WCAG
2 1 (20.00%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Adobe