UX Research Contracts in the UK excluding London

User Experience Research (UXR)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for UX Research skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited UX Research over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 352 371 397
Rank change year-on-year +19 +26 -26
Contract jobs citing UX Research 33 85 108
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.16% 0.36% 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% 0.40% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 56 85
10th Percentile £406 £331 £396
25th Percentile £447 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £444 £500
Median % change year-on-year +15.49% -11.25% +17.65%
75th Percentile £577 £561 £560
90th Percentile £625 £600 £635
UK median daily rate £650 £550 £530
% change year-on-year +18.18% +3.77% +19.10%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

UX 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 UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,341 21,054 27,253
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.49% 89.57% 88.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,323 14,598 19,040
10th Percentile £250 £256 £232
25th Percentile £375 £400 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,053 1,291 1,337
10th Percentile £12.31 £11.00 £12.23
25th Percentile £15.17 £15.50 £14.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £46.12
90th Percentile £72.82 £73.75 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +2.04%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing UX Research as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for UX Research in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing UX Research in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for UX Research in the UK excluding London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing UX Research in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for UX Research in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing UX Research in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for UX Research in the UK excluding London

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Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UX Research within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 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
North of England +3 13 £600 +4.35% 10
Scotland +29 7 £450 +7.14% 5
North West +5 7 £588 +2.17% 8
South East 0 6 £513 +36.67% 3
Northern Ireland - 5 £513 - 1
North East +16 4 £700 +9.80% 1
Yorkshire +20 2 - - 1
Midlands +29 1 £500 +25.00% 1
West Midlands +24 1 £500 +25.00% 1
South West +15 1 £450 - 6
UX Research
UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 1 (3.03%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (12.12%) Sketch
2 3 (9.09%) InVision
3 2 (6.06%) Adobe XD
3 2 (6.06%) UserZoom
4 1 (3.03%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 7 (21.21%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.09%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.09%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 2 (6.06%) JIRA
General
1 17 (51.52%) Social Skills
2 8 (24.24%) Public Sector
3 7 (21.21%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (15.15%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (9.09%) Banking
5 3 (9.09%) Finance
5 3 (9.09%) Health Technology
6 2 (6.06%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (3.03%) Legal
7 1 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (27.27%) Designer
1 9 (27.27%) User Researcher
1 9 (27.27%) UX Designer
2 6 (18.18%) Analyst
2 6 (18.18%) Business Analyst
3 5 (15.15%) Senior
3 5 (15.15%) User Experience Researcher
4 4 (12.12%) Agile Delivery Manager
4 4 (12.12%) Delivery Manager
4 4 (12.12%) UI Designer
4 4 (12.12%) UI/UX Designer
5 2 (6.06%) Architect
5 2 (6.06%) Senior Designer
5 2 (6.06%) Senior UI Designer
5 2 (6.06%) Senior UI/UX Designer
5 2 (6.06%) Senior User Experience Researcher
5 2 (6.06%) Senior User Researcher
5 2 (6.06%) Senior UX Designer
5 2 (6.06%) User Experience Architect
6 1 (3.03%) Head of User Experience
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.06%) Virtual Team
2 1 (3.03%) Graphic Design
2 1 (3.03%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (100.00%) User Experience
2 26 (78.79%) User Research
3 23 (69.70%) UX Design
4 19 (57.58%) Agile
5 10 (30.30%) Service Design
6 9 (27.27%) Wireframes
7 8 (24.24%) Roadmaps
8 7 (21.21%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
9 6 (18.18%) Business Analysis
9 6 (18.18%) Coaching
9 6 (18.18%) Epics
9 6 (18.18%) Impact Assessments
9 6 (18.18%) Scrum
9 6 (18.18%) Story Mapping
9 6 (18.18%) User Stories
9 6 (18.18%) Value Proposition
10 5 (15.15%) Problem-Solving
10 5 (15.15%) Stakeholder Identification
11 4 (12.12%) Co-Creation
12 3 (9.09%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 3 (9.09%) Degree
1 3 (9.09%) Master's Degree
2 1 (3.03%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (15.15%) Accessibility
2 3 (9.09%) WCAG
3 1 (3.03%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (3.03%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (18.18%) Cadence
2 1 (3.03%) Adobe
2 1 (3.03%) Qualtrics