User Research Contracts in West Yorkshire

User Research
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in West 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 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 65 53 54
Rank change year-on-year -12 +1 +8
Contract jobs citing User Research 12 55 69
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 1.20% 3.37% 3.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.37% 3.68% 3.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 45 53
10th Percentile £491 £439 £463
25th Percentile £497 £475 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £553 £600 £575
90th Percentile £559 - £595
Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -13.64% +1.85% +20.00%

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 875 1,494 1,737
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 87.59% 91.43% 90.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 513 1,023 1,248
10th Percentile £300 £350 £300
25th Percentile £400 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £575
90th Percentile £656 £700 £650
Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £525 £480
% change year-on-year -9.52% +9.38% +9.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 16 43
10th Percentile £11.91 £12.58 £10.63
25th Percentile £12.15 £15.10 £11.75
Median hourly rate £12.53 £25.25 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.38% +40.28% -22.40%
75th Percentile £15.20 £65.31 £22.58
90th Percentile £41.35 £70.00 £28.45
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 West Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for User Research in West Yorkshire

User Research
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Daily rate trend for User Research in West Yorkshire

User Research
Contract Job Locations in West 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 West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 30 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
Leeds -7 12 £525 -4.55% 6
User Research
Yorkshire

User Research
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (8.33%) CMS
General
1 4 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Health Technology
3 2 (16.67%) Finance
4 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Publishing
4 1 (8.33%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Designer
2 6 (50.00%) Senior
3 5 (41.67%) Service Designer
4 4 (33.33%) User Researcher
5 3 (25.00%) Senior Designer
5 3 (25.00%) Senior Service Designer
6 2 (16.67%) Senior User Experience Researcher
6 2 (16.67%) Senior User Researcher
6 2 (16.67%) User Experience Researcher
7 1 (8.33%) Agile Business Analyst
7 1 (8.33%) Analyst
7 1 (8.33%) Business Analyst
7 1 (8.33%) Content Designer
7 1 (8.33%) Interaction Designer
7 1 (8.33%) Senior Analyst
7 1 (8.33%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) HTML
1 1 (8.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) NHS
2 1 (8.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Agile
2 7 (58.33%) Service Design
2 7 (58.33%) User Experience
3 6 (50.00%) Interaction Design
3 6 (50.00%) Mentoring
3 6 (50.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 5 (41.67%) Coaching
4 5 (41.67%) Prototyping
5 3 (25.00%) Software Engineering
6 2 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
6 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (16.67%) Customer Journey Map
6 2 (16.67%) Data Analysis
6 2 (16.67%) Ethnographic Research
6 2 (16.67%) Ethnography
6 2 (16.67%) Human-Centred Design
6 2 (16.67%) Product Roadmap
6 2 (16.67%) Qualitative Research
6 2 (16.67%) Rapid Prototyping
6 2 (16.67%) Usability Testing
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (8.33%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Brio