UX Research Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

User Experience Research (UXR)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring UX Research skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing UX Research 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.15% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £490 - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £638 - -
90th Percentile £660 - -
South East median daily rate £575 £500 £533
% change year-on-year +15.00% -6.19% -0.84%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

UX Research falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,240 1,407 1,623
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 90.05% 88.55% 91.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 807 760 973
10th Percentile £318 £325 £213
25th Percentile £420 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £540 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £650 £693 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £520
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.44% +1.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 51 74
10th Percentile £14.75 £26.00 £19.64
25th Percentile £18.87 £44.50 £46.01
Median hourly rate £40.44 £60.46 £61.72
Median % change year-on-year -33.12% -2.05% +23.44%
75th Percentile £78.75 £64.08 £71.62
90th Percentile £94.63 £75.40 £76.72
South East median hourly rate £20.79 £58.05 £52.50
% change year-on-year -64.18% +10.56% +19.37%

UX Research
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing UX Research relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

UX Research job vacancy trend in Berkshire

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Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing UX Research.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing UX Research

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Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing UX Research in Berkshire over the 6 months to 19 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for UX Research in Berkshire

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Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 19 November 2025. 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
Maidenhead - 1 £500 - 1
Wokingham - 1 £650 -
UX Research
South East

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Figma
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Design Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Leader
1 1 (50.00%) UX Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) UX Design
2 1 (50.00%) Design Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) Design Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Usability Testing
2 1 (50.00%) User Research
2 1 (50.00%) Wireframes