UX Research Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

User Experience Research (UXR)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring UX Research skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
18 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing UX Research 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 0.32% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £526 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 785 492 606
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 84.14% 87.08% 79.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 477 327 415
10th Percentile £313 £163 £231
25th Percentile £400 £355 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £469 £475
Median % change year-on-year +6.61% -1.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £585 £572 £591
90th Percentile £685 £675 £700
West Midlands median daily rate £481 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +1.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 45 27
10th Percentile £18.04 - £13.22
25th Percentile £24.75 £12.62 £14.81
Median hourly rate £43.96 £18.87 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +132.96% -27.42% +6.12%
75th Percentile £75.00 £22.08 £43.00
90th Percentile - £26.51 £56.25
West Midlands median hourly rate £33.99 £22.05 £19.00
% change year-on-year +54.15% +16.05% -24.38%

UX Research
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

UX Research job vacancy trend in Birmingham

UX Research
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

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

UX Research
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
2 1 (33.33%) Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Designer
1 2 (66.67%) Service Designer
2 1 (33.33%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (33.33%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) User Experience
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Data Protection
2 2 (66.67%) Service Design
2 2 (66.67%) User Research
3 1 (33.33%) AI
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Coaching
3 1 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Journey Map
3 1 (33.33%) Matrix Organization
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Use Case
3 1 (33.33%) UX Design
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
32 UX Research jobs in England