User Research Contracts in Buckinghamshire

User Research
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Buckinghamshire requiring User Research skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited User Research over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 53 48
Rank change year-on-year +16 -5 +22
Contract jobs citing User Research 1 1 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 0.42% 0.21% 3.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 0.25% 3.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 25
10th Percentile - - £377
25th Percentile £525 £613 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £625 £450
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +38.89% +2.86%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £513
90th Percentile - - £538
South East median daily rate £588 £488 £450
% change year-on-year +20.51% +8.33% -16.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Buckinghamshire

User 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 Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 219 393 821
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 92.80% 82.56% 93.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 271 663
10th Percentile £281 £255 £307
25th Percentile £400 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £475 £480
Median % change year-on-year +5.37% -1.04% +1.05%
75th Percentile £588 £580 £575
90th Percentile £646 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 31 1
10th Percentile - £15.85 -
25th Percentile - £18.50 £9.50
Median hourly rate £14.20 £25.00 £10.00
Median % change year-on-year -43.20% +150.00% -7.15%
75th Percentile £39.13 £30.00 £10.50
90th Percentile £62.50 £48.75 -
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

User Research
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Job vacancy trend for User Research in Buckinghamshire

User Research
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Daily rate trend for User Research in Buckinghamshire

User Research
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
High Wycombe - 1 £550 - 2
User Research
South East

User Research
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Designer
1 1 (100.00%) UI Designer
1 1 (100.00%) UI/UX Designer
1 1 (100.00%) UX Designer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared