User Research Contracts in Edinburgh

User Research
Scotland > Edinburgh

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh 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 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 37 32 24
Rank change year-on-year -5 -8 +5
Contract jobs citing User Research 35 92 148
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 4.26% 7.25% 7.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.87% 7.63% 8.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 82 124
10th Percentile £215 £400 £368
25th Percentile £400 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year +9.41% -10.53% +11.76%
75th Percentile £514 £538 £525
90th Percentile £575 £587 £575
Scotland median daily rate £508 £439 £475
% change year-on-year +15.67% -7.63% +11.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 718 1,205 1,810
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 87.35% 94.96% 93.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 416 861 1,245
10th Percentile £219 £250 £263
25th Percentile £400 £405 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £570
90th Percentile £663 £625 £638
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £470
% change year-on-year - +1.06% +10.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 11 16
10th Percentile £13.48 £13.16 £16.27
25th Percentile £16.25 £17.72 £19.94
Median hourly rate £22.59 £21.26 £40.25
Median % change year-on-year +6.23% -47.18% -26.11%
75th Percentile £60.75 £53.75 £53.75
90th Percentile - £54.50 £54.03
Scotland median hourly rate £19.50 £16.86 £40.00
% change year-on-year +15.69% -57.86% -0.01%

User Research
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for User Research in Edinburgh

User Research
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for User Research in Edinburgh

User Research
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Research in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for User Research in Edinburgh

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 2 (5.71%) Confluence
2 1 (2.86%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (14.29%) Azure
1 5 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (2.86%) Google Analytics
2 1 (2.86%) Google Tag Manager
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.86%) Looker
Development Applications
1 4 (11.43%) JIRA
General
1 32 (91.43%) Public Sector
2 20 (57.14%) Social Skills
3 10 (28.57%) Influencing Skills
4 8 (22.86%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (5.71%) Legal
7 1 (2.86%) Banking
7 1 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.86%) Law
7 1 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.86%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 12 (34.29%) Designer
2 7 (20.00%) Analyst
2 7 (20.00%) Lead
2 7 (20.00%) UX Designer
3 6 (17.14%) Business Analyst
3 6 (17.14%) Senior
3 6 (17.14%) User Researcher
4 3 (8.57%) Content Designer
4 3 (8.57%) Project Manager
4 3 (8.57%) Senior User Researcher
5 2 (5.71%) Agile Delivery Lead
5 2 (5.71%) Agile Project Manager
5 2 (5.71%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 2 (5.71%) Service Designer
6 1 (2.86%) Content Coordinator
6 1 (2.86%) Lead Project Manager
6 1 (2.86%) Lead UX Designer
6 1 (2.86%) Senior Designer
6 1 (2.86%) Senior UX Designer
6 1 (2.86%) User Experience Researcher
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.29%) Product Ownership
2 2 (5.71%) Taxonomies
3 1 (2.86%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (60.00%) Agile
2 17 (48.57%) User Experience
3 16 (45.71%) Service Design
4 15 (42.86%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 10 (28.57%) Coaching
6 9 (25.71%) Impact Assessments
7 8 (22.86%) Roadmaps
7 8 (22.86%) Scrum
8 7 (20.00%) User Stories
8 7 (20.00%) UX Design
8 7 (20.00%) UX Research
9 6 (17.14%) Business Analysis
9 6 (17.14%) Epics
9 6 (17.14%) Information Architecture
9 6 (17.14%) Mentoring
9 6 (17.14%) Story Mapping
9 6 (17.14%) Storyboarding
9 6 (17.14%) Value Proposition
9 6 (17.14%) Wireframes
9 6 (17.14%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (2.86%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (45.71%) Accessibility
2 7 (20.00%) Disclosure Scotland
3 4 (11.43%) WCAG
4 3 (8.57%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (17.14%) Cadence
2 1 (2.86%) Google