UX Research Contracts in Edinburgh

User Experience Research (UXR)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for UX Research skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited UX Research over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 63 99 95
Rank change year-on-year +36 -4 +15
Contract jobs citing UX Research 7 16 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.87% 1.25% 1.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.98% 1.31% 1.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 13 22
10th Percentile £420 £400 £405
25th Percentile £431 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £420 £425
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -1.18% +6.25%
75th Percentile £453 £438 £546
90th Percentile £459 £568 £583
Scotland median daily rate £450 £420 £425
% change year-on-year +7.14% -1.18% +6.25%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

UX 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 711 1,219 1,833
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 88.65% 94.94% 93.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 412 867 1,262
10th Percentile £228 £250 £263
25th Percentile £410 £406 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £570
90th Percentile £674 £625 £638
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £470
% change year-on-year - +1.06% +10.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 11 16
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.16 £16.27
25th Percentile £16.25 £17.72 £19.94
Median hourly rate £19.17 £21.26 £40.25
Median % change year-on-year -9.83% -47.18% -26.11%
75th Percentile £60.75 £53.75 £53.75
90th Percentile - £54.50 £54.03
Scotland median hourly rate £18.41 £17.21 £40.00
% change year-on-year +6.97% -56.98% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for UX Research in Edinburgh

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for UX 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 7 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (85.71%) Public Sector
3 5 (71.43%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Analyst
1 6 (85.71%) Business Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Designer
2 1 (14.29%) User Experience Researcher
2 1 (14.29%) UX Designer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Agile
1 7 (100.00%) User Experience
1 7 (100.00%) User Research
2 6 (85.71%) Business Analysis
2 6 (85.71%) Coaching
2 6 (85.71%) Epics
2 6 (85.71%) Impact Assessments
2 6 (85.71%) Roadmaps
2 6 (85.71%) Scrum
2 6 (85.71%) Service Design
2 6 (85.71%) Story Mapping
2 6 (85.71%) User Stories
2 6 (85.71%) Value Proposition
3 5 (71.43%) Stakeholder Identification
4 1 (14.29%) Co-Creation
4 1 (14.29%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
4 1 (14.29%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 1 (14.29%) UX Design
4 1 (14.29%) Wireframes
4 1 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Accessibility
1 1 (14.29%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Cadence