UX Research Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

User Experience Research (UXR)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring UX Research skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 70 93
Rank change year-on-year +9 +23 +24
Contract jobs citing UX Research 5 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.81% 0.27% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.85% 0.32% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £417 £414
25th Percentile £381 £423 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £441 £425
Median % change year-on-year -12.03% +3.65% -11.46%
75th Percentile £394 £451 £434
90th Percentile - £454 £436
Scotland median daily rate £444 £441 £425
% change year-on-year +0.74% +3.65% -17.07%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 585 627 903
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 94.81% 85.07% 91.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 291 328 557
10th Percentile £260 £221 £203
25th Percentile £413 £367 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -0.84%
75th Percentile £538 £525 £538
90th Percentile £600 £600 £600
Scotland median daily rate £465 £450 £480
% change year-on-year +3.33% -6.25% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 24 6
10th Percentile £16.19 £14.04 £12.47
25th Percentile - £19.28 £20.27
Median hourly rate £17.87 £23.59 £48.10
Median % change year-on-year -24.25% -50.96% +154.50%
75th Percentile £55.00 £24.18 £59.55
90th Percentile £67.25 - £62.00
Scotland median hourly rate £19.99 £22.88 £19.50
% change year-on-year -12.63% +17.31% +4.00%

UX Research
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

UX Research job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

UX Research
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

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

UX Research
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Figma
2 1 (20.00%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Axure RP
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (60.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Designer
1 4 (80.00%) UX Designer
2 3 (60.00%) Senior
3 2 (40.00%) Senior Designer
3 2 (40.00%) Senior UX Designer
4 1 (20.00%) Senior User Experience Researcher
4 1 (20.00%) User Experience Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) CSS
1 1 (20.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Web Conferencing
2 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (20.00%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) User Experience
1 5 (100.00%) User Research
1 5 (100.00%) UX Design
2 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 4 (80.00%) Project Management
2 4 (80.00%) Usability Testing
3 3 (60.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 3 (60.00%) Workflow
4 1 (20.00%) Analytics
4 1 (20.00%) B2B
4 1 (20.00%) Coaching
4 1 (20.00%) Data Privacy
4 1 (20.00%) Design Sprint
4 1 (20.00%) Inclusive Design
4 1 (20.00%) Line Management
4 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (20.00%) Service Design
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (20.00%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (20.00%) GDPR
2 1 (20.00%) WCAG