UX Research Contracts in England

User Experience Research (UXR)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring UX Research skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited UX 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 425 430 484
Rank change year-on-year +5 +54 -20
Contract jobs citing UX Research 60 112 170
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.25% 0.30% 0.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.35% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 84 114
10th Percentile £234 £425 £350
25th Percentile £459 £525 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £650 £550
Median % change year-on-year -18.36% +18.18% +0.92%
75th Percentile £603 £675 £641
90th Percentile £675 - £838
UK median daily rate £525 £650 £544
% change year-on-year -19.23% +19.54% +2.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile - - £37.67
25th Percentile £48.25 - £45.14
Median hourly rate £49.50 - £58.85
75th Percentile £53.00 - £73.80
90th Percentile £54.35 - £82.02
UK median hourly rate £49.50 - £58.85
% change year-on-year - - +25.20%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for UX Research in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for UX Research in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing UX Research in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for UX Research in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing UX Research in England.

Hourly rate trend for UX Research in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UX Research within the England 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
London +27 45 £531 -3.51% 75
North of England +15 9 £200 -66.67% 31
South East +43 4 £650 +26.83% 34
North West +14 4 £257 -56.34% 19
North East 0 4 £200 -71.43% 3
South West +47 2 £625 +38.89% 16
Yorkshire +7 1 - - 9
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 7 (11.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (6.67%) Sketch
2 3 (5.00%) UserZoom
3 2 (3.33%) InVision
4 1 (1.67%) Adobe XD
4 1 (1.67%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 14 (23.33%) Figma
2 2 (3.33%) AppsFlyer
2 2 (3.33%) SaaS
3 1 (1.67%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 1 (1.67%) Azure
3 1 (1.67%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.33%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.33%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 7 (11.67%) JIRA
2 5 (8.33%) Axure RP
General
1 18 (30.00%) Finance
2 16 (26.67%) Social Skills
3 7 (11.67%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (11.67%) Banking
3 7 (11.67%) Public Sector
4 6 (10.00%) Digital Health
4 6 (10.00%) Retail
5 5 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (5.00%) Legal
6 3 (5.00%) Marketing
7 2 (3.33%) Police
8 1 (1.67%) Corporate Banking
8 1 (1.67%) German Language
8 1 (1.67%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.67%) Local Government
8 1 (1.67%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 26 (43.33%) User Experience Researcher
2 18 (30.00%) Senior
3 15 (25.00%) Designer
4 9 (15.00%) UX Designer
5 8 (13.33%) Senior Designer
5 8 (13.33%) Senior User Experience Researcher
6 5 (8.33%) Senior UX Designer
6 5 (8.33%) User Researcher
7 4 (6.67%) Architect
8 3 (5.00%) Analyst
8 3 (5.00%) Business Analyst
8 3 (5.00%) Developer
8 3 (5.00%) Lead
8 3 (5.00%) Product Designer
8 3 (5.00%) Senior Product Designer
9 2 (3.33%) Consultant
9 2 (3.33%) Email Developer
9 2 (3.33%) Senior Consultant
9 2 (3.33%) Senior Service Designer
9 2 (3.33%) Service Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (13.33%) CSS
1 8 (13.33%) HTML
2 2 (3.33%) Kafka
3 1 (1.67%) Babylonjs
3 1 (1.67%) HTML5 Canvas
3 1 (1.67%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 8 (13.33%) Product Ownership
2 7 (11.67%) Mobile App
3 4 (6.67%) Life Science
4 2 (3.33%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.67%) Animation
5 1 (1.67%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.67%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.00%) Android
1 3 (5.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (100.00%) User Experience
2 35 (58.33%) User Research
3 28 (46.67%) UX Design
4 20 (33.33%) Agile
5 14 (23.33%) Design Thinking
6 13 (21.67%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (21.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 12 (20.00%) Analytics
7 12 (20.00%) Prototyping
7 12 (20.00%) Usability Testing
8 11 (18.33%) Wireframes
9 10 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
10 9 (15.00%) Actionable Insight
10 9 (15.00%) Artificial Intelligence
10 9 (15.00%) Product Strategy
11 8 (13.33%) Decision-Making
11 8 (13.33%) Inclusive Design
11 8 (13.33%) User Stories
12 7 (11.67%) Ergonomics
12 7 (11.67%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.33%) JavaScript
2 2 (3.33%) SQL
3 1 (1.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 7 (11.67%) SC Cleared
3 6 (10.00%) Degree
4 4 (6.67%) Master's Degree
4 4 (6.67%) PhD
5 2 (3.33%) CISSP
5 2 (3.33%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (20.00%) Accessibility
2 2 (3.33%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (3.33%) WCAG
3 1 (1.67%) QA
System Software
1 2 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (5.00%) Adobe
1 3 (5.00%) CA Agile Central
2 2 (3.33%) Oracle
2 2 (3.33%) Salesforce
2 2 (3.33%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
2 2 (3.33%) SAP
2 2 (3.33%) VMware
3 1 (1.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.67%) Qualtrics