UX Research Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

User Experience Research (UXR)
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring UX Research skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 - 76
Rank change year-on-year - - +2
Contract jobs citing UX Research 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 0.27% - 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% - 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £421 - -
25th Percentile £434 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 - -
75th Percentile £484 - -
90th Percentile £494 - -
Scotland median daily rate £425 £425 £425
% change year-on-year - - -15.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 668 623 782
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 91.01% 89.51% 92.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 415 443 527
10th Percentile £300 £271 £338
25th Percentile £375 £366 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £454 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.89% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £552 £577
90th Percentile £610 £671 £680
Scotland median daily rate £465 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +3.33% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 14 27
10th Percentile £15.01 £15.58 £11.25
25th Percentile £16.84 £18.77 £12.13
Median hourly rate £17.72 £24.17 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.66% +66.66% -61.26%
75th Percentile £25.42 £41.66 £33.33
90th Percentile £29.34 £62.50 £62.50
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £21.59 £19.06
% change year-on-year -7.36% +13.30% -6.71%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for UX Research in Glasgow

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Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

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

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Figma
General
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) UI Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) User Experience Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) User Experience Researcher
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) User Research
2 1 (50.00%) Client Onboarding
2 1 (50.00%) Co-Creation
2 1 (50.00%) Design Sprint
2 1 (50.00%) Journey Map
2 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (50.00%) Service Design
2 1 (50.00%) Usability Testing
2 1 (50.00%) UX Design
2 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation