User Research Contracts in Leeds

User Research
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Leeds requiring User Research skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited User 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 52 51 44
Rank change year-on-year -1 -7 +1
Contract jobs citing User Research 8 12 55
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leeds 1.72% 1.50% 4.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.87% 1.73% 4.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 45
10th Percentile £339 £491 £439
25th Percentile £379 £497 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £503 £553 £600
90th Percentile £563 £559 -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £400 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -23.81% -4.55% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Leeds

User 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 Leeds.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 428 692 1,211
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 92.04% 86.61% 91.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 282 421 872
10th Percentile £263 £300 £388
25th Percentile £350 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £500 £540
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -7.41% +8.00%
75th Percentile £550 £586 £620
90th Percentile £638 £669 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 24 12
10th Percentile £17.08 £11.75 £12.38
25th Percentile £31.54 £12.15 £16.87
Median hourly rate £41.00 £12.30 £58.25
Median % change year-on-year +233.33% -78.88% +158.37%
75th Percentile £98.08 £12.53 £70.00
90th Percentile £102.00 £14.82 -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £27.50 £12.53 £25.25
% change year-on-year +119.47% -50.38% +40.28%

User Research
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for User Research in Leeds

User Research
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Daily rate trend for User Research in Leeds

User Research
Daily Rate Histogram in Leeds

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

Daily rate histogram for User Research in Leeds

User Research
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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 (12.50%) Figma
1 1 (12.50%) Google Analytics
1 1 (12.50%) Google Tag Manager
1 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Power BI
General
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Designer
2 3 (37.50%) Interaction Designer
2 3 (37.50%) User Researcher
3 1 (12.50%) Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Lead
3 1 (12.50%) Performance Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) UI Designer
3 1 (12.50%) UI/UX Designer
3 1 (12.50%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Mobile App
1 1 (12.50%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Prototyping
2 3 (37.50%) Agile
2 3 (37.50%) Interaction Design
2 3 (37.50%) User Stories
3 2 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
3 2 (25.00%) User Experience
3 2 (25.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 1 (12.50%) Analytics
4 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) Dashboard Development
4 1 (12.50%) Data Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) Data Extraction
4 1 (12.50%) Data Visualisation
4 1 (12.50%) Performance Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) Performance Measurement
4 1 (12.50%) Performance Metrics
4 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (12.50%) UX Design
4 1 (12.50%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Google