UX Research Contract Job Trends in Leeds

User Experience Research (UXR)
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring UX Research skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
16 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 58 64
Rank change year-on-year -16 +6 +34
Contract jobs citing UX Research 2 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 0.27% 0.18% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.20% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 640 488 775
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 87.07% 88.41% 89.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 424 305 526
10th Percentile £290 £305 £310
25th Percentile £400 £400 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £520
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -8.65% -0.95%
75th Percentile £571 £575 £600
90th Percentile £642 £700 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 13 5
10th Percentile - £16.02 £11.68
25th Percentile £14.25 £17.08 -
Median hourly rate £15.25 £37.50 £12.53
Median % change year-on-year -59.33% +199.28% -74.94%
75th Percentile £26.13 £41.50 £21.97
90th Percentile £33.88 £100.93 £45.99
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £21.30 £32.50 £17.35
% change year-on-year -34.46% +87.35% -26.96%

UX Research
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

UX Research job vacancy trend in Leeds

UX Research
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

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

UX Research
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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 (100.00%) Figma
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Designer
1 2 (100.00%) Product Designer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Designer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Product Designer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) AI Agents
1 2 (100.00%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) B2B
1 2 (100.00%) B2C
1 2 (100.00%) CRM
1 2 (100.00%) Focus Group
1 2 (100.00%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
1 2 (100.00%) Ideation Sessions
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 2 (100.00%) Product Vision
1 2 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) Usability Testing
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) User Research
1 2 (100.00%) Wireframes
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Actionable Recommendations
UX Research jobs