User Research
East Midlands > Leicestershire
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leicestershire requiring User Research skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 20 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 29 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +2 |
| Contract jobs citing User Research | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leicestershire | - | - | 1.18% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | - | 1.40% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £368 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £376 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £395 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -20.92% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £409 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £413 |
| East Midlands median daily rate | £404 | £313 | £416 |
| % change year-on-year | +29.12% | -24.84% | -20.04% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Leicestershire
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 Leicestershire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 102 | 98 | 143 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire | 76.12% | 82.35% | 84.62% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 65 | 71 | 111 |
| 10th Percentile | £132 | £185 | £130 |
| 25th Percentile | £250 | £294 | £325 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £375 | £425 | £425 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.76% | - | +1.80% |
| 75th Percentile | £488 | £500 | £556 |
| 90th Percentile | £560 | £659 | £695 |
| East Midlands median daily rate | £410 | £450 | £498 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.89% | -9.55% | +6.99% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.70 | £21.03 | £12.60 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.50 | £21.44 | £13.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £20.50 | £22.75 | £21.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.89% | +8.33% | +13.51% |
| 75th Percentile | £21.30 | £23.94 | £22.63 |
| 90th Percentile | £24.42 | £24.28 | £40.25 |
| East Midlands median hourly rate | £18.87 | £17.66 | £27.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +6.85% | -35.78% | +48.65% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire
Job postings citing User Research as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire.
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Daily Rate Trend in Leicestershire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing User Research.
