UX Research Contracts in Manchester

User Experience Research (UXR)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 77 89 95
Rank change year-on-year +12 +6 +41
Contract jobs citing UX Research 2 7 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.22% 0.46% 1.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.53% 1.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 14
10th Percentile - £544 £432
25th Percentile - £553 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £588 £575
Median % change year-on-year -65.96% +2.17% +9.52%
75th Percentile - £609 £600
90th Percentile - £611 £618
North West median daily rate £257 £588 £575
% change year-on-year -56.34% +2.17% +9.52%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 830 1,321 1,738
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 89.63% 87.08% 91.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 577 898 1,273
10th Percentile £300 £319 £315
25th Percentile £400 £407 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% - +1.73%
75th Percentile £575 £595 £594
90th Percentile £675 £694 £663
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 73 61
10th Percentile £15.18 £12.42 £14.65
25th Percentile £19.25 £13.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £24.19 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year +34.35% -35.15% +140.65%
75th Percentile £63.75 £57.50 £47.50
90th Percentile £77.00 £72.50 £70.00
North West median hourly rate £31.88 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +51.81% -40.00% +70.82%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for UX Research in Manchester

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for UX Research in Manchester

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Agile Business Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) User Experience Researcher
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
2 1 (50.00%) A/B Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Design Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Fintech
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) User Research
2 1 (50.00%) UX Design