UX Research Contract Job Trends in Manchester

User Experience Research (UXR)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring UX Research skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 83 95
Rank change year-on-year -1 +12 +8
Contract jobs citing UX Research 9 1 5
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.72% 0.096% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.81% 0.11% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 3
10th Percentile £381 - £545
25th Percentile £395 - £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £401 - £575
Median % change year-on-year - - +8.70%
75th Percentile £402 - £606
90th Percentile - - £610
North West median daily rate £401 - £575
% change year-on-year - - +8.70%

All Process & 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 1,108 943 1,391
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 88.50% 90.94% 87.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 768 583 991
10th Percentile £305 £294 £306
25th Percentile £375 £391 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £495
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -1.00%
75th Percentile £573 £558 £575
90th Percentile £638 £675 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 33 65
10th Percentile £17.20 £15.93 £12.50
25th Percentile £21.46 £21.25 £13.50
Median hourly rate £45.00 £32.50 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +38.46% +25.00% -37.62%
75th Percentile £61.25 £33.75 £49.00
90th Percentile £73.25 £60.00 £76.75
North West median hourly rate £41.94 £31.50 £33.16
% change year-on-year +33.14% -5.01% -11.57%

UX Research
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

UX Research job vacancy trend in Manchester

UX Research
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

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

UX Research
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 (22.22%) Figma
1 2 (22.22%) Miro
General
1 6 (66.67%) Presentation Skills
1 6 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (11.11%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Designer
1 5 (55.56%) UX Designer
2 3 (33.33%) Senior
2 3 (33.33%) Service Designer
2 3 (33.33%) User Experience Researcher
2 3 (33.33%) UX Service Designer
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Designer
3 2 (22.22%) Senior UX Designer
4 1 (11.11%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Delivery Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) User Experience
2 8 (88.89%) UX Design
3 7 (77.78%) Agile
3 7 (77.78%) Decision-Making
4 6 (66.67%) Information Architecture
4 6 (66.67%) Service Design
4 6 (66.67%) Time Management
4 6 (66.67%) Usability Testing
4 6 (66.67%) User Research
5 4 (44.44%) Experimental Design
5 4 (44.44%) Mentoring
5 4 (44.44%) Quantitative Analysis
5 4 (44.44%) Roadmaps
6 3 (33.33%) Creative Thinking
6 3 (33.33%) Critical Thinking
6 3 (33.33%) Persona Development
6 3 (33.33%) Prototyping
6 3 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
6 3 (33.33%) Sprint Planning
6 3 (33.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Degree
2 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (66.67%) Accessibility