User Research
North West > Merseyside
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Merseyside 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 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 21 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 44 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | -2 |
| Contract jobs citing User Research | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merseyside | - | - | 0.98% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | - | 1.13% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £263 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £324 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -7.69% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £503 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £519 |
| North West median daily rate | £408 | £363 | £575 |
| % change year-on-year | +12.41% | -36.96% | +9.79% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Merseyside
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 Merseyside.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 127 | 164 | 265 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside | 76.51% | 76.28% | 86.60% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 77 | 89 | 195 |
| 10th Percentile | £143 | £145 | £300 |
| 25th Percentile | £203 | £230 | £403 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £425 | £400 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.25% | -20.00% | +14.29% |
| 75th Percentile | £545 | £494 | £545 |
| 90th Percentile | £655 | £605 | £635 |
| North West median daily rate | £475 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.00% | - | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 8 | 25 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.07 | - | £16.22 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.51 | £15.50 | £16.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £17.44 | £18.50 | £17.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.73% | +5.71% | +40.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £18.08 | £34.32 | £23.03 |
| 90th Percentile | £24.23 | £37.18 | £28.38 |
| North West median hourly rate | £31.76 | £24.19 | £35.02 |
| % change year-on-year | +31.29% | -30.92% | +51.88% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside
Job postings citing User Research as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Merseyside.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing User Research in Merseyside.