UX Research Contracts in the Midlands

User Experience Research (UXR)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 4 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 136 - 150
Rank change year-on-year - - +52
Contract jobs citing UX Research 2 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.081% - 0.097%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.093% - 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £536 £650 £518
% change year-on-year -17.50% +25.60% -2.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £25.50 - -
25th Percentile £26.25 - -
Median hourly rate £27.50 - -
75th Percentile £28.75 - -
90th Percentile £29.50 - -
England median hourly rate £30.00 - £70.07
% change year-on-year - - +38.45%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,158 2,158 2,649
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 87.69% 81.19% 85.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,381 1,471 1,863
10th Percentile £223 £275 £254
25th Percentile £356 £371 £364
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £550 £608 £600
90th Percentile £649 £713 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 183 100 79
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.74 £13.59
25th Percentile £15.25 £14.22 £20.24
Median hourly rate £20.83 £18.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.59% -32.73% +44.74%
75th Percentile £26.51 £37.50 £51.50
90th Percentile £50.00 £55.00 £70.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -40.82% - +61.35%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for UX Research in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for UX Research in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing UX Research in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for UX Research in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UX Research within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 4 August 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands - 2 - - 11
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Figma
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Designer
1 1 (50.00%) Digital User Researcher
1 1 (50.00%) Usability Designer
1 1 (50.00%) User Experience Researcher
1 1 (50.00%) User Researcher
1 1 (50.00%) UX Designer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) UX Design
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Behavioural Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Benchmarking
2 1 (50.00%) DesignOps
2 1 (50.00%) Eye Tracking
2 1 (50.00%) Human-Centred Design
2 1 (50.00%) Sprint Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Usability Testing
2 1 (50.00%) User Stories
2 1 (50.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Recommendations