User Researcher Contracts in the North of England

User Researcher
England > North of England

The median User Researcher daily rate in the North of England is £400 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 154 163 180
Rank change year-on-year +9 +17 -68
Contract jobs requiring a User Researcher 24 55 65
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.50% 0.94% 0.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.54% 0.99% 0.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 42 56
10th Percentile - £439 £438
25th Percentile £325 £508 £483
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £575 £513
Median % change year-on-year -30.43% +12.20% +2.50%
75th Percentile £519 £600 £550
90th Percentile £548 £644 £575
England median daily rate £475 £563 £525
% change year-on-year -15.56% +7.14% +10.06%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the North of England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the North of England with a recognized job title 4,455 5,566 6,985
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.05% 95.15% 96.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,813 3,937 5,141
10th Percentile £263 £285 £200
25th Percentile £385 £410 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £580 £590 £550
90th Percentile £672 £680 £638
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 397 174 298
10th Percentile £11.00 £13.64 £11.12
25th Percentile £12.53 £18.64 £14.25
Median hourly rate £19.50 £30.54 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -36.15% +65.08% +2.78%
75th Percentile £45.88 £49.30 £30.44
90th Percentile £60.00 £65.93 £50.23
England median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -21.11% +100.00% +0.36%

User Researcher
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured User Researcher in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for User Researcher in the North of England

User Researcher
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing User Researcher in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for User Researcher in the North of England

User Researcher
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Researcher in the North of England over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for User Researcher in the North of England

User Researcher
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing User Researcher in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for User Researcher in the North of England

User Researcher
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing User Researcher within the North of England region over the 6 months to 24 April 2024. 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
North West +14 12 £350 -32.53% 1
North East +20 6 £606 -4.90% 1
Yorkshire -2 6 £475 -17.39% 3
User Researcher
England

User Researcher Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, User Researcher contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North of England region featuring User Researcher in the job title.

1 24 (100.00%) User Research
2 16 (66.67%) Agile
3 14 (58.33%) User Experience
4 13 (54.17%) Actionable Insight
4 13 (54.17%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 11 (45.83%) Actionable Recommendations
5 11 (45.83%) Usability Testing
5 11 (45.83%) UX Design
6 10 (41.67%) Service Design
7 9 (37.50%) Qualitative Research
7 9 (37.50%) Quantitative Research
8 8 (33.33%) Public Sector
8 8 (33.33%) Mentoring
9 7 (29.17%) Ethnography
9 7 (29.17%) Front End Development
9 7 (29.17%) Market Research
9 7 (29.17%) Ergonomics
9 7 (29.17%) Human Factors
9 7 (29.17%) Requirements Gathering
9 7 (29.17%) UX Research
9 7 (29.17%) Guerrilla Testing
9 7 (29.17%) Data Science
9 7 (29.17%) Focus Group
9 7 (29.17%) Design Persona
10 4 (16.67%) Social Skills
10 4 (16.67%) Wireframes
11 3 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
11 3 (12.50%) GAP Analysis
11 3 (12.50%) Human-Centred Design
12 2 (8.33%) Cost Reduction

User Researcher Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 8 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 4 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 2 (8.33%) Finance
3 2 (8.33%) Health Technology
3 2 (8.33%) Military
4 1 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Tech for Good
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.17%) Blog
1 1 (4.17%) BYOD
1 1 (4.17%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (100.00%) User Research
2 16 (66.67%) Agile
3 14 (58.33%) User Experience
4 13 (54.17%) Actionable Insight
4 13 (54.17%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 11 (45.83%) Usability Testing
5 11 (45.83%) UX Design
6 10 (41.67%) Service Design
7 9 (37.50%) Qualitative Research
7 9 (37.50%) Quantitative Research
8 8 (33.33%) Mentoring
9 7 (29.17%) Data Science
9 7 (29.17%) Ergonomics
9 7 (29.17%) Ethnography
9 7 (29.17%) Focus Group
9 7 (29.17%) Front End Development
9 7 (29.17%) Human Factors
9 7 (29.17%) Market Research
9 7 (29.17%) Requirements Gathering
9 7 (29.17%) UX Research
Qualifications
1 2 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (8.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.17%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (45.83%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 1 (4.17%) Brio