UX Research Contract Job Trends in the North of England

User Experience Research (UXR)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring UX Research skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 194 163 187
Rank change year-on-year -31 +24 +46
Contract jobs citing UX Research 12 2 7
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.27% 0.051% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.060% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 5
10th Percentile - - £458
25th Percentile £400 - £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - £528
Median % change year-on-year - - -0.28%
75th Percentile £578 - £575
90th Percentile £584 - -
England median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -4.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,962 3,333 4,281
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 88.24% 84.42% 88.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,617 1,808 2,873
10th Percentile £223 £294 £275
25th Percentile £363 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £556 £575 £600
90th Percentile £669 £655 £675
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 265 173 204
10th Percentile £15.18 £14.54 £15.75
25th Percentile £18.87 £17.75 £18.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £28.37
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% +14.56% +33.51%
75th Percentile £45.46 £48.75 £46.18
90th Percentile £70.10 £69.95 £60.64
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.07 £44.50
% change year-on-year -33.94% -14.45% +27.14%

UX Research
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

UX Research job vacancy trend in the North of England

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Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing UX Research.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing UX Research

UX Research
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing UX Research in the North of England over the 6 months to 4 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for UX Research in the North of England

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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 UX Research within the North of England region over the 6 months to 4 November 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
North West - 9 £400 - 7
Yorkshire -28 3 £575 - 3
UX Research
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (8.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Adobe Premiere
1 1 (8.33%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 6 (50.00%) Figma
2 4 (33.33%) Google Analytics
3 2 (16.67%) Miro
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (33.33%) Mixpanel
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 5 (41.67%) Finance
2 2 (16.67%) Banking
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Financial Institution
3 1 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (8.33%) Legal
3 1 (8.33%) Marketing
3 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Designer
2 5 (41.67%) User Experience Researcher
3 4 (33.33%) UX Designer
4 3 (25.00%) Senior
5 2 (16.67%) Senior Designer
5 2 (16.67%) Senior UX Designer
6 1 (8.33%) Content Designer
6 1 (8.33%) Delivery Manager
6 1 (8.33%) Senior Delivery Manager
6 1 (8.33%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Product Ownership
2 1 (8.33%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Android
1 1 (8.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) User Experience
2 10 (83.33%) UX Design
3 4 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
3 4 (33.33%) Analytics
3 4 (33.33%) Behavioural Analytics
3 4 (33.33%) Customer Insight
3 4 (33.33%) Product Strategy
3 4 (33.33%) Qualitative Research
3 4 (33.33%) Quantitative Research
3 4 (33.33%) Usability Testing
4 3 (25.00%) Prototyping
5 2 (16.67%) Agile
5 2 (16.67%) Customer Experience
5 2 (16.67%) Human-Centred Design
5 2 (16.67%) Journey Map
5 2 (16.67%) People Management
5 2 (16.67%) Time Management
5 2 (16.67%) User Research
5 2 (16.67%) Wireframes
6 1 (8.33%) Roadmaps
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Google
1 4 (33.33%) Hotjar
2 1 (8.33%) Genesys