Experimental Design Contract Job Trends in the North West

Design of Experiments (Experimental Design)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Experimental Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 148 - 139
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Experimental Design 4 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.15% - 0.035%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% - 0.041%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £381 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £395 - £500
75th Percentile £402 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £401 £550 £488
% change year-on-year -27.09% +12.82% -23.53%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

Experimental Design 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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,373 1,856 2,452
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 86.76% 88.63% 87.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,538 1,110 1,627
10th Percentile £213 £267 £307
25th Percentile £358 £380 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £568 £588
90th Percentile £650 £656 £675
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 203 98 217
10th Percentile £16.08 £16.19 £12.50
25th Percentile £22.85 £22.72 £15.50
Median hourly rate £42.69 £31.51 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +35.46% +5.03% -19.57%
75th Percentile £61.25 £55.76 £46.18
90th Percentile £75.48 £75.58 £53.75
England median hourly rate £25.77 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -26.37% - -

Experimental Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Experimental Design relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Experimental Design job vacancy trend in the North West

Experimental Design
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Experimental Design.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Experimental Design

Experimental Design
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Experimental Design within the North West region over the 6 months to 14 February 2026. 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
Manchester - 4 £395 - 1
Experimental Design
England

Experimental Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

General
1 4 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) User Experience Researcher
2 1 (25.00%) Designer
2 1 (25.00%) Service Designer
2 1 (25.00%) UX Designer
2 1 (25.00%) UX Service Designer
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 4 (100.00%) Information Architecture
1 4 (100.00%) Quantitative Analysis
1 4 (100.00%) Service Design
1 4 (100.00%) Time Management
1 4 (100.00%) Usability Testing
1 4 (100.00%) User Experience
1 4 (100.00%) User Research
1 4 (100.00%) UX Design
1 4 (100.00%) UX Research
2 3 (75.00%) Ethnography
2 3 (75.00%) Mentoring
2 3 (75.00%) Persona Development
2 3 (75.00%) Prototyping
2 3 (75.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 3 (75.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (75.00%) Sprint Planning
2 3 (75.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 3 (75.00%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) Accessibility