Senior User Researcher Contracts in Scotland

Senior User Researcher
UK > Scotland

The median Senior User Researcher daily rate in Scotland is £466, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 120 128
Rank change year-on-year +5 +8 +32
Contract jobs requiring a Senior User Researcher 2 3 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.12% 0.14% 1.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.15% 1.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 36
10th Percentile £461 £149 £363
25th Percentile £463 £223 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £356 £420
Median % change year-on-year +30.67% -15.18% -18.45%
75th Percentile £468 £498 £566
90th Percentile £470 £578 £588
UK median daily rate £650 £400 £564
% change year-on-year +62.50% -29.05% +2.50%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 1,540 2,018 2,574
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.65% 94.30% 95.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 876 1,244 1,816
10th Percentile £257 £200 £231
25th Percentile £368 £356 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £473 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.53% +2.70%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £550
90th Percentile £600 £650 £649
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £544
% change year-on-year -2.38% -3.40% +3.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 113 45
10th Percentile £15.64 £12.30 £12.90
25th Percentile £16.72 £16.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £19.05 £24.29 £21.67
Median % change year-on-year -21.57% +12.09% -34.33%
75th Percentile £24.54 £60.00 £59.03
90th Percentile £41.43 £66.00 £68.25
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £36.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.29% -18.89% +88.21%

Senior User Researcher
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior User Researcher in Scotland

Senior User Researcher
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior User Researcher in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Senior User Researcher in Scotland

Senior User Researcher
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior User Researcher within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 19 May 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
Edinburgh +5 2 £466 +30.67%
Senior User Researcher
UK

Senior User Researcher Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 19 May 2025, Senior 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 Scotland region featuring Senior User Researcher in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Usability Testing
1 2 (100.00%) UX Design
1 2 (100.00%) Line Management
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Coaching
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Service Design
1 2 (100.00%) Co-Creation
1 2 (100.00%) Contextual Inquiry
1 2 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 2 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 2 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 2 (100.00%) User Research
1 2 (100.00%) Journey Map
2 1 (50.00%) Design Sprint
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) GDPR
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (50.00%) Product Management
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Data Privacy
2 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint

Senior User Researcher Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Coaching
1 2 (100.00%) Co-Creation
1 2 (100.00%) Contextual Inquiry
1 2 (100.00%) Journey Map
1 2 (100.00%) Line Management
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 2 (100.00%) Service Design
1 2 (100.00%) Usability Testing
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) User Research
1 2 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 2 (100.00%) UX Design
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Data Privacy
2 1 (50.00%) Design Sprint
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Product Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (50.00%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (50.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft