User Research Contracts in Scotland

User Research
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for User Research skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited User Research over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 71 50 34
Rank change year-on-year -21 -16 +11
Contract jobs citing User Research 61 145 205
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 2.76% 5.07% 5.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.12% 5.48% 6.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 126 176
10th Percentile £345 £400 £356
25th Percentile £437 £409 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £529 £437 £475
Median % change year-on-year +21.06% -8.05% +11.76%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £538
90th Percentile £600 £588 £575
UK median daily rate £538 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +2.48% - +10.53%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

User Research is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,956 2,648 3,265
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 88.63% 92.62% 92.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,192 1,905 2,309
10th Percentile £230 £263 £244
25th Percentile £400 £408 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £470
Median % change year-on-year - +1.06% +10.59%
75th Percentile £588 £556 £550
90th Percentile £675 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 54 48
10th Percentile £12.36 £10.63 £14.89
25th Percentile £16.00 £11.51 £17.50
Median hourly rate £19.34 £17.72 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.11% -51.45% -10.99%
75th Percentile £40.94 £53.75 £48.95
90th Percentile £60.75 £66.09 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.30 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.17% +49.20% -

User Research
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing User Research as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for User Research in Scotland

User Research
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for User Research in Scotland

User Research
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Research in Scotland over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for User Research in Scotland

User Research
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 User Research within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 28 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
Edinburgh -2 38 £465 +9.41%
Glasgow -11 13 £575 +36.90% 3
South Lanarkshire -10 9 £588 +30.56%
User Research
UK

User Research
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 19 (31.15%) Confluence
2 1 (1.64%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (9.84%) Azure
2 5 (8.20%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.64%) Entra ID
3 1 (1.64%) Google Analytics
3 1 (1.64%) Google Tag Manager
3 1 (1.64%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.64%) Looker
Development Applications
1 21 (34.43%) JIRA
General
1 49 (80.33%) Public Sector
2 20 (32.79%) Social Skills
3 10 (16.39%) Influencing Skills
4 9 (14.75%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (11.48%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (6.56%) Electronics
6 4 (6.56%) Finance
6 4 (6.56%) Manufacturing
6 4 (6.56%) Marketing
6 4 (6.56%) Telecoms
7 2 (3.28%) Legal
7 2 (3.28%) Publishing
8 1 (1.64%) Banking
8 1 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.64%) Law
8 1 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (31.15%) Product Manager
2 17 (27.87%) Designer
3 9 (14.75%) Analyst
3 9 (14.75%) Senior
4 8 (13.11%) UX Designer
5 7 (11.48%) Business Analyst
5 7 (11.48%) Lead
6 6 (9.84%) User Researcher
7 5 (8.20%) Content Designer
8 4 (6.56%) Service Designer
9 3 (4.92%) Project Manager
9 3 (4.92%) Senior Designer
9 3 (4.92%) Senior User Researcher
10 2 (3.28%) Agile Delivery Lead
10 2 (3.28%) Agile Project Manager
10 2 (3.28%) Digital Product Manager
10 2 (3.28%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
10 2 (3.28%) Senior Service Designer
11 1 (1.64%) Content Coordinator
11 1 (1.64%) Lead UX Designer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.48%) Product Ownership
2 2 (3.28%) Taxonomies
3 1 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.64%) iPad
3 1 (1.64%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.64%) Apple iOS
1 1 (1.64%) Windows
1 1 (1.64%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (65.57%) Agile
2 25 (40.98%) User Stories
3 24 (39.34%) Service Design
4 23 (37.70%) Epics
5 20 (32.79%) User Experience
6 18 (29.51%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 16 (26.23%) Project Management
8 15 (24.59%) Roadmaps
9 13 (21.31%) Product Management
10 11 (18.03%) DevOps
11 10 (16.39%) Coaching
12 9 (14.75%) Impact Assessments
13 8 (13.11%) Backlog Management
13 8 (13.11%) Product Backlog
13 8 (13.11%) Scrum
13 8 (13.11%) UX Design
14 7 (11.48%) Business Analysis
14 7 (11.48%) Co-Creation
14 7 (11.48%) Strategic Roadmap
14 7 (11.48%) Value Proposition
Qualifications
1 18 (29.51%) SC Cleared
1 18 (29.51%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.64%) Degree
2 1 (1.64%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (31.15%) Accessibility
2 8 (13.11%) Disclosure Scotland
3 4 (6.56%) WCAG
4 3 (4.92%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.64%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (9.84%) Cadence
2 4 (6.56%) SAP
3 2 (3.28%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.64%) Apple
4 1 (1.64%) Google
4 1 (1.64%) ServiceNow