UX Research Contracts in Scotland

User Experience Research (UXR)
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for UX Research skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited UX Research over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 124 143 129
Rank change year-on-year +19 -14 +27
Contract jobs citing UX Research 7 21 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.32% 0.74% 1.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 0.79% 1.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 16 31
10th Percentile £420 £400 £394
25th Percentile £431 £404 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £420 £425
Median % change year-on-year +7.21% -1.24% +6.25%
75th Percentile £453 £428 £538
90th Percentile £459 £519 £560
UK median daily rate £650 £544 £530
% change year-on-year +19.54% +2.59% +22.54%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

UX 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 2,645 3,270
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 88.63% 92.68% 92.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,192 1,903 2,321
10th Percentile £230 £261 £244
25th Percentile £400 £407 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £470
Median % change year-on-year - +1.06% +10.59%
75th Percentile £588 £554 £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 55 49
10th Percentile £12.36 £10.63 £14.94
25th Percentile £16.00 £11.78 £17.50
Median hourly rate £19.34 £17.72 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.11% -46.30% -21.43%
75th Percentile £40.94 £54.13 £48.75
90th Percentile £60.75 £67.13 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -

UX Research
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for UX Research in Scotland

UX Research
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for UX Research in Scotland

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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 UX Research within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 27 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 +32 7 £450 +7.21% 1
UX Research
UK

UX 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 7 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (85.71%) Public Sector
3 5 (71.43%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Analyst
1 6 (85.71%) Business Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Designer
2 1 (14.29%) User Experience Researcher
2 1 (14.29%) UX Designer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Agile
1 7 (100.00%) User Experience
1 7 (100.00%) User Research
2 6 (85.71%) Business Analysis
2 6 (85.71%) Coaching
2 6 (85.71%) Epics
2 6 (85.71%) Impact Assessments
2 6 (85.71%) Roadmaps
2 6 (85.71%) Scrum
2 6 (85.71%) Service Design
2 6 (85.71%) Story Mapping
2 6 (85.71%) User Stories
2 6 (85.71%) Value Proposition
3 5 (71.43%) Stakeholder Identification
4 1 (14.29%) Co-Creation
4 1 (14.29%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
4 1 (14.29%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 1 (14.29%) UX Design
4 1 (14.29%) Wireframes
4 1 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Accessibility
1 1 (14.29%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Cadence