UX Research Contracts in Scotland

User Experience Research (UXR)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring UX Research skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited UX Research over the 6 months leading up to 27 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 121 111 147
Rank change year-on-year -10 +36 -3
Contract jobs citing UX Research 5 6 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.29% 0.31% 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.35% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 12
10th Percentile £384 - £401
25th Percentile £389 £413 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £406 £438 £423
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +3.55% -0.59%
75th Percentile £427 £450 £438
90th Percentile £433 - £584
UK median daily rate £531 £593 £500
% change year-on-year -10.43% +18.50% -4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,591 1,692 2,471
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 91.97% 86.77% 91.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 895 1,049 1,687
10th Percentile £260 £213 £250
25th Percentile £368 £360 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.89% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £538 £550 £550
90th Percentile £600 £653 £625
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 59 56
10th Percentile £16.49 £12.30 £12.13
25th Percentile £17.30 £14.25 £13.15
Median hourly rate £20.00 £20.29 £18.33
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% +10.70% -51.04%
75th Percentile £25.15 £40.94 £55.00
90th Percentile £28.07 £54.00 £63.75
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% -5.88% +60.38%

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 July 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 +6 4 £388 -11.43% 4
Glasgow - 1 £425 - 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Figma
2 1 (20.00%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Designer
1 3 (60.00%) Senior
1 3 (60.00%) UX Designer
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Designer
2 2 (40.00%) Senior UX Designer
3 1 (20.00%) Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Senior User Experience Researcher
3 1 (20.00%) UI Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) User Experience Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) User Experience Researcher
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Greenfield Project
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) User Experience
1 5 (100.00%) User Research
2 4 (80.00%) Usability Testing
2 4 (80.00%) UX Design
3 3 (60.00%) Agile
3 3 (60.00%) Project Management
4 2 (40.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 2 (40.00%) Workflow
5 1 (20.00%) B2B
5 1 (20.00%) Client Onboarding
5 1 (20.00%) Coaching
5 1 (20.00%) Inclusive Design
5 1 (20.00%) Line Management
5 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
5 1 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
5 1 (20.00%) Service Design
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (20.00%) Disclosure Scotland
1 1 (20.00%) WCAG