User Research Contracts in Sheffield

User Research
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Sheffield requiring User Research skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited User Research over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 50 36
Rank change year-on-year +3 -14 +11
Contract jobs citing User Research 1 5 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Sheffield 0.31% 1.32% 3.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 1.42% 3.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 11
10th Percentile - £410 £550
25th Percentile - - £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £425 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -29.17% -12.41%
75th Percentile - £450 £625
90th Percentile - £480 £650
South Yorkshire median daily rate - £425 £600
% change year-on-year - -29.17% +15.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Sheffield

User 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 Sheffield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 306 351 436
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 95.63% 92.61% 95.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 199 202 305
10th Percentile £229 £375 £368
25th Percentile £386 £425 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -13.04% +15.00%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £675
90th Percentile £650 £650 £700
South Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £472 £550
% change year-on-year +0.64% -14.18% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 10 3
10th Percentile - £10.90 £11.05
25th Percentile £18.10 £11.33 £11.13
Median hourly rate £18.21 £22.00 £11.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.25% +91.30% -28.13%
75th Percentile £18.41 £23.75 £25.88
90th Percentile £18.47 - £34.35
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £18.21 £17.62 £10.63
% change year-on-year +3.35% +65.71% -36.54%

User Research
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Job vacancy trend for User Research in Sheffield

User Research
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Daily rate trend for User Research in Sheffield

User Research
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Delivery Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Delivery Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management