User Research Contracts in Sheffield

User Research
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Sheffield 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 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 49 38 49
Rank change year-on-year -11 +11 -33
Contract jobs citing User Research 5 16 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Sheffield 1.32% 3.56% 1.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.43% 3.73% 1.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 12 4
10th Percentile £410 £550 -
25th Percentile - £559 £520
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £600 £685
Median % change year-on-year -29.17% -12.41% +61.18%
75th Percentile £450 £613 £850
90th Percentile £480 £650 -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £425 £600 £520
% change year-on-year -29.17% +15.38% +22.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Sheffield

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 Sheffield with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 350 429 358
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 92.35% 95.55% 92.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 203 296 287
10th Percentile £375 £363 £350
25th Percentile £420 £475 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £588 £675 £563
90th Percentile £650 £700 £650
South Yorkshire median daily rate £474 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -13.91% +10.00% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 3 11
10th Percentile £10.90 £11.05 £9.49
25th Percentile £11.33 £11.13 £12.00
Median hourly rate £22.00 £11.50 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year +91.30% -28.13% +18.06%
75th Percentile £23.75 £25.88 £18.57
90th Percentile - £34.35 £24.00
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £17.62 £10.63 £16.75
% change year-on-year +65.71% -36.54% +38.83%

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:

Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Adobe XD
1 2 (40.00%) InVision
1 2 (40.00%) Sketch
1 2 (40.00%) Zeplin
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Figma
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Axure RP
General
1 1 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Designer
1 2 (40.00%) Service Designer
1 2 (40.00%) User Researcher
2 1 (20.00%) Development Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior User Researcher
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Blog
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Agile
1 4 (80.00%) Service Design
2 3 (60.00%) Ergonomics
2 3 (60.00%) Ethnography
2 3 (60.00%) Human Factors
2 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (60.00%) Usability Testing
2 3 (60.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 2 (40.00%) Backlog Management
3 2 (40.00%) Co-Creation
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (40.00%) Data Analysis
3 2 (40.00%) Design Thinking
3 2 (40.00%) Empathy Maps
3 2 (40.00%) Journey Map
3 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (40.00%) Storytelling
3 2 (40.00%) User Journey Map
3 2 (40.00%) User Stories
3 2 (40.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Accessibility
1 2 (40.00%) WCAG
2 1 (20.00%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Adobe