User Research Contracts in Shropshire

User Research
West Midlands > Shropshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Shropshire 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 26 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 - 28
Rank change year-on-year - - +44
Contract jobs citing User Research 5 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Shropshire 2.94% - 1.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.18% - 1.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £408 - -
25th Percentile £413 - £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 - £575
Median % change year-on-year - - +13.86%
75th Percentile £425 - £588
90th Percentile £427 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £429 £481 £538
% change year-on-year -10.86% -10.47% +6.97%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Shropshire

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 Shropshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 157 83 75
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Shropshire 92.35% 72.81% 91.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 59 52
10th Percentile £305 £192 £320
25th Percentile £400 £336 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £358 £530
Median % change year-on-year +28.49% -32.45% +6.00%
75th Percentile £537 £500 £540
90th Percentile £549 £519 £573
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £26.13 £10.78 -
25th Percentile £27.59 £11.32 -
Median hourly rate £31.31 £12.21 -
Median % change year-on-year +156.39% - -
75th Percentile £36.30 £13.11 -
90th Percentile £38.53 £13.64 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £22.05 £18.50 £27.00
% change year-on-year +19.19% -31.48% +56.52%

User Research
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

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

Job vacancy trend for User Research in Shropshire

User Research
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Shropshire

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

Daily rate trend for User Research in Shropshire

User Research
Contract Job Locations in Shropshire

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 Shropshire region over the 6 months to 26 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
Telford - 5 £420 -
User Research
West Midlands

User Research
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Shropshire 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:

General
1 3 (60.00%) Legal
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Designer
1 4 (80.00%) Interaction Designer
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Designer
2 1 (20.00%) User Researcher
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) Service Design
1 5 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 4 (80.00%) Interaction Design
3 3 (60.00%) Collaborative Working
3 3 (60.00%) Mentoring
3 3 (60.00%) User Experience
4 1 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (20.00%) Cognitive Psychology
4 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
4 1 (20.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (20.00%) Ergonomics
4 1 (20.00%) Ethnography
4 1 (20.00%) Human Factors
4 1 (20.00%) Market Research
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Project Management
4 1 (20.00%) Psychology
4 1 (20.00%) SDLC
4 1 (20.00%) Usability Testing
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) OneLogin