UX Research Contract Job Trends in Shropshire

User Experience Research (UXR)
West Midlands > Shropshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Shropshire requiring UX Research skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing UX Research 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Shropshire 0.22% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £402 - £481
% change year-on-year - - +20.31%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Shropshire

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 Shropshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 384 115 46
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Shropshire 85.52% 92.74% 54.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 283 71 27
10th Percentile £400 £300 £306
25th Percentile £448 £385 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £477 £410
Median % change year-on-year +4.82% +16.34% -24.07%
75th Percentile £537 £530 £500
90th Percentile £562 £567 £535
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £513 £488
% change year-on-year -2.44% +5.13% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 7
10th Percentile £22.81 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £25.15 £12.18 £10.42
Median % change year-on-year +106.49% +16.89% -71.59%
75th Percentile - £17.89 -
90th Percentile - £21.32 £12.20
West Midlands median hourly rate £20.98 £21.59 £23.00
% change year-on-year -2.83% -6.13% +29.94%

UX Research
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing UX Research relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Shropshire.

UX Research job vacancy trend in Shropshire

UX Research
Daily Rate Trend in Shropshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing UX Research.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing UX Research

UX 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 UX Research within the Shropshire region over the 6 months to 4 February 2026. 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 - 1 £402 -
UX Research
West Midlands

UX Research
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shropshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience Researcher
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Interaction Design
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) User Research
1 1 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 1 (100.00%) Wireframes