User Research
South West > Somerset
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Somerset requiring User Research skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 29 Nov 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 28 | 29 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +1 | +7 |
| Contract jobs citing User Research | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Somerset | - | 1.16% | 0.55% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | 1.48% | 0.65% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £690 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -2.13% |
| South West median daily rate | £450 | £575 | £563 |
| % change year-on-year | -21.74% | +2.22% | -2.17% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Somerset
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 Somerset.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 145 | 135 | 155 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset | 75.92% | 78.49% | 85.16% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 93 | 88 | 98 |
| 10th Percentile | £160 | £204 | £143 |
| 25th Percentile | £248 | £380 | £253 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £350 | £498 | £470 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -29.65% | +5.85% | -14.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £538 | £638 | £588 |
| 90th Percentile | £647 | £755 | £678 |
| South West median daily rate | £525 | £525 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -4.55% | +4.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 12 | 4 | 26 |
| 10th Percentile | £44.90 | - | £35.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £59.38 | £12.50 | £46.71 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £14.50 | £51.89 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +331.03% | -72.06% | +3.78% |
| 75th Percentile | £63.75 | £24.25 | £62.22 |
| 90th Percentile | £64.43 | £38.20 | £65.00 |
| South West median hourly rate | £25.15 | £65.00 | £60.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -61.31% | +8.33% | -7.69% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing User Research relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset.
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Daily Rate Trend in Somerset
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing User Research.
