Contextual Inquiry Contract Job Trends in the South East

Contextual Inquiry
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Contextual Inquiry skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 188 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Contextual Inquiry 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.021% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.025% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
England median daily rate £413 £556 £514
% change year-on-year -25.84% +8.22% -14.37%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

Contextual Inquiry 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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,951 2,837 4,767
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 83.73% 90.09% 87.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,599 1,739 2,914
10th Percentile £256 £250 £213
25th Percentile £400 £400 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £509
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% -1.67% +1.80%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £613
90th Percentile £688 £675 £692
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 341 103 354
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.50 £13.25
25th Percentile £17.00 £24.18 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.08 £45.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -44.28% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.59 £63.00
90th Percentile £80.09 £75.40 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.77 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -26.37% - -

Contextual Inquiry
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Contextual Inquiry relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Contextual Inquiry job vacancy trend in the South East

Contextual Inquiry
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Contextual Inquiry.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Contextual Inquiry

Contextual Inquiry
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Contextual Inquiry within the South East region over the 6 months to 12 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
West Sussex - 1 £650 -
Contextual Inquiry
England

Contextual Inquiry
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) UXPin
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Figma
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) User Researcher
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Usability Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) User Research
1 1 (100.00%) UX Research
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow