User Research Contracts in the South East

User Research
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 193 178 188
Rank change year-on-year -15 +10 -16
Contract jobs citing User Research 8 43 71
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.14% 0.74% 0.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.83% 1.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 34 56
10th Percentile £398 £373 £438
25th Percentile £431 £438 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £450 £540
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -16.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £563 £538 £586
90th Percentile £608 £650 £631
England median daily rate £550 £550 £525
% change year-on-year - +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £57.13
Median hourly rate - - £57.25
75th Percentile - - £57.38
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £25.50 - £23.50
% change year-on-year - - +11.57%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,683 5,187 6,936
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.85% 89.29% 89.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,728 3,599 4,696
10th Percentile £243 £250 £225
25th Percentile £400 £404 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.89% +1.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £623 £619 £588
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 431 219 286
10th Percentile £13.00 £18.25 £12.23
25th Percentile £18.20 £23.83 £15.72
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +122.22% -15.89%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £48.71
90th Percentile £76.86 £74.83 £62.70
England median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
% change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%

User Research
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing User Research as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for User Research in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing User Research in the South East.

Daily rate trend for User Research in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Research in the South East over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for User Research in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing User Research in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for User Research in the South East

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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 User Research within the South East region over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. 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
Hampshire +5 4 £450 -33.33% 5
Thames Valley -29 2 £575 +27.78% 2
Surrey - 2 £400 - 1
Berkshire -4 1 £525 +75.00%
Buckinghamshire -5 1 £625 +38.89% 1
User Research
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Sketch
2 2 (25.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (12.50%) Adobe XD
3 1 (12.50%) InVision
3 1 (12.50%) UserZoom
Cloud Services
1 4 (50.00%) Figma
2 1 (12.50%) Azure
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Finance
4 1 (12.50%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Designer
1 3 (37.50%) UX Designer
2 2 (25.00%) Head of User Experience
3 1 (12.50%) Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Product Owner
3 1 (12.50%) UI Designer
3 1 (12.50%) UI Developer
3 1 (12.50%) UI/UX Designer
3 1 (12.50%) User Experience Researcher
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Graphic Design
2 1 (12.50%) EPoS
2 1 (12.50%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) User Experience
1 7 (87.50%) UX Design
2 5 (62.50%) UX Research
3 4 (50.00%) Journey Map
3 4 (50.00%) Usability Testing
3 4 (50.00%) Wireframes
4 3 (37.50%) Agile
4 3 (37.50%) Product Requirements
5 2 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
5 2 (25.00%) Budget Management
5 2 (25.00%) Budgeting
5 2 (25.00%) Collaborative Culture
5 2 (25.00%) Creative Thinking
5 2 (25.00%) Market Research
5 2 (25.00%) Performance Metrics
5 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (25.00%) Process Improvement
5 2 (25.00%) Product Management
5 2 (25.00%) Product Strategy
5 2 (25.00%) User Journey Map
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) Accessibility
2 2 (25.00%) QA
3 1 (12.50%) WCAG
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Adobe