UX Research Contract Job Trends in the South East

User Experience Research (UXR)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring UX Research skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 166 175 204
Rank change year-on-year +9 +29 +58
Contract jobs citing UX Research 3 2 9
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.084% 0.046% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.094% 0.055% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 5
10th Percentile - £423 £392
25th Percentile £356 £438 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £500 £533
Median % change year-on-year -27.50% -6.19% +1.52%
75th Percentile £522 £538 £638
90th Percentile £614 - £720
England median daily rate £500 £521 £525
% change year-on-year -4.03% -0.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £70.07
England median hourly rate £30.00 £33.27 £58.79
% change year-on-year -9.83% -43.40% +11.97%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,180 3,629 4,994
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 88.95% 82.99% 89.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,988 2,180 3,341
10th Percentile £213 £254 £248
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.44%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £625
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
England median daily rate £512 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.48% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 317 203 259
10th Percentile £13.50 £16.00 £15.50
25th Percentile £16.17 £30.00 £23.79
Median hourly rate £22.19 £58.38 £54.37
Median % change year-on-year -61.99% +7.37% +74.54%
75th Percentile £48.75 £70.41 £66.34
90th Percentile £69.11 £78.37 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +41.67%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

UX Research job vacancy trend in the South East

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Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing UX Research.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing UX Research

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing UX Research in the South East over the 6 months to 4 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for UX 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 UX Research within the South East region over the 6 months to 4 October 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
Thames Valley +1 3 £363 -27.50%
Oxfordshire -9 2 £363 -23.68%
Berkshire - 1 £650 -
UX Research
England

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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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Figma
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Designer
1 2 (66.67%) Product Designer
2 1 (33.33%) Lead
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) User Experience
2 2 (66.67%) Customer Journey Map
2 2 (66.67%) Journey Map
2 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Value Proposition
3 1 (33.33%) Design Patterns
3 1 (33.33%) Design Thinking
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Usability Testing
3 1 (33.33%) User Research
3 1 (33.33%) UX Design
3 1 (33.33%) Wireframes
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Accessibility