UX Research Contracts in the South West

User Experience Research (UXR)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring UX Research skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited UX Research over the 6 months leading up to 14 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 - 147
Rank change year-on-year - - +9
Contract jobs citing UX Research 1 0 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.053% - 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.059% - 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - £338
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.70%
75th Percentile - - £675
90th Percentile - - £684
England median daily rate £515 £650 £513
% change year-on-year -20.77% +26.83% -3.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,699 2,335 2,915
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 89.66% 83.69% 87.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 992 1,492 2,066
10th Percentile £220 £263 £313
25th Percentile £363 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +2.38%
75th Percentile £619 £635 £650
90th Percentile £700 £700 £724
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 212 280 242
10th Percentile £14.86 £15.39 £19.03
25th Percentile £18.51 £43.44 £45.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -61.31% - +21.96%
75th Percentile £64.06 £72.50 £77.12
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.25 £83.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £41.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +3.61% +56.60%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for UX Research in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing UX Research in the South West.

Daily rate trend for UX Research in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 14 August 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
Bristol - 1 - - 5
UX Research
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Financial Institution
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Fintech
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation