UX Research Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

User Experience Research (UXR)
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Yorkshire requiring UX Research skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing UX Research 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 0.12% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
South Yorkshire

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 South Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 800 262 419
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 94.90% 92.91% 94.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 532 156 247
10th Percentile £325 £209 £375
25th Percentile £404 £361 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £482 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.48% -1.90% -
75th Percentile £538 £600 £609
90th Percentile £650 £659 £720
Yorkshire median daily rate £481 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +1.32% -5.00% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 15
10th Percentile £16.11 £12.44 £10.90
25th Percentile £19.50 £13.49 £12.66
Median hourly rate £25.15 £16.19 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +55.34% -19.05% +104.08%
75th Percentile - £18.58 £23.75
90th Percentile - £19.43 £42.50
Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.15 £20.00 £17.57
% change year-on-year +25.75% +13.83% +25.50%

UX Research
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

UX Research job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

UX Research
Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

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

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

UX Research
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 16 January 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
Sheffield - 1 - - 1
UX Research
Yorkshire

UX Research
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) Matrix Organization
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Storytelling
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Desktop