User Research Contract Job Trends in Southampton

User Research
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Southampton requiring User Research skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing User Research 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 1.18% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.41% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £620 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £640 - -
75th Percentile £660 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £454 £450 £425
% change year-on-year +0.89% +5.88% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Southampton

User 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 Southampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 142 109 131
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 84.02% 74.66% 82.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 69 102
10th Percentile £170 £223 £263
25th Percentile £241 £356 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £435 £525
Median % change year-on-year +9.20% -17.14% +0.96%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £620
90th Percentile £654 £638 £650
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 0 5
10th Percentile £22.50 - £23.55
25th Percentile £24.38 - £27.00
Median hourly rate £44.25 - £32.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +76.97%
75th Percentile £73.42 - £34.50
90th Percentile £74.97 - £37.05
Hampshire median hourly rate £20.71 £45.00 £49.50
% change year-on-year -53.98% -9.09% +13.79%

User Research
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing User Research relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton.

User Research job vacancy trend in Southampton

User Research
Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing User Research.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing User Research

User Research
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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 2 (100.00%) IIS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Relational Database
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) AngularJS
1 2 (100.00%) React
1 2 (100.00%) REST
1 2 (100.00%) Vue
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 2 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 2 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 2 (100.00%) Secure Coding
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Bash
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Kubernetes