User Experience Researcher Contracts in the Thames Valley

UX Researcher
South East > Thames Valley

The median UX Researcher daily rate in the Thames Valley is £625 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 136 139 162
Rank change year-on-year +3 +23 -25
Contract jobs requiring a User Experience Researcher 1 5 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.037% 0.17% 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.040% 0.18% 0.030%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £613 £363 £663
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £375 £675
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% -44.44% +200.00%
75th Percentile £638 £513 £688
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £625 £375 £525
% change year-on-year +66.67% -28.57% +64.71%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,493 2,734 3,372
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.13% 94.50% 95.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,434 1,900 2,298
10th Percentile £208 £313 £193
25th Percentile £370 £406 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £494
% change year-on-year - +1.27% +9.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 187 75 102
10th Percentile £15.70 £17.27 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £21.33 £12.44
Median hourly rate £45.00 £48.40 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.02% +176.57% -16.86%
75th Percentile £62.90 £66.21 £23.75
90th Percentile £85.41 £79.19 £57.14
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £21.00
% change year-on-year -1.86% +130.48% -16.00%

User Experience Researcher
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings that featured User Experience Researcher in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for User Experience Researcher in the Thames Valley

User Experience Researcher
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing User Experience Researcher in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for User Experience Researcher in the Thames Valley

User Experience Researcher
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing User Experience Researcher within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 3 May 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
Buckinghamshire +24 1 £625 +66.67%
User Experience Researcher
South East

User Experience Researcher Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, User Experience Researcher contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Thames Valley region featuring User Experience Researcher in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Benchmarking
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Usability Testing
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Insight
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Wireframes
1 1 (100.00%) UserZoom
1 1 (100.00%) Customer-Centricity
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
1 1 (100.00%) Figma
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Journey Map
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) User Research
1 1 (100.00%) UX Research
1 1 (100.00%) Journey Map

User Experience Researcher Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) UserZoom
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Figma
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Benchmarking
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Journey Map
1 1 (100.00%) Customer-Centricity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Journey Map
1 1 (100.00%) Usability Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) User Research
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design
1 1 (100.00%) UX Research
1 1 (100.00%) Wireframes
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation