Diary Studies Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Diary Studies
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Diary Studies skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 378 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Diary Studies 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.012% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.014% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £500 £700 £600
% change year-on-year -28.57% +16.67% -0.08%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Diary Studies 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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,457 14,304 18,584
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 89.18% 83.68% 88.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,718 8,119 12,228
10th Percentile £225 £244 £250
25th Percentile £370 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £671 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,593 961 1,290
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.95 £18.40 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.27 £39.68 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -43.89% -6.64% +57.52%
75th Percentile £38.94 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £65.85 £72.50 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.08 £38.50 £43.17
% change year-on-year -34.87% -10.81% +30.80%

Diary Studies
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Diary Studies relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Diary Studies job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Diary Studies
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Diary Studies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Diary Studies

Diary Studies
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Diary Studies within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 22 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
South East - 1 - - 5
Wales - 1 £475 -
Scotland - 1 £475 -
Diary Studies
UK

Diary Studies
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) User Researcher
2 1 (50.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 2 (100.00%) Qualitative Research
1 2 (100.00%) Quantitative Research
1 2 (100.00%) Usability Testing
1 2 (100.00%) User Research
1 2 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 1 (50.00%) ANOVA
2 1 (50.00%) Benchmarking
2 1 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Contextual Inquiry
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Ethnography
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Storytelling
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Enablement
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Accessibility