Field Research Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Field Research
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Field Research skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 397 351 -
Rank change year-on-year -46 - -
Contract jobs citing Field Research 2 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.011% 0.014% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.013% 0.016% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
UK median daily rate £514 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Field 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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,741 12,261 17,235
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 85.11% 88.15% 87.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,668 7,183 10,917
10th Percentile £225 £238 £250
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £595 £600
90th Percentile £675 £676 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,691 696 1,391
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.50 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.25 £20.09 £16.50
Median hourly rate £24.00 £30.78 £41.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.03% -24.93% +41.38%
75th Percentile £56.13 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £73.75 £76.10
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -18.75% +16.65%

Field Research
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Field Research job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Field Research
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Field Research.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Field Research

Field Research
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 Field Research within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 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
North of England -61 1 - -
North East - 1 - -
South East - 1 £650 -
Field Research
UK

Field Research
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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) UXPin
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Figma
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) User Researcher
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Usability Testing
1 2 (100.00%) User Research
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Interpretation
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Diary Studies
2 1 (50.00%) Service Design
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
2 1 (50.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 1 (50.00%) UX Research
2 1 (50.00%) Wealth Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Accessibility