User Experience Researcher Contracts in the UK excluding London

UX Researcher
UK > UK excluding London

The median UX Researcher daily rate in the UK excluding London is £569 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 April 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
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 388 446 485
Rank change year-on-year +58 +39 -75
Contract jobs requiring a User Experience Researcher 5 13 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.024% 0.054% 0.078%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.026% 0.057% 0.081%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 11 23
10th Percentile £517 £363 £407
25th Percentile £533 £369 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £569 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +19.74% -5.00% +19.05%
75th Percentile £608 £600 £574
90th Percentile £626 £644 £636
UK median daily rate £486 £488 £530
% change year-on-year -0.41% -8.02% +24.71%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,264 22,670 29,611
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.65% 94.17% 95.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,778 15,896 20,739
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £395 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £598 £595 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,236 1,165 1,484
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.45 £12.02
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.09 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.50 £42.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.41% +117.95% +2.63%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.50
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £45.00 £23.46
% change year-on-year -20.00% +91.86% +3.42%

User Experience Researcher
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for User Experience Researcher in the UK excluding London

User Experience Researcher
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing User Experience Researcher in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for User Experience Researcher in the UK excluding London

User Experience Researcher
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 User Experience Researcher within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 29 April 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
North of England +29 2 - - 5
Yorkshire - 2 - -
Scotland +34 1 - - 4
South East +14 1 £625 +66.67% 2
Northern Ireland - 1 £513 -
User Experience Researcher
UK

User Experience Researcher Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 29 April 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 UK excluding London region featuring User Experience Researcher in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) User Experience
1 5 (100.00%) User Research
1 5 (100.00%) UX Research
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 3 (60.00%) UX Design
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (40.00%) Benchmarking
3 2 (40.00%) Co-Creation
3 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (40.00%) Service Design
3 2 (40.00%) Wireframes
3 2 (40.00%) UserZoom
3 2 (40.00%) Journey Map
4 1 (20.00%) Storyboarding
4 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
4 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
4 1 (20.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
4 1 (20.00%) Quantitative Research
4 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
4 1 (20.00%) Creative Thinking
4 1 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (20.00%) Customer-Centricity
4 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Qualtrics
4 1 (20.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)

User Experience Researcher Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 2 (40.00%) UserZoom
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Internet
General
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) User Experience
1 5 (100.00%) User Research
1 5 (100.00%) UX Research
2 3 (60.00%) UX Design
2 3 (60.00%) Workshop Facilitation
3 2 (40.00%) Benchmarking
3 2 (40.00%) Co-Creation
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (40.00%) Journey Map
3 2 (40.00%) Service Design
3 2 (40.00%) Wireframes
4 1 (20.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Customer Insight
4 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) E-Commerce
4 1 (20.00%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
4 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Qualitative Research
4 1 (20.00%) Usability Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Qualtrics