User Research Contracts in the UK excluding London

User Research
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for User Research skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited User Research over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 260 167 134
Rank change year-on-year -93 -33 -14
Contract jobs citing User Research 134 376 603
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.64% 1.56% 1.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.76% 1.74% 2.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 302 502
10th Percentile £325 £378 £382
25th Percentile £386 £415 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £584 £588 £550
90th Percentile £600 £644 £600
UK median daily rate £538 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +2.38% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £20.37
25th Percentile - - £20.46
Median hourly rate - - £23.00
75th Percentile - - £33.09
90th Percentile - - £47.66
UK median hourly rate £25.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -43.33% +80.00% +43.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

User Research is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,621 21,550 27,481
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.74% 89.52% 88.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,547 14,954 19,191
10th Percentile £246 £255 £231
25th Percentile £378 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,041 1,307 1,363
10th Percentile £12.30 £11.00 £12.00
25th Percentile £15.25 £16.00 £14.00
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +80.00% -7.24%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £46.10
90th Percentile £72.50 £72.98 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £37.30 £25.00
% change year-on-year -4.83% +49.20% -

User Research
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing User Research as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for User Research in the UK excluding London

User Research
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for User Research in the UK excluding London

User Research
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Research in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for User Research in the UK excluding London

User Research
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing User Research in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for User Research in the UK excluding London

User 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 User Research 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
Scotland -18 61 £529 +21.06% 3
North of England -32 52 £413 -25.00% 31
North West -4 27 £363 -34.09% 16
Yorkshire -22 18 £475 -13.64% 11
South East -17 8 £488 +8.33% 9
North East +19 7 £606 +16.31% 4
South West -17 6 £625 +10.13% 8
West Midlands -19 4 £450 -21.74% 10
Midlands -21 4 £450 -18.18% 15
Northern Ireland - 3 £513 -
User Research
UK

User Research
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:

Application Platforms
1 20 (14.93%) Confluence
2 2 (1.49%) CMS
Applications
1 5 (3.73%) Sketch
2 3 (2.24%) Adobe XD
2 3 (2.24%) InVision
3 2 (1.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (1.49%) UserZoom
3 2 (1.49%) Zeplin
4 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (5.22%) Azure
1 7 (5.22%) Figma
2 5 (3.73%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (0.75%) AWS
3 1 (0.75%) Entra ID
3 1 (0.75%) Google Analytics
3 1 (0.75%) Google Tag Manager
3 1 (0.75%) Miro
3 1 (0.75%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.75%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.75%) Looker
1 1 (0.75%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 23 (17.16%) JIRA
2 2 (1.49%) Axure RP
General
1 66 (49.25%) Public Sector
2 35 (26.12%) Social Skills
3 15 (11.19%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (10.45%) Finance
5 12 (8.96%) Influencing Skills
6 10 (7.46%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (4.48%) Marketing
8 5 (3.73%) Legal
9 4 (2.99%) Electronics
9 4 (2.99%) Manufacturing
9 4 (2.99%) Telecoms
10 3 (2.24%) Health Technology
10 3 (2.24%) Publishing
11 2 (1.49%) Banking
11 2 (1.49%) Law
11 2 (1.49%) Military
11 2 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.75%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 42 (31.34%) Designer
2 36 (26.87%) User Researcher
3 23 (17.16%) Product Manager
4 20 (14.93%) Senior
5 13 (9.70%) Service Designer
5 13 (9.70%) UX Designer
6 11 (8.21%) Analyst
7 10 (7.46%) Content Designer
8 8 (5.97%) Business Analyst
8 8 (5.97%) Senior User Researcher
9 7 (5.22%) Interaction Designer
9 7 (5.22%) Lead
10 6 (4.48%) Senior Designer
11 5 (3.73%) Senior Service Designer
11 5 (3.73%) User Experience Researcher
12 4 (2.99%) Agile Delivery Manager
12 4 (2.99%) Delivery Manager
13 3 (2.24%) Project Manager
14 2 (1.49%) Developer
14 2 (1.49%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.48%) HTML
2 5 (3.73%) CSS
3 1 (0.75%) Spring
3 1 (0.75%) Spring Boot
3 1 (0.75%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 15 (11.19%) Product Ownership
2 2 (1.49%) Graphic Design
2 2 (1.49%) NHS
2 2 (1.49%) Taxonomies
3 1 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (0.75%) Blog
3 1 (0.75%) BYOD
3 1 (0.75%) EPoS
3 1 (0.75%) iPad
3 1 (0.75%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.75%) Apple iOS
1 1 (0.75%) Windows
1 1 (0.75%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (62.69%) Agile
2 58 (43.28%) User Experience
3 48 (35.82%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 44 (32.84%) Service Design
5 36 (26.87%) UX Design
6 35 (26.12%) User Stories
7 27 (20.15%) UX Research
8 23 (17.16%) Epics
8 23 (17.16%) Usability Testing
9 22 (16.42%) Roadmaps
10 20 (14.93%) Mentoring
11 19 (14.18%) Actionable Insight
11 19 (14.18%) Product Management
12 17 (12.69%) Interaction Design
12 17 (12.69%) Prototyping
13 16 (11.94%) Project Management
14 15 (11.19%) Coaching
14 15 (11.19%) Qualitative Research
14 15 (11.19%) Quantitative Research
14 15 (11.19%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.99%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.75%) Java
Qualifications
1 27 (20.15%) Security Cleared
2 21 (15.67%) SC Cleared
3 5 (3.73%) Degree
4 3 (2.24%) DV Cleared
5 2 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.75%) IIBA
6 1 (0.75%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (21.64%) Accessibility
2 11 (8.21%) Actionable Recommendations
3 8 (5.97%) Disclosure Scotland
3 8 (5.97%) WCAG
4 5 (3.73%) QA
5 1 (0.75%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (0.75%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.75%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (4.48%) Cadence
2 5 (3.73%) Adobe
2 5 (3.73%) SAP
3 3 (2.24%) ServiceNow
4 2 (1.49%) Brio
4 2 (1.49%) Microsoft
5 1 (0.75%) Apple
5 1 (0.75%) Google
5 1 (0.75%) Qualtrics