User Research Contracts in the UK excluding London

User Research
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring User Research skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited User Research over the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 256 159 152
Rank change year-on-year -97 -7 -31
Contract jobs citing User Research 136 349 553
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.64% 1.54% 1.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.77% 1.73% 2.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 268 453
10th Percentile £325 £363 £400
25th Percentile £377 £418 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £496 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.76% -0.75% +4.71%
75th Percentile £575 £589 £560
90th Percentile £600 £644 £617
UK median daily rate £545 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +3.81% - +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £25.00
75th Percentile - - £41.19
90th Percentile - - £50.90
UK median hourly rate £25.50 £45.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year -43.33% +76.47% +48.91%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

User 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 17,598 20,227 27,142
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 82.72% 89.09% 89.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,365 13,876 18,976
10th Percentile £250 £260 £245
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £586
90th Percentile £688 £694 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,188 1,246 1,331
10th Percentile £12.50 £10.63 £12.48
25th Percentile £15.48 £15.21 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.12 £33.14 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.02% +57.82% -
75th Percentile £61.30 £63.75 £47.50
90th Percentile £73.40 £75.00 £63.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £35.02 £25.68
% change year-on-year +4.24% +36.35% +11.65%

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 11 June 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 11 June 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 -13 63 £504 +14.49% 6
North of England -31 51 £375 -32.31% 23
North West -14 23 £350 -39.13% 16
Yorkshire -36 17 £513 -6.82% 6
North East +15 11 £496 -22.16% 1
South West -22 8 £625 +4.17% 2
South East -21 7 £488 +8.33% 5
Midlands -25 4 £388 -29.55% 7
Northern Ireland - 3 £513 - 1
East Midlands +1 2 £313 -47.92% 2
West Midlands -28 2 £481 -12.50% 5
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 21 (15.44%) Confluence
2 3 (2.21%) CMS
Applications
1 6 (4.41%) Sketch
2 4 (2.94%) InVision
3 3 (2.21%) Adobe XD
4 2 (1.47%) OmniGraffle
4 2 (1.47%) Trello
4 2 (1.47%) UXPin
5 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.74%) UserZoom
Cloud Services
1 9 (6.62%) Azure
2 7 (5.15%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (3.68%) Figma
4 1 (0.74%) AWS
4 1 (0.74%) Entra ID
4 1 (0.74%) Google Analytics
4 1 (0.74%) Google Tag Manager
4 1 (0.74%) Miro
4 1 (0.74%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.74%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.74%) Looker
1 1 (0.74%) Metadata
1 1 (0.74%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 23 (16.91%) JIRA
2 2 (1.47%) Axure RP
2 2 (1.47%) Balsamiq
General
1 63 (46.32%) Public Sector
2 37 (27.21%) Social Skills
3 18 (13.24%) Finance
4 16 (11.76%) Influencing Skills
5 15 (11.03%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (4.41%) Marketing
8 4 (2.94%) Electronics
8 4 (2.94%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.94%) Publishing
8 4 (2.94%) Telecoms
9 3 (2.21%) Banking
9 3 (2.21%) Health Technology
9 3 (2.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.47%) Law
10 2 (1.47%) Legal
10 2 (1.47%) Military
10 2 (1.47%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.74%) French Language
11 1 (0.74%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 45 (33.09%) Designer
2 31 (22.79%) User Researcher
3 24 (17.65%) Product Manager
4 17 (12.50%) UX Designer
5 15 (11.03%) Senior
6 14 (10.29%) Analyst
7 12 (8.82%) Content Designer
8 11 (8.09%) Business Analyst
9 9 (6.62%) Lead
9 9 (6.62%) Service Designer
10 7 (5.15%) Interaction Designer
11 6 (4.41%) Senior Designer
11 6 (4.41%) Senior User Researcher
12 5 (3.68%) Project Manager
13 4 (2.94%) Agile Delivery Manager
13 4 (2.94%) Agile Project Manager
13 4 (2.94%) Delivery Manager
13 4 (2.94%) UI Designer
13 4 (2.94%) UI/UX Designer
13 4 (2.94%) User Experience Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.88%) HTML
2 7 (5.15%) CSS
3 2 (1.47%) CSS3
3 2 (1.47%) Framer.js
3 2 (1.47%) HTML5
4 1 (0.74%) Spring
4 1 (0.74%) Spring Boot
4 1 (0.74%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 15 (11.03%) Product Ownership
2 4 (2.94%) Mobile App
3 2 (1.47%) Graphic Design
3 2 (1.47%) NHS
4 1 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (0.74%) EPoS
4 1 (0.74%) iPad
4 1 (0.74%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.74%) Apple iOS
1 1 (0.74%) Windows
1 1 (0.74%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (62.50%) Agile
2 58 (42.65%) User Experience
3 50 (36.76%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 40 (29.41%) Service Design
4 40 (29.41%) User Stories
5 36 (26.47%) UX Design
6 25 (18.38%) Epics
7 23 (16.91%) UX Research
8 22 (16.18%) Mentoring
8 22 (16.18%) Project Management
9 21 (15.44%) Coaching
9 21 (15.44%) Roadmaps
10 19 (13.97%) Prototyping
10 19 (13.97%) Usability Testing
11 18 (13.24%) Product Management
11 18 (13.24%) Wireframes
12 17 (12.50%) Interaction Design
13 14 (10.29%) Actionable Insight
13 14 (10.29%) DevOps
13 14 (10.29%) Quantitative Research
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.41%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.74%) Java
Qualifications
1 28 (20.59%) Security Cleared
2 22 (16.18%) SC Cleared
3 6 (4.41%) Degree
4 3 (2.21%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (2.21%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.74%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (24.26%) Accessibility
2 9 (6.62%) Actionable Recommendations
3 8 (5.88%) WCAG
4 7 (5.15%) Disclosure Scotland
5 6 (4.41%) QA
6 1 (0.74%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (0.74%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.74%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (5.15%) Cadence
2 5 (3.68%) SAP
3 3 (2.21%) Adobe
3 3 (2.21%) ServiceNow
4 2 (1.47%) Brio
4 2 (1.47%) Microsoft
5 1 (0.74%) Apple
5 1 (0.74%) Google
5 1 (0.74%) Qualtrics