UX Research Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

User Experience Research (UXR)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring UX Research skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 98 115
Rank change year-on-year -41 +17 +36
Contract jobs citing UX Research 1 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.040% 0.13% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.047% 0.15% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £459
25th Percentile - - £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 - £481
Median % change year-on-year - - +20.31%
75th Percentile - - £502
90th Percentile - - £508
England median daily rate £500 £525 £650
% change year-on-year -4.76% -19.23% +13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £32.21 -
England median hourly rate - £42.50 -

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

UX 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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,134 1,346 1,582
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 85.09% 88.49% 84.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,387 837 1,036
10th Percentile £290 £210 £263
25th Percentile £403 £400 £387
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +5.13% -2.50%
75th Percentile £582 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 51 106
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.70 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.21 £16.51 £17.25
Median hourly rate £20.98 £21.59 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.83% -6.13% +29.94%
75th Percentile £25.67 £33.65 £48.75
90th Percentile £35.06 £52.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% - +1.21%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing UX Research relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

UX Research job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

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Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing UX Research.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing UX Research

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Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing UX Research.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing UX Research

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Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UX Research within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 5 February 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
Shropshire - 1 £402 -
UX Research
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience Researcher
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Interaction Design
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) User Research
1 1 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 1 (100.00%) Wireframes