User Research Contract Job Trends in West Sussex

User Research
South East > West Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Sussex requiring User Research skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 - 46
Rank change year-on-year - - -3
Contract jobs citing User Research 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Sussex 1.06% - 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.30% - 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £434 - -
25th Percentile £441 - £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 - £625
Median % change year-on-year - - +25.00%
75th Percentile £501 - £638
90th Percentile £511 - -
South East median daily rate £454 £538 £445
% change year-on-year -15.49% +20.79% -16.04%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Sussex

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 West Sussex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 154 127 303
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 81.91% 84.67% 94.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 89 244
10th Percentile £170 £193 £204
25th Percentile £220 £351 £374
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £431 £450 £493
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -8.72% -0.40%
75th Percentile £525 £528 £556
90th Percentile £708 £625 £679
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £518
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.14% +1.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 5 4
10th Percentile £12.63 £24.45 £15.29
25th Percentile £15.09 £27.00 £19.84
Median hourly rate £16.00 £28.00 £35.38
Median % change year-on-year -42.86% -20.85% +66.08%
75th Percentile £20.69 £29.00 £53.52
90th Percentile - £35.75 £63.45
South East median hourly rate £21.25 £57.35 £52.50
% change year-on-year -62.95% +9.24% +63.02%

User Research
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

Job postings citing User Research as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in West Sussex.

Job vacancy trend for User Research in West Sussex

User Research
Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing User Research.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing User Research

User Research
Contract Job Locations in West Sussex

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 West Sussex region over the 6 months to 17 September 2025. 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
Worthing - 2 £468 - 2
User Research
South East

User Research
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Sussex 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Designer
1 1 (50.00%) Interaction Designer
1 1 (50.00%) User Researcher
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Service Design
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Guerrilla Research
2 1 (50.00%) Interaction Design
2 1 (50.00%) Prototyping
2 1 (50.00%) Qualitative Research
2 1 (50.00%) Quantitative Research
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Usability Testing
2 1 (50.00%) User Stories