UX Research Contract Job Trends in West Sussex

User Experience Research (UXR)
South East > West Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Sussex requiring UX Research skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 - 30
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing UX Research 2 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in West Sussex 0.83% - 1.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.06% - 2.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - £540
25th Percentile - - £552
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - £579
75th Percentile - - £612
90th Percentile - - £627
South East median daily rate £600 £513 £533
% change year-on-year +17.07% -3.85% +0.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £70.07
South East median hourly rate - - £70.07

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Sussex

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 West Sussex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 189 104 190
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 78.42% 85.95% 92.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 70 137
10th Percentile £205 £199 £200
25th Percentile £296 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% -1.23%
75th Percentile £575 £544 £590
90th Percentile £720 £646 £680
South East median daily rate £500 £506 £513
% change year-on-year -1.23% -1.27% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 1 7
10th Percentile - - £12.70
25th Percentile £12.63 - £13.09
Median hourly rate £30.00 £15.00 £15.40
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -2.60% -30.51%
75th Percentile £62.50 - £46.96
90th Percentile £67.50 - £67.03
South East median hourly rate £23.58 £43.94 £54.44
% change year-on-year -46.35% -19.29% +20.98%

UX Research
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

UX Research job vacancy trend in West Sussex

UX Research
Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

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

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

UX 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 UX Research within the West Sussex region over the 6 months to 17 January 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
Horsham - 2 £650 -
UX Research
South East

UX Research
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex 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:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) UXPin
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Figma
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) User Researcher
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Usability Testing
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) User Research
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Contextual Inquiry
2 1 (50.00%) Data Interpretation
2 1 (50.00%) Diary Studies
2 1 (50.00%) Field Research
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Wealth Management
2 1 (50.00%) Workflow