User Research Contract Job Trends in West Yorkshire

User Research
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Yorkshire requiring User Research skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 60 55
Rank change year-on-year -6 -5 -8
Contract jobs citing User Research 17 9 23
As % of all contract jobs in West Yorkshire 1.86% 1.28% 1.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.17% 1.48% 2.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 5 19
10th Percentile £460 £455 £525
25th Percentile - £463 £544
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £480 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -20.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £534 £500 -
90th Percentile £570 £539 -
Yorkshire median daily rate £513 £500 £588
% change year-on-year +2.50% -14.89% +8.05%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 784 608 1,058
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 85.68% 86.49% 90.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 532 381 678
10th Percentile £290 £300 £313
25th Percentile £400 £381 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £513
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -7.32% -2.38%
75th Percentile £575 £563 £600
90th Percentile £650 £680 £700
Yorkshire median daily rate £482 £477 £500
% change year-on-year +1.05% -4.60% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 22 13
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.27 £13.60
25th Percentile £15.29 £17.43 £16.92
Median hourly rate £21.72 £32.50 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.17% +71.05% -11.63%
75th Percentile £46.56 £40.81 £21.97
90th Percentile £81.25 £92.60 £29.42
Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.15 £22.50 £21.31
% change year-on-year +11.78% +5.58% +1.48%

User Research
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

User Research job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

User Research
Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

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

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

User Research
Daily Rate Histogram in West Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Research in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for User Research in West Yorkshire

User Research
Contract Job Locations in West Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 18 December 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
Leeds -10 14 £500 +4.17% 7
Halifax - 3 £513 -
User Research
Yorkshire

User Research
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (17.65%) CMS
1 3 (17.65%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (11.76%) InVision
1 2 (11.76%) Sketch
2 1 (5.88%) Adobe XD
2 1 (5.88%) UserZoom
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) Adobe Creative Cloud
1 2 (11.76%) Figma
2 1 (5.88%) Azure
2 1 (5.88%) Canva
Development Applications
1 3 (17.65%) JIRA
General
1 11 (64.71%) Social Skills
2 6 (35.29%) Public Sector
3 4 (23.53%) Banking
3 4 (23.53%) Finance
4 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (11.76%) Marketing
5 1 (5.88%) Digital Healthcare
5 1 (5.88%) Legal
Job Titles
1 8 (47.06%) Designer
2 5 (29.41%) UX Designer
3 4 (23.53%) Delivery Manager
4 3 (17.65%) Senior
4 3 (17.65%) Senior Designer
4 3 (17.65%) User Researcher
5 2 (11.76%) Senior UX Designer
6 1 (5.88%) Consultant
6 1 (5.88%) Content Designer
6 1 (5.88%) Junior
6 1 (5.88%) Junior Designer
6 1 (5.88%) Product Owner
6 1 (5.88%) Senior Service Designer
6 1 (5.88%) Service Designer
6 1 (5.88%) UI Consultant
6 1 (5.88%) User Experience Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) NHS
2 1 (5.88%) Client/Server
2 1 (5.88%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.88%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.88%) Social Media
2 1 (5.88%) W3C
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (64.71%) Agile
2 8 (47.06%) User Experience
3 7 (41.18%) Service Design
3 7 (41.18%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (35.29%) UX Design
5 5 (29.41%) Roadmaps
5 5 (29.41%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 5 (29.41%) Scrum
5 5 (29.41%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 5 (29.41%) Workshop Facilitation
6 4 (23.53%) Agile Coaching
6 4 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (23.53%) Customer Experience
6 4 (23.53%) Journey Map
6 4 (23.53%) Kanban
6 4 (23.53%) Project Governance
6 4 (23.53%) Prototyping
6 4 (23.53%) Risk Management
6 4 (23.53%) Software Testing
6 4 (23.53%) Sprint Backlog
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (17.65%) Accessibility
2 1 (5.88%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (5.88%) WCAG
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) Adobe
2 1 (5.88%) Brio