Diary Studies Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Diary Studies
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Diary Studies skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Diary Studies over the 6 months leading up to 20 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 322 - 445
Rank change year-on-year - - +160
Contract jobs citing Diary Studies 1 0 9
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.010% - 0.038%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.011% - 0.043%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - £540
25th Percentile £513 - £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £575
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.13%
75th Percentile £538 - £625
90th Percentile - - £640
UK median daily rate £550 £400 £575
% change year-on-year +37.50% -30.43% -0.86%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Diary Studies falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,413 12,250 20,972
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.65% 87.29% 89.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,338 8,298 14,770
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -2.33% -0.46%
75th Percentile £627 £638 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £548
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.11% -0.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 273 486 508
10th Percentile £12.62 £15.93 £17.68
25th Percentile £18.50 £26.70 £25.75
Median hourly rate £33.89 £43.00 £51.07
Median % change year-on-year -21.20% -15.79% +14.75%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.50 £68.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £74.75 £81.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £42.50
% change year-on-year -34.02% -10.31% +61.35%

Diary Studies
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Diary Studies as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Diary Studies trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Diary Studies
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Diary Studies.

Diary Studies daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Diary Studies
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) User Researcher
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 1 (100.00%) Qualitative Research
1 1 (100.00%) Quantitative Research
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) User Research
1 1 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design
1 1 (100.00%) UX Research