UX Research Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

User Experience Research (UXR)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring UX Research skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited UX Research over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 288 282 380
Rank change year-on-year -6 +98 +27
Contract jobs citing UX Research 16 63 97
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.16% 0.41% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.47% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 54 74
10th Percentile £384 £420 £354
25th Percentile £413 £550 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £499 £650 £525
Median % change year-on-year -23.23% +23.81% -
75th Percentile £525 £675 £622
90th Percentile £688 - £838
UK median daily rate £525 £650 £544
% change year-on-year -19.23% +19.54% +2.59%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

UX Research trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

UX Research daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing UX Research over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

UX Research daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing UX Research.

UX Research hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (12.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Chatbot
1 1 (6.25%) InVision
1 1 (6.25%) UserZoom
Cloud Services
1 3 (18.75%) Figma
2 2 (12.50%) AppsFlyer
3 1 (6.25%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) JIRA
2 1 (6.25%) Axure RP
General
1 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
2 3 (18.75%) Marketing
2 3 (18.75%) Public Sector
3 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Banking
3 2 (12.50%) Digital Health
3 2 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Legal
4 1 (6.25%) Corporate Banking
4 1 (6.25%) Finance
4 1 (6.25%) Investment Banking
4 1 (6.25%) Local Government
4 1 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Retail
4 1 (6.25%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (43.75%) User Experience Researcher
2 3 (18.75%) Designer
2 3 (18.75%) Senior
3 2 (12.50%) Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Architect
3 2 (12.50%) Business Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Developer
3 2 (12.50%) Email Developer
3 2 (12.50%) Enterprise Architect
3 2 (12.50%) Senior User Experience Researcher
3 2 (12.50%) UX Designer
4 1 (6.25%) Artworker
4 1 (6.25%) Lead
4 1 (6.25%) Product Designer
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Designer
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Product Designer
4 1 (6.25%) Senior UX Designer
4 1 (6.25%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Technical Business Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) UX Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (25.00%) CSS
1 4 (25.00%) HTML
2 2 (12.50%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (12.50%) Life Science
3 1 (6.25%) Animation
3 1 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (6.25%) Mobile App
3 1 (6.25%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Android
1 1 (6.25%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) User Experience
2 9 (56.25%) Agile
3 7 (43.75%) User Research
4 6 (37.50%) UX Design
5 5 (31.25%) Usability Testing
6 4 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (25.00%) Responsive Web Design
6 4 (25.00%) Roadmaps
6 4 (25.00%) Scrum
6 4 (25.00%) User Stories
6 4 (25.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 3 (18.75%) Analytics
7 3 (18.75%) Customer Experience
7 3 (18.75%) Ergonomics
7 3 (18.75%) Human Factors
7 3 (18.75%) Inclusive Design
7 3 (18.75%) Prototyping
7 3 (18.75%) Psychology
7 3 (18.75%) Service Design
7 3 (18.75%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 2 (12.50%) SQL
2 1 (6.25%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (18.75%) Degree
1 3 (18.75%) SC Cleared
1 3 (18.75%) Security Cleared
2 2 (12.50%) CISSP
2 2 (12.50%) Master's Degree
2 2 (12.50%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (43.75%) Accessibility
2 1 (6.25%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Salesforce
1 2 (12.50%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
1 2 (12.50%) VMware
2 1 (6.25%) Adobe
2 1 (6.25%) CA Agile Central