User Research Contracts in Yorkshire

User Research
England > Yorkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire with a requirement for User Research skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited User Research over the 6 months to 18 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 87 57 68
Rank change year-on-year -30 +11 -10
Contract jobs citing User Research 17 66 81
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire 1.02% 2.89% 2.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.18% 3.18% 3.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 50 65
10th Percentile £420 £436 £463
25th Percentile £425 £477 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +1.85% +13.68%
75th Percentile £538 £600 £550
90th Percentile £553 - £603
England median daily rate £550 £550 £525
% change year-on-year - +4.76% +10.06%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Yorkshire

User Research is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,439 2,078 2,496
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 86.32% 90.94% 89.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 862 1,370 1,823
10th Percentile £258 £262 £263
25th Percentile £388 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £480
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +9.38% +10.03%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £550
90th Percentile £650 £700 £638
England median daily rate £525 £550 £532
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.38% +9.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 66 85
10th Percentile £11.30 - £10.72
25th Percentile £12.15 £9.80 £12.00
Median hourly rate £13.50 £10.63 £17.64
Median % change year-on-year +27.00% -39.74% -9.54%
75th Percentile £21.35 £21.74 £22.75
90th Percentile £48.40 £54.07 £27.15
England median hourly rate £35.00 £37.30 £23.96
% change year-on-year -6.17% +55.71% -0.19%

User Research
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for User Research in Yorkshire

User Research
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing User Research in Yorkshire.

Daily rate trend for User Research in Yorkshire

User Research
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Research in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for User Research in Yorkshire

User Research
Contract Job Locations in 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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 18 April 2024. 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
West Yorkshire -14 12 £525 -4.55% 9
South Yorkshire -11 5 £425 -29.17% 2
User Research
England

User Research
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 1 (5.88%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Adobe XD
1 2 (11.76%) InVision
1 2 (11.76%) Sketch
1 2 (11.76%) Zeplin
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) Figma
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Axure RP
General
1 5 (29.41%) Public Sector
2 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
3 3 (17.65%) Health Technology
4 2 (11.76%) Finance
4 2 (11.76%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Publishing
5 1 (5.88%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 9 (52.94%) Designer
2 7 (41.18%) Senior
2 7 (41.18%) Service Designer
3 6 (35.29%) User Researcher
4 3 (17.65%) Senior Designer
4 3 (17.65%) Senior Service Designer
4 3 (17.65%) Senior User Researcher
5 2 (11.76%) Senior User Experience Researcher
5 2 (11.76%) User Experience Researcher
6 1 (5.88%) Agile Business Analyst
6 1 (5.88%) Analyst
6 1 (5.88%) Business Analyst
6 1 (5.88%) Content Designer
6 1 (5.88%) Development Manager
6 1 (5.88%) Interaction Designer
6 1 (5.88%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (5.88%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) HTML
1 1 (5.88%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) NHS
2 1 (5.88%) Blog
2 1 (5.88%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (70.59%) Agile
2 11 (64.71%) Service Design
3 9 (52.94%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 8 (47.06%) Mentoring
4 8 (47.06%) User Experience
5 6 (35.29%) Interaction Design
6 5 (29.41%) Coaching
6 5 (29.41%) Ethnography
6 5 (29.41%) Prototyping
6 5 (29.41%) Usability Testing
7 4 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (23.53%) Data Analysis
7 4 (23.53%) Journey Map
8 3 (17.65%) Ergonomics
8 3 (17.65%) Human Factors
8 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (17.65%) Qualitative Research
8 3 (17.65%) Quantitative Research
8 3 (17.65%) Software Engineering
8 3 (17.65%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) Degree
2 2 (11.76%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (29.41%) Accessibility
2 2 (11.76%) WCAG
3 1 (5.88%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (5.88%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) Adobe
1 2 (11.76%) Brio