UX Research Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

User Experience Research (UXR)
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring UX Research skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 84 103
Rank change year-on-year -49 +19 +22
Contract jobs citing UX Research 3 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 0.16% 0.097% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.11% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
England median daily rate £500 £525 £600
% change year-on-year -4.76% -12.50% +4.35%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,726 889 1,563
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 89.20% 86.65% 88.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,153 531 984
10th Percentile £278 £238 £280
25th Percentile £388 £369 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.32% -5.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 23 38
10th Percentile £14.25 £12.74 £10.97
25th Percentile £17.48 £16.00 £12.82
Median hourly rate £25.15 £20.00 £17.57
Median % change year-on-year +25.75% +13.83% +25.50%
75th Percentile £52.50 £38.75 £23.75
90th Percentile £57.40 £85.61 £53.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -17.65% +21.43%

UX Research
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

UX Research job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

UX Research
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing UX Research

UX 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 UX Research within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 16 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
West Yorkshire -14 2 £500 - 3
South Yorkshire - 1 - - 1
UX Research
England

UX Research
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Figma
General
1 1 (33.33%) Banking
1 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Marketing
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Designer
1 2 (66.67%) Product Designer
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Designer
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Product Designer
2 1 (33.33%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) AI Agents
1 2 (66.67%) Taxonomies
2 1 (33.33%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) AI
1 3 (100.00%) Analytics
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) User Experience
2 2 (66.67%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) B2B
2 2 (66.67%) B2C
2 2 (66.67%) CRM
2 2 (66.67%) Focus Group
2 2 (66.67%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
2 2 (66.67%) Ideation Sessions
2 2 (66.67%) Performance Metrics
2 2 (66.67%) Product Roadmap
2 2 (66.67%) Product Vision
2 2 (66.67%) Prototyping
2 2 (66.67%) Roadmaps
2 2 (66.67%) Usability Testing
2 2 (66.67%) User Research
2 2 (66.67%) Wireframes
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Desktop