User Research Contracts in Edinburgh

User Research
Scotland > Edinburgh

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 36 38 33
Rank change year-on-year +2 -5 +3
Contract jobs citing User Research 38 73 123
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 4.37% 6.18% 6.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.14% 6.57% 6.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 64 102
10th Percentile £216 £400 £404
25th Percentile £408 £412 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £458 £430 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.40% -14.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £510 £538 £543
90th Percentile £575 £575 £575
Scotland median daily rate £504 £440 £500
% change year-on-year +14.49% -12.00% +17.65%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 739 1,111 1,783
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 84.94% 93.99% 94.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 435 775 1,224
10th Percentile £215 £225 £265
25th Percentile £363 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £480
Median % change year-on-year - -1.04% +12.94%
75th Percentile £557 £538 £570
90th Percentile £655 £605 £638
Scotland median daily rate £463 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.63% - +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 6 13
10th Percentile £13.30 £11.83 £15.53
25th Percentile £16.25 £14.30 £17.50
Median hourly rate £19.17 £19.49 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% -25.04% -52.27%
75th Percentile £60.75 £21.57 £48.75
90th Percentile - £37.71 £53.20
Scotland median hourly rate £19.50 £14.50 £37.43
% change year-on-year +34.48% -61.26% -6.43%

User Research
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for User Research in Edinburgh

User Research
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for User Research in Edinburgh

User Research
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Research in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for User Research in Edinburgh

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 (5.26%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (18.42%) Azure
1 7 (18.42%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (2.63%) Google Analytics
2 1 (2.63%) Google Tag Manager
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.63%) Looker
1 1 (2.63%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 2 (5.26%) JIRA
General
1 35 (92.11%) Public Sector
2 23 (60.53%) Social Skills
3 14 (36.84%) Influencing Skills
4 8 (21.05%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (18.42%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (5.26%) Publishing
7 1 (2.63%) Banking
7 1 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.63%) Law
7 1 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (34.21%) Designer
2 9 (23.68%) Lead
3 8 (21.05%) Analyst
4 7 (18.42%) Business Analyst
4 7 (18.42%) UX Designer
5 5 (13.16%) Project Manager
5 5 (13.16%) Senior
5 5 (13.16%) User Researcher
6 4 (10.53%) Agile Project Manager
6 4 (10.53%) Content Designer
7 3 (7.89%) Senior User Researcher
8 2 (5.26%) Agile Delivery Lead
8 2 (5.26%) Senior Designer
8 2 (5.26%) Service Designer
9 1 (2.63%) Content Coordinator
9 1 (2.63%) Lead Project Manager
9 1 (2.63%) Lead UX Designer
9 1 (2.63%) Senior Content Designer
9 1 (2.63%) Senior UX Designer
9 1 (2.63%) User Experience Researcher
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.16%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.63%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (65.79%) Agile
2 18 (47.37%) User Experience
3 17 (44.74%) Service Design
3 17 (44.74%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 14 (36.84%) Coaching
5 10 (26.32%) Scrum
6 9 (23.68%) Impact Assessments
6 9 (23.68%) User Stories
7 8 (21.05%) Mentoring
7 8 (21.05%) UX Research
8 7 (18.42%) Business Analysis
8 7 (18.42%) Change Control
8 7 (18.42%) Dependency Management
8 7 (18.42%) DevOps
8 7 (18.42%) Project Management
8 7 (18.42%) Risk Management
8 7 (18.42%) Software Delivery
8 7 (18.42%) Supplier Management
8 7 (18.42%) Usability Testing
8 7 (18.42%) UX Design
Qualifications
1 1 (2.63%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (47.37%) Accessibility
2 7 (18.42%) Disclosure Scotland
3 6 (15.79%) WCAG
4 5 (13.16%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (18.42%) Cadence
2 1 (2.63%) Google