UX Research Contracts in England

User Experience Research (UXR)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for UX Research skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited UX Research over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 428 472 452
Rank change year-on-year +44 -20 +3
Contract jobs citing UX Research 103 174 355
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.28% 0.36% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.40% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 114 241
10th Percentile £425 £350 £400
25th Percentile £525 £428 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% +2.33% +20.11%
75th Percentile £675 £641 £600
90th Percentile - £838 £675
UK median daily rate £650 £550 £530
% change year-on-year +18.18% +3.77% +17.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 18
10th Percentile - £37.67 £24.25
25th Percentile - £45.14 £29.19
Median hourly rate - £58.85 £47.00
Median % change year-on-year - +25.20% +2.87%
75th Percentile - £73.80 £55.72
90th Percentile - £82.02 £59.95
UK median hourly rate - £55.00 £47.00
% change year-on-year - +17.02% +2.87%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

UX 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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,426 43,648 64,496
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.34% 90.08% 90.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,611 30,630 45,872
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £450 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £765 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,247 1,533 1,757
10th Percentile £12.92 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.13 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.54 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.11% +46.16% +8.70%
75th Percentile £60.13 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +7.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing UX Research as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for UX Research in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing UX Research in England.

Daily rate trend for UX Research in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing UX Research in England over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for UX Research in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing UX Research in England.

Hourly rate trend for UX Research in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 20 May 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
London +46 50 £550 -8.33% 30
North of England +6 13 £600 +4.35% 13
North West -1 7 £588 +2.17% 10
South East +10 5 £513 +36.67% 5
North East +13 4 £700 +9.80% 1
Yorkshire +12 2 - - 2
West Midlands +19 1 £500 +25.00% 1
Midlands +16 1 £500 +25.00% 1
South West +4 1 £450 - 2
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 4 (3.88%) CMS
2 3 (2.91%) Confluence
3 1 (0.97%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (3.88%) Sketch
1 4 (3.88%) UserZoom
2 2 (1.94%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.97%) InVision
Cloud Services
1 44 (42.72%) AWS
2 14 (13.59%) Figma
3 8 (7.77%) Miro
4 4 (3.88%) Azure
4 4 (3.88%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (1.94%) Asana
5 2 (1.94%) SurveyMonkey
6 1 (0.97%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 1 (0.97%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.97%) Cisco IPT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (42.72%) Apache Cassandra
2 3 (2.91%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 4 (3.88%) JIRA
General
1 20 (19.42%) Social Skills
2 10 (9.71%) Public Sector
3 8 (7.77%) Finance
4 3 (2.91%) Health Technology
5 2 (1.94%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (1.94%) Law
5 2 (1.94%) Legal
5 2 (1.94%) Marketing
5 2 (1.94%) Telecoms
6 1 (0.97%) Advertising
6 1 (0.97%) Banking
6 1 (0.97%) Corporate Banking
6 1 (0.97%) Financial Institution
6 1 (0.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (0.97%) Investment Banking
6 1 (0.97%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.97%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (0.97%) Publishing
6 1 (0.97%) Retail
6 1 (0.97%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 46 (44.66%) Senior
2 44 (42.72%) Software Engineer
3 31 (30.10%) Senior Software Engineer
4 20 (19.42%) Designer
5 17 (16.50%) User Experience Researcher
6 14 (13.59%) UX Designer
7 9 (8.74%) User Researcher
8 7 (6.80%) Senior Designer
8 7 (6.80%) Senior UX Designer
9 6 (5.83%) Agile Delivery Manager
9 6 (5.83%) Delivery Manager
10 5 (4.85%) UI Designer
10 5 (4.85%) UI/UX Designer
11 4 (3.88%) Lead
11 4 (3.88%) Senior User Experience Researcher
12 3 (2.91%) Architect
12 3 (2.91%) Content Designer
12 3 (2.91%) Product Designer
12 3 (2.91%) Senior UI Designer
12 3 (2.91%) Senior UI/UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (42.72%) Kafka
2 2 (1.94%) ADO
2 2 (1.94%) React
3 1 (0.97%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.97%) CSS
3 1 (0.97%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.85%) Product Ownership
2 3 (2.91%) Mobile App
3 2 (1.94%) Virtual Team
4 1 (0.97%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.97%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.97%) Onboarding
4 1 (0.97%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.88%) Android
2 3 (2.91%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (100.00%) User Experience
2 90 (87.38%) UX Design
3 75 (72.82%) User Research
4 66 (64.08%) Agile
5 48 (46.60%) Software Engineering
6 45 (43.69%) Fintech
7 8 (7.77%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (7.77%) Usability Testing
7 8 (7.77%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 7 (6.80%) Psychology
8 7 (6.80%) Service Design
8 7 (6.80%) Wireframes
9 6 (5.83%) Content Management
9 6 (5.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 5 (4.85%) B2B
10 5 (4.85%) Customer Experience
10 5 (4.85%) Focus Group
10 5 (4.85%) Problem-Solving
10 5 (4.85%) Qualitative Research
10 5 (4.85%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 44 (42.72%) Go
2 2 (1.94%) Java
2 2 (1.94%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (4.85%) Degree
2 4 (3.88%) Security Cleared
3 3 (2.91%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.94%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.97%) CISSP
5 1 (0.97%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.94%) Accessibility
1 2 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 12207
1 2 (1.94%) QA
2 1 (0.97%) GDPR
2 1 (0.97%) HIPAA
2 1 (0.97%) WCAG
System Software
1 44 (42.72%) Docker
Systems Management
1 44 (42.72%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (3.88%) Adobe
2 1 (0.97%) Microsoft