User Researcher Contracts in Manchester

User Researcher
North West > Manchester

The median User Researcher daily rate in Manchester is £350 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

 6 months to
2 Jun 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 88 100 115
Rank change year-on-year +12 +15 -31
Contract jobs requiring a User Researcher 9 12 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.62% 0.67% 0.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.65% 0.70% 0.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 8 21
10th Percentile - £392 £413
25th Percentile £325 £485 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -37.78% +2.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £375 £611 £588
90th Percentile - £646 £625
North West median daily rate £350 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -41.67% +9.09% +6.80%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Manchester. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Manchester with a recognized job title 1,380 1,717 2,574
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.57% 96.03% 97.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 953 1,279 2,005
10th Percentile £313 £313 £230
25th Percentile £400 £413 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -1.50% +2.56% +12.07%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £575
90th Percentile £688 £675 £660
North West median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 47 61
10th Percentile £12.07 £14.49 £11.75
25th Percentile £13.31 £16.85 £14.25
Median hourly rate £28.50 £22.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.67% +12.50% +23.23%
75th Percentile £63.13 £39.80 £35.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £70.00 £75.00
North West median hourly rate £32.90 £29.65 £24.10
% change year-on-year +10.94% +23.03% +33.89%

User Researcher
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings that featured User Researcher in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for User Researcher in Manchester

User Researcher
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing User Researcher in Manchester.

Daily rate trend for User Researcher in Manchester

User Researcher Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, User Researcher contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Manchester region featuring User Researcher in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) User Research
2 8 (88.89%) Agile
3 7 (77.78%) Usability Testing
3 7 (77.78%) User Experience
3 7 (77.78%) Actionable Insight
3 7 (77.78%) Actionable Recommendations
3 7 (77.78%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 6 (66.67%) Service Design
4 6 (66.67%) Guerrilla Testing
4 6 (66.67%) Requirements Gathering
4 6 (66.67%) Focus Group
4 6 (66.67%) Design Persona
4 6 (66.67%) Quantitative Research
4 6 (66.67%) Data Science
4 6 (66.67%) Ethnography
4 6 (66.67%) Front End Development
4 6 (66.67%) UX Design
4 6 (66.67%) Market Research
4 6 (66.67%) Qualitative Research
4 6 (66.67%) Mentoring
4 6 (66.67%) Ergonomics
4 6 (66.67%) Human Factors
5 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
6 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
6 1 (11.11%) Cost Reduction
6 1 (11.11%) UX Research
6 1 (11.11%) GAP Analysis
6 1 (11.11%) Finance
6 1 (11.11%) Military

User Researcher Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

General
1 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Military
2 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) User Research
2 8 (88.89%) Agile
3 7 (77.78%) Actionable Insight
3 7 (77.78%) Usability Testing
3 7 (77.78%) User Experience
3 7 (77.78%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 6 (66.67%) Data Science
4 6 (66.67%) Design Persona
4 6 (66.67%) Ergonomics
4 6 (66.67%) Ethnography
4 6 (66.67%) Focus Group
4 6 (66.67%) Front End Development
4 6 (66.67%) Guerrilla Testing
4 6 (66.67%) Market Research
4 6 (66.67%) Mentoring
4 6 (66.67%) Qualitative Research
4 6 (66.67%) Quantitative Research
4 6 (66.67%) Requirements Gathering
4 6 (66.67%) Service Design
4 6 (66.67%) UX Design
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (77.78%) Actionable Recommendations
3 User Researcher jobs in the North West