User Research Contracts in the North of England

User Research
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 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 133 95 90
Rank change year-on-year -38 -5 -27
Contract jobs citing User Research 50 128 191
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 1.08% 2.27% 2.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.27% 2.51% 3.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 90 152
10th Percentile - £400 £413
25th Percentile £325 £458 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £550 £518
Median % change year-on-year -31.82% +6.28% +4.02%
75th Percentile £544 £600 £550
90th Percentile £593 £644 £588
England median daily rate £550 £550 £525
% change year-on-year - +4.76% +5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 the North of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,937 5,092 6,369
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 85.36% 90.48% 88.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,416 3,501 4,644
10th Percentile £300 £300 £240
25th Percentile £400 £413 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 365 203 265
10th Percentile £11.07 £10.63 £10.63
25th Percentile £12.50 £15.36 £13.50
Median hourly rate £17.72 £27.70 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.03% +45.79% +5.56%
75th Percentile £45.00 £43.75 £36.75
90th Percentile £59.00 £65.00 £63.00
England median hourly rate £36.50 £36.54 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.11% +46.16% +8.70%

User Research
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing User Research as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for User Research in the North of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing User Research in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for User Research in the North of England

User Research
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

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

Daily rate histogram for User Research in the North of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing User Research in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for User Research in the North of England

User Research
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of 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
North West -13 25 £363 -36.96% 20
Yorkshire -28 18 £500 -9.09% 7
North East +12 7 £606 +16.31% 7
User Research
England

User Research
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 1 (2.00%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.00%) AWS
1 1 (2.00%) Figma
1 1 (2.00%) Miro
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.00%) MongoDB
General
1 9 (18.00%) Public Sector
2 8 (16.00%) Finance
3 6 (12.00%) Social Skills
4 3 (6.00%) Health Technology
5 2 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (4.00%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (4.00%) Military
6 1 (2.00%) Legal
6 1 (2.00%) Marketing
6 1 (2.00%) Publishing
6 1 (2.00%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 24 (48.00%) User Researcher
2 16 (32.00%) Designer
3 10 (20.00%) Senior
4 7 (14.00%) Interaction Designer
5 6 (12.00%) Service Designer
6 4 (8.00%) Agile Delivery Manager
6 4 (8.00%) Delivery Manager
6 4 (8.00%) Senior Designer
7 3 (6.00%) Content Designer
7 3 (6.00%) Senior Service Designer
7 3 (6.00%) Senior User Researcher
8 2 (4.00%) Analyst
8 2 (4.00%) Senior Manager
8 2 (4.00%) Senior User Experience Researcher
8 2 (4.00%) User Experience Researcher
9 1 (2.00%) Business Analyst
9 1 (2.00%) Developer
9 1 (2.00%) Development Manager
9 1 (2.00%) Senior Analyst
9 1 (2.00%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (12.00%) HTML
2 5 (10.00%) CSS
3 1 (2.00%) Spring
3 1 (2.00%) Spring Boot
3 1 (2.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (4.00%) NHS
3 1 (2.00%) Blog
3 1 (2.00%) BYOD
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (62.00%) Agile
2 26 (52.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 24 (48.00%) User Experience
4 16 (32.00%) UX Design
5 15 (30.00%) Mentoring
5 15 (30.00%) Service Design
6 14 (28.00%) Interaction Design
7 13 (26.00%) Prototyping
8 11 (22.00%) Actionable Insight
8 11 (22.00%) UX Research
9 10 (20.00%) Usability Testing
10 8 (16.00%) Ethnography
10 8 (16.00%) Front End Development
10 8 (16.00%) Qualitative Research
10 8 (16.00%) Quantitative Research
10 8 (16.00%) Software Engineering
11 7 (14.00%) Coaching
11 7 (14.00%) Focus Group
12 6 (12.00%) Design Persona
12 6 (12.00%) Guerrilla Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (2.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (4.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (4.00%) Degree
1 2 (4.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (18.00%) Actionable Recommendations
2 7 (14.00%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.00%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.00%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 1 (2.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (4.00%) Brio