UX Research Contracts in the North of England

User Experience Research (UXR)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring UX Research skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited UX Research over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 173 170 226
Rank change year-on-year -3 +56 -50
Contract jobs citing UX Research 12 32 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.25% 0.59% 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.65% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 16 18
10th Percentile £550 £456 £448
25th Percentile £569 £496 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £551 £548
Median % change year-on-year +8.84% +0.68% +9.50%
75th Percentile £656 £606 £573
90th Percentile £683 £647 £583
England median daily rate £650 £533 £535
% change year-on-year +22.07% -0.47% +18.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,055 4,902 6,324
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 83.69% 90.08% 88.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,411 3,372 4,591
10th Percentile £300 £300 £241
25th Percentile £400 £413 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £575
90th Percentile £669 £688 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 395 209 251
10th Percentile £11.09 £10.63 £10.63
25th Percentile £12.55 £15.75 £13.57
Median hourly rate £21.00 £25.00 £19.09
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +30.96% +7.43%
75th Percentile £46.18 £43.39 £34.00
90th Percentile £63.75 £56.38 £63.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for UX 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 UX Research in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for UX Research in the North of England

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing UX Research in the North of England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for UX Research in the North of England

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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 UX Research within the North of England region over the 6 months to 12 June 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 +2 6 £588 +6.58% 7
North East +9 4 £700 +9.80% 2
Yorkshire +7 2 - - 1
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England

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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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Big Data
General
1 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Health Technology
2 1 (8.33%) Legal
2 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) User Researcher
2 4 (33.33%) Agile Delivery Manager
2 4 (33.33%) Delivery Manager
2 4 (33.33%) Senior
3 2 (16.67%) Senior User Experience Researcher
3 2 (16.67%) Senior User Researcher
3 2 (16.67%) User Experience Researcher
4 1 (8.33%) Designer
4 1 (8.33%) Product Delivery Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Agile Delivery Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Delivery Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Designer
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Senior UI Designer
4 1 (8.33%) Senior UI/UX Designer
4 1 (8.33%) Senior UX Designer
4 1 (8.33%) UI Designer
4 1 (8.33%) UI/UX Designer
4 1 (8.33%) UX Designer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) User Experience
2 11 (91.67%) User Research
3 9 (75.00%) UX Design
4 6 (50.00%) Agile
5 4 (33.33%) Wireframes
6 3 (25.00%) Service Design
7 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (16.67%) Service Delivery
7 2 (16.67%) Software Engineering
7 2 (16.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 1 (8.33%) Identity Management
8 1 (8.33%) Product Roadmap
8 1 (8.33%) Product Strategy
8 1 (8.33%) Psychology
8 1 (8.33%) Roadmaps
8 1 (8.33%) Servant Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared