User Research Contracts in Scotland

User Research
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 66 52 42
Rank change year-on-year -14 -10 +2
Contract jobs citing User Research 58 130 191
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 2.71% 4.82% 5.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.08% 5.21% 6.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 108 167
10th Percentile £340 £400 £378
25th Percentile £425 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £440 £500
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -12.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £541
90th Percentile £600 £588 £599
UK median daily rate £539 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +2.57% - +10.53%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,884 2,495 3,172
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 88.04% 92.48% 93.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,158 1,766 2,240
10th Percentile £219 £260 £250
25th Percentile £369 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £470
Median % change year-on-year - +1.06% +10.59%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £550
90th Percentile £650 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 55 48
10th Percentile £12.30 £10.63 £15.04
25th Percentile £15.92 £11.25 £17.67
Median hourly rate £19.50 £15.99 £37.43
Median % change year-on-year +21.95% -57.28% -6.43%
75th Percentile £42.71 £50.74 £48.75
90th Percentile £60.75 £67.13 £56.00
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +7.00%

User Research
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for User Research in Scotland

User Research
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for User Research in Scotland

User Research
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Research in Scotland over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for User Research in Scotland

User Research
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 18 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
Edinburgh +1 35 £450 +3.45% 1
Glasgow -1 13 £575 +32.56% 5
South Lanarkshire -6 9 £588 +30.56%
User Research
UK

User Research
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 17 (29.31%) Confluence
2 1 (1.72%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (13.79%) Azure
2 7 (12.07%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.72%) Entra ID
3 1 (1.72%) Google Analytics
3 1 (1.72%) Google Tag Manager
3 1 (1.72%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.72%) Looker
Development Applications
1 19 (32.76%) JIRA
General
1 46 (79.31%) Public Sector
2 22 (37.93%) Social Skills
3 12 (20.69%) Influencing Skills
4 9 (15.52%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (12.07%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (6.90%) Electronics
6 4 (6.90%) Finance
6 4 (6.90%) Manufacturing
6 4 (6.90%) Marketing
6 4 (6.90%) Telecoms
7 2 (3.45%) Publishing
8 1 (1.72%) Banking
8 1 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.72%) Law
8 1 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (32.76%) Product Manager
2 15 (25.86%) Designer
3 8 (13.79%) Analyst
3 8 (13.79%) UX Designer
4 7 (12.07%) Lead
5 6 (10.34%) Business Analyst
5 6 (10.34%) User Researcher
6 5 (8.62%) Content Designer
6 5 (8.62%) Project Manager
7 4 (6.90%) Agile Project Manager
7 4 (6.90%) Senior
8 3 (5.17%) Senior User Researcher
9 2 (3.45%) Agile Delivery Lead
9 2 (3.45%) Digital Product Manager
9 2 (3.45%) Service Designer
10 1 (1.72%) Content Coordinator
10 1 (1.72%) Lead UX Designer
10 1 (1.72%) Senior Designer
10 1 (1.72%) Senior UX Designer
10 1 (1.72%) User Experience Researcher
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.34%) Product Ownership
2 1 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (1.72%) iPad
2 1 (1.72%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.72%) Apple iOS
1 1 (1.72%) Windows
1 1 (1.72%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (70.69%) Agile
2 25 (43.10%) User Stories
3 23 (39.66%) Epics
4 22 (37.93%) Service Design
5 19 (32.76%) User Experience
6 18 (31.03%) Project Management
7 16 (27.59%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 13 (22.41%) DevOps
8 13 (22.41%) Product Management
9 12 (20.69%) Roadmaps
10 10 (17.24%) Coaching
11 9 (15.52%) Impact Assessments
11 9 (15.52%) Scrum
12 8 (13.79%) Backlog Management
12 8 (13.79%) Product Backlog
12 8 (13.79%) UX Design
13 7 (12.07%) Change Control
13 7 (12.07%) Risk Management
13 7 (12.07%) Software Delivery
13 7 (12.07%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 18 (31.03%) SC Cleared
1 18 (31.03%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.72%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (29.31%) Accessibility
2 6 (10.34%) Disclosure Scotland
3 4 (6.90%) WCAG
4 3 (5.17%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.72%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (10.34%) Cadence
2 4 (6.90%) SAP
3 2 (3.45%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.72%) Apple
4 1 (1.72%) Google
4 1 (1.72%) ServiceNow