UX Research Contracts with Work from Home Options

User Experience Research (UXR)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 280 362 391
Rank change year-on-year +82 +29 +6
Contract jobs citing UX Research 61 93 235
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.41% 0.38% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.47% 0.42% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 69 172
10th Percentile £440 £343 £400
25th Percentile £550 £419 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +23.81% - +23.53%
75th Percentile £675 £611 £575
90th Percentile - £838 £625
UK median daily rate £650 £550 £530
% change year-on-year +18.18% +3.77% +17.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - £51.14
25th Percentile - £52.50 £51.93
Median hourly rate - £55.00 £54.50
Median % change year-on-year - +0.92% -
75th Percentile - £57.50 £70.36
90th Percentile - - £79.12
UK median hourly rate - £55.00 £47.00
% change year-on-year - +17.02% +2.87%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,942 22,217 40,480
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.90% 89.66% 91.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,728 15,724 29,400
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £544 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.49% +3.62% +7.14%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £633
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 567 510 538
10th Percentile £14.70 £18.63 £14.50
25th Percentile £24.13 £26.46 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +32.91% +64.58%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +7.00%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing UX Research as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

UX Research trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing UX Research.

UX Research daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing UX Research over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

UX Research daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing UX Research.

UX Research hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 2 (3.28%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (8.20%) Adobe XD
1 5 (8.20%) Sketch
2 1 (1.64%) UserZoom
Cloud Services
1 29 (47.54%) AWS
2 17 (27.87%) Figma
3 7 (11.48%) Miro
4 4 (6.56%) Azure
4 4 (6.56%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (3.28%) Asana
6 1 (1.64%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (47.54%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 4 (6.56%) JIRA
General
1 20 (32.79%) Social Skills
2 6 (9.84%) Finance
2 6 (9.84%) Presentation Skills
2 6 (9.84%) Public Sector
3 3 (4.92%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (3.28%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (3.28%) Publishing
5 1 (1.64%) Advertising
5 1 (1.64%) Legal
5 1 (1.64%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.64%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 29 (47.54%) Software Engineer
2 25 (40.98%) Senior
3 16 (26.23%) Senior Software Engineer
4 15 (24.59%) Designer
5 8 (13.11%) UX Designer
6 6 (9.84%) Senior Designer
7 5 (8.20%) User Experience Researcher
8 4 (6.56%) Analyst
8 4 (6.56%) Business Analyst
8 4 (6.56%) Interaction Designer
8 4 (6.56%) Senior UX Designer
9 3 (4.92%) Product Designer
10 2 (3.28%) Agile Delivery Lead
10 2 (3.28%) Agile Delivery Manager
10 2 (3.28%) Architect
10 2 (3.28%) Delivery Manager
10 2 (3.28%) Lead
10 2 (3.28%) Senior Product Designer
10 2 (3.28%) User Experience Architect
11 1 (1.64%) Senior Agile Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (47.54%) Kafka
2 4 (6.56%) CSS
2 4 (6.56%) HTML
3 2 (3.28%) ADO
3 2 (3.28%) AngularJS
3 2 (3.28%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.28%) Product Ownership
2 1 (1.64%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.92%) Android
2 2 (3.28%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (100.00%) User Experience
2 48 (78.69%) UX Design
3 45 (73.77%) User Research
4 43 (70.49%) Agile
5 31 (50.82%) Fintech
6 29 (47.54%) Software Engineering
7 11 (18.03%) Usability Testing
8 10 (16.39%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
9 8 (13.11%) Wireframes
10 7 (11.48%) Interaction Design
11 6 (9.84%) Prototyping
11 6 (9.84%) Scrum
12 5 (8.20%) Human-Centred Design
12 5 (8.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 4 (6.56%) Decision-Making
13 4 (6.56%) Epics
13 4 (6.56%) Service Design
13 4 (6.56%) Story Mapping
13 4 (6.56%) User Stories
13 4 (6.56%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 29 (47.54%) Go
2 2 (3.28%) Java
2 2 (3.28%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (8.20%) Degree
2 4 (6.56%) SC Cleared
2 4 (6.56%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.28%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.20%) Accessibility
2 2 (3.28%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 2 (3.28%) QA
3 1 (1.64%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 29 (47.54%) Docker
Systems Management
1 29 (47.54%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (8.20%) Adobe
2 4 (6.56%) Cadence
3 1 (1.64%) Microsoft