UX Research Contracts in England

User Experience Research (UXR)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in 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 27 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 460 463 463
Rank change year-on-year +3 0 +5
Contract jobs citing UX Research 85 177 348
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.23% 0.38% 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.42% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 116 241
10th Percentile £409 £335 £400
25th Percentile £525 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year +23.81% -1.87% +13.47%
75th Percentile £675 £625 £600
90th Percentile - £725 £675
UK median daily rate £650 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +23.81% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 17
10th Percentile - £35.40 £24.25
25th Percentile - £39.47 £26.50
Median hourly rate - £47.50 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year - -5.94% +10.99%
75th Percentile - £68.13 £57.50
90th Percentile - £79.75 £62.75
UK median hourly rate - £51.25 £50.50
% change year-on-year - +1.49% +10.99%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,905 42,373 64,577
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.51% 89.84% 90.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,680 29,662 46,011
10th Percentile £304 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £443 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,329 1,534 1,706
10th Percentile £12.79 £11.87 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.06 £16.25 £15.90
Median hourly rate £38.12 £37.42 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.87% +45.72% +14.13%
75th Percentile £61.60 £64.59 £50.74
90th Percentile £73.35 £75.80 £65.75
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year +4.17% +38.46% +13.04%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for UX Research in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing UX Research in England.

Daily rate trend for UX Research in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing UX Research in England over the 6 months to 27 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for UX Research in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing UX Research in England.

Hourly rate trend for UX Research in England

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Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 27 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
London +25 44 £550 - 15
North of England +6 10 £700 +32.70% 7
North East +10 4 £700 +9.80% 1
North West -3 4 - - 5
South East -6 4 £475 +31.03% 4
Yorkshire +7 2 - - 1
South West -1 1 £450 - 1
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 2 (2.35%) Confluence
2 1 (1.18%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (4.71%) UserZoom
2 3 (3.53%) Sketch
3 2 (2.35%) Adobe XD
3 2 (2.35%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 34 (40.00%) AWS
2 13 (15.29%) Figma
3 8 (9.41%) Miro
4 4 (4.71%) Azure
4 4 (4.71%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.35%) Asana
5 2 (2.35%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (2.35%) SurveyMonkey
6 1 (1.18%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 1 (1.18%) Google Sheets
6 1 (1.18%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.18%) Cisco IPT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (40.00%) Apache Cassandra
2 2 (2.35%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 3 (3.53%) JIRA
General
1 18 (21.18%) Social Skills
2 8 (9.41%) Finance
3 7 (8.24%) Public Sector
4 4 (4.71%) Advertising
5 3 (3.53%) Marketing
6 2 (2.35%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.35%) Health Technology
6 2 (2.35%) Publishing
7 1 (1.18%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.18%) Law
7 1 (1.18%) Legal
7 1 (1.18%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.18%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.18%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 36 (42.35%) Senior
2 34 (40.00%) Software Engineer
3 23 (27.06%) Senior Software Engineer
4 17 (20.00%) User Experience Researcher
5 15 (17.65%) Designer
6 11 (12.94%) UX Designer
7 9 (10.59%) User Researcher
8 6 (7.06%) Senior Designer
8 6 (7.06%) Senior UX Designer
9 5 (5.88%) Senior User Experience Researcher
10 4 (4.71%) Lead
11 3 (3.53%) Agile Delivery Manager
11 3 (3.53%) Architect
11 3 (3.53%) Delivery Manager
11 3 (3.53%) Product Designer
11 3 (3.53%) UI Designer
11 3 (3.53%) UI/UX Designer
12 2 (2.35%) Agile Delivery Lead
12 2 (2.35%) Lead Designer
12 2 (2.35%) Senior UI/UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (40.00%) Kafka
2 2 (2.35%) ADO
2 2 (2.35%) AngularJS
2 2 (2.35%) CSS
2 2 (2.35%) HTML
2 2 (2.35%) React
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.53%) Mobile App
1 3 (3.53%) Product Ownership
2 1 (1.18%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (1.18%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.18%) Onboarding
2 1 (1.18%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 1 (1.18%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.71%) Android
2 3 (3.53%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (100.00%) User Experience
2 71 (83.53%) UX Design
3 60 (70.59%) User Research
4 50 (58.82%) Agile
5 38 (44.71%) Software Engineering
6 35 (41.18%) Fintech
7 7 (8.24%) Usability Testing
7 7 (8.24%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 7 (8.24%) Wireframes
8 6 (7.06%) B2B
8 6 (7.06%) Psychology
8 6 (7.06%) Service Design
8 6 (7.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 6 (7.06%) Stakeholder Management
9 4 (4.71%) DevOps
9 4 (4.71%) E-Commerce
9 4 (4.71%) Focus Group
9 4 (4.71%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (4.71%) Qualitative Research
10 3 (3.53%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 34 (40.00%) Go
2 2 (2.35%) Java
2 2 (2.35%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (7.06%) Degree
2 4 (4.71%) Security Cleared
3 3 (3.53%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.35%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.18%) CISSP
5 1 (1.18%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.35%) ISO/IEC 12207
1 2 (2.35%) QA
2 1 (1.18%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.18%) GDPR
2 1 (1.18%) HIPAA
System Software
1 34 (40.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 34 (40.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (4.71%) Adobe
2 2 (2.35%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.18%) Google
3 1 (1.18%) Salesforce