User Research Contracts in Scotland

User Research
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring User Research skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited User 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 55 52 44
Rank change year-on-year -3 -8 +8
Contract jobs citing User Research 63 126 175
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 2.94% 4.72% 5.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.39% 5.13% 5.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 100 152
10th Percentile £357 £400 £393
25th Percentile £428 £414 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £440 £500
Median % change year-on-year +14.49% -12.00% +12.36%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £552
90th Percentile £599 £585 £600
UK median daily rate £540 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +2.86% - +7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

User 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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,857 2,457 3,193
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 86.65% 91.95% 93.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,150 1,716 2,260
10th Percentile £221 £258 £250
25th Percentile £363 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.26% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £573 £550 £550
90th Percentile £638 £638 £638
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 57 54
10th Percentile £12.30 £10.63 £15.04
25th Percentile £15.07 £11.25 £17.56
Median hourly rate £19.50 £15.99 £37.43
Median % change year-on-year +21.95% -57.28% -6.43%
75th Percentile £42.71 £43.75 £50.27
90th Percentile £60.75 £65.63 £57.05
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

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 12 June 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 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
Edinburgh +4 38 £458 +6.40% 4
Glasgow 0 13 £575 +36.90% 1
South Lanarkshire -5 9 £588 +30.56%
Lanarkshire - 1 - - 1
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 (26.98%) Confluence
2 2 (3.17%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (3.17%) Sketch
2 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (12.70%) Azure
2 7 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (3.17%) Figma
4 1 (1.59%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.59%) Google Analytics
4 1 (1.59%) Google Tag Manager
4 1 (1.59%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.59%) Looker
1 1 (1.59%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 19 (30.16%) JIRA
General
1 49 (77.78%) Public Sector
2 23 (36.51%) Social Skills
3 14 (22.22%) Influencing Skills
4 9 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (6.35%) Electronics
6 4 (6.35%) Finance
6 4 (6.35%) Manufacturing
6 4 (6.35%) Marketing
6 4 (6.35%) Telecoms
7 3 (4.76%) Publishing
8 1 (1.59%) Banking
8 1 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.59%) Law
8 1 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (30.16%) Product Manager
2 18 (28.57%) Designer
3 10 (15.87%) UX Designer
4 9 (14.29%) Analyst
4 9 (14.29%) Lead
5 7 (11.11%) Business Analyst
6 6 (9.52%) Content Designer
7 5 (7.94%) Project Manager
7 5 (7.94%) Senior
7 5 (7.94%) User Researcher
8 4 (6.35%) Agile Project Manager
9 3 (4.76%) Senior User Researcher
10 2 (3.17%) Agile Delivery Lead
10 2 (3.17%) Digital Product Manager
10 2 (3.17%) Senior Designer
10 2 (3.17%) Service Designer
11 1 (1.59%) Coordinator
11 1 (1.59%) Lead Project Manager
11 1 (1.59%) Senior UX Designer
11 1 (1.59%) User Experience Researcher
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.52%) Product Ownership
2 2 (3.17%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.59%) iPad
3 1 (1.59%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.59%) Apple iOS
1 1 (1.59%) Windows
1 1 (1.59%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (68.25%) Agile
2 27 (42.86%) User Stories
3 24 (38.10%) Epics
4 23 (36.51%) Service Design
5 22 (34.92%) User Experience
6 18 (28.57%) Project Management
6 18 (28.57%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 14 (22.22%) Coaching
8 13 (20.63%) DevOps
8 13 (20.63%) Product Management
8 13 (20.63%) Roadmaps
9 10 (15.87%) Scrum
9 10 (15.87%) UX Design
10 9 (14.29%) Impact Assessments
11 8 (12.70%) Backlog Management
11 8 (12.70%) Mentoring
11 8 (12.70%) Product Backlog
11 8 (12.70%) UX Research
12 7 (11.11%) Dependency Management
12 7 (11.11%) Software Delivery
Qualifications
1 18 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 18 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.59%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (30.16%) Accessibility
2 7 (11.11%) Disclosure Scotland
3 6 (9.52%) WCAG
4 5 (7.94%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.59%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (11.11%) Cadence
2 4 (6.35%) SAP
3 2 (3.17%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.59%) Apple
4 1 (1.59%) Google
4 1 (1.59%) ServiceNow