User Research Contracts with Work from Home Options

User Research
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 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 212 147 128
Rank change year-on-year -65 -19 -39
Contract jobs citing User Research 140 406 911
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.96% 1.71% 2.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.10% 1.90% 2.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 111 347 669
10th Percentile £355 £409 £405
25th Percentile £450 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £539 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year +2.57% +2.44% +5.13%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £586
90th Percentile £675 £650 £638
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 8
10th Percentile - - £23.80
25th Percentile - - £25.00
Median hourly rate - £45.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year - +73.08% +73.33%
75th Percentile - - £32.53
90th Percentile - - £54.93
UK median hourly rate £25.50 £45.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year -43.33% +76.47% +55.30%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,749 21,334 39,996
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.11% 89.63% 91.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,583 15,097 29,149
10th Percentile £325 £360 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £530
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +1.89% +6.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 555 503 514
10th Percentile £15.17 £17.70 £15.00
25th Percentile £25.50 £25.63 £21.19
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.13 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.51% +30.33% +66.60%
75th Percentile £60.93 £67.50 £60.69
90th Percentile £75.00 £79.10 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year +4.17% +38.46% +13.04%

User Research
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

User Research trend for jobs with a WFH option

User Research
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 User Research.

User Research daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

User Research
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing User Research over the 6 months to 27 June 2024.

User Research daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

User Research
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 User Research.

User Research hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

User Research
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 3 (2.14%) CMS
1 3 (2.14%) Confluence
2 1 (0.71%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (7.86%) Sketch
2 10 (7.14%) Adobe XD
3 6 (4.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 5 (3.57%) UserZoom
5 4 (2.86%) Photoshop
6 2 (1.43%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (1.43%) InVision
7 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Excel
7 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Office
7 1 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.71%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.71%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 23 (16.43%) AWS
2 17 (12.14%) Figma
3 9 (6.43%) Azure
4 7 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (5.00%) Miro
5 4 (2.86%) SaaS
6 3 (2.14%) Google Analytics
7 1 (0.71%) Google Sheets
7 1 (0.71%) Google Tag Manager
7 1 (0.71%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.71%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (16.43%) Apache Cassandra
2 1 (0.71%) Looker
2 1 (0.71%) Power BI
2 1 (0.71%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (5.00%) JIRA
2 4 (2.86%) Axure RP
2 4 (2.86%) Balsamiq
General
1 45 (32.14%) Social Skills
2 44 (31.43%) Public Sector
3 12 (8.57%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (7.86%) Finance
5 10 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
6 9 (6.43%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (2.86%) Marketing
8 3 (2.14%) Advertising
9 2 (1.43%) Banking
9 2 (1.43%) French Language
9 2 (1.43%) Health Technology
9 2 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.43%) Military
9 2 (1.43%) Publishing
10 1 (0.71%) Games
10 1 (0.71%) Legal
10 1 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.71%) Police
10 1 (0.71%) Retail
10 1 (0.71%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 44 (31.43%) Designer
2 24 (17.14%) UX Designer
3 23 (16.43%) Senior
3 23 (16.43%) Software Engineer
4 22 (15.71%) User Researcher
5 12 (8.57%) Senior Software Engineer
6 9 (6.43%) Lead
6 9 (6.43%) Product Manager
7 8 (5.71%) Analyst
7 8 (5.71%) Content Designer
7 8 (5.71%) Service Designer
8 7 (5.00%) UI Designer
9 6 (4.29%) Business Analyst
9 6 (4.29%) Senior Designer
10 5 (3.57%) Senior UX Designer
10 5 (3.57%) UI/UX Designer
11 4 (2.86%) Asset and Configuration Manager
11 4 (2.86%) Configuration Manager
11 4 (2.86%) Project Manager
12 3 (2.14%) UX Strategist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (16.43%) Kafka
2 5 (3.57%) CSS
2 5 (3.57%) HTML
3 1 (0.71%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.14%) Product Ownership
2 4 (2.86%) CMDB
2 4 (2.86%) Mobile App
3 2 (1.43%) Onboarding
4 1 (0.71%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (0.71%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (0.71%) Graphic Design
4 1 (0.71%) Mobile Games
4 1 (0.71%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.71%) Smartphone
4 1 (0.71%) Taxonomies
4 1 (0.71%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 1 (0.71%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.71%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (56.43%) User Experience
2 70 (50.00%) Agile
3 59 (42.14%) UX Design
4 39 (27.86%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 37 (26.43%) UX Research
6 36 (25.71%) Usability Testing
7 26 (18.57%) Wireframes
8 23 (16.43%) Fintech
8 23 (16.43%) Service Design
8 23 (16.43%) Software Engineering
9 19 (13.57%) Problem-Solving
10 18 (12.86%) User Stories
11 17 (12.14%) Workshop Facilitation
12 16 (11.43%) Analytics
12 16 (11.43%) Prototyping
13 14 (10.00%) Strategic Thinking
14 13 (9.29%) Journey Map
15 12 (8.57%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
15 12 (8.57%) Service Management
16 11 (7.86%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (16.43%) Go
2 5 (3.57%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 20 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 19 (13.57%) SC Cleared
3 12 (8.57%) Degree
4 6 (4.29%) Master's Degree
5 3 (2.14%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (20.71%) Accessibility
2 5 (3.57%) Actionable Recommendations
2 5 (3.57%) WCAG
3 3 (2.14%) QA
4 2 (1.43%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.71%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.71%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (16.43%) Docker
Systems Management
1 23 (16.43%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 16 (11.43%) Adobe
2 4 (2.86%) Cadence
2 4 (2.86%) Google
3 3 (2.14%) Salesforce
4 2 (1.43%) Microsoft
5 1 (0.71%) SAP