User Researcher Contracts in the North of England

User Researcher
England > North of England

The median User Researcher daily rate in the North of England is £350 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 163 163 172
Rank change year-on-year 0 +9 -45
Contract jobs requiring a User Researcher 21 46 72
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.44% 0.84% 1.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 0.88% 1.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 33 58
10th Percentile - £471 £413
25th Percentile £325 £525 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £588 £540
Median % change year-on-year -40.43% +8.80% +8.00%
75th Percentile £514 £600 £575
90th Percentile £554 £635 £600
England median daily rate £475 £563 £525
% change year-on-year -15.56% +7.14% +5.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the North of England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the North of England with a recognized job title 4,470 5,202 6,914
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.87% 95.33% 96.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,715 3,644 5,048
10th Percentile £263 £264 £206
25th Percentile £388 £406 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.76%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £569
90th Percentile £668 £688 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £533
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.19% +6.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 450 163 271
10th Percentile £11.11 £14.05 £11.30
25th Percentile £13.02 £17.60 £14.57
Median hourly rate £23.48 £27.20 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.69% +36.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £48.00 £43.75 £34.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £58.90 £63.00
England median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -12.22% +88.21% +13.59%

User Researcher
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured User Researcher in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for User Researcher in the North of England

User Researcher
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing User Researcher in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for User Researcher in the North of England

User Researcher
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Researcher in the North of England over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for User Researcher in the North of England

User Researcher
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing User Researcher in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for User Researcher in the North of England

User Researcher
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing User Researcher within the North of England region over the 6 months to 9 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
North West +6 8 £350 -41.67% 1
Yorkshire -8 7 £513 -10.87%
North East +15 6 £606 -4.90%
User Researcher
England

User Researcher Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 9 June 2024, User Researcher contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North of England region featuring User Researcher in the job title.

1 21 (100.00%) User Research
2 13 (61.90%) Agile
2 13 (61.90%) User Experience
3 12 (57.14%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 11 (52.38%) Actionable Insight
5 10 (47.62%) UX Design
6 9 (42.86%) Actionable Recommendations
7 8 (38.10%) Quantitative Research
7 8 (38.10%) Service Design
7 8 (38.10%) Mentoring
7 8 (38.10%) Usability Testing
7 8 (38.10%) Qualitative Research
8 7 (33.33%) UX Research
9 6 (28.57%) Requirements Gathering
9 6 (28.57%) Focus Group
9 6 (28.57%) Design Persona
9 6 (28.57%) Market Research
9 6 (28.57%) Ergonomics
9 6 (28.57%) Human Factors
9 6 (28.57%) Ethnography
9 6 (28.57%) Front End Development
9 6 (28.57%) Guerrilla Testing
9 6 (28.57%) Data Science
10 5 (23.81%) Finance
10 5 (23.81%) Public Sector
11 4 (19.05%) Wireframes
12 3 (14.29%) Line Management
12 3 (14.29%) Workflow
12 3 (14.29%) Analytics
12 3 (14.29%) Accessibility

User Researcher Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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:

General
1 5 (23.81%) Finance
1 5 (23.81%) Public Sector
2 3 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 2 (9.52%) Health Technology
3 2 (9.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (9.52%) Military
4 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Tech for Good
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.76%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (100.00%) User Research
2 13 (61.90%) Agile
2 13 (61.90%) User Experience
3 12 (57.14%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 11 (52.38%) Actionable Insight
5 10 (47.62%) UX Design
6 8 (38.10%) Mentoring
6 8 (38.10%) Qualitative Research
6 8 (38.10%) Quantitative Research
6 8 (38.10%) Service Design
6 8 (38.10%) Usability Testing
7 7 (33.33%) UX Research
8 6 (28.57%) Data Science
8 6 (28.57%) Design Persona
8 6 (28.57%) Ergonomics
8 6 (28.57%) Ethnography
8 6 (28.57%) Focus Group
8 6 (28.57%) Guerrilla Testing
8 6 (28.57%) Human Factors
8 6 (28.57%) Requirements Gathering
Qualifications
1 2 (9.52%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (42.86%) Actionable Recommendations
2 3 (14.29%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (4.76%) Brio