UX Research Contracts in Northern Ireland

User Experience Research (UXR)
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland 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 11 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing UX Research 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 2.87% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.73% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £506 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 - -
75th Percentile £569 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £650 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +23.81% - +14.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 134 135 177
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 77.01% 75.42% 86.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 69 95
10th Percentile £167 £164 £155
25th Percentile £322 £350 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +31.25% -11.11% +9.09%
75th Percentile £625 £488 £500
90th Percentile £675 £638 £560
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 6 15
10th Percentile - £13.58 £10.22
25th Percentile £12.25 - £10.26
Median hourly rate £21.10 £13.91 £12.50
Median % change year-on-year +51.69% +11.28% -10.71%
75th Percentile £24.18 £15.85 £21.00
90th Percentile £31.88 £17.47 -
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £35.02 £25.68
% change year-on-year +4.24% +36.35% +11.65%

UX Research
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 11 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
County Antrim - 5 £513 - 2
UX Research
UK

UX Research
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Adobe XD
1 2 (40.00%) InVision
1 2 (40.00%) Sketch
2 1 (20.00%) UserZoom
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) Internet
General
1 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Banking
2 3 (60.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Designer
1 2 (40.00%) User Researcher
1 2 (40.00%) UX Designer
2 1 (20.00%) User Experience Researcher
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) User Experience
2 4 (80.00%) UX Design
3 3 (60.00%) Agile
3 3 (60.00%) Co-Creation
3 3 (60.00%) E-Commerce
3 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (60.00%) User Research
4 2 (40.00%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
4 2 (40.00%) Prototyping
4 2 (40.00%) Quantitative Research
4 2 (40.00%) Wireframes
5 1 (20.00%) Benchmarking
5 1 (20.00%) Commercial Awareness
5 1 (20.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
5 1 (20.00%) Creative Thinking
5 1 (20.00%) Design Thinking
5 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
5 1 (20.00%) Qualitative Research
5 1 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
5 1 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
1 3 (60.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Accessibility
1 2 (40.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Qualtrics