11 Science contracts

User Researcher - SC eligible - £400/day via Umbrella - 5 Month Contract - Manchester (Hybrid) - SCC Flex Contract   We are seeking an experienced User Researcher to support a large-scale programme and to influence service design, product priorities, and user outcomes through evidence-based research.   Your responsibilities as the User Researcher: Conduct user research with stakeholders and end users to understand needs and service demand. Identify barriers, pain points, and opportunities for service improvement. Assess accessibility, inclusivity, and potential user exclusion risks. Gather evidence to support prioritisation and delivery decisions. Translate research findings into practical recommendations for teams and stakeholders.   As a successful User Researcher, you will have: Proven experience as a User Researcher within public sector or large-scale service environments. Strong stakeholder...

Data Science Expert – AI Content Specialist About The Role What if your expertise in machine learning and statistical modeling could directly shape how the world's most advanced AI thinks? We're looking for Data Science Experts to challenge, evaluate, and improve cutting-edge AI systems — turning your deep domain knowledge into a tangible impact on AI development. This is a fully remote, flexible contract role designed for experienced data scientists who want meaningful, intellectually stimulating work on their own schedule. Organization: Alignerr Type: Hourly Contract Location: Remote Commitment: 10–40 hours/week What You'll Do Design Complex Challenges: Craft advanced data science problems spanning hyperparameter optimization, Bayesian inference, cross-validation strategies, dimensionality reduction, and more — pushing AI models to their limits Author Ground-Truth Solutions: Develop rigorous, step-by-step technical...

Location: hybrid at any of these sites - Birmingham, Sheffield, Leeds, Manchester, Blackpool or Newcastle Rate: £500 per day (Inside IR35) Contract: ASAP Start - Until 31st March Clearance: BPSS must be SC Eligible Overview We are seeking an experienced SFIA Level 5 User Researcher to support a large-scale Digital, Information & Technology (ID&T) programme within a Government client. The successful candidate will lead user research activities, ensuring services are informed by robust evidence, user needs, and best practice research methodologies. Working closely with multidisciplinary teams, stakeholders, and the wider UCD community, you will drive research strategy, deliver actionable insights, and champion user-centred design across complex government services. Key Responsibilities Identify and apply the most effective qualitative and quantitative research methods to address complex problem spaces. Own, develop, and communicate...

Location: hybrid at any of these sites - Birmingham, Sheffield, Leeds, Manchester, Blackpool or Newcastle Rate: £500 per day (Inside IR35) Contract: ASAP Start - Until 31st March Clearance: BPSS must be SC Eligible Overview We are seeking an experienced SFIA Level 5 User Researcher to support a large-scale Digital, Information & Technology (ID&T) programme within a Government client. The successful candidate will lead user research activities, ensuring services are informed by robust evidence, user needs, and best practice research methodologies. Working closely with multidisciplinary teams, stakeholders, and the wider UCD community, you will drive research strategy, deliver actionable insights, and champion user-centred design across complex government services. Key Responsibilities Identify and apply the most effective qualitative and quantitative research methods to address complex problem spaces. Own, develop, and communicate...

AI Data Scientist (12 Month Day Rate Contractor) Job Introduction Handelsbanken combines a long-established relationship banking model with secure, resilient, and customer-focused technology. Our technology teams enable the Bank's decentralised way of working, delivering systems built for stability, trust, and long-term value. We are on a multi-year technology and digital transformation journey to enhance customer experience and improve how colleagues work together. By modernising platforms, simplifying processes, and better connecting data and systems, we help relationship teams focus on customers and less on complexity. Our decentralised culture extends to technology. Teams are trusted to take ownership, make informed decisions, and deliver sustainable, high-quality solutions. We value engineering excellence, pragmatic problem-solving, and strong collaboration across technology, business, and risk. We offer technologists the opportunity to build lasting careers, deepen...

Applause is a leader in software testing and digital quality. As a Qualitative User Experience Researcher (UXR) at Applause, you will be part of a small but mighty team within the UX Practice, reporting into the Director of UX Research.   The focus of your work will be to drive UX Research excellence by understanding the objectives of our clients, sampling research approaches to meet these objectives, and working in collaboration with a cross-functional team to execute both moderated and unmoderated studies.   Basic terms: Role: Sr. UX Researcher (Qualitative) Type: Outside IR35 , demand-based hours, flexibility for needs-based work during local business hours but may include the possibility of evenings or weekends Location : Remote, UK-based resident Weekly Capacity : 10-20 hours per week average, with likely spikes up to 30+ during Q4 Rae: $60 to $70 USD per hour   Experience we are looking for: 4+ years...

PLEASE NOTE: SC Clearance is an essential requirement for this role, as a minimum you must be willing & eligible to undergo checks. Please note, due to the exceptional requirements of this position (short-term nature of this role and speed at which we require a postholder in situ) preference may be given to candidates who meet all of the essential criteria and hold active security clearance.   As a Lead User Researcher, reporting to the Head of User Research, you will be helping to reinvigorate the User Research function in DBT, as part of our broader mission to champion the needs of our users. User researchers are key figures in our digital teams. They help our teams develop a deep understanding of the people - citizens, businesses, or government - who use our services. Their findings enable our teams to design and deliver better services quickly, with less risk, and at lower cost.   DBT are looking to increase our influence and impact by developing...

Data Science Expert — AI Content Specialist About The Role What if your expertise in machine learning, statistical modeling, and data engineering could directly shape the next generation of AI? We're looking for Data Science Experts to stress-test and refine advanced AI models — designing hard problems, building gold-standard solutions, and identifying exactly where AI reasoning breaks down. This is a fully remote, flexible contract role built for working data scientists, researchers, and advanced students who want meaningful, high-impact work on their own schedule. Organization: Alignerr Type: Hourly Contract Location: Remote Commitment: 10–40 hours/week What You'll Do Design Advanced Challenges — Create complex, domain-rich data science problems spanning hyperparameter optimization, Bayesian inference, cross-validation strategies, dimensionality reduction, and more Build Ground-Truth Solutions — Author...

Working as part of a user centred design team on REF29 Systems delivery, the user researcher will collaborate on user centred design with service designers, interaction designers and content designers, ensuring that the service being designed meets user needs.  The user researcher will run user testing sessions, engaging user feedback and working with designers and the product manager to iterate designs to be simple and intuitive.    Main responsibilities:    Plan, design and prepare a range of user research activities to support the design, development and continuous improvement of services Carry out user research activities: from recruiting participants and preparing discussion guides, to running research sessions and analysing results Lead colleagues to analyse research data and synthesise clear and actionable findings, including working closely with analytics colleagues to create a rich picture of user behaviour Communicate...

  We are recruiting for a Contract Data Scientist to start ASAP. Ideally based in Manchester and comfortable with working central US time zones. Who We Are: AND Digital are a tech company focused on accelerating digital delivery and dedicated to closing the digital skills gap. We've been helping organisations build better digital products and stronger digital teams since 2014. We believe our work should always make a remarkable impact for our clients. We do this through our regional offices (or 'Clubs') building strong relationships with our partners, so that they are always prioritised by a team within close proximity. This unique model has driven success for our clients and ourselves, evidenced by our remarkable organic growth since 2014. Today we number more than 1,300 people with Clubs all over the UK, Europe and the USA with plans for global expansion in the next couple of years. Join us - and help us fulfil our mission to close the world's digital skills...

Role Purpose Each year UKRI invests over £9bn of public money into research and innovation. These investments will advance knowledge, improve lives and drive economic growth. Analytical capability underpins UKRI's ability to operate as a trusted and intelligent investor of public funds. To meet this responsibility, UKRI is delivering a programme of work to strengthen analytical capability, ensuring decisions are informed by high quality data and robust analysis. This role will support that delivery by undertaking hands on analytical work that contributes to UKRI's understanding of the research and innovation system. You will work with UKRI analysts, data engineers and programme teams to develop analyses, test feasibility of analytical approaches, and produce clear, decision ready evidence. Key responsibilities summary The role provides delivery focused analytical support to the Advancing Analytical Capabilities (AAC) Programme. It concentrates on rapid, high...