User Researcher Contracts in England

User Researcher
UK > England

The median User Researcher daily rate in England is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 490 462 467
Rank change year-on-year -28 +5 -80
Contract jobs requiring a User Researcher 48 187 348
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.13% 0.37% 0.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.40% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 150 271
10th Percentile - £437 £404
25th Percentile £325 £502 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £563 £525
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% +7.14% +10.06%
75th Percentile £514 £625 £575
90th Percentile £550 £644 £618
UK median daily rate £475 £550 £520
% change year-on-year -13.64% +5.77% +9.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £20.37
25th Percentile - - £20.46
Median hourly rate - - £21.00
75th Percentile - - £22.75
90th Percentile - - £25.00
UK median hourly rate - - £21.00

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in 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 England with a recognized job title 34,178 47,326 67,913
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.63% 95.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,701 33,606 48,311
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £643 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £760 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,433 1,407 1,890
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.37 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.96 £15.37
Median hourly rate £36.50 £44.53 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.03% +97.91% +2.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.82 £77.00 £62.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.81
% change year-on-year -18.89% +89.04% +5.80%

User Researcher
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for User Researcher in England

User Researcher
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for User Researcher in England

User Researcher
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Researcher in England over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for User Researcher in England

User Researcher
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for User Researcher in England

User Researcher
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 4 May 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 of England -3 24 £400 -30.43% 7
London +9 20 £475 -15.56% 12
North West +16 12 £350 -37.78% 4
North East +21 6 £606 -4.90% 1
Yorkshire -7 6 £475 -17.39% 2
South West +24 3 - - 2
Midlands +19 1 £400 -27.27% 1
West Midlands +16 1 £400 -28.89% 1
User Researcher
UK

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 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 England region featuring User Researcher in the job title.

1 48 (100.00%) User Research
2 25 (52.08%) Agile
3 20 (41.67%) User Experience
3 20 (41.67%) Public Sector
4 19 (39.58%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 16 (33.33%) Service Design
6 15 (31.25%) Actionable Insight
7 14 (29.17%) Security Cleared
8 13 (27.08%) Usability Testing
9 12 (25.00%) UX Design
10 11 (22.92%) SC Cleared
10 11 (22.92%) Actionable Recommendations
11 10 (20.83%) UX Research
12 9 (18.75%) Quantitative Research
12 9 (18.75%) Mentoring
12 9 (18.75%) Qualitative Research
13 8 (16.67%) Market Research
14 7 (14.58%) Roadmaps
14 7 (14.58%) Focus Group
14 7 (14.58%) Design Persona
14 7 (14.58%) Data Science
14 7 (14.58%) Decision-Making
14 7 (14.58%) Requirements Gathering
14 7 (14.58%) Ergonomics
14 7 (14.58%) Human Factors
14 7 (14.58%) Front End Development
14 7 (14.58%) Guerrilla Testing
14 7 (14.58%) Ethnography
15 6 (12.50%) Social Skills
16 5 (10.42%) Continuous Improvement

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.08%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (2.08%) SPSS
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.17%) Azure
1 2 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 2 (4.17%) JIRA
General
1 20 (41.67%) Public Sector
2 6 (12.50%) Social Skills
3 4 (8.33%) Finance
4 2 (4.17%) Health Technology
4 2 (4.17%) Military
4 2 (4.17%) Tech for Good
5 1 (2.08%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.08%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.17%) Blog
1 2 (4.17%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.08%) Augmented Reality
2 1 (2.08%) BYOD
2 1 (2.08%) Mixed Reality
2 1 (2.08%) NHS
2 1 (2.08%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (100.00%) User Research
2 25 (52.08%) Agile
3 20 (41.67%) User Experience
4 19 (39.58%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 16 (33.33%) Service Design
6 15 (31.25%) Actionable Insight
7 13 (27.08%) Usability Testing
8 12 (25.00%) UX Design
9 10 (20.83%) UX Research
10 9 (18.75%) Mentoring
10 9 (18.75%) Qualitative Research
10 9 (18.75%) Quantitative Research
11 8 (16.67%) Market Research
12 7 (14.58%) Data Science
12 7 (14.58%) Decision-Making
12 7 (14.58%) Ergonomics
12 7 (14.58%) Ethnography
12 7 (14.58%) Front End Development
12 7 (14.58%) Guerrilla Testing
12 7 (14.58%) Human Factors
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.08%) Java
Qualifications
1 14 (29.17%) Security Cleared
2 11 (22.92%) SC Cleared
3 3 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.08%) Degree
4 1 (2.08%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (22.92%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (4.17%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.08%) WCAG
Vendors
1 1 (2.08%) Brio
1 1 (2.08%) ServiceNow
1 1 (2.08%) Virgin Media