User Researcher Contracts in London

User Researcher
England > London

The median User Researcher daily rate in London is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 376 373 458
Rank change year-on-year -3 +85 -93
Contract jobs requiring a User Researcher 19 110 151
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.11% 0.42% 0.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.44% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 87 114
10th Percentile £338 £443 £400
25th Percentile £438 £500 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £563 £529
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% +6.43% +10.80%
75th Percentile £513 £625 £596
90th Percentile £550 £642 £625
England median daily rate £475 £563 £525
% change year-on-year -15.56% +7.14% +7.97%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 16,398 25,035 36,829
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.30% 95.25% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,880 18,137 26,928
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £445 £463 £471
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £681 £700 £683
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 328 282 444
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.00 £16.50
25th Percentile £20.02 £22.66 £22.50
Median hourly rate £27.25 £35.75 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.78% +2.14% +8.63%
75th Percentile £44.75 £62.64 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £79.80 £67.94
England median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -18.89% +100.00% +2.27%

User Researcher
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for User Researcher in London

User Researcher
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for User Researcher in London

User Researcher
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Researcher in London over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for User Researcher in London

User Researcher
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for User Researcher in London

User Researcher
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 7 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
Central London +30 3 £500 -9.09% 1
User Researcher
England

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

For the 6 months to 7 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 London region featuring User Researcher in the job title.

1 19 (100.00%) User Research
2 11 (57.89%) Public Sector
3 9 (47.37%) SC Cleared
3 9 (47.37%) Security Cleared
4 8 (42.11%) Agile
5 5 (26.32%) Service Design
6 4 (21.05%) User Experience
6 4 (21.05%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (21.05%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 4 (21.05%) Decision-Making
7 3 (15.79%) Roadmaps
7 3 (15.79%) Business Analysis
7 3 (15.79%) User Stories
8 2 (10.53%) Azure
8 2 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (10.53%) DevOps
8 2 (10.53%) JIRA
8 2 (10.53%) Finance
8 2 (10.53%) Usability Testing
8 2 (10.53%) Scrum
8 2 (10.53%) Product Ownership
8 2 (10.53%) UX Research
8 2 (10.53%) Coaching
8 2 (10.53%) Interaction Design
8 2 (10.53%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (10.53%) Actionable Insight
8 2 (10.53%) Epics
8 2 (10.53%) Sprint Planning
8 2 (10.53%) Backlog Management
9 1 (5.26%) Social Skills

User Researcher Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (5.26%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (5.26%) SPSS
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.53%) Azure
1 2 (10.53%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) JIRA
General
1 11 (57.89%) Public Sector
2 2 (10.53%) Finance
3 1 (5.26%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.26%) Tech for Good
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.26%) Blog
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (100.00%) User Research
2 8 (42.11%) Agile
3 5 (26.32%) Service Design
4 4 (21.05%) Decision-Making
4 4 (21.05%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (21.05%) User Experience
4 4 (21.05%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 3 (15.79%) Business Analysis
5 3 (15.79%) Roadmaps
5 3 (15.79%) User Stories
6 2 (10.53%) Backlog Management
6 2 (10.53%) Coaching
6 2 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (10.53%) DevOps
6 2 (10.53%) Epics
6 2 (10.53%) Interaction Design
6 2 (10.53%) Scrum
6 2 (10.53%) Sprint Planning
6 2 (10.53%) Usability Testing
6 2 (10.53%) UX Research
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.26%) Java
Qualifications
1 9 (47.37%) SC Cleared
1 9 (47.37%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.26%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (5.26%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.26%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (5.26%) Virgin Media