UX Research Contracts in London

User Experience Research (UXR)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for UX Research skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited UX Research over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 335 394 361
Rank change year-on-year +59 -33 0
Contract jobs citing UX Research 56 104 252
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.31% 0.38% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.42% 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 71 165
10th Percentile £399 £400 £402
25th Percentile £442 £463 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +22.22%
75th Percentile £675 £713 £600
90th Percentile - £838 £685
England median daily rate £650 £550 £545
% change year-on-year +18.18% +0.92% +28.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 18
10th Percentile - £37.67 £24.25
25th Percentile - £45.14 £29.19
Median hourly rate - £58.85 £47.00
Median % change year-on-year - +25.20% +2.87%
75th Percentile - £73.80 £54.66
90th Percentile - £82.02 £59.95
England median hourly rate - £58.85 £47.00
% change year-on-year - +25.20% +2.87%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

UX Research is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,787 24,631 35,904
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.49% 91.12% 92.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,315 17,709 26,172
10th Percentile £338 £375 £390
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 325 278 427
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.59 £17.25
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.53 £23.91
Median hourly rate £28.50 £38.13 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.25% +5.90% +10.87%
75th Percentile £46.86 £62.64 £51.00
90th Percentile £66.30 £76.78 £67.75
England median hourly rate £35.83 £37.50 £24.48
% change year-on-year -4.45% +53.20% +1.99%

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Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing UX Research as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for UX Research in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing UX Research in London.

Daily rate trend for UX Research in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing UX Research in London over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for UX Research in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing UX Research in London.

Hourly rate trend for UX Research in London

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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 UX Research within the London region over the 6 months to 29 April 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 +34 3 £496 +0.20% 3
UX Research
England

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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 4 (7.14%) CMS
2 2 (3.57%) Confluence
3 1 (1.79%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (10.71%) Sketch
2 3 (5.36%) UserZoom
3 2 (3.57%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (3.57%) Adobe XD
4 1 (1.79%) Adobe After Effects
4 1 (1.79%) Blender
4 1 (1.79%) Houdini
4 1 (1.79%) InVision
4 1 (1.79%) Maya
4 1 (1.79%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 16 (28.57%) AWS
2 13 (23.21%) Figma
3 8 (14.29%) Miro
4 4 (7.14%) Azure
4 4 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (3.57%) Asana
5 2 (3.57%) SaaS
5 2 (3.57%) SurveyMonkey
6 1 (1.79%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.79%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (28.57%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 3 (5.36%) JIRA
General
1 16 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 8 (14.29%) Finance
3 4 (7.14%) Public Sector
4 2 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (3.57%) Law
4 2 (3.57%) Marketing
5 1 (1.79%) Advertising
5 1 (1.79%) Banking
5 1 (1.79%) Corporate Banking
5 1 (1.79%) Financial Institution
5 1 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.79%) Investment Banking
5 1 (1.79%) Legal
5 1 (1.79%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.79%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (1.79%) Retail
5 1 (1.79%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 26 (46.43%) Senior
2 17 (30.36%) Designer
3 16 (28.57%) Senior Software Engineer
3 16 (28.57%) Software Engineer
4 13 (23.21%) User Experience Researcher
5 9 (16.07%) UX Designer
6 6 (10.71%) Lead
7 5 (8.93%) Product Designer
7 5 (8.93%) Senior Designer
7 5 (8.93%) Senior UX Designer
8 4 (7.14%) Lead Designer
9 3 (5.36%) Content Designer
9 3 (5.36%) Lead UX Designer
9 3 (5.36%) UI Designer
9 3 (5.36%) UI/UX Designer
9 3 (5.36%) User Researcher
10 2 (3.57%) Agile Delivery Lead
10 2 (3.57%) Senior User Experience Researcher
10 2 (3.57%) Service Designer
11 1 (1.79%) Senior Product Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (28.57%) Kafka
2 2 (3.57%) ADO
2 2 (3.57%) React
3 1 (1.79%) CSS
3 1 (1.79%) HTML
3 1 (1.79%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 1 (1.79%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.14%) Product Ownership
2 3 (5.36%) Augmented Reality
2 3 (5.36%) Mobile App
2 3 (5.36%) Virtual Reality
3 2 (3.57%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.79%) Graphic Design
4 1 (1.79%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.79%) Mixed Reality
4 1 (1.79%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.14%) Android
1 4 (7.14%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (100.00%) User Experience
2 44 (78.57%) UX Design
3 35 (62.50%) User Research
4 27 (48.21%) Agile
5 17 (30.36%) Fintech
6 16 (28.57%) Software Engineering
7 8 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (10.71%) Content Management
8 6 (10.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 6 (10.71%) Usability Testing
9 5 (8.93%) B2B
9 5 (8.93%) Customer Experience
9 5 (8.93%) Decision-Making
9 5 (8.93%) Problem-Solving
10 4 (7.14%) Design Thinking
10 4 (7.14%) Focus Group
10 4 (7.14%) Human-Centred Design
10 4 (7.14%) Product Strategy
10 4 (7.14%) Psychology
10 4 (7.14%) Quantitative Research
Programming Languages
1 16 (28.57%) Go
2 2 (3.57%) Java
2 2 (3.57%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (10.71%) Degree
2 2 (3.57%) SC Cleared
2 2 (3.57%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (1.79%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 12207
1 2 (3.57%) QA
System Software
1 16 (28.57%) Docker
Systems Management
1 16 (28.57%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (12.50%) Adobe