Senior User Researcher Contracts

Senior User Researcher
UK

The median Senior User Researcher daily rate in the UK is £400 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 569 625 764
Rank change year-on-year +56 +139 -130
Contract jobs requiring a Senior User Researcher 17 97 67
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.039% 0.16% 0.076%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.042% 0.17% 0.079%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 88 58
10th Percentile £370 £390 £443
25th Percentile - £420 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £546 £545
Median % change year-on-year -26.77% +0.23% +3.81%
75th Percentile £520 £600 £600
90th Percentile £567 £638 £622
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £475 £515
% change year-on-year -15.79% -7.77% +3.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 40,482 56,783 84,604
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.58% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,407 39,621 59,331
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,642 1,607 2,111
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.28 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.45 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.68 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.71% +95.65% +1.41%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.60 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.63%

Senior User Researcher
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior User Researcher in the UK

Senior User Researcher
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Senior User Researcher in the UK

Senior User Researcher
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior User Researcher over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior User Researcher in the UK

Senior User Researcher
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior User Researcher within the UK over the 6 months to 25 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
England +83 10 £480 -20.00% 4
UK excluding London +24 8 £400 -15.79% 4
London +82 5 £560 -6.67% 1
North of England +27 4 £400 -33.33% 1
Work from Home +83 3 £613 +16.67% 4
Yorkshire +25 3 £400 -33.33% 1
Scotland -14 3 £356 -15.18%
West Midlands +25 1 £400 -33.33%
Midlands +23 1 £400 -33.33%
North West +15 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Senior 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 featuring Senior User Researcher in the job title.

1 17 (100.00%) User Research
2 13 (76.47%) Agile
3 12 (70.59%) Service Design
3 12 (70.59%) Actionable Insight
3 12 (70.59%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 10 (58.82%) Public Sector
5 8 (47.06%) Quantitative Research
5 8 (47.06%) Qualitative Research
5 8 (47.06%) Mentoring
5 8 (47.06%) User Experience
5 8 (47.06%) Usability Testing
6 6 (35.29%) Actionable Recommendations
6 6 (35.29%) Decision-Making
7 5 (29.41%) Cognitive Psychology
7 5 (29.41%) Requirements Gathering
7 5 (29.41%) Focus Group
7 5 (29.41%) Design Persona
7 5 (29.41%) Data Science
7 5 (29.41%) UX Design
7 5 (29.41%) Market Research
7 5 (29.41%) Degree
7 5 (29.41%) Psychology
7 5 (29.41%) Ergonomics
7 5 (29.41%) Human Factors
7 5 (29.41%) Ethnography
7 5 (29.41%) Guerrilla Testing
7 5 (29.41%) Front End Development
8 4 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (17.65%) Workflow
9 3 (17.65%) Accessibility

Senior User Researcher Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (5.88%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (5.88%) SPSS
General
1 10 (58.82%) Public Sector
2 2 (11.76%) Finance
2 2 (11.76%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Military
3 1 (5.88%) Tech for Good
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.88%) Blog
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (100.00%) User Research
2 13 (76.47%) Agile
3 12 (70.59%) Actionable Insight
3 12 (70.59%) Service Design
3 12 (70.59%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 8 (47.06%) Mentoring
4 8 (47.06%) Qualitative Research
4 8 (47.06%) Quantitative Research
4 8 (47.06%) Usability Testing
4 8 (47.06%) User Experience
5 6 (35.29%) Decision-Making
6 5 (29.41%) Cognitive Psychology
6 5 (29.41%) Ergonomics
6 5 (29.41%) Ethnography
6 5 (29.41%) Front End Development
6 5 (29.41%) Guerrilla Testing
6 5 (29.41%) Human Factors
6 5 (29.41%) Market Research
6 5 (29.41%) Psychology
6 5 (29.41%) UX Design
Qualifications
1 5 (29.41%) Degree
2 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (35.29%) Actionable Recommendations
2 3 (17.65%) Accessibility
3 1 (5.88%) Disclosure Scotland