UX Research Contract Job Trends in Central London

User Experience Research (UXR)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring UX Research skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 122 126 148
Rank change year-on-year +4 +22 +46
Contract jobs citing UX Research 6 5 8
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.31% 0.21% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.23% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 6
10th Percentile - £472 £491
25th Percentile £500 £486 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £519 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.20% -1.19% -6.67%
75th Percentile £542 £548 £544
90th Percentile £551 £561 £588
London median daily rate £500 £509 £525
% change year-on-year -1.67% -3.14% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £42.50 -
London median hourly rate £49.50 £37.75 £47.50
% change year-on-year +31.13% -20.53% -12.84%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

UX Research falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,798 2,154 2,843
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 93.99% 91.97% 89.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,214 1,374 1,976
10th Percentile £325 £363 £359
25th Percentile £424 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £595
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -3.36% +3.48%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £770 £788 £813
London median daily rate £540 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -1.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 29 17
10th Percentile £17.79 £18.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £22.00 £25.40 £17.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +27.27% -34.52%
75th Percentile £36.00 £61.25 £46.75
90th Percentile £60.95 £117.10 £59.30
London median hourly rate £30.00 £36.80 £37.75
% change year-on-year -18.48% -2.52% +6.34%

UX Research
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing UX Research relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

UX Research job vacancy trend in Central London

UX Research
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing UX Research.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing UX Research

UX Research
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing UX Research.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing UX Research

UX Research
Contract Job Locations in Central 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 Central London region over the 6 months to 5 October 2025. 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
City of London +5 6 £513 -1.20% 2
UX Research
London

UX Research
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Chatbot
1 1 (16.67%) SPSS
1 1 (16.67%) Stata
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Figma
2 1 (16.67%) ChatGPT
2 1 (16.67%) Google Gemini
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Banking
2 1 (16.67%) Games
2 1 (16.67%) Legal
2 1 (16.67%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Designer
2 2 (33.33%) User Experience Researcher
3 1 (16.67%) Product Designer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Designer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Service Designer
3 1 (16.67%) Service Designer
3 1 (16.67%) UI Designer
3 1 (16.67%) UI/UX Designer
3 1 (16.67%) UX Designer
3 1 (16.67%) Visual Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 1 (16.67%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) AI Agents
1 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
1 1 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (16.67%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) User Experience
2 4 (66.67%) UX Design
3 3 (50.00%) Agile
4 2 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
4 2 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
4 2 (33.33%) Design Thinking
4 2 (33.33%) Storytelling
4 2 (33.33%) Usability Testing
4 2 (33.33%) User Research
4 2 (33.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 2 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
5 1 (16.67%) Conversational UI
5 1 (16.67%) Emotional Intelligence
5 1 (16.67%) Focus Group
5 1 (16.67%) Inclusive Design
5 1 (16.67%) Journey Map
5 1 (16.67%) Performance Testing
5 1 (16.67%) Product Strategy
5 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
5 1 (16.67%) Systems Thinking
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) R
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Accessibility
1 1 (16.67%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (16.67%) WCAG
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Genesys
1 1 (16.67%) Qualtrics