User Experience Researcher Contract Job Trends in the City of London

UX Researcher
Central London > City of London

The median UX Researcher daily rate in the City of London is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 122 143
Rank change year-on-year +5 +21 +50
Contract jobs requiring a User Experience Researcher 2 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.12% 0.048% 0.071%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.051% 0.075%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £466
25th Percentile - - £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £506
Median % change year-on-year - - -20.59%
75th Percentile - - £530
90th Percentile - - £542
Central London median daily rate £500 - £506
% change year-on-year - - +1.25%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 1,591 1,962 2,659
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.70% 93.25% 94.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,107 1,206 1,857
10th Percentile £325 £363 £357
25th Percentile £420 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £695
90th Percentile £775 £778 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 15 16
10th Percentile £16.90 £16.60 £17.00
25th Percentile £21.07 £25.06 £18.45
Median hourly rate £27.75 £57.50 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year -51.74% +55.41% -10.30%
75th Percentile £44.63 £112.00 £49.69
90th Percentile £64.30 £137.50 £71.25
Central London median hourly rate £27.75 £35.00 £36.00
% change year-on-year -20.71% -2.78% -12.20%

User Experience Researcher
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'User Experience Researcher' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

User Experience Researcher job vacancy trend in the City of London

User Experience Researcher
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for User Experience Researcher job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for User Experience Researcher job vacancies in the City of London

User Experience Researcher
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for User Experience Researcher job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for User Experience Researcher job vacancies in the City of London

User Experience Researcher Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 31 October 2025, User Experience Researcher contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region featuring User Experience Researcher in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 2 (100.00%) Usability Testing
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) UX Research
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) ANOVA
2 1 (50.00%) B2B
2 1 (50.00%) Contextual Inquiry
2 1 (50.00%) Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Science
2 1 (50.00%) Design Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Diary Studies
2 1 (50.00%) Focus Group
2 1 (50.00%) Market Research
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Product Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Psychology
2 1 (50.00%) Qualitative Research
2 1 (50.00%) Qualtrics
2 1 (50.00%) Quantitative Research
2 1 (50.00%) R
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) SPSS
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Stata
2 1 (50.00%) Storytelling
2 1 (50.00%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 1 (50.00%) Unreal Engine

User Experience Researcher Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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 (50.00%) SPSS
1 1 (50.00%) Stata
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Games
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 1 (50.00%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 2 (100.00%) Usability Testing
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) UX Research
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) ANOVA
2 1 (50.00%) B2B
2 1 (50.00%) Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Design Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Focus Group
2 1 (50.00%) Market Research
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Product Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Psychology
2 1 (50.00%) Qualitative Research
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Storytelling
2 1 (50.00%) User Research
2 1 (50.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 1 (50.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) R
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Qualtrics