User Research Contracts in the City of London

User Research
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring User Research skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited User Research over the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 117 122
Rank change year-on-year +12 +5 +22
Contract jobs citing User Research 17 13 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.94% 0.61% 1.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.00% 0.67% 1.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 4 34
10th Percentile £441 £497 £440
25th Percentile £451 £507 £452
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £476 £573 £525
Median % change year-on-year -16.81% +9.05% -2.55%
75th Percentile £604 £632 £634
90th Percentile £646 £635 £656
Central London median daily rate £476 £573 £525
% change year-on-year -16.81% +9.05% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52.25 - -
Median hourly rate £54.50 - -
75th Percentile £56.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £54.50 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

User 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,705 1,952 3,205
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.84% 91.26% 91.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,093 1,349 2,158
10th Percentile £350 £363 £350
25th Percentile £450 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £800 £825
Central London median daily rate £552 £560 £600
% change year-on-year -1.43% -6.67% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 16 24
10th Percentile £17.08 £19.21 £14.25
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.22 £16.33
Median hourly rate £31.00 £26.63 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.43% -23.93% -18.83%
75th Percentile £56.75 £40.46 £57.50
90th Percentile £63.75 £64.50 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £32.50 £27.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +20.37% -22.86% -18.13%

User Research
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing User Research as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for User Research in the City of London

User Research
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing User Research in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for User Research in the City of London

User Research
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Research in the City of London over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for User Research in the City of London

User Research
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing User Research in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for User Research in the City of London

User Research
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 2 (11.76%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Sketch
2 1 (5.88%) Adobe XD
2 1 (5.88%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 6 (35.29%) Figma
2 3 (17.65%) SaaS
3 1 (5.88%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) Mixpanel
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) JIRA
General
1 3 (17.65%) Retail
1 3 (17.65%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.76%) Finance
2 2 (11.76%) Marketing
2 2 (11.76%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.88%) Games
3 1 (5.88%) Legal
3 1 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (47.06%) Designer
2 3 (17.65%) Senior
2 3 (17.65%) User Researcher
3 2 (11.76%) Analyst
3 2 (11.76%) Data Analyst
3 2 (11.76%) Digital Analyst
3 2 (11.76%) Digital Product Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Digital Product Owner
3 2 (11.76%) Product Designer
3 2 (11.76%) Product Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Product Owner
3 2 (11.76%) Senior Designer
3 2 (11.76%) UX Designer
4 1 (5.88%) Games Designer
4 1 (5.88%) Interaction Designer
4 1 (5.88%) Product Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Senior Interaction Designer
4 1 (5.88%) Senior Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Senior Product Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Web Designer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Product Ownership
2 2 (11.76%) Mobile App
3 1 (5.88%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) Android
1 2 (11.76%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (64.71%) User Experience
2 10 (58.82%) UX Design
3 9 (52.94%) Agile
4 6 (35.29%) Product Strategy
5 5 (29.41%) Acceptance Criteria
5 5 (29.41%) Product Vision
5 5 (29.41%) Prototyping
5 5 (29.41%) User Stories
6 4 (23.53%) Interaction Design
6 4 (23.53%) Roadmaps
6 4 (23.53%) Usability Testing
6 4 (23.53%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 4 (23.53%) Wireframes
7 3 (17.65%) Analytics
7 3 (17.65%) B2B
7 3 (17.65%) B2C
7 3 (17.65%) Backlog Refinement
7 3 (17.65%) Focus Group
7 3 (17.65%) Sprint Planning
7 3 (17.65%) Sprint Retrospective
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
1 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.88%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (23.53%) Accessibility
2 2 (11.76%) WCAG
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) Adobe
1 2 (11.76%) Optimizely
2 1 (5.88%) Genesys
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft