The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for User Research skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited User Research over the 6 months to 18 January 2022 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
User 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 the City of London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills
3,629
1,840
4,405
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London
90.73%
90.15%
89.33%
Number of daily rates quoted
2,818
1,376
3,460
10th Percentile
£370
£313
£320
25th Percentile
£469
£413
£413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£550
£525
£513
Median % change year-on-year
+4.76%
+2.44%
-
75th Percentile
£660
£600
£605
90th Percentile
£750
£688
£675
Central London median daily rate
£550
£515
£510
% change year-on-year
+6.80%
+0.98%
-0.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted
36
23
49
10th Percentile
£19.13
£13.63
£12.03
25th Percentile
£30.00
£19.50
£14.25
Median hourly rate
£43.25
£26.50
£20.00
Median % change year-on-year
+63.21%
+32.50%
+5.26%
75th Percentile
£61.75
£36.38
£25.76
90th Percentile
£64.25
£46.00
£52.25
Central London median hourly rate
£43.25
£27.00
£20.42
% change year-on-year
+60.19%
+32.26%
+6.05%
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.
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.
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 18 January 2022.
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.
User Research Hourly Rate Histogram in the City of London
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing User Research in the City of London over the 6 months to 18 January 2022.
User Research Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the City of London
For the 6 months to 18 January 2022, IT contractor jobs citing User Research also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region with a requirement for User Research.
User Research Co-occurring IT Skills in the City of London by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
