User Researcher Contracts in the City of London

User Researcher
Central London > City of London

The median User Researcher daily rate in the City of London is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 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
4 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 121 162 178
Rank change year-on-year +41 +16 -37
Contract jobs requiring a User Researcher 3 12 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.14% 0.33% 0.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.35% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 9 16
10th Percentile - £403 £413
25th Percentile £490 £500 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +20.55%
75th Percentile £510 £625 £624
90th Percentile - £628 £681
Central London median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +18.92%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 2,064 3,451 4,017
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.07% 95.17% 94.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,467 2,348 3,027
10th Percentile £350 £350 £363
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £600 £565
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.19% +7.62%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £675
90th Percentile £800 £820 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £588 £560
% change year-on-year -6.38% +4.91% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 23 51
10th Percentile £15.62 £15.50 £13.88
25th Percentile £20.22 £18.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £23.00 £35.00 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.29% -5.41% +105.84%
75th Percentile £27.25 £58.75 £51.25
90th Percentile £40.00 £87.64 £65.75
Central London median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £37.00
% change year-on-year -28.57% -5.41% +105.84%

User Researcher
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for User Researcher in the City of London

User Researcher
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Daily rate trend for User Researcher in the City of London

User Researcher Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, 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 across the City of London region featuring User Researcher in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) User Research
2 2 (66.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Blog
3 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Coaching
3 1 (33.33%) Service Design
3 1 (33.33%) IT Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Workflow
3 1 (33.33%) Technology Transformation
3 1 (33.33%) Technology Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps

User Researcher Skill Set
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:

General
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Blog
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) User Research
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Coaching
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) IT Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) Service Design
3 1 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Technology Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Technology Transformation
3 1 (33.33%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
12 User Researcher jobs in London