User Researcher Contract Job Trends in the City of London

User Researcher
Central London > City of London

The median User Researcher daily rate in the City of London is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 115 127
Rank change year-on-year +6 +12 +54
Contract jobs requiring a User Researcher 11 3 2
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.60% 0.16% 0.083%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.64% 0.17% 0.088%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 3 1
10th Percentile £423 £478 -
25th Percentile £463 £500 £507
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £514
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +11.87% -2.10%
75th Percentile £589 £594 £521
90th Percentile £638 £605 -
Central London median daily rate £525 £575 £514
% change year-on-year -8.70% +11.87% -2.10%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 1,720 1,755 2,262
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.04% 93.05% 94.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,197 1,075 1,623
10th Percentile £340 £363 £351
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - -
75th Percentile £675 £686 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £788
Central London median daily rate £538 £575 £564
% change year-on-year -6.52% +2.00% -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 9 15
10th Percentile £19.94 £13.45 £17.00
25th Percentile £23.21 £22.00 £20.09
Median hourly rate £34.00 £32.50 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.62% +35.42% -31.43%
75th Percentile £42.65 £112.00 £42.38
90th Percentile £51.25 £117.10 £63.75
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -25.40% +40.00% -28.57%

User Researcher
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

User Researcher job vacancy trend in the City of London

User Researcher
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

User Researcher
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Researcher in the City of London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for User Researcher in the City of London

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

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, User 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 Researcher in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) User Research
2 8 (72.73%) Security Cleared
3 7 (63.64%) SC Cleared
4 5 (45.45%) Qualitative Research
5 4 (36.36%) Accessibility
5 4 (36.36%) Actionable Insight
5 4 (36.36%) Agile
5 4 (36.36%) Decision-Making
5 4 (36.36%) Quantitative Research
5 4 (36.36%) Usability Testing
6 3 (27.27%) Analytics
6 3 (27.27%) Human-Centred Design
6 3 (27.27%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 2 (18.18%) AI
7 2 (18.18%) E-Commerce
7 2 (18.18%) Ethnography
7 2 (18.18%) Focus Group
7 2 (18.18%) Journey Map
7 2 (18.18%) Model Validation
7 2 (18.18%) Monetization
7 2 (18.18%) Pricing Strategy
7 2 (18.18%) SaaS
7 2 (18.18%) Storytelling
7 2 (18.18%) User Journey Map
7 2 (18.18%) Validation
8 1 (9.09%) Anthropology
8 1 (9.09%) Contextual Inquiry
8 1 (9.09%) Data Science
8 1 (9.09%) Degree
8 1 (9.09%) Diary Studies

User 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) SaaS
General
1 4 (36.36%) Public Sector
2 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Legal
3 1 (9.09%) Local Government
3 1 (9.09%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Product Ownership
1 1 (9.09%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) User Research
2 5 (45.45%) Qualitative Research
3 4 (36.36%) Actionable Insight
3 4 (36.36%) Agile
3 4 (36.36%) Decision-Making
3 4 (36.36%) Quantitative Research
3 4 (36.36%) Usability Testing
4 3 (27.27%) Analytics
4 3 (27.27%) Human-Centred Design
4 3 (27.27%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 2 (18.18%) AI
5 2 (18.18%) E-Commerce
5 2 (18.18%) Ethnography
5 2 (18.18%) Focus Group
5 2 (18.18%) Journey Map
5 2 (18.18%) Model Validation
5 2 (18.18%) Monetization
5 2 (18.18%) Pricing Strategy
5 2 (18.18%) Storytelling
5 2 (18.18%) User Journey Map
Qualifications
1 8 (72.73%) Security Cleared
2 7 (63.64%) SC Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) Accessibility
2 1 (9.09%) WCAG
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Salesforce