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 £451, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
18 Aug 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 121 120 151
Rank change year-on-year -1 +31 +33
Contract jobs requiring a User Researcher 3 4 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.16% 0.19% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.20% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 10
10th Percentile - £500 £486
25th Percentile £450 £514 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £451 £575 £538
Median % change year-on-year -21.65% +6.98% -4.44%
75th Percentile £464 £594 £584
90th Percentile £472 £605 £626
Central London median daily rate £451 £575 £538
% change year-on-year -21.65% +6.98% -2.27%

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 1,739 1,954 3,042
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.65% 94.81% 94.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,144 1,296 2,094
10th Percentile £331 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +5.26%
75th Percentile £686 £688 £713
90th Percentile £775 £788 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +2.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 14 11
10th Percentile £17.35 £15.87 £14.18
25th Percentile £23.98 £20.88 £18.93
Median hourly rate £28.33 £27.00 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.91% -28.95% -8.43%
75th Percentile £53.50 £89.06 £60.63
90th Percentile £65.39 £137.50 £83.75
Central London median hourly rate £28.50 £27.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +5.56% -22.86% -15.66%

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 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 18 August 2025, 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%) Ethnography
1 3 (100.00%) Ethnographic Research
1 3 (100.00%) User Research
1 3 (100.00%) Focus Group
2 2 (66.67%) Product Ownership
2 2 (66.67%) Roadmaps
2 2 (66.67%) Contextual Inquiry
2 2 (66.67%) Usability Testing
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Scrum
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Qualitative Research
3 1 (33.33%) User Experience
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Insight
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
3 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (33.33%) Prototyping
3 1 (33.33%) Quantitative Research
3 1 (33.33%) Social Listening

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%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Ethnographic Research
1 3 (100.00%) Ethnography
1 3 (100.00%) Focus Group
1 3 (100.00%) User Research
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Contextual Inquiry
2 2 (66.67%) Qualitative Research
2 2 (66.67%) Roadmaps
2 2 (66.67%) Scrum
2 2 (66.67%) Usability Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Insight
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Prototyping
3 1 (33.33%) Quantitative Research
3 1 (33.33%) Social Listening
3 1 (33.33%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
7 User Researcher jobs in Central London