User Research Contracts in the City of London

User Research
Central London > City of London

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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 113 126 123
Rank change year-on-year +13 -3 -6
Contract jobs citing User Research 11 45 68
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.51% 1.25% 1.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.56% 1.36% 1.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 35 61
10th Percentile £497 £409 £413
25th Percentile £507 £447 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £573 £500 £563
Median % change year-on-year +14.50% -11.11% +21.62%
75th Percentile £632 £625 £619
90th Percentile £635 £656 £675
Central London median daily rate £573 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +14.50% -9.09% +18.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £63.25
Median hourly rate - - £64.50
75th Percentile - - £65.75
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate - - £64.50

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

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 1,968 3,305 3,890
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.57% 91.53% 91.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,396 2,228 2,947
10th Percentile £363 £350 £388
25th Percentile £450 £479 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £569 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.21% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £730 £676
90th Percentile £813 £825 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £600 £570
% change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 26 41
10th Percentile £19.92 £15.13 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.22 £17.08 £24.25
Median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% -13.58% +125.31%
75th Percentile £40.00 £58.75 £55.25
90th Percentile £41.84 £88.30 £65.75
Central London median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £41.00
% change year-on-year -20.54% -14.63% +105.00%

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
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 1 (9.09%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) Figma
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 4 (36.36%) Marketing
2 2 (18.18%) Finance
2 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
2 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Lead
2 5 (45.45%) Designer
2 5 (45.45%) Lead Designer
3 3 (27.27%) User Researcher
4 1 (9.09%) Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Business Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Digital Product Manager
4 1 (9.09%) E-Commerce Manager
4 1 (9.09%) E-Commerce Product Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Finance Business Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) HR Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) HR Business Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Junior
4 1 (9.09%) Lead UX Designer
4 1 (9.09%) Product Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Project Leader
4 1 (9.09%) Senior
4 1 (9.09%) Senior User Researcher
4 1 (9.09%) UI/UX Designer
4 1 (9.09%) UX Designer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Blog
1 1 (9.09%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Agile
1 5 (45.45%) Collaborative Working
1 5 (45.45%) User Experience
1 5 (45.45%) UX Design
2 4 (36.36%) Iconography
2 4 (36.36%) Marketing Strategy
2 4 (36.36%) Prototyping
2 4 (36.36%) Storytelling
2 4 (36.36%) Typography
3 3 (27.27%) Service Design
3 3 (27.27%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 2 (18.18%) Acceptance Criteria
4 2 (18.18%) Backlog Management
4 2 (18.18%) Business Analysis
4 2 (18.18%) ERP
4 2 (18.18%) Product Backlog
4 2 (18.18%) Project Delivery
4 2 (18.18%) Roadmaps
4 2 (18.18%) User Stories
5 1 (9.09%) B2B
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
1 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) SAP