User Research Contract Job Trends in East London

User Research
London > East London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in East London requiring User Research skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 21 38
Rank change year-on-year -3 +17 -
Contract jobs citing User Research 1 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in East London 0.88% 1.85% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.08% 1.98% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £613 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £495 £600
Median % change year-on-year +26.26% -17.50% -
75th Percentile £638 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £500 £506 £550
% change year-on-year -1.23% -7.95% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
East London

User Research falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in East London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 93 101 223
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East London 82.30% 93.52% 92.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 84 195
10th Percentile £366 £261 £320
25th Percentile £432 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £545 £540
Median % change year-on-year -9.17% +0.93% +2.23%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £647
90th Percentile £716 £638 £770
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 15
10th Percentile £20.25 £14.66 £11.95
25th Percentile £21.85 £24.66 £13.07
Median hourly rate £24.43 £28.60 £23.32
Median % change year-on-year -14.60% +22.64% +3.71%
75th Percentile £26.44 £37.00 £31.07
90th Percentile £28.00 £38.80 £38.28
London median hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £30.06
% change year-on-year +1.43% +16.43% -22.92%

User Research
Job Vacancy Trend in East London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing User Research relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in East London.

User Research job vacancy trend in East London

User Research
Daily Rate Trend in East London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing User Research.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing User Research

User Research
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Product Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Security Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Security Product Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Product Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Privileged Access Management