User Research Contract Job Trends in the East of England

User Research
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring User Research skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 91 - 110
Rank change year-on-year - - +7
Contract jobs citing User Research 1 0 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 0.077% - 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.086% - 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £553
25th Percentile £344 - £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 - £575
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.17%
75th Percentile £381 - £619
90th Percentile - - £638
England median daily rate £468 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -10.86% -4.55% +1.85%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,166 1,259 1,647
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 89.55% 81.75% 87.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 502 460 893
10th Percentile £200 £200 £225
25th Percentile £400 £306 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £550 £631
90th Percentile £684 £638 £725
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 314 382 369
10th Percentile £14.38 £14.59 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.25 £15.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £24.39 £40.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.03% +100.00% -2.44%
75th Percentile £61.69 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £67.95 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +53.98%

User Research
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing User Research as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for User Research in the East of England

User Research
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing User Research.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing User Research

User Research
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing User Research within the East of England region over the 6 months to 20 September 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire - 1 £363 -
User Research
England

User Research
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Figma
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Designer
1 1 (100.00%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Usability Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design
1 1 (100.00%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce