Senior User Researcher Contracts in England

Senior User Researcher
UK > England

The median Senior User Researcher daily rate in England is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 May 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 483 532 623
Rank change year-on-year +49 +91 +115
Contract jobs requiring a Senior User Researcher 3 9 50
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.012% 0.024% 0.099%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.013% 0.026% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 40
10th Percentile - - £475
25th Percentile - - £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £400 £600
Median % change year-on-year +62.50% -33.33% +6.67%
75th Percentile - £480 £638
90th Percentile - £528 £644
UK median daily rate £650 £400 £550
% change year-on-year +62.50% -27.27% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 22,595 34,453 47,601
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.55% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,023 22,865 33,797
10th Percentile £300 £280 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £640 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 899 2,434 1,402
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.30
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.78 £36.02 £44.77
Median % change year-on-year -14.55% -19.53% +98.96%
75th Percentile £64.13 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.95
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.02 £45.00
% change year-on-year -19.49% -19.95% +91.49%

Senior User Researcher
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Senior User Researcher in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Senior User Researcher in England

Senior User Researcher
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior User Researcher in England.

Daily rate trend for Senior User Researcher in England

Senior User Researcher
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior User Researcher within the England region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
London +40 2 £650 +16.07% 6
Senior User Researcher
UK

Senior User Researcher Skill Set
Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Senior 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 England region featuring Senior User Researcher in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) User Research
2 2 (66.67%) Heuristic Evaluation
2 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 2 (66.67%) Usability Testing
3 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (33.33%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (33.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 1 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Agile

Senior User Researcher Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) User Research
2 2 (66.67%) Heuristic Evaluation
2 2 (66.67%) Usability Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Actionable Recommendations