User Experience Researcher Contracts in England

UX Researcher
UK > England

The median UX Researcher daily rate in England is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 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
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 439 517 606
Rank change year-on-year +78 +89 +43
Contract jobs requiring a User Experience Researcher 28 16 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.12% 0.044% 0.084%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.047% 0.089%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 12 31
10th Percentile £200 £354 £363
25th Percentile £228 £379 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £473 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.60% -0.42% -13.64%
75th Percentile £573 £531 £588
90th Percentile £600 £550 £675
UK median daily rate £499 £496 £488
% change year-on-year +0.60% +1.74% -8.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £48.25 - £82.50
Median hourly rate £49.50 - £85.00
75th Percentile £51.88 - £87.50
90th Percentile £53.90 - -
UK median hourly rate £49.50 - £85.00
% change year-on-year - - +102.38%

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 22,376 33,818 46,135
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.43% 92.74% 94.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,888 22,422 32,774
10th Percentile £300 £281 £313
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £645 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £760
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 909 2,438 1,361
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.87 £14.52
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.20 £37.18 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.77% -17.38% +95.65%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.30 £65.02
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £28.60 £37.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.08% -17.38% +88.21%

User Experience Researcher
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for User Experience Researcher in England

User Experience Researcher
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for User Experience Researcher in England

User Experience Researcher
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Experience Researcher in England over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for User Experience Researcher in England

User Experience Researcher
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing User Experience Researcher in England.

Hourly rate trend for User Experience Researcher in England

User Experience 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 User Experience Researcher within the England region over the 6 months to 15 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 +56 21 £526 +16.97% 11
North of England +20 5 £200 - 1
North East - 3 £200 -
North West - 2 £257 -
South West - 1 £575 -
East of England - 1 £575 - 1
User Experience Researcher
UK

User Experience Researcher Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 15 May 2025, User Experience 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 User Experience Researcher in the job title.

1 28 (100.00%) User Experience
1 28 (100.00%) UX Research
2 16 (57.14%) User Research
3 10 (35.71%) Actionable Insight
4 9 (32.14%) Finance
5 8 (28.57%) Usability Testing
5 8 (28.57%) Product Strategy
5 8 (28.57%) Design Thinking
6 7 (25.00%) Social Skills
6 7 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
6 7 (25.00%) Psychology
7 6 (21.43%) Agile
7 6 (21.43%) Degree
7 6 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (21.43%) Analytics
7 6 (21.43%) UX Design
7 6 (21.43%) Roadmaps
7 6 (21.43%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 6 (21.43%) Decision-Making
8 5 (17.86%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (17.86%) Anthropology
8 5 (17.86%) A/B Testing
8 5 (17.86%) Storytelling
8 5 (17.86%) Fintech
8 5 (17.86%) Ergonomics
8 5 (17.86%) Human Factors
9 4 (14.29%) Life Science
9 4 (14.29%) PhD
9 4 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (14.29%) Qualitative Research

User Experience 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.57%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (7.14%) UserZoom
2 1 (3.57%) InVision
2 1 (3.57%) SPSS
2 1 (3.57%) Stata
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.57%) Figma
Development Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Axure RP
1 1 (3.57%) JIRA
General
1 9 (32.14%) Finance
2 7 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (14.29%) Digital Health
4 3 (10.71%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (10.71%) Public Sector
4 3 (10.71%) Retail
5 2 (7.14%) Banking
6 1 (3.57%) Corporate Banking
6 1 (3.57%) Games
6 1 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.57%) Investment Banking
6 1 (3.57%) Legal
6 1 (3.57%) Local Government
6 1 (3.57%) Marketing
6 1 (3.57%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.57%) CSS
1 1 (3.57%) HTML
1 1 (3.57%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 1 (3.57%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.29%) Life Science
2 3 (10.71%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.57%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.57%) Mobile App
3 1 (3.57%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.57%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.57%) Android
1 1 (3.57%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (100.00%) User Experience
1 28 (100.00%) UX Research
2 16 (57.14%) User Research
3 10 (35.71%) Actionable Insight
4 8 (28.57%) Design Thinking
4 8 (28.57%) Product Strategy
4 8 (28.57%) Usability Testing
5 7 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
5 7 (25.00%) Psychology
6 6 (21.43%) Agile
6 6 (21.43%) Analytics
6 6 (21.43%) Decision-Making
6 6 (21.43%) Roadmaps
6 6 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (21.43%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 6 (21.43%) UX Design
7 5 (17.86%) A/B Testing
7 5 (17.86%) Anthropology
7 5 (17.86%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (17.86%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.57%) JavaScript
1 1 (3.57%) R
1 1 (3.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (21.43%) Degree
2 4 (14.29%) Master's Degree
2 4 (14.29%) PhD
3 3 (10.71%) SC Cleared
3 3 (10.71%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.71%) Accessibility
1 3 (10.71%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 1 (3.57%) CA Agile Central