User Researcher Contract Job Trends in England

User Researcher
UK > England

The median User Researcher daily rate in England is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 October 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 383 454 483
Rank change year-on-year +71 +29 -1
Contract jobs requiring a User Researcher 264 57 35
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.57% 0.20% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.62% 0.22% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 41 21
10th Percentile £313 £375 £425
25th Percentile £431 £408 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £451 £520
Median % change year-on-year +10.99% -13.37% -0.95%
75th Percentile £539 £538 £565
90th Percentile £638 £638 £575
UK median daily rate £500 £450 £494
% change year-on-year +11.11% -8.86% -1.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62.82 - -
Median hourly rate £65.40 £25.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +161.60% - -
75th Percentile £67.98 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £65.40 £25.00 -
% change year-on-year +161.60% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 42,592 25,553 30,101
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.06% 91.09% 93.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,048 16,438 18,399
10th Percentile £327 £275 £300
25th Percentile £425 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -3.67%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,718 1,434 1,293
10th Percentile £14.50 £13.80 £15.00
25th Percentile £20.25 £17.30 £21.25
Median hourly rate £42.15 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.59% -41.51% -6.52%
75th Percentile £67.96 £51.55 £67.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.71 £25.15 £42.03
% change year-on-year +65.84% -40.16% -5.55%

User Researcher
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'User Researcher' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

User Researcher job vacancy trend in England

User Researcher
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for User Researcher job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for User Researcher job vacancies in England

User Researcher
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Researcher in England over the 6 months to 10 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for User Researcher in England

User Researcher
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for User Researcher job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for User Researcher job vacancies in England

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 User Researcher within the England region over the 6 months to 10 October 2026. 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 +42 159 £521 +10.74% 41
North of England -33 57 £435 +2.96% 36
North East -15 33 £325 -24.64% 11
Midlands -17 27 £380 - 11
West Midlands -23 24 £380 - 11
Yorkshire -13 20 £500 -16.67% 9
South West -26 7 £650 +44.44% 7
South East -65 7 £458 -1.61% 10
North West -51 5 £650 +55.22% 16
East Midlands - 3 - -
User Researcher
UK

User Researcher Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 10 October 2026, User Researcher contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring User Researcher in the job title.

1 262 (99.24%) User Research
2 124 (46.97%) Security Cleared
3 119 (45.08%) Agile
4 103 (39.02%) SC Cleared
5 85 (32.20%) Actionable Insight
6 79 (29.92%) Qualitative Research
6 79 (29.92%) Service Design
7 74 (28.03%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 63 (23.86%) Usability Testing
9 56 (21.21%) Quantitative Research
10 55 (20.83%) Accessibility
11 54 (20.45%) User Experience
12 41 (15.53%) Decision-Making
13 35 (13.26%) Stakeholder Management
14 34 (12.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 31 (11.74%) Interaction Design
15 31 (11.74%) Journey Map
16 30 (11.36%) Digital Transformation Programme
17 29 (10.98%) UX Research
18 28 (10.61%) BPSS Clearance
19 23 (8.71%) Analytics
20 20 (7.58%) Actionable Recommendations
21 17 (6.44%) Contextual Inquiry
21 17 (6.44%) Workshop Facilitation
22 16 (6.06%) DV Cleared
23 15 (5.68%) Inclusive Design
23 15 (5.68%) Workflow
24 14 (5.30%) Business Analysis
24 14 (5.30%) WCAG
25 13 (4.92%) AI

User Researcher Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 11 (4.17%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (1.89%) UserZoom
2 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 9 (3.41%) Figma
2 7 (2.65%) Miro
3 6 (2.27%) Pendo
4 2 (0.76%) Slack
5 1 (0.38%) GitHub
5 1 (0.38%) Google Analytics
5 1 (0.38%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.38%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 10 (3.79%) JIRA
General
1 111 (42.05%) Public Sector
2 60 (22.73%) Social Skills
3 12 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
4 11 (4.17%) Military
5 6 (2.27%) Legal
6 5 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (1.52%) Local Government
7 4 (1.52%) Social Science
8 3 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.76%) Automotive
9 2 (0.76%) Marketing
9 2 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (0.76%) Publishing
10 1 (0.38%) Back Office
10 1 (0.38%) Finance
10 1 (0.38%) Law
10 1 (0.38%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.76%) React
Miscellaneous
1 11 (4.17%) Onboarding
1 11 (4.17%) Product Ownership
2 10 (3.79%) NHS
3 6 (2.27%) Virtual Team
4 3 (1.14%) BYOD
5 2 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (0.76%) Blog
5 2 (0.76%) PropTech
5 2 (0.76%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.38%) AI Agents
6 1 (0.38%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (0.38%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 262 (99.24%) User Research
2 119 (45.08%) Agile
3 85 (32.20%) Actionable Insight
4 79 (29.92%) Qualitative Research
4 79 (29.92%) Service Design
5 74 (28.03%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 63 (23.86%) Usability Testing
7 56 (21.21%) Quantitative Research
8 54 (20.45%) User Experience
9 41 (15.53%) Decision-Making
10 35 (13.26%) Stakeholder Management
11 34 (12.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 31 (11.74%) Interaction Design
12 31 (11.74%) Journey Map
13 30 (11.36%) Digital Transformation Programme
14 29 (10.98%) UX Research
15 23 (8.71%) Analytics
16 17 (6.44%) Contextual Inquiry
16 17 (6.44%) Workshop Facilitation
17 15 (5.68%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (0.76%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 124 (46.97%) Security Cleared
2 103 (39.02%) SC Cleared
3 28 (10.61%) BPSS Clearance
4 16 (6.06%) DV Cleared
5 8 (3.03%) Degree
6 4 (1.52%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.14%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (20.83%) Accessibility
2 20 (7.58%) Actionable Recommendations
3 14 (5.30%) WCAG
4 1 (0.38%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (1.14%) Microsoft
2 2 (0.76%) Salesforce
3 1 (0.38%) Google
3 1 (0.38%) YouTube