User Researcher Contracts in England

User Researcher
UK > England

The median User Researcher daily rate in England is £481, 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 446 492 488
Rank change year-on-year +46 -4 -32
Contract jobs requiring a User Researcher 40 49 186
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.16% 0.13% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.14% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 29 153
10th Percentile £346 - £426
25th Percentile £412 £325 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £475 £563
Median % change year-on-year +1.16% -15.56% +7.14%
75th Percentile £567 £519 £600
90th Percentile £650 £552 £644
UK median daily rate £486 £475 £550
% change year-on-year +2.32% -13.64% +6.28%

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%

User Researcher
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for User Researcher in England

User Researcher
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for User Researcher in England

User Researcher
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Researcher in England over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for User Researcher in England

User Researcher
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for User Researcher 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 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 +48 27 £486 +2.32% 10
North of England +6 7 £424 +5.94% 5
North West +5 3 £419 +19.64% 3
Yorkshire +4 3 £525 +10.53% 1
South West +42 2 £475 - 1
Midlands +20 2 - - 2
West Midlands +16 2 - -
North East -7 1 £425 -29.90% 1
User Researcher
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, 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 User Researcher in the job title.

1 38 (95.00%) User Research
2 22 (55.00%) Public Sector
3 20 (50.00%) Agile
4 15 (37.50%) Usability Testing
5 13 (32.50%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 12 (30.00%) Security Cleared
6 12 (30.00%) User Experience
7 10 (25.00%) Qualitative Research
7 10 (25.00%) Quantitative Research
7 10 (25.00%) SC Cleared
7 10 (25.00%) Accessibility
8 8 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
8 8 (20.00%) Ethnography
9 7 (17.50%) Ethnographic Research
10 6 (15.00%) Prototyping
10 6 (15.00%) UX Design
11 5 (12.50%) Focus Group
12 4 (10.00%) Product Ownership
12 4 (10.00%) Inclusive Design
12 4 (10.00%) Social Skills
12 4 (10.00%) UX Research
12 4 (10.00%) Decision-Making
12 4 (10.00%) Service Design
12 4 (10.00%) Actionable Recommendations
12 4 (10.00%) Wireframes
12 4 (10.00%) User Stories
13 3 (7.50%) Analytics
13 3 (7.50%) Mentoring
13 3 (7.50%) InVision
13 3 (7.50%) Ergonomics

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (7.50%) InVision
2 2 (5.00%) Autodesk Smoke
3 1 (2.50%) Adobe XD
3 1 (2.50%) UserZoom
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.00%) Figma
Development Applications
1 2 (5.00%) Axure RP
2 1 (2.50%) Balsamiq
2 1 (2.50%) JIRA
General
1 22 (55.00%) Public Sector
2 4 (10.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (7.50%) Finance
3 3 (7.50%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (5.00%) Digital Health
5 1 (2.50%) Banking
5 1 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.00%) CSS
1 2 (5.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.50%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.50%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.50%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.50%) Android
1 1 (2.50%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (95.00%) User Research
2 20 (50.00%) Agile
3 15 (37.50%) Usability Testing
4 13 (32.50%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 12 (30.00%) User Experience
6 10 (25.00%) Qualitative Research
6 10 (25.00%) Quantitative Research
7 8 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
7 8 (20.00%) Ethnography
8 7 (17.50%) Ethnographic Research
9 6 (15.00%) Prototyping
9 6 (15.00%) UX Design
10 5 (12.50%) Focus Group
11 4 (10.00%) Decision-Making
11 4 (10.00%) Inclusive Design
11 4 (10.00%) Service Design
11 4 (10.00%) User Stories
11 4 (10.00%) UX Research
11 4 (10.00%) Wireframes
12 3 (7.50%) Interaction Design
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 12 (30.00%) Security Cleared
2 10 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (25.00%) Accessibility
2 4 (10.00%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (2.50%) WCAG
Vendors
1 1 (2.50%) Adobe
1 1 (2.50%) CA Agile Central
1 1 (2.50%) IBM
1 1 (2.50%) Microsoft
1 1 (2.50%) ServiceNow