User Researcher Contracts in England

User Researcher
UK > England

The median User Researcher daily rate in England is £470, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 July 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
1 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 453 514 464
Rank change year-on-year +61 -50 +35
Contract jobs requiring a User Researcher 41 40 177
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.16% 0.11% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.12% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 21 142
10th Percentile £391 - £421
25th Percentile £412 £325 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £475 £563
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% -15.56% +7.14%
75th Percentile £541 £510 £600
90th Percentile £650 £550 £640
UK median daily rate £475 £475 £550
% change year-on-year - -13.64% +4.76%

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 23,627 34,496 44,733
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.12% 92.91% 94.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,455 22,543 31,717
10th Percentile £290 £298 £313
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £663
90th Percentile £748 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +1.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,101 2,588 1,360
10th Percentile £13.85 £12.86 £14.41
25th Percentile £17.88 £16.72 £19.50
Median hourly rate £28.18 £39.55 £43.93
Median % change year-on-year -28.75% -9.97% +75.72%
75th Percentile £57.50 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.51 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £26.50 £37.50 £43.00
% change year-on-year -29.33% -12.79% +69.37%

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 1 July 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 1 July 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 27 £486 +0.99% 72
North of England +2 10 £424 -0.29% 49
North West +9 5 £419 +19.64% 26
Yorkshire -2 4 £525 +2.44% 17
South West +35 2 £300 - 23
South East - 2 £443 - 37
North East -3 1 £425 -29.90% 6
User Researcher
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 July 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 39 (95.12%) User Research
2 18 (43.90%) Public Sector
3 15 (36.59%) Usability Testing
4 14 (34.15%) Agile
5 11 (26.83%) Security Cleared
5 11 (26.83%) User Experience
6 10 (24.39%) Qualitative Research
7 9 (21.95%) Actionable Insight
7 9 (21.95%) SC Cleared
8 8 (19.51%) Ethnography
8 8 (19.51%) Ethnographic Research
8 8 (19.51%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
9 7 (17.07%) Accessibility
9 7 (17.07%) Social Skills
9 7 (17.07%) Quantitative Research
10 6 (14.63%) Product Ownership
11 5 (12.20%) Roadmaps
11 5 (12.20%) Contextual Inquiry
11 5 (12.20%) Focus Group
11 5 (12.20%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (12.20%) UX Design
11 5 (12.20%) Scrum
12 4 (9.76%) Wireframes
12 4 (9.76%) Prototyping
12 4 (9.76%) UX Research
12 4 (9.76%) Human-Centred Design
12 4 (9.76%) Interaction Design
13 3 (7.32%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (7.32%) Inclusive Design
13 3 (7.32%) Data Strategy

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 (2.44%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (7.32%) InVision
2 2 (4.88%) Autodesk Smoke
3 1 (2.44%) Adobe XD
3 1 (2.44%) UserZoom
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.88%) Figma
Development Applications
1 2 (4.88%) Axure RP
2 1 (2.44%) Balsamiq
2 1 (2.44%) JIRA
General
1 18 (43.90%) Public Sector
2 7 (17.07%) Social Skills
3 3 (7.32%) Finance
3 3 (7.32%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (4.88%) Digital Health
5 1 (2.44%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.44%) Banking
5 1 (2.44%) Health Technology
5 1 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.88%) CSS
1 2 (4.88%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (14.63%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.44%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.44%) NHS
2 1 (2.44%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.44%) Android
1 1 (2.44%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (95.12%) User Research
2 15 (36.59%) Usability Testing
3 14 (34.15%) Agile
4 11 (26.83%) User Experience
5 10 (24.39%) Qualitative Research
6 9 (21.95%) Actionable Insight
7 8 (19.51%) Ethnographic Research
7 8 (19.51%) Ethnography
7 8 (19.51%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 7 (17.07%) Quantitative Research
9 5 (12.20%) Contextual Inquiry
9 5 (12.20%) Focus Group
9 5 (12.20%) Roadmaps
9 5 (12.20%) Scrum
9 5 (12.20%) UX Design
10 4 (9.76%) Human-Centred Design
10 4 (9.76%) Interaction Design
10 4 (9.76%) Prototyping
10 4 (9.76%) UX Research
10 4 (9.76%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.88%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 11 (26.83%) Security Cleared
2 9 (21.95%) SC Cleared
3 3 (7.32%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (17.07%) Accessibility
2 5 (12.20%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (2.44%) WCAG
Vendors
1 1 (2.44%) Adobe
1 1 (2.44%) CA Agile Central
1 1 (2.44%) IBM