User Experience Researcher Contracts in London

UX Researcher
England > London

The median UX Researcher daily rate in London is £355, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 August 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
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 361 379 438
Rank change year-on-year +18 +59 +81
Contract jobs requiring a User Experience Researcher 11 12 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.081% 0.074% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.087% 0.079% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 8 19
10th Percentile £250 £352 £410
25th Percentile £310 £355 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £355 £395 £513
Median % change year-on-year -10.13% -22.93% -3.30%
75th Percentile £470 £477 £556
90th Percentile £550 £508 £655
England median daily rate £307 £395 £500
% change year-on-year -22.41% -21.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £48.25 - £82.50
Median hourly rate £49.50 - £85.00
75th Percentile £50.75 - £87.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £37.25 - £85.00
% change year-on-year - - +97.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 12,578 15,245 22,363
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.98% 94.05% 94.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,479 10,726 16,384
10th Percentile £325 £350 £358
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 204 203 237
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.30 £18.37
25th Percentile £22.98 £22.00 £22.90
Median hourly rate £29.54 £34.25 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.77% -9.87% +13.43%
75th Percentile £50.13 £55.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £71.75 £82.35
England median hourly rate £25.32 £45.00 £41.90
% change year-on-year -43.73% +7.40% +63.16%

User Experience Researcher
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for User Experience Researcher in London

User Experience Researcher
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for User Experience Researcher in London

User Experience Researcher
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Experience Researcher in London over the 6 months to 14 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for User Experience Researcher in London

User Experience Researcher
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for User Experience Researcher in London

User Experience Researcher
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 14 August 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
Central London +3 3 £550 - 1
User Experience Researcher
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 August 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 London region featuring User Experience Researcher in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) User Experience
1 11 (100.00%) UX Research
2 5 (45.45%) Actionable Insight
2 5 (45.45%) Usability Testing
3 4 (36.36%) Qualitative Research
3 4 (36.36%) UX Design
3 4 (36.36%) Design Thinking
3 4 (36.36%) Product Strategy
3 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
4 3 (27.27%) Storytelling
4 3 (27.27%) User Research
4 3 (27.27%) Quantitative Research
4 3 (27.27%) Data Science
4 3 (27.27%) Finance
4 3 (27.27%) Roadmaps
5 2 (18.18%) Product Ownership
5 2 (18.18%) E-Commerce
5 2 (18.18%) B2B
5 2 (18.18%) Artificial Intelligence
5 2 (18.18%) Banking
5 2 (18.18%) Retail
5 2 (18.18%) Analytics
5 2 (18.18%) Analytical Thinking
5 2 (18.18%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (18.18%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 2 (18.18%) Journey Map
5 2 (18.18%) Customer Experience
5 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (9.09%) Qualtrics

User Experience Researcher Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (9.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (9.09%) SPSS
1 1 (9.09%) Stata
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) Figma
1 1 (9.09%) SaaS
General
1 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Finance
3 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Banking
3 2 (18.18%) Retail
4 1 (9.09%) Corporate Banking
4 1 (9.09%) Games
4 1 (9.09%) Investment Banking
4 1 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 1 (9.09%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Product Ownership
2 1 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
2 1 (9.09%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) User Experience
1 11 (100.00%) UX Research
2 5 (45.45%) Actionable Insight
2 5 (45.45%) Usability Testing
3 4 (36.36%) Design Thinking
3 4 (36.36%) Product Strategy
3 4 (36.36%) Qualitative Research
3 4 (36.36%) UX Design
4 3 (27.27%) Data Science
4 3 (27.27%) Quantitative Research
4 3 (27.27%) Roadmaps
4 3 (27.27%) Storytelling
4 3 (27.27%) User Research
5 2 (18.18%) Analytical Thinking
5 2 (18.18%) Analytics
5 2 (18.18%) Artificial Intelligence
5 2 (18.18%) Customer Experience
5 2 (18.18%) Journey Map
5 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (18.18%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) R
1 1 (9.09%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (9.09%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Qualtrics