User Researcher Contracts in London

User Researcher
England > London

The median User Researcher daily rate in London is £486, 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 327 383 381
Rank change year-on-year +56 -2 +92
Contract jobs requiring a User Researcher 27 17 107
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.21% 0.097% 0.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.10% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 12 87
10th Percentile £440 £326 £430
25th Percentile £451 £459 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £486 £481 £563
Median % change year-on-year +0.99% -14.44% +2.27%
75th Percentile £600 £503 £600
90th Percentile £660 £546 £638
England median daily rate £470 £475 £563
% change year-on-year -1.05% -15.56% +7.14%

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 12,044 16,404 23,985
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.40% 93.88% 94.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,141 11,758 17,511
10th Percentile £335 £325 £363
25th Percentile £425 £445 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 183 316 271
10th Percentile £18.87 £16.00 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.23 £20.17 £22.95
Median hourly rate £32.50 £27.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -26.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £50.50 £45.18 £65.00
90th Percentile £63.75 £67.50 £82.50
England median hourly rate £28.18 £39.55 £43.93
% change year-on-year -28.75% -9.97% +75.72%

User Researcher
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for User Researcher in London

User Researcher
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for User Researcher in London

User Researcher
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Researcher in London over the 6 months to 1 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for User Researcher in London

User Researcher
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for User Researcher in London

User 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 Researcher within the London 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
Central London +4 3 £451 -9.90% 6
User Researcher
England

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

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 London region featuring User Researcher in the job title.

1 25 (92.59%) User Research
2 12 (44.44%) Public Sector
3 10 (37.04%) Usability Testing
4 9 (33.33%) Agile
5 8 (29.63%) User Experience
6 7 (25.93%) Security Cleared
7 6 (22.22%) SC Cleared
7 6 (22.22%) Qualitative Research
7 6 (22.22%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 5 (18.52%) Quantitative Research
8 5 (18.52%) Ethnography
8 5 (18.52%) Ethnographic Research
8 5 (18.52%) Accessibility
9 3 (11.11%) Customer Engagement
9 3 (11.11%) UX Design
9 3 (11.11%) Contextual Inquiry
9 3 (11.11%) Service Design
9 3 (11.11%) Wireframes
9 3 (11.11%) Prototyping
9 3 (11.11%) Actionable Insight
9 3 (11.11%) Social Skills
9 3 (11.11%) UX Research
9 3 (11.11%) Roadmaps
9 3 (11.11%) Focus Group
9 3 (11.11%) Product Ownership
10 2 (7.41%) Journey Map
10 2 (7.41%) Customer Experience
10 2 (7.41%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (7.41%) Human-Centred Design
10 2 (7.41%) Interaction Design

User 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:

Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Autodesk Smoke
1 2 (7.41%) InVision
2 1 (3.70%) Adobe XD
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.41%) Figma
Development Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Axure RP
1 1 (3.70%) Balsamiq
General
1 12 (44.44%) Public Sector
2 3 (11.11%) Social Skills
3 2 (7.41%) Digital Health
3 2 (7.41%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (3.70%) Banking
4 1 (3.70%) Finance
4 1 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) CSS
1 1 (3.70%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.11%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.70%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (3.70%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (92.59%) User Research
2 10 (37.04%) Usability Testing
3 9 (33.33%) Agile
4 8 (29.63%) User Experience
5 6 (22.22%) Qualitative Research
5 6 (22.22%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 5 (18.52%) Ethnographic Research
6 5 (18.52%) Ethnography
6 5 (18.52%) Quantitative Research
7 3 (11.11%) Actionable Insight
7 3 (11.11%) Contextual Inquiry
7 3 (11.11%) Customer Engagement
7 3 (11.11%) Focus Group
7 3 (11.11%) Prototyping
7 3 (11.11%) Roadmaps
7 3 (11.11%) Service Design
7 3 (11.11%) UX Design
7 3 (11.11%) UX Research
7 3 (11.11%) Wireframes
8 2 (7.41%) Journey Map
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.70%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 7 (25.93%) Security Cleared
2 6 (22.22%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (18.52%) Accessibility
2 2 (7.41%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (3.70%) WCAG
Vendors
1 1 (3.70%) Adobe