UX Research Contracts in London

User Experience Research (UXR)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring UX Research skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited UX Research over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 308 335 389
Rank change year-on-year +27 +54 -32
Contract jobs citing UX Research 45 56 104
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.36% 0.31% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 0.35% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 47 71
10th Percentile £426 £399 £400
25th Percentile £486 £442 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £675 £713
90th Percentile £650 - £838
England median daily rate £531 £650 £550
% change year-on-year -18.36% +18.18% +0.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile - - £37.67
25th Percentile £48.25 - £45.14
Median hourly rate £49.50 - £58.85
75th Percentile £53.00 - £73.80
90th Percentile £54.35 - £82.02
England median hourly rate £49.50 - £58.85
% change year-on-year - - +25.20%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

UX Research falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,564 15,790 24,631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.16% 88.55% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,847 11,316 17,711
10th Percentile £350 £338 £375
25th Percentile £440 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £813 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 324 278
10th Percentile £16.17 £16.00 £18.59
25th Percentile £22.68 £20.00 £22.53
Median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
Median % change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%
75th Percentile £50.75 £47.56 £62.64
90th Percentile £63.75 £65.93 £76.78
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

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Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing UX Research as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for UX Research in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing UX Research in London.

Daily rate trend for UX Research in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing UX Research in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for UX Research in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing UX Research in London.

Hourly rate trend for UX Research in London

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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 UX Research within the London region over the 6 months to 1 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
Central London +6 5 £600 +20.97% 4
South London - 1 - - 2
West London - 1 £405 -
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England

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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 2 (4.44%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (8.89%) Sketch
2 1 (2.22%) Adobe XD
2 1 (2.22%) Chatbot
2 1 (2.22%) UserZoom
Cloud Services
1 11 (24.44%) Figma
2 2 (4.44%) AppsFlyer
2 2 (4.44%) SaaS
3 1 (2.22%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 1 (2.22%) Azure
3 1 (2.22%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.44%) WebEx
Development Applications
1 2 (4.44%) Axure RP
1 2 (4.44%) JIRA
General
1 15 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 11 (24.44%) Finance
3 7 (15.56%) Banking
4 6 (13.33%) Digital Health
4 6 (13.33%) Public Sector
5 5 (11.11%) Retail
6 4 (8.89%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (4.44%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (4.44%) Legal
8 2 (4.44%) Marketing
8 2 (4.44%) Police
9 1 (2.22%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (2.22%) German Language
9 1 (2.22%) Investment Banking
9 1 (2.22%) Local Government
9 1 (2.22%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 20 (44.44%) User Experience Researcher
2 18 (40.00%) Senior
3 13 (28.89%) Designer
4 8 (17.78%) Senior Designer
4 8 (17.78%) Senior User Experience Researcher
4 8 (17.78%) UX Designer
5 5 (11.11%) Senior UX Designer
6 4 (8.89%) User Researcher
7 3 (6.67%) Developer
7 3 (6.67%) Product Designer
7 3 (6.67%) Senior Product Designer
8 2 (4.44%) Architect
8 2 (4.44%) Consultant
8 2 (4.44%) Email Developer
8 2 (4.44%) Senior Consultant
8 2 (4.44%) Senior Service Designer
8 2 (4.44%) Senior User Experience Consultant
8 2 (4.44%) Service Designer
8 2 (4.44%) UI Designer
8 2 (4.44%) User Experience Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (13.33%) CSS
1 6 (13.33%) HTML
2 1 (2.22%) Babylonjs
2 1 (2.22%) HTML5 Canvas
2 1 (2.22%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 7 (15.56%) Mobile App
2 4 (8.89%) Life Science
3 3 (6.67%) Product Ownership
4 2 (4.44%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.22%) Animation
5 1 (2.22%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.22%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.22%) Android
1 1 (2.22%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (100.00%) User Experience
2 25 (55.56%) User Research
3 21 (46.67%) UX Design
4 12 (26.67%) Agile
5 11 (24.44%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 10 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (20.00%) Prototyping
8 8 (17.78%) Design Thinking
8 8 (17.78%) Product Strategy
8 8 (17.78%) Usability Testing
9 7 (15.56%) Responsive Web Design
10 6 (13.33%) Decision-Making
10 6 (13.33%) Ergonomics
10 6 (13.33%) Human Factors
10 6 (13.33%) Inclusive Design
10 6 (13.33%) Interaction Design
10 6 (13.33%) Mentoring
10 6 (13.33%) Service Design
11 5 (11.11%) Anthropology
11 5 (11.11%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.67%) JavaScript
2 2 (4.44%) SQL
3 1 (2.22%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (15.56%) Security Cleared
2 5 (11.11%) Degree
3 4 (8.89%) Master's Degree
3 4 (8.89%) PhD
3 4 (8.89%) SC Cleared
4 2 (4.44%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (20.00%) Accessibility
2 2 (4.44%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (4.44%) WCAG
Vendors
1 3 (6.67%) Adobe
2 2 (4.44%) Oracle
2 2 (4.44%) Salesforce
2 2 (4.44%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
2 2 (4.44%) SAP
3 1 (2.22%) CA Agile Central
3 1 (2.22%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.22%) Qualtrics