User Research Contract Job Trends in Merton

User Research
South London > Merton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Merton requiring User Research skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing User Research 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Merton 2.38% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.45% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
South London median daily rate £550 - £500

All Process & Methodology Skills
Merton

User 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 Merton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 29 13 17
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merton 69.05% 54.17% 70.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 7 13
10th Percentile £220 £235 £115
25th Percentile £300 £288 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £419 £375 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.67% -25.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £438 £447 £575
90th Percentile £446 £500 £638
South London median daily rate £513 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% -7.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 2 4
10th Percentile - £70.24 £21.46
25th Percentile £54.55 £72.40 £33.91
Median hourly rate £63.50 £78.40 £46.86
Median % change year-on-year -19.01% +67.31% -7.06%
75th Percentile £66.50 £82.00 £58.22
90th Percentile £67.70 £82.72 £73.24
South London median hourly rate £61.22 £15.84 £23.50
% change year-on-year +286.47% -32.60% +0.17%

User Research
Job Vacancy Trend in Merton

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing User Research relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Merton.

User Research job vacancy trend in Merton

User Research
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merton by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) CMS
1 1 (100.00%) Drupal
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Intranet
General
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Local Government
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Content Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Web Content Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Web Designer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) WCAG