User Researcher Contracts in the North East

User Researcher
England > North East

The median User Researcher daily rate in the North East is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 May 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
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 34 54
Rank change year-on-year -6 +20 -11
Contract jobs requiring a User Researcher 1 6 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North East 0.31% 1.75% 0.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 1.94% 0.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £526 -
25th Percentile £413 £555 £631
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £606 £638
Median % change year-on-year -29.90% -4.90% +27.50%
75th Percentile £438 £655 £644
90th Percentile - £682 -
England median daily rate £481 £475 £563
% change year-on-year +1.16% -15.56% +7.14%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North East. 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 the North East with a recognized job title 313 309 407
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.01% 90.35% 97.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 223 140 314
10th Percentile £213 £190 £231
25th Percentile £350 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £530
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% -10.38% +11.58%
75th Percentile £559 £588 £625
90th Percentile £635 £653 £720
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 64 2
10th Percentile - £10.42 £32.98
25th Percentile £11.60 £11.50 £35.56
Median hourly rate £13.00 £13.99 £40.75
Median % change year-on-year -7.08% -65.67% +139.71%
75th Percentile £23.97 £46.05 £45.56
90th Percentile £49.73 £50.00 £47.93
England median hourly rate £30.45 £36.50 £44.53
% change year-on-year -16.58% -18.03% +97.91%

User Researcher
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Job vacancy trend for User Researcher in the North East

User Researcher
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing User Researcher in the North East.

Daily rate trend for User Researcher in the North East

User Researcher
Contract Job Locations in the North East

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 North East region over the 6 months to 4 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
Tyne and Wear -8 1 £425 -29.90% 1
User Researcher
England

User Researcher Skill Set
Top 5 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East

For the 6 months to 4 May 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 North East region featuring User Researcher in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) User Research

User Researcher Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) User Research
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design