User Researcher Contracts in the Thames Valley

User Researcher
South East > Thames Valley

As of 26 July 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median User Researcher daily rate in the Thames Valley.

6 months to
26 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a User Researcher 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.060% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.065% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South East median daily rate £443 - £550
% change year-on-year - - +1.85%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 1,545 2,253 2,783
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.35% 91.96% 94.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 933 1,266 1,905
10th Percentile £291 £256 £295
25th Percentile £400 £406 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £507 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.28% +1.30% -
75th Percentile £598 £608 £613
90th Percentile £675 £688 £697
South East median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 152 89
10th Percentile £14.20 £16.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £15.13 £20.42 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £55.44 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -54.63% +23.19% +157.14%
75th Percentile £64.69 £70.23 £66.21
90th Percentile £87.19 £87.50 £74.83
South East median hourly rate £25.30 £57.35 £50.00
% change year-on-year -55.88% +14.70% +137.53%

User Researcher
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for User Researcher in the Thames Valley

User Researcher
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing User Researcher in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for User Researcher in the Thames Valley

User Researcher
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 26 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
Berkshire - 1 - -
User Researcher
South East

User Researcher Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 26 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 Thames Valley region featuring User Researcher in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Benchmarking
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Statistics
1 1 (100.00%) Psychology
1 1 (100.00%) Usability Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
1 1 (100.00%) Qualitative Research
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Ethnography
1 1 (100.00%) ANOVA
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Quantitative Research
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Contextual Inquiry
1 1 (100.00%) Diary Studies
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 1 (100.00%) Storytelling
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) User Research
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Enablement
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy

User Researcher Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) ANOVA
1 1 (100.00%) Benchmarking
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Contextual Inquiry
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Diary Studies
1 1 (100.00%) Ethnography
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Psychology
1 1 (100.00%) Qualitative Research
1 1 (100.00%) Quantitative Research
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Statistics
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Usability Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility