User Experience Researcher Contracts in the UK excluding London

UX Researcher
UK > UK excluding London

The median UX Researcher daily rate in the UK excluding London is £200, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 August 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
3 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 364 374 413
Rank change year-on-year +10 +39 +81
Contract jobs requiring a User Experience Researcher 13 2 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.085% 0.011% 0.036%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.094% 0.012% 0.038%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 6
10th Percentile - - £406
25th Percentile - - £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 - £538
Median % change year-on-year - - +19.44%
75th Percentile £285 - £600
90th Percentile £463 - £622
UK median daily rate £355 £395 £513
% change year-on-year -10.13% -22.93% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £25.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £37.25 - £85.00
% change year-on-year - - +91.01%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 13,827 16,897 21,123
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.37% 92.01% 94.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,468 10,365 14,318
10th Percentile £215 £219 £230
25th Percentile £363 £375 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +2.04%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £683 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -0.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,209 1,773 1,166
10th Percentile £13.37 £14.00 £13.98
25th Percentile £16.50 £18.35 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.90 £39.55
Median % change year-on-year -42.71% +11.00% +86.12%
75th Percentile £55.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.75
% change year-on-year -41.51% +0.58% +66.47%

User Experience Researcher
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for User Experience Researcher in the UK excluding London

User Experience Researcher
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing User Experience Researcher in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for User Experience Researcher in the UK excluding London

User Experience Researcher
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Experience Researcher in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for User Experience Researcher in the UK excluding London

User Experience Researcher
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing User Experience Researcher within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 August 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
North of England -1 10 £200 - 5
North West - 7 £257 - 5
North East - 3 £200 -
Midlands - 1 - - 7
West Midlands - 1 - - 7
Scotland - 1 - -
East of England - 1 £575 -
User Experience Researcher
UK

User Experience Researcher Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 3 August 2025, User Experience 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 UK excluding London region featuring User Experience Researcher in the job title.

1 13 (100.00%) User Experience
1 13 (100.00%) UX Research
2 10 (76.92%) Analytics
3 9 (69.23%) Actionable Insight
4 7 (53.85%) UX Design
4 7 (53.85%) Usability Testing
5 6 (46.15%) User Research
6 5 (38.46%) Product Strategy
6 5 (38.46%) IBM Domino
6 5 (38.46%) Finance
6 5 (38.46%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (38.46%) Degree
6 5 (38.46%) Behavioural Analytics
7 4 (30.77%) A/B Testing
7 4 (30.77%) Quantitative Research
7 4 (30.77%) Fintech
7 4 (30.77%) Hotjar
7 4 (30.77%) Qualitative Research
7 4 (30.77%) Design Thinking
7 4 (30.77%) Artificial Intelligence
7 4 (30.77%) Google
7 4 (30.77%) Google Analytics
7 4 (30.77%) Customer Insight
7 4 (30.77%) Mixpanel
8 2 (15.38%) Accessibility
8 2 (15.38%) Agile
8 2 (15.38%) Benchmarking
8 2 (15.38%) Requirements Gathering
8 2 (15.38%) Prototyping
9 1 (7.69%) Wireframes

User Experience Researcher Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 5 (38.46%) IBM Domino
2 1 (7.69%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (7.69%) InVision
1 1 (7.69%) UserZoom
Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) Google Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (30.77%) Mixpanel
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Axure RP
1 1 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 5 (38.46%) Finance
2 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Legal
2 1 (7.69%) Marketing
2 1 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
2 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) CSS
1 1 (7.69%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Driving Licence
1 1 (7.69%) Product Ownership
1 1 (7.69%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Android
1 1 (7.69%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) User Experience
1 13 (100.00%) UX Research
2 10 (76.92%) Analytics
3 9 (69.23%) Actionable Insight
4 7 (53.85%) Usability Testing
4 7 (53.85%) UX Design
5 6 (46.15%) User Research
6 5 (38.46%) Behavioural Analytics
6 5 (38.46%) Product Strategy
6 5 (38.46%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (30.77%) A/B Testing
7 4 (30.77%) Artificial Intelligence
7 4 (30.77%) Customer Insight
7 4 (30.77%) Design Thinking
7 4 (30.77%) Fintech
7 4 (30.77%) Qualitative Research
7 4 (30.77%) Quantitative Research
8 2 (15.38%) Agile
8 2 (15.38%) Benchmarking
8 2 (15.38%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) Accessibility
2 1 (7.69%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Google
1 4 (30.77%) Hotjar
2 1 (7.69%) CA Agile Central