User Researcher Contracts in the UK excluding London

User Researcher
UK > UK excluding London

The median User Researcher daily rate in the UK excluding London is £400 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 357 325 342
Rank change year-on-year -32 +17 -58
Contract jobs requiring a User Researcher 36 127 174
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.18% 0.53% 0.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.56% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 102 139
10th Percentile - £369 £393
25th Percentile £325 £420 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +5.00% +4.71%
75th Percentile £519 £588 £550
90th Percentile £550 £600 £600
UK median daily rate £475 £550 £523
% change year-on-year -13.64% +5.26% +10.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £20.36
25th Percentile - - £20.41
Median hourly rate - - £21.00
75th Percentile - - £23.25
90th Percentile - - £24.30
UK median hourly rate - - £21.00

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 19,031 22,516 29,597
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.56% 94.26% 95.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,619 15,791 20,746
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £398 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £598 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,244 1,158 1,469
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.24
25th Percentile £15.75 £17.92 £14.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.00 £19.52
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +115.16% +2.74%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.93
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.60
% change year-on-year -18.89% +90.68% +4.89%

User Researcher
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for User Researcher in the UK excluding London

User Researcher
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for User Researcher in the UK excluding London

User Researcher
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Researcher in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for User Researcher in the UK excluding London

User Researcher
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing User Researcher in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for User Researcher in the UK excluding London

User 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 Researcher within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 May 2024. 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 +3 24 £400 -30.43% 8
North West +24 12 £350 -37.78% 5
North East +19 6 £606 -4.90% 1
Yorkshire -8 6 £475 -17.39% 2
Scotland -10 6 £340 -19.05%
South West +24 3 - - 2
Northern Ireland - 2 £513 -
Midlands +19 1 £400 -27.27% 1
West Midlands +14 1 £400 -28.89% 1
User Researcher
UK

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

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, 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 UK excluding London region featuring User Researcher in the job title.

1 36 (100.00%) User Research
2 19 (52.78%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 19 (52.78%) User Experience
3 17 (47.22%) Actionable Insight
3 17 (47.22%) Agile
4 15 (41.67%) Public Sector
5 14 (38.89%) Quantitative Research
5 14 (38.89%) Service Design
5 14 (38.89%) Qualitative Research
6 12 (33.33%) UX Design
6 12 (33.33%) Usability Testing
7 11 (30.56%) Actionable Recommendations
8 9 (25.00%) UX Research
9 8 (22.22%) Requirements Gathering
9 8 (22.22%) Mentoring
9 8 (22.22%) Ethnography
9 8 (22.22%) Focus Group
10 7 (19.44%) Design Persona
10 7 (19.44%) Market Research
10 7 (19.44%) Ergonomics
10 7 (19.44%) Human Factors
10 7 (19.44%) Guerrilla Testing
10 7 (19.44%) Data Science
10 7 (19.44%) Front End Development
11 6 (16.67%) Decision-Making
12 5 (13.89%) Social Skills
12 5 (13.89%) Security Cleared
12 5 (13.89%) Accessibility
13 4 (11.11%) Wireframes
14 3 (8.33%) Human-Centred Design

User 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:

General
1 15 (41.67%) Public Sector
2 5 (13.89%) Social Skills
3 2 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (5.56%) Finance
3 2 (5.56%) Health Technology
3 2 (5.56%) Military
4 1 (2.78%) Law
4 1 (2.78%) Legal
4 1 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (2.78%) Tech for Good
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.78%) Blog
1 1 (2.78%) BYOD
1 1 (2.78%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (100.00%) User Research
2 19 (52.78%) User Experience
2 19 (52.78%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 17 (47.22%) Actionable Insight
3 17 (47.22%) Agile
4 14 (38.89%) Qualitative Research
4 14 (38.89%) Quantitative Research
4 14 (38.89%) Service Design
5 12 (33.33%) Usability Testing
5 12 (33.33%) UX Design
6 9 (25.00%) UX Research
7 8 (22.22%) Ethnography
7 8 (22.22%) Focus Group
7 8 (22.22%) Mentoring
7 8 (22.22%) Requirements Gathering
8 7 (19.44%) Design Persona
8 7 (19.44%) Ergonomics
8 7 (19.44%) Front End Development
8 7 (19.44%) Human Factors
8 7 (19.44%) Market Research
Qualifications
1 5 (13.89%) Security Cleared
2 2 (5.56%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (5.56%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.78%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (30.56%) Actionable Recommendations
2 5 (13.89%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.78%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (2.78%) WCAG
Vendors
1 1 (2.78%) Brio
1 1 (2.78%) ServiceNow