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 £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 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
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 324 353 320
Rank change year-on-year +29 -33 +18
Contract jobs requiring a User Researcher 14 37 127
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.11% 0.18% 0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.19% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 21 102
10th Percentile £309 - £369
25th Percentile £408 £325 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £525
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -23.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £528 £519 £588
90th Percentile £605 £550 £600
UK median daily rate £486 £475 £550
% change year-on-year +2.32% -13.64% +5.26%

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 11,803 19,102 22,515
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.17% 92.55% 94.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,555 11,668 15,787
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £597 £600
90th Percentile £651 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 845 2,253 1,161
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.79 £15.75 £18.00
Median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £42.16
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% -5.11% +115.96%
75th Percentile £64.50 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.55% -18.89% +88.21%

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 7 May 2025.

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 7 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
North of England -1 7 £424 +5.94% 8
Scotland +14 3 £463 +36.10% 4
Yorkshire +11 3 £525 +10.53% 1
North West +7 3 £419 +19.64% 5
South West +33 2 £475 - 1
Midlands +23 2 - - 3
West Midlands +19 2 - -
North East -8 1 £425 -29.90% 2
User Researcher
UK

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

For the 6 months to 7 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 UK excluding London region featuring User Researcher in the job title.

1 14 (100.00%) User Research
2 9 (64.29%) Public Sector
3 7 (50.00%) Agile
4 6 (42.86%) Qualitative Research
4 6 (42.86%) Accessibility
5 5 (35.71%) Decision-Making
5 5 (35.71%) Quantitative Research
5 5 (35.71%) Actionable Insight
5 5 (35.71%) Usability Testing
6 4 (28.57%) Inclusive Design
7 3 (21.43%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (21.43%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 3 (21.43%) User Stories
7 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
7 3 (21.43%) User Experience
7 3 (21.43%) Prototyping
8 2 (14.29%) Service Design
8 2 (14.29%) Mentoring
8 2 (14.29%) Scrum
8 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (14.29%) Ethnography
8 2 (14.29%) Ethnographic Research
8 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
8 2 (14.29%) UX Design
8 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 2 (14.29%) Data Analysis
8 2 (14.29%) Finance
8 2 (14.29%) Diary Studies
8 2 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
8 2 (14.29%) Product Ownership

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.14%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (7.14%) InVision
1 1 (7.14%) UserZoom
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Axure RP
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 9 (64.29%) Public Sector
2 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Finance
4 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) CSS
1 1 (7.14%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Product Ownership
2 1 (7.14%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Android
1 1 (7.14%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) User Research
2 7 (50.00%) Agile
3 6 (42.86%) Qualitative Research
4 5 (35.71%) Actionable Insight
4 5 (35.71%) Decision-Making
4 5 (35.71%) Quantitative Research
4 5 (35.71%) Usability Testing
5 4 (28.57%) Inclusive Design
6 3 (21.43%) Prototyping
6 3 (21.43%) User Experience
6 3 (21.43%) User Stories
6 3 (21.43%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 2 (14.29%) Diary Studies
7 2 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 2 (14.29%) Ethnographic Research
7 2 (14.29%) Ethnography
7 2 (14.29%) Mentoring
7 2 (14.29%) Scrum
7 2 (14.29%) Service Design
7 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (42.86%) Accessibility
2 3 (21.43%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (7.14%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 1 (7.14%) CA Agile Central
1 1 (7.14%) IBM