Hybrid/Remote User Experience Researcher Contract Job Trends

UX Researcher
UK > Work from Home

The median UX Researcher daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 September 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 368 309 330
Rank change year-on-year -59 +21 +71
Contract jobs requiring a User Experience Researcher 5 6 3
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.037% 0.061% 0.024%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.040% 0.065% 0.025%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 3
10th Percentile £370 - £376
25th Percentile £375 £513 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £550 £463
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +18.92% -11.90%
75th Percentile £519 £644 £522
90th Percentile £664 £700 £554
UK median daily rate £513 £350 £481
% change year-on-year +46.43% -27.27% -8.33%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 12,631 9,175 11,819
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.92% 93.78% 93.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,902 6,058 7,519
10th Percentile £358 £325 £325
25th Percentile £430 £413 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -
75th Percentile £623 £625 £638
90th Percentile £713 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 707 291 285
10th Percentile £15.59 £13.78 £20.75
25th Percentile £26.99 £20.84 £33.93
Median hourly rate £60.00 £39.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.90% -12.22% -10.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £84.17 £68.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +67.00% -41.51% -3.37%

User Experience Researcher
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'User Experience Researcher' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

User Experience Researcher job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

User Experience Researcher
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid User Experience Researcher job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid User Experience Researcher job vacancies

User Experience Researcher
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing User Experience Researcher over the 6 months to 25 September 2026.

User Experience Researcher daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

User Experience Researcher
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid User Experience Researcher job vacancies.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid User Experience Researcher job vacancies

User Experience Researcher Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 25 September 2026, User Experience Researcher contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring User Experience Researcher in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) User Experience
2 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 4 (80.00%) Usability Testing
2 4 (80.00%) User Research
2 4 (80.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 4 (80.00%) UX Design
2 4 (80.00%) UX Research
3 3 (60.00%) Accessibility
3 3 (60.00%) Decision-Making
3 3 (60.00%) Mentoring
3 3 (60.00%) Prototyping
4 2 (40.00%) Ethnography
4 2 (40.00%) Experimental Design
4 2 (40.00%) Information Architecture
4 2 (40.00%) Persona Development
4 2 (40.00%) Qualitative Research
4 2 (40.00%) Quantitative Analysis
4 2 (40.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
4 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (40.00%) Service Design
4 2 (40.00%) Sprint Planning
4 2 (40.00%) Time Management
4 2 (40.00%) Workflow
5 1 (20.00%) Acceptance Criteria
5 1 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
5 1 (20.00%) AI
5 1 (20.00%) B2B
5 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (20.00%) Confluence

User Experience Researcher Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Figma
1 1 (20.00%) SaaS
1 1 (20.00%) Slack
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (40.00%) Presentation Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) React
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) User Experience
2 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 4 (80.00%) Usability Testing
2 4 (80.00%) User Research
2 4 (80.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 4 (80.00%) UX Design
2 4 (80.00%) UX Research
3 3 (60.00%) Decision-Making
3 3 (60.00%) Mentoring
3 3 (60.00%) Prototyping
4 2 (40.00%) Ethnography
4 2 (40.00%) Experimental Design
4 2 (40.00%) Information Architecture
4 2 (40.00%) Persona Development
4 2 (40.00%) Qualitative Research
4 2 (40.00%) Quantitative Analysis
4 2 (40.00%) Service Design
4 2 (40.00%) Sprint Planning
4 2 (40.00%) Time Management
4 2 (40.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (20.00%) WCAG