User Research Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

User Research
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring User Research skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited User Research over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 186 182 145
Rank change year-on-year -4 -37 -41
Contract jobs citing User Research 118 169 445
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.19% 1.10% 1.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.31% 1.25% 1.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 135 382
10th Percentile £340 £400 £409
25th Percentile £400 £472 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -15.82% +4.76% +4.27%
75th Percentile £500 £650 £588
90th Percentile £550 £675 £656
UK median daily rate £495 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -7.99% +2.48% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £89.68 - -
Median hourly rate £93.08 - £45.00
75th Percentile £96.49 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £93.08 £25.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year +265.02% -43.33% +80.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

User Research falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

User Research
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing User Research as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

User Research trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

User Research
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing User Research.

User Research daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

User Research
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing User Research over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

User Research daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

User Research
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing User Research.

User Research hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

User Research
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 19 (16.10%) Confluence
2 3 (2.54%) CMS
Applications
1 11 (9.32%) Trello
2 8 (6.78%) Sketch
3 5 (4.24%) Adobe XD
4 2 (1.69%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.85%) InVision
5 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.85%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.85%) UserZoom
5 1 (0.85%) UXPin
Cloud Services
1 21 (17.80%) Figma
2 14 (11.86%) AWS
3 13 (11.02%) Azure
4 9 (7.63%) Miro
5 7 (5.93%) Serverless
6 6 (5.08%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (2.54%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (2.54%) Slack
8 2 (1.69%) Azure Functions
8 2 (1.69%) GCP
8 2 (1.69%) SaaS
9 1 (0.85%) dbt
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.24%) NoSQL
2 2 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.85%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.85%) Mixpanel
3 1 (0.85%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 25 (21.19%) JIRA
2 8 (6.78%) Axure RP
3 4 (3.39%) NUnit
4 2 (1.69%) Balsamiq
General
1 60 (50.85%) Public Sector
2 45 (38.14%) Social Skills
3 16 (13.56%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (4.24%) Finance
4 5 (4.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (2.54%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (2.54%) Marketing
5 3 (2.54%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (2.54%) Publishing
6 2 (1.69%) Banking
6 2 (1.69%) Digital Health
6 2 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.85%) Legal
Job Titles
1 44 (37.29%) Designer
2 20 (16.95%) Analyst
2 20 (16.95%) Business Analyst
3 17 (14.41%) User Researcher
4 13 (11.02%) UX Designer
5 12 (10.17%) Interaction Designer
6 11 (9.32%) Senior
7 10 (8.47%) Product Manager
7 10 (8.47%) Service Designer
8 9 (7.63%) Developer
9 6 (5.08%) .NET Developer
10 5 (4.24%) Content Designer
10 5 (4.24%) Lead
10 5 (4.24%) Product Designer
10 5 (4.24%) Senior Designer
10 5 (4.24%) User Experience Researcher
11 4 (3.39%) Agile Business Analyst
11 4 (3.39%) Data Analyst
11 4 (3.39%) Data Business Analyst
11 4 (3.39%) UI Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (8.47%) CSS
1 10 (8.47%) HTML
2 6 (5.08%) .NET
2 6 (5.08%) .NET Core
2 6 (5.08%) ASP.NET
2 6 (5.08%) RESTful
3 4 (3.39%) ARM Templates
3 4 (3.39%) OAuth
3 4 (3.39%) OpenID
4 3 (2.54%) FastAPI
5 2 (1.69%) Node.js
6 1 (0.85%) Kafka
6 1 (0.85%) React
Miscellaneous
1 23 (19.49%) Product Ownership
2 4 (3.39%) Cloud Native
2 4 (3.39%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (2.54%) Mobile App
4 2 (1.69%) Life Science
4 2 (1.69%) Taxonomies
5 1 (0.85%) 3D Graphics
5 1 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.85%) FMCG
5 1 (0.85%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (0.85%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.85%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.69%) Android
1 2 (1.69%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (68.64%) Agile
2 51 (43.22%) User Experience
3 35 (29.66%) UX Design
4 34 (28.81%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 33 (27.97%) Service Design
6 31 (26.27%) Stakeholder Management
6 31 (26.27%) User Stories
7 27 (22.88%) Interaction Design
8 25 (21.19%) Prototyping
9 23 (19.49%) Usability Testing
9 23 (19.49%) Wireframes
10 19 (16.10%) Sprint Planning
11 17 (14.41%) Acceptance Criteria
11 17 (14.41%) Workshop Facilitation
12 16 (13.56%) Roadmaps
12 16 (13.56%) Sprint Retrospective
13 14 (11.86%) Problem-Solving
13 14 (11.86%) Product Backlog
13 14 (11.86%) Scrum
14 12 (10.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 10 (8.47%) JavaScript
2 6 (5.08%) C#
3 4 (3.39%) SQL
4 3 (2.54%) Python
5 1 (0.85%) Go
5 1 (0.85%) Java
5 1 (0.85%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 31 (26.27%) Security Cleared
2 25 (21.19%) SC Cleared
3 8 (6.78%) Degree
4 3 (2.54%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (2.54%) IIBA
5 2 (1.69%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.69%) PhD
5 2 (1.69%) SAFe Agilist
6 1 (0.85%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (33.90%) Accessibility
2 12 (10.17%) QA
3 8 (6.78%) WCAG
4 2 (1.69%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.85%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 6 (5.08%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (5.08%) Kubernetes
2 4 (3.39%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (4.24%) Adobe
2 3 (2.54%) Palantir
3 1 (0.85%) CA Agile Central
3 1 (0.85%) Foundry
3 1 (0.85%) IBM
3 1 (0.85%) Microsoft
3 1 (0.85%) Optimizely
3 1 (0.85%) Salesforce