User Research Contracts in Central London

User Research
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 13 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 126 131 129
Rank change year-on-year +5 -2 -4
Contract jobs citing User Research 11 46 67
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.45% 1.25% 1.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.50% 1.37% 1.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 39 60
10th Percentile £497 £423 £413
25th Percentile £507 £450 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £573 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +9.05% -4.55% +12.82%
75th Percentile £632 £625 £600
90th Percentile £635 £656 £660
London median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

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 requiring process or methodology skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,195 3,349 4,101
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 90.74% 91.28% 92.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,540 2,258 3,100
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £450 £463 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £570
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% +6.05%
75th Percentile £680 £725 £688
90th Percentile £800 £820 £775
London median daily rate £550 £588 £575
% change year-on-year -6.38% +2.17% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 28 47
10th Percentile £20.22 £14.25 £18.50
25th Percentile £22.50 £16.33 £25.63
Median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.54% -15.66% +107.50%
75th Percentile £31.19 £53.19 £54.50
90th Percentile £41.47 £88.30 £62.50
London median hourly rate £30.00 £39.42 £36.00
% change year-on-year -23.90% +9.50% +9.59%

User Research
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing User Research as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for User Research in Central London

User Research
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing User Research in Central London.

Daily rate trend for User Research in Central London

User Research
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing User Research in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for User Research in Central London

User Research
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing User Research within the Central London region over the 6 months to 13 June 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
City of London +7 11 £573 +9.05% 1
User Research
London

User Research
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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 (9.09%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (45.45%) Figma
2 1 (9.09%) Miro
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) JIRA
General
1 4 (36.36%) Marketing
2 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Finance
3 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
4 1 (9.09%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Designer
1 5 (45.45%) Lead
2 4 (36.36%) Lead Designer
3 3 (27.27%) User Researcher
4 1 (9.09%) Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Business Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Digital Product Manager
4 1 (9.09%) E-Commerce Manager
4 1 (9.09%) E-Commerce Product Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Finance Business Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Financial Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) HR Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) HR Business Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Junior
4 1 (9.09%) Product Designer
4 1 (9.09%) Product Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Project Leader
4 1 (9.09%) Senior
4 1 (9.09%) Senior User Researcher
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Product Ownership
2 1 (9.09%) Blog
2 1 (9.09%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Agile
1 5 (45.45%) Collaborative Working
1 5 (45.45%) User Experience
2 4 (36.36%) Iconography
2 4 (36.36%) Marketing Strategy
2 4 (36.36%) Prototyping
2 4 (36.36%) Storytelling
2 4 (36.36%) Typography
2 4 (36.36%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 4 (36.36%) UX Design
3 3 (27.27%) Service Design
4 2 (18.18%) Acceptance Criteria
4 2 (18.18%) Backlog Management
4 2 (18.18%) Business Analysis
4 2 (18.18%) Decision-Making
4 2 (18.18%) ERP
4 2 (18.18%) Product Backlog
4 2 (18.18%) Project Delivery
4 2 (18.18%) Roadmaps
4 2 (18.18%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
1 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) SAP