UX Research Contracts in London

User Experience Research (UXR)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for UX Research skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited UX Research over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 336 382 371
Rank change year-on-year +46 -11 -2
Contract jobs citing UX Research 50 106 257
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.29% 0.41% 0.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.45% 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 71 167
10th Percentile £410 £400 £399
25th Percentile £458 £469 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +22.22%
75th Percentile £675 £678 £606
90th Percentile - £838 £681
England median daily rate £650 £550 £538
% change year-on-year +18.18% +2.33% +20.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 18
10th Percentile - £37.67 £24.25
25th Percentile - £45.14 £29.19
Median hourly rate - £58.85 £47.00
Median % change year-on-year - +25.20% +2.87%
75th Percentile - £73.80 £55.72
90th Percentile - £82.02 £59.95
England median hourly rate - £58.85 £47.00
% change year-on-year - +25.20% +2.87%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

UX Research is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,484 23,644 35,916
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.60% 90.88% 92.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,107 17,068 26,253
10th Percentile £340 £375 £388
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £593 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.17% +3.04% +9.52%
75th Percentile £681 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 308 267 420
10th Percentile £15.81 £18.30 £17.24
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.45 £23.91
Median hourly rate £27.92 £37.34 £36.41
Median % change year-on-year -25.23% +2.55% +13.78%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.88 £51.00
90th Percentile £66.83 £82.50 £67.56
England median hourly rate £36.50 £36.54 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.11% +46.16% +8.70%

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Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for UX Research in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for UX Research in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing UX Research in London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for UX Research in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for UX Research in London

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Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UX Research within the London region over the 6 months to 20 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
Central London +35 2 £496 -3.69% 4
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 4 (8.00%) CMS
2 2 (4.00%) Confluence
3 1 (2.00%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (6.00%) Sketch
1 3 (6.00%) UserZoom
2 2 (4.00%) Adobe XD
Cloud Services
1 15 (30.00%) AWS
2 10 (20.00%) Figma
3 8 (16.00%) Miro
4 4 (8.00%) Azure
4 4 (8.00%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (4.00%) Asana
5 2 (4.00%) SurveyMonkey
6 1 (2.00%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 1 (2.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (30.00%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 3 (6.00%) JIRA
General
1 15 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (16.00%) Finance
3 5 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (4.00%) Law
5 1 (2.00%) Advertising
5 1 (2.00%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.00%) Banking
5 1 (2.00%) Corporate Banking
5 1 (2.00%) Financial Institution
5 1 (2.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.00%) Investment Banking
5 1 (2.00%) Legal
5 1 (2.00%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.00%) Marketing
5 1 (2.00%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (2.00%) Publishing
5 1 (2.00%) Retail
5 1 (2.00%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 25 (50.00%) Senior
2 15 (30.00%) Senior Software Engineer
2 15 (30.00%) Software Engineer
3 14 (28.00%) Designer
4 13 (26.00%) User Experience Researcher
5 8 (16.00%) UX Designer
6 5 (10.00%) Senior Designer
6 5 (10.00%) Senior UX Designer
7 4 (8.00%) Lead
8 3 (6.00%) Content Designer
8 3 (6.00%) Product Designer
9 2 (4.00%) Agile Delivery Lead
9 2 (4.00%) Lead Designer
9 2 (4.00%) Senior User Experience Researcher
9 2 (4.00%) Service Designer
9 2 (4.00%) User Researcher
10 1 (2.00%) Copywriter
10 1 (2.00%) Lead Service Designer
10 1 (2.00%) Senior Product Designer
10 1 (2.00%) Senior UI Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (30.00%) Kafka
2 2 (4.00%) ADO
2 2 (4.00%) React
3 1 (2.00%) AngularJS
3 1 (2.00%) CSS
3 1 (2.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.00%) Mobile App
1 3 (6.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.00%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.00%) Android
2 3 (6.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (100.00%) User Experience
2 42 (84.00%) UX Design
3 29 (58.00%) User Research
4 26 (52.00%) Agile
5 16 (32.00%) Fintech
6 15 (30.00%) Software Engineering
7 7 (14.00%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (12.00%) Content Management
8 6 (12.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 6 (12.00%) Usability Testing
9 5 (10.00%) Customer Experience
9 5 (10.00%) Qualitative Research
10 4 (8.00%) DevOps
10 4 (8.00%) Focus Group
10 4 (8.00%) Problem-Solving
10 4 (8.00%) Psychology
10 4 (8.00%) Quantitative Research
11 3 (6.00%) B2B
11 3 (6.00%) Decision-Making
11 3 (6.00%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 15 (30.00%) Go
2 2 (4.00%) Java
2 2 (4.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (8.00%) Degree
2 3 (6.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (6.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 12207
1 2 (4.00%) QA
System Software
1 15 (30.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 15 (30.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (8.00%) Adobe
2 1 (2.00%) Microsoft