User Researcher Contracts

User Researcher
UK

The median User Researcher daily rate in the UK is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 510 413 424
Rank change year-on-year -97 +11 -75
Contract jobs requiring a User Researcher 69 285 503
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.51% 0.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.53% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 227 373
10th Percentile £313 £400 £404
25th Percentile £325 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £519 £594 £580
90th Percentile £550 £638 £619
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +7.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £21.80
25th Percentile - - £23.00
Median hourly rate - - £25.00
75th Percentile - - £25.75
90th Percentile - - £26.20
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £25.00

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 40,001 53,325 83,708
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.83% 94.58% 95.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,880 37,256 59,003
10th Percentile £280 £313 £315
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +9.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,851 1,473 1,957
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +14.34%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.75 £49.41
90th Percentile £73.75 £76.45 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

User Researcher
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured User Researcher in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for User Researcher in the UK

User Researcher
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing User Researcher.

Daily rate trend for User Researcher in the UK

User Researcher
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Researcher over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for User Researcher in the UK

User Researcher
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing User Researcher.

Hourly rate trend for User Researcher in the UK

User Researcher
Top 11 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 2 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
England -44 44 £475 -15.56% 16
UK excluding London -36 33 £450 -14.29% 4
Work from Home -14 27 £463 -13.95% 6
North of England +1 23 £350 -39.13% 3
London +4 18 £475 -15.56% 11
North West +10 9 £350 -41.67% 3
Yorkshire -3 8 £500 -13.04%
North East +14 6 £606 -4.90%
Scotland -4 5 £347 -17.87%
South West +11 3 - -
Northern Ireland - 2 £513 -

User Researcher Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, 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 featuring User Researcher in the job title.

1 69 (100.00%) User Research
2 36 (52.17%) Agile
3 35 (50.72%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 27 (39.13%) Public Sector
5 24 (34.78%) User Experience
6 23 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
7 21 (30.43%) Usability Testing
8 18 (26.09%) Service Design
9 17 (24.64%) Security Cleared
10 14 (20.29%) Quantitative Research
10 14 (20.29%) Social Skills
11 13 (18.84%) Decision-Making
11 13 (18.84%) UX Design
11 13 (18.84%) SC Cleared
11 13 (18.84%) Qualitative Research
12 12 (17.39%) Continuous Improvement
12 12 (17.39%) UX Research
12 12 (17.39%) Accessibility
13 11 (15.94%) Actionable Recommendations
14 10 (14.49%) Mentoring
14 10 (14.49%) Ethnography
15 9 (13.04%) Market Research
15 9 (13.04%) Finance
16 8 (11.59%) Ergonomics
16 8 (11.59%) Human Factors
16 8 (11.59%) Analytics
16 8 (11.59%) Design Persona
17 7 (10.14%) Focus Group
17 7 (10.14%) Requirements Gathering
17 7 (10.14%) Analytical Skills

User Researcher Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 2 (2.90%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (5.80%) UserZoom
2 2 (2.90%) SPSS
3 1 (1.45%) Adobe XD
3 1 (1.45%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.90%) SaaS
2 1 (1.45%) Azure
2 1 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (1.45%) Figma
Development Applications
1 1 (1.45%) JIRA
General
1 27 (39.13%) Public Sector
2 14 (20.29%) Social Skills
3 9 (13.04%) Finance
4 7 (10.14%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (5.80%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (5.80%) Tech for Good
6 2 (2.90%) Electronics
6 2 (2.90%) French Language
6 2 (2.90%) Health Technology
6 2 (2.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.90%) Manufacturing
6 2 (2.90%) Marketing
6 2 (2.90%) Military
6 2 (2.90%) Spanish Language
6 2 (2.90%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.45%) Law
7 1 (1.45%) Legal
7 1 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.35%) Product Ownership
2 2 (2.90%) Blog
3 1 (1.45%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (1.45%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (100.00%) User Research
2 36 (52.17%) Agile
3 35 (50.72%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 24 (34.78%) User Experience
5 23 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
6 21 (30.43%) Usability Testing
7 18 (26.09%) Service Design
8 14 (20.29%) Quantitative Research
9 13 (18.84%) Decision-Making
9 13 (18.84%) Qualitative Research
9 13 (18.84%) UX Design
10 12 (17.39%) Continuous Improvement
10 12 (17.39%) UX Research
11 10 (14.49%) Ethnography
11 10 (14.49%) Mentoring
12 9 (13.04%) Market Research
13 8 (11.59%) Analytics
13 8 (11.59%) Design Persona
13 8 (11.59%) Ergonomics
13 8 (11.59%) Human Factors
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.45%) Java
Qualifications
1 17 (24.64%) Security Cleared
2 13 (18.84%) SC Cleared
3 5 (7.25%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (4.35%) Degree
5 1 (1.45%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.45%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (17.39%) Accessibility
2 11 (15.94%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (1.45%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (1.45%) WCAG
Vendors
1 2 (2.90%) SAP
2 1 (1.45%) Adobe
2 1 (1.45%) Brio
2 1 (1.45%) ServiceNow
2 1 (1.45%) Virgin Media