Senior User Experience Researcher Contracts

Senior UX Researcher
UK

The median Senior UX Researcher daily rate in the UK is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 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
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 585 678 830
Rank change year-on-year +93 +152 -117
Contract jobs requiring a Senior User Experience Researcher 5 8 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.011% 0.014% 0.021%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% 0.015% 0.022%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 14
10th Percentile - £518 £550
25th Percentile £425 £525 £608
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £638 £644
Median % change year-on-year -29.41% -0.97% +39.19%
75th Percentile £475 £650 £684
90th Percentile - £748 £695
UK excluding London median daily rate - £638 £641
% change year-on-year - -0.58% -

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 40,530 52,517 83,153
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.88% 94.52% 95.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,076 36,648 58,643
10th Percentile £280 £313 £316
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £539 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.64% +2.71% +6.06%
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% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,932 1,488 1,934
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.39 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.75 £49.96
90th Percentile £73.75 £76.33 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +7.99%

Senior User Experience Researcher
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior User Experience Researcher in the UK

Senior User Experience Researcher
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Senior User Experience Researcher in the UK

Senior User Experience Researcher
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior User Experience Researcher within the UK over the 6 months to 10 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 +97 5 £450 -29.41%
London +83 3 £450 -25.00%
UK excluding London +37 2 - -
North of England +30 2 - -
Yorkshire - 2 - -

Senior User Experience Researcher Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 10 June 2024, Senior User Experience 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 Senior User Experience Researcher in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) User Experience
1 5 (100.00%) UX Research
2 3 (60.00%) UX Design
2 3 (60.00%) Agile
3 2 (40.00%) E-Commerce
3 2 (40.00%) Advertising
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (40.00%) Service Design
3 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (40.00%) User Research
3 2 (40.00%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (20.00%) UserZoom
4 1 (20.00%) SurveyMonkey
4 1 (20.00%) Customer-Centricity
4 1 (20.00%) Storytelling
4 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (20.00%) Degree
4 1 (20.00%) Psychology

Senior User Experience 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:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) UserZoom
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (20.00%) SurveyMonkey
General
1 2 (40.00%) Advertising
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) User Experience
1 5 (100.00%) UX Research
2 3 (60.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) UX Design
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (40.00%) E-Commerce
3 2 (40.00%) Service Design
3 2 (40.00%) User Research
4 1 (20.00%) Customer-Centricity
4 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (20.00%) Psychology
4 1 (20.00%) Storytelling
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree