Let me try to work this out, along the lines of a <A HREF="http://mathoverflow.net/questions/194840/some-calculus-in-the-orthogonal-group-on/194900#194900">similar calculation</A> in the orthogonal (rather than unitary) group. We need the fourth-order tensor $$\int_{{\rm U}(n)}(U^m)_{ij}(\bar{U}^m)_{kl}\,dU=a_{m}(n)\delta_{ij}\delta_{kl}+b_{m}(n)\delta_{ik}\delta_{jl}+c_{m}(n)\delta_{il}\delta_{jk}$$ so that the required integral takes the form $$\int_{{\rm U}(n)}U^m X(U^\dagger)^m\,dU=a_{m}(n)X+b_{m}(n)\mathbb{1}\,{\rm tr}\,X+c_{m}(n)X^{\rm t} $$ *[note: The OP does not have the transpose $X^{\rm t}$, but I don't see a priori why this term will not appear.]* Substitution $X=\mathbb{1}$ gives a first relation $$a_m(n)+nb_m(n)+c_m(n)=1$$ one more relation follows from application of theorem 2.1.b of <A HREF="http://statweb.stanford.edu/~cgates/PERSI/papers/functionals.pdf">Diaconis and Evans</A>: $$n^2 a_m(n)+nb_m(n)+nc_m(n)=\int_{{\rm U}(n)}\,({\rm tr}\,U^m)({\rm tr}\,\bar{U}^m)\,dU={\rm min}\,(n,m)$$ *[note: in a related <A HREF="http://mathoverflow.net/questions/195186/expectation-of-trace-of-nth-power-of-unitary-matrices">MO posting</A> I had $m$ instead of ${\rm min}\,(n,m)$, I have now corrected this oversight and apologize for the confusion it may have caused]* I need a third relation $$na_m(n)+nb_m(n)+n^2 c_m(n)=\int_{{\rm U}(n)}\,{\rm tr}\,(U^m\bar{U}^{m})\,dU$$ This third integral remains to be evaluated, I will do that later today. --- as an intermezzo, suppose as in the OP that there is no term $X^{\rm t}$, so $c_{m}=0$. Then $nb_m=1-a_m$ and $a_m= [{\rm min}\,(n,m)-1](n^2-1)^{-1}\equiv p\in[0,1]$ so the inconsistency noted by the OP does not appear; still, I'm not sure why $c_m$ would vanish. --- continuing with the required integral: $$\int_{{\rm U}(n)}\,{\rm tr}\,(U^m\bar{U}^{m})\,dU =\frac{1}{n+1}+\frac{1}{n(n+1)}\int_{{\rm U}(n)}\,({\rm tr}\,U^m)({\rm tr}\,\bar{U}^{m})\,dU=\frac{n+{\rm min}\,(n,m)}{n(n+1)}$$