User Research Jobs in the East Midlands

User Research
England > East Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands with a requirement for User Research skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited User Research over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 166 173 171
Rank change year-on-year +7 -2 -14
Permanent jobs citing User Research 26 6 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 0.60% 0.21% 0.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.74% 0.22% 1.01%
Number of salaries quoted 14 0 5
10th Percentile £34,000 - £39,000
25th Percentile £41,250 - £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 - £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +84.62%
75th Percentile £55,075 - £63,668
90th Percentile £63,515 - £64,467
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -10.83% +4.35% +4.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East Midlands

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,502 2,762 3,183
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 80.95% 96.17% 91.68%
Number of salaries quoted 2,488 1,325 2,088
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £32,223 £36,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £56,000 £65,000 £61,140
90th Percentile £68,750 £76,250 £73,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

User Research
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings citing User Research as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for User Research in the East Midlands

User Research
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing User Research in the East Midlands.

Salary trend for User Research in the East Midlands

User Research
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Research in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for User Research in the East Midlands

User Research
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Research within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 29 April 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Leicestershire -2 12 - - 1
Nottinghamshire - 11 £42,500 -
Northamptonshire -1 3 £47,500 - 1
User Research
England

User Research
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 (7.69%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (15.38%) Adobe XD
1 4 (15.38%) Sketch
2 2 (7.69%) MS Visio
3 1 (3.85%) Adobe Captivate
3 1 (3.85%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (3.85%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 5 (19.23%) Miro
2 4 (15.38%) Figma
3 1 (3.85%) AWS
3 1 (3.85%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (3.85%) Software-Defined Networking
2 1 (3.85%) WAN
2 1 (3.85%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 5 (19.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 5 (19.23%) Social Skills
2 1 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (30.77%) Senior
1 8 (30.77%) User Researcher
2 6 (23.08%) Designer
3 5 (19.23%) Product Manager
3 5 (19.23%) Senior User Researcher
4 4 (15.38%) Analyst
4 4 (15.38%) Business Analyst
4 4 (15.38%) UI Designer
4 4 (15.38%) UI/UX Designer
4 4 (15.38%) UX Designer
5 3 (11.54%) Digital User Researcher
6 2 (7.69%) Architect
6 2 (7.69%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (7.69%) Senior Business Analyst
6 2 (7.69%) Service Designer
6 2 (7.69%) Technical Architect
7 1 (3.85%) Junior
7 1 (3.85%) Junior Designer
7 1 (3.85%) Senior Architect
7 1 (3.85%) Senior Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) CSS
1 1 (3.85%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.54%) Product Ownership
1 3 (11.54%) PropTech
2 2 (7.69%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.85%) Mobile App
3 1 (3.85%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (61.54%) Agile
1 16 (61.54%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 15 (57.69%) Actionable Insight
3 8 (30.77%) Requirements Analysis
3 8 (30.77%) User Experience
4 7 (26.92%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (26.92%) Decision-Making
4 7 (26.92%) Usability Testing
4 7 (26.92%) Workshop Facilitation
5 6 (23.08%) Qualitative Research
5 6 (23.08%) Quantitative Research
6 5 (19.23%) Customer Experience
6 5 (19.23%) DevOps
6 5 (19.23%) Digital Customer Experience
6 5 (19.23%) Service Design
7 4 (15.38%) Interaction Design
7 4 (15.38%) Journey Map
7 4 (15.38%) Line Management
7 4 (15.38%) Requirements Gathering
7 4 (15.38%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.85%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 12 (46.15%) SC Cleared
1 12 (46.15%) Security Cleared
2 3 (11.54%) Degree
3 1 (3.85%) APMG
3 1 (3.85%) CCIE
3 1 (3.85%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (3.85%) CITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (26.92%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.85%) PMO
Vendors
1 4 (15.38%) Adobe
2 1 (3.85%) Cisco
2 1 (3.85%) Meraki
2 1 (3.85%) Palo Alto