User Research Jobs in Edinburgh

User Research
Scotland > Edinburgh

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 88 144 117
Rank change year-on-year +56 -27 +2
Permanent jobs citing User Research 22 4 40
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.44% 0.19% 1.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.59% 0.20% 1.84%
Number of salaries quoted 6 2 37
10th Percentile £43,950 £36,175 £41,364
25th Percentile £55,400 £37,437 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,800 £41,417 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year +41.97% -9.96% -29.23%
75th Percentile £67,900 £47,271 £62,500
90th Percentile £69,800 £49,658 -
Scotland median annual salary £49,000 £46,157 £46,100
% change year-on-year +6.16% +0.12% -29.08%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,385 2,041 2,170
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 90.40% 96.18% 93.70%
Number of salaries quoted 973 1,173 1,336
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £44,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,715 £68,750
90th Percentile £96,539 £90,773 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £57,577 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.82% +9.67% +5.00%

User Research
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing User Research as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for User Research in Edinburgh

User Research
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing User Research in Edinburgh.

Salary trend for User Research in Edinburgh

User Research
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Research in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for User Research in Edinburgh

User Research
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 (9.09%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (9.09%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.64%) dbt
2 2 (9.09%) Miro
3 1 (4.55%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 2 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 6 (27.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 5 (22.73%) Public Sector
3 3 (13.64%) Retail
4 2 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (9.09%) Social Skills
5 1 (4.55%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 9 (40.91%) Designer
2 6 (27.27%) Product Manager
3 5 (22.73%) Lead
3 5 (22.73%) Senior
3 5 (22.73%) User Researcher
4 4 (18.18%) Service Designer
5 3 (13.64%) Lead Designer
5 3 (13.64%) Senior User Researcher
5 3 (13.64%) UX Designer
6 2 (9.09%) Analyst
6 2 (9.09%) Business Analyst
6 2 (9.09%) Lead Service Designer
6 2 (9.09%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (9.09%) Senior Business Analyst
6 2 (9.09%) User Experience Researcher
7 1 (4.55%) Content Designer
7 1 (4.55%) Interaction Designer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (22.73%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (77.27%) Agile
2 13 (59.09%) Actionable Insight
3 10 (45.45%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 9 (40.91%) Requirements Analysis
5 7 (31.82%) Workshop Facilitation
6 6 (27.27%) DevOps
7 5 (22.73%) Customer Experience
7 5 (22.73%) Digital Customer Experience
7 5 (22.73%) Mentoring
7 5 (22.73%) Service Design
7 5 (22.73%) Strategic Thinking
8 4 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
9 3 (13.64%) Backlog Prioritisation
9 3 (13.64%) Design Patterns
9 3 (13.64%) Empathy Maps
9 3 (13.64%) Prototyping
9 3 (13.64%) Qualitative Research
9 3 (13.64%) Quantitative Research
9 3 (13.64%) User Experience
9 3 (13.64%) UX Design
Qualifications
1 18 (81.82%) SC Cleared
1 18 (81.82%) Security Cleared
2 2 (9.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (36.36%) Accessibility
2 2 (9.09%) QA