User Research Jobs in Northern Ireland

User Research
UK > Northern Ireland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland 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 50 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing User Research 23 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 3.33% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.69% - -
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £55,400 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,800 - -
75th Percentile £69,800 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £54,700 £57,500 £57,000
% change year-on-year -4.87% +0.88% +3.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 624 846 609
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 90.30% 97.35% 91.03%
Number of salaries quoted 296 449 335
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £33,500 £37,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +13.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £67,750 £67,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

User Research
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for User Research in Northern Ireland

User Research
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Salary trend for User Research in Northern Ireland

User Research
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Research within the Northern Ireland 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
County Antrim - 23 £58,800 -
User Research
UK

User Research
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 (8.70%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (26.09%) UserZoom
2 3 (13.04%) Adobe XD
2 3 (13.04%) InVision
2 3 (13.04%) Sketch
3 2 (8.70%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.04%) dbt
1 3 (13.04%) Figma
2 2 (8.70%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.04%) Internet
Development Applications
1 2 (8.70%) JIRA
General
1 11 (47.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 6 (26.09%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (26.09%) Banking
2 6 (26.09%) Finance
2 6 (26.09%) Law
2 6 (26.09%) Social Skills
3 3 (13.04%) Retail
4 2 (8.70%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (21.74%) Designer
1 5 (21.74%) Lead
1 5 (21.74%) Product Manager
1 5 (21.74%) Senior
1 5 (21.74%) User Researcher
2 4 (17.39%) Service Designer
3 3 (13.04%) Lead Designer
3 3 (13.04%) Senior User Researcher
3 3 (13.04%) User Experience Researcher
4 2 (8.70%) Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) Business Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) Lead Service Designer
4 2 (8.70%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) Senior Business Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) Interaction Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.04%) CSS
1 3 (13.04%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (73.91%) Agile
2 12 (52.17%) Actionable Insight
3 11 (47.83%) Mentoring
4 9 (39.13%) Qualitative Research
4 9 (39.13%) Quantitative Research
5 8 (34.78%) Requirements Analysis
5 8 (34.78%) Strategic Thinking
5 8 (34.78%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 8 (34.78%) Workshop Facilitation
6 6 (26.09%) Business Intelligence
6 6 (26.09%) Co-Creation
6 6 (26.09%) Community of Practice
6 6 (26.09%) Design Thinking
6 6 (26.09%) Fintech
6 6 (26.09%) Journey Map
6 6 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (26.09%) Prototyping
6 6 (26.09%) User Experience
6 6 (26.09%) UX Design
6 6 (26.09%) UX Research
Qualifications
1 17 (73.91%) SC Cleared
1 17 (73.91%) Security Cleared
2 8 (34.78%) Degree
3 6 (26.09%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (39.13%) Accessibility
2 3 (13.04%) WCAG
3 2 (8.70%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (26.09%) Qualtrics