User Research Jobs in Scotland

User Research
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 155 208 174
Rank change year-on-year +53 -34 -14
Permanent jobs citing User Research 138 14 63
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 2.05% 0.30% 1.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.21% 0.32% 1.21%
Number of salaries quoted 15 6 48
10th Percentile - £35,161 £39,659
25th Percentile £44,500 £37,437 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £46,157 £46,100
Median % change year-on-year +6.16% +0.12% -29.08%
75th Percentile £62,200 £49,977 £62,500
90th Percentile £66,760 £53,750 -
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
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,238 4,437 5,207
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.87% 94.24% 91.02%
Number of salaries quoted 2,418 2,226 2,788
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,369 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,125 £41,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,577 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.82% +9.67% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £81,250
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 Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for User Research in Scotland

User Research
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for User Research in Scotland

User Research
Salary Histogram in Scotland

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

Salary histogram for User Research in Scotland

User Research
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Research within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 28 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
Glasgow -16 110 £49,000 +6.16% 3
Edinburgh +56 22 £58,800 +41.97%
Midlothian - 5 - -
User Research
UK

User Research
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 4 (2.90%) Confluence
Applications
1 32 (23.19%) UserZoom
2 17 (12.32%) Sketch
3 5 (3.62%) Adobe Illustrator
3 5 (3.62%) InVision
3 5 (3.62%) Photoshop
4 4 (2.90%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 77 (55.80%) Figma
2 64 (46.38%) SurveyMonkey
3 4 (2.90%) Miro
4 3 (2.17%) dbt
5 1 (0.72%) Azure
5 1 (0.72%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.72%) Power Automate
5 1 (0.72%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.72%) PowerApps
5 1 (0.72%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.72%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 32 (23.19%) Jenkins
2 17 (12.32%) JIRA
3 1 (0.72%) Git
General
1 99 (71.74%) Finance
2 96 (69.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 90 (65.22%) Law
4 89 (64.49%) Marketing
5 49 (35.51%) Social Skills
6 32 (23.19%) Social Science
7 5 (3.62%) Public Sector
8 3 (2.17%) Banking
8 3 (2.17%) Retail
9 2 (1.45%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (1.45%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.45%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.72%) Private Banking
10 1 (0.72%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 49 (35.51%) Lead
2 47 (34.06%) User Experience Researcher
3 25 (18.12%) Designer
4 18 (13.04%) Senior
5 11 (7.97%) Product Manager
6 10 (7.25%) User Researcher
7 8 (5.80%) Digital Designer
7 8 (5.80%) Senior User Researcher
7 8 (5.80%) UX Designer
8 6 (4.35%) Service Designer
9 5 (3.62%) Senior Designer
9 5 (3.62%) Senior UX Designer
10 4 (2.90%) Analyst
10 4 (2.90%) Business Analyst
10 4 (2.90%) Senior Analyst
10 4 (2.90%) Senior Business Analyst
11 3 (2.17%) Lead Designer
12 2 (1.45%) Lead Service Designer
12 2 (1.45%) Senior User Experience Researcher
13 1 (0.72%) Power Apps Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.72%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 27 (19.57%) Market Risk
2 20 (14.49%) Product Ownership
3 14 (10.14%) Management Information System
4 12 (8.70%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (5.80%) Graphic Design
6 5 (3.62%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.72%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (76.81%) User Experience
2 100 (72.46%) Actionable Insight
3 96 (69.57%) UX Research
4 82 (59.42%) Service Design
5 77 (55.80%) Anthropology
5 77 (55.80%) Psychology
6 75 (54.35%) Agile
7 68 (49.28%) Product Management
8 64 (46.38%) Roadmaps
9 56 (40.58%) DevOps
10 51 (36.96%) Strategic Thinking
11 49 (35.51%) Mentoring
11 49 (35.51%) Qualitative Research
12 47 (34.06%) Information Architecture
13 45 (32.61%) Cognitive Science
13 45 (32.61%) Data Visualisation
13 45 (32.61%) Fintech
13 45 (32.61%) Visualisation
14 44 (31.88%) Critical Thinking
14 44 (31.88%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 34 (24.64%) R
2 1 (0.72%) C#
2 1 (0.72%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.72%) SQL
Qualifications
1 82 (59.42%) Degree
2 46 (33.33%) Master's Degree
3 45 (32.61%) PhD
4 30 (21.74%) SC Cleared
4 30 (21.74%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (23.19%) Actionable Recommendations
2 15 (10.87%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.45%) QA
Vendors
1 64 (46.38%) Qualtrics
2 12 (8.70%) ServiceNow
3 1 (0.72%) Microsoft