Senior User Experience Researcher Jobs

Senior UX Researcher
UK

The median Senior UX Researcher salary in the UK is £70,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 885 948 1123
Rank change year-on-year +63 +175 -255
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior User Experience Researcher 9 41 73
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.009% 0.039% 0.047%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.010% 0.043% 0.049%
Number of salaries quoted 4 11 27
10th Percentile £52,750 £61,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £60,625 £63,750 £51,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +20.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,000 £70,125
90th Percentile £73,500 £82,500 £83,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +13.21% -11.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 92,894 96,310 147,847
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.58% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,756 60,420 85,018
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,923 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.80% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Senior User Experience Researcher
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Senior User Experience Researcher in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Senior User Experience Researcher in the UK

Senior User Experience Researcher
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior User Experience Researcher.

Salary trend for Senior User Experience Researcher in the UK

Senior User Experience Researcher
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior User Experience Researcher over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior User Experience Researcher in the UK

Senior User Experience Researcher
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior User Experience Researcher within the UK over the 6 months to 25 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
England +77 7 £70,000 -5.08% 8
London +109 6 £70,000 -6.67% 6
Work from Home +99 6 £70,000 -6.67% 5
UK excluding London -7 3 £50,000 -16.67% 2
Scotland - 2 - -
South West -22 1 £50,000 -16.67%

Senior User Experience Researcher Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Senior User Experience Researcher job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Senior User Experience Researcher in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) User Experience
1 9 (100.00%) UX Research
2 8 (88.89%) User Research
2 8 (88.89%) Usability Testing
3 7 (77.78%) Agile
4 5 (55.56%) Degree
4 5 (55.56%) Psychology
4 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
5 4 (44.44%) Workshop Facilitation
5 4 (44.44%) Wireframes
5 4 (44.44%) Quantitative Research
5 4 (44.44%) Qualitative Research
5 4 (44.44%) Data Analysis
6 3 (33.33%) Data Management
6 3 (33.33%) Legal
6 3 (33.33%) ETL
6 3 (33.33%) Risk Management
6 3 (33.33%) Analytics
6 3 (33.33%) Visualisation
6 3 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
6 3 (33.33%) Computer Science
6 3 (33.33%) Data Cleansing
6 3 (33.33%) Data Integration
6 3 (33.33%) Service Design
6 3 (33.33%) Data Strategy
6 3 (33.33%) Data Structures
6 3 (33.33%) Algorithms
6 3 (33.33%) Design Thinking
6 3 (33.33%) Lean UX

Senior User Experience Researcher Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) SNA
General
1 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Legal
3 2 (22.22%) Banking
3 2 (22.22%) Finance
3 2 (22.22%) Financial Institution
3 2 (22.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (22.22%) Investment Banking
3 2 (22.22%) Law
3 2 (22.22%) Marketing
3 2 (22.22%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Algorithms
1 3 (33.33%) Data Structures
2 1 (11.11%) Graphic Design
2 1 (11.11%) Social Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) User Experience
1 9 (100.00%) UX Research
2 8 (88.89%) Usability Testing
2 8 (88.89%) User Research
3 7 (77.78%) Agile
4 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (55.56%) Psychology
5 4 (44.44%) Data Analysis
5 4 (44.44%) Qualitative Research
5 4 (44.44%) Quantitative Research
5 4 (44.44%) Wireframes
5 4 (44.44%) Workshop Facilitation
6 3 (33.33%) Analytics
6 3 (33.33%) Computer Science
6 3 (33.33%) Data Management
6 3 (33.33%) Data Strategy
6 3 (33.33%) ETL
6 3 (33.33%) Risk Management
6 3 (33.33%) Service Design
6 3 (33.33%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) R
2 1 (11.11%) Python
2 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) Degree
2 2 (22.22%) Master's Degree
2 2 (22.22%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) Accessibility