Senior User Researcher
UK

The median Senior User Researcher salary in the UK is £54,700 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 868 949 1150
Rank change year-on-year +81 +201 -272
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior User Researcher 46 15 85
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.047% 0.014% 0.054%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.049% 0.016% 0.056%
Number of salaries quoted 10 15 48
10th Percentile £51,880 £45,512 £38,947
25th Percentile £53,200 £53,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,700 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.83% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £61,250 £70,625 £63,438
90th Percentile - £75,000 £70,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,700 £41,957 £48,514
% change year-on-year +30.37% -13.51% -19.14%

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 93,221 94,676 150,515
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.51% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 66,838 59,581 85,408
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +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 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Senior User Researcher
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior User Researcher in the UK

Senior User Researcher
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior User Researcher in the UK

Senior User Researcher
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior User Researcher over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior User Researcher in the UK

Senior User Researcher
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior User Researcher within the UK over the 6 months to 5 May 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
UK excluding London +31 43 £54,700 +30.37% 3
England +122 32 £54,700 -4.87% 5
Work from Home +78 13 £40,000 -33.33% 4
North of England - 11 £54,700 -
South West -19 9 £57,500 +37.05%
Scotland - 8 - -
North West - 6 - -
Midlands - 6 £54,700 -
East Midlands - 5 £54,700 -
Yorkshire - 4 £54,700 -
London +121 3 - - 2
South East +29 3 - - 1
Wales - 3 - -
Northern Ireland - 3 - -
West Midlands - 1 £54,700 -
North East - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Senior User 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 Researcher in the job title.

1 46 (100.00%) User Research
2 44 (95.65%) Agile
3 38 (82.61%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 37 (80.43%) Workshop Facilitation
4 37 (80.43%) Product Ownership
5 35 (76.09%) Accessibility
6 33 (71.74%) Backlog Prioritisation
6 33 (71.74%) Empathy Maps
6 33 (71.74%) Digital Customer Experience
6 33 (71.74%) Customer Experience
6 33 (71.74%) Quantitative Research
6 33 (71.74%) Actionable Insight
6 33 (71.74%) Requirements Analysis
6 33 (71.74%) SC Cleared
6 33 (71.74%) Security Cleared
6 33 (71.74%) Qualitative Research
7 7 (15.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (13.04%) Social Skills
8 6 (13.04%) User Experience
8 6 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (10.87%) Human-Centred Design
9 5 (10.87%) Decision-Making
9 5 (10.87%) Public Sector
9 5 (10.87%) Workflow
10 4 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
10 4 (8.70%) Microsoft
10 4 (8.70%) Service Delivery
10 4 (8.70%) Mentoring
10 4 (8.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 4 (8.70%) UX Design

Senior User 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:

Applications
1 4 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
General
1 7 (15.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 6 (13.04%) Social Skills
3 5 (10.87%) Public Sector
4 2 (4.35%) Banking
4 2 (4.35%) Finance
4 2 (4.35%) Financial Institution
4 2 (4.35%) Investment Banking
4 2 (4.35%) Law
4 2 (4.35%) Marketing
5 1 (2.17%) Aviation
Miscellaneous
1 37 (80.43%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (100.00%) User Research
2 44 (95.65%) Agile
3 38 (82.61%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 37 (80.43%) Workshop Facilitation
5 33 (71.74%) Actionable Insight
5 33 (71.74%) Backlog Prioritisation
5 33 (71.74%) Customer Experience
5 33 (71.74%) Digital Customer Experience
5 33 (71.74%) Empathy Maps
5 33 (71.74%) Qualitative Research
5 33 (71.74%) Quantitative Research
5 33 (71.74%) Requirements Analysis
6 6 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (13.04%) User Experience
7 5 (10.87%) Decision-Making
7 5 (10.87%) Human-Centred Design
7 5 (10.87%) Workflow
8 4 (8.70%) Journey Map
8 4 (8.70%) Scrum
8 4 (8.70%) User Journey Map
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.35%) R
Qualifications
1 33 (71.74%) SC Cleared
1 33 (71.74%) Security Cleared
2 2 (4.35%) Degree
2 2 (4.35%) Master's Degree
2 2 (4.35%) PhD
3 1 (2.17%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (76.09%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 4 (8.70%) Microsoft