User Experience Researcher Jobs

UX Researcher
UK

The median UX Researcher salary in the UK is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 831 799 1025
Rank change year-on-year -32 +226 -192
Permanent jobs requiring a User Experience Researcher 66 202 186
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.068% 0.19% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.072% 0.21% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 12 56 78
10th Percentile - £46,250 £34,625
25th Percentile £33,250 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £69,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.54% +25.45% -8.33%
75th Percentile £59,688 £70,313 £70,188
90th Percentile £69,250 £77,500 £83,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £34,500 £70,000 £48,000
% change year-on-year -50.71% +45.83% -20.00%

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 92,025 97,996 146,640
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.64% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 66,479 61,282 85,815
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% - +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%

User Experience Researcher
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for User Experience Researcher in the UK

User Experience Researcher
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for User Experience Researcher in the UK

User Experience Researcher
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Experience Researcher over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

Salary histogram for User Experience Researcher in the UK

User Experience Researcher
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Experience Researcher within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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
UK excluding London -63 59 £34,500 -50.71% 11
Scotland -18 47 - - 5
England -40 15 £50,000 -26.47% 17
Work from Home +72 12 £70,000 - 9
London +104 7 £63,750 +6.25% 10
South East +4 5 £34,500 -49.26% 2
Northern Ireland - 4 - -
West Midlands +39 2 £45,000 -
Midlands +3 2 £45,000 -
South West -30 1 £50,000 -13.04%

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

For the 6 months to 18 April 2024, 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 User Experience Researcher in the job title.

1 66 (100.00%) User Experience
1 66 (100.00%) UX Research
2 60 (90.91%) User Research
3 55 (83.33%) Social Skills
4 53 (80.30%) Degree
5 50 (75.76%) Psychology
6 49 (74.24%) Finance
6 49 (74.24%) Law
6 49 (74.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 46 (69.70%) Service Design
8 45 (68.18%) Marketing
8 45 (68.18%) Anthropology
9 44 (66.67%) Actionable Insight
9 44 (66.67%) Agile
10 38 (57.58%) Design Thinking
11 37 (56.06%) Benchmarking
12 36 (54.55%) Product Management
12 36 (54.55%) Mentoring
13 35 (53.03%) Visualisation
13 35 (53.03%) Data Visualisation
13 35 (53.03%) Analytics
13 35 (53.03%) Qualtrics
13 35 (53.03%) UserZoom
13 35 (53.03%) Strategic Thinking
14 33 (50.00%) Actionable Recommendations
14 33 (50.00%) Figma
14 33 (50.00%) Storytelling
14 33 (50.00%) Data Analytics
15 32 (48.48%) DevOps
15 32 (48.48%) Jenkins

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:

Applications
1 35 (53.03%) UserZoom
2 1 (1.52%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 33 (50.00%) Figma
2 32 (48.48%) SurveyMonkey
3 1 (1.52%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.55%) Internet
2 1 (1.52%) SNA
Development Applications
1 32 (48.48%) Jenkins
General
1 55 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 49 (74.24%) Finance
2 49 (74.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 49 (74.24%) Law
3 45 (68.18%) Marketing
4 8 (12.12%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (7.58%) Banking
6 3 (4.55%) Legal
6 3 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (3.03%) Financial Institution
7 2 (3.03%) Investment Banking
7 2 (3.03%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.52%) Electronics
8 1 (1.52%) Korean Language
Miscellaneous
1 15 (22.73%) Product Ownership
2 11 (16.67%) Market Risk
3 3 (4.55%) Algorithms
3 3 (4.55%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.52%) Graphic Design
4 1 (1.52%) Social Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (100.00%) User Experience
1 66 (100.00%) UX Research
2 60 (90.91%) User Research
3 50 (75.76%) Psychology
4 46 (69.70%) Service Design
5 45 (68.18%) Anthropology
6 44 (66.67%) Actionable Insight
6 44 (66.67%) Agile
7 38 (57.58%) Design Thinking
8 37 (56.06%) Benchmarking
9 36 (54.55%) Mentoring
9 36 (54.55%) Product Management
10 35 (53.03%) Analytics
10 35 (53.03%) Data Visualisation
10 35 (53.03%) Strategic Thinking
10 35 (53.03%) Visualisation
11 33 (50.00%) Data Analytics
11 33 (50.00%) Storytelling
12 32 (48.48%) Market Research
12 32 (48.48%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.03%) R
2 1 (1.52%) Python
2 1 (1.52%) SQL
Qualifications
1 53 (80.30%) Degree
2 18 (27.27%) Master's Degree
3 13 (19.70%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (50.00%) Actionable Recommendations
2 6 (9.09%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 35 (53.03%) Qualtrics