User Research Job Trends in Belfast

User Research
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Belfast requiring User Research skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 - 52
Rank change year-on-year - - -2
Permanent jobs citing User Research 1 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Belfast 0.18% - 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% - 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £55,510
25th Percentile £36,250 - £55,674
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 - £59,115
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.18%
75th Percentile £38,750 - £62,324
90th Percentile - - £62,349
County Antrim median annual salary £37,500 - £59,115
% change year-on-year - - +3.18%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Belfast

User Research falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Belfast.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 448 196 334
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Belfast 80.43% 86.73% 80.48%
Number of salaries quoted 237 96 186
10th Percentile £30,424 £30,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £45,500 £39,750 £45,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -8.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £65,938 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £77,500 £92,500
County Antrim median annual salary £70,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +27.27% -8.33% +20.00%

User Research
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing User Research relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Belfast.

User Research job vacancy trend in Belfast

User Research
Salary Trend in Belfast

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing User Research.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing User Research

User Research
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Belfast by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) User Researcher
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Customer Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Co-Design
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Usability Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)