User Research Job Trends in Berkshire

User Research
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring User Research skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 - 144
Rank change year-on-year - - -10
Permanent jobs citing User Research 2 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 0.056% - 0.085%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.079% - 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -47.50%
75th Percentile - - £53,750
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - -17.65%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,517 1,719 1,929
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 71.10% 89.35% 81.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,707 693 983
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £35,750
25th Percentile £40,625 £33,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.58% -20.00% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £69,840 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £49,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +12.24% -10.91% -

User Research
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

User Research job vacancy trend in Berkshire

User Research
Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing User Research.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing User Research

User Research
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Research within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 2 October 2026. 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
Reading - 2 £65,000 -
User Research
South East

User Research
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Marketing
1 2 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Product Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 2 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Insight
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Product Management
1 2 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 2 (100.00%) Product Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Product Vision
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 2 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) CA Agile Central