User Research Jobs in Birmingham

User Research
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Birmingham requiring User Research skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited User Research over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 117 126
Rank change year-on-year +19 +9 +47
Permanent jobs citing User Research 5 33 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.36% 1.20% 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 1.46% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 2 33 8
10th Percentile £48,375 - £37,325
25th Percentile £51,563 £42,725 £39,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £57,965 £45,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.67% +27.39% +13.75%
75th Percentile £74,063 £62,200 £73,750
90th Percentile £79,125 £70,880 £81,325
West Midlands median annual salary £57,500 £57,965 £45,000
% change year-on-year -0.80% +28.81% -12.20%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,330 2,263 1,836
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 95.00% 81.96% 95.97%
Number of salaries quoted 742 1,832 1,350
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,000 £31,725
25th Percentile £42,563 £40,988 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year - -2.65% +2.73%
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £84,875 £85,000 £82,500
West Midlands median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -5.66% +6.00%

User Research
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Job postings citing User Research as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Job vacancy trend for User Research in Birmingham

User Research
Salary Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing User Research in Birmingham.

Salary trend for User Research in Birmingham

User Research
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Research in Birmingham over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for User Research in Birmingham

User Research
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 (80.00%) Sketch
2 3 (60.00%) Adobe XD
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Figma
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Automotive
2 3 (60.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Designer
1 4 (80.00%) UX Designer
2 3 (60.00%) Junior
2 3 (60.00%) Junior Designer
2 3 (60.00%) Junior UI/UX Designer
2 3 (60.00%) Junior UX Designer
2 3 (60.00%) UI Designer
2 3 (60.00%) UI/UX Designer
3 1 (20.00%) Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Business Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Principal Business Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Supply Chain Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Supply Chain Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) CSS
1 3 (60.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Animation
1 3 (60.00%) Mobile App
1 3 (60.00%) Video Editing
2 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 4 (80.00%) Usability Testing
2 4 (80.00%) User Experience
2 4 (80.00%) UX Design
3 3 (60.00%) Design Thinking
3 3 (60.00%) Front End Development
3 3 (60.00%) Wireframes
4 1 (20.00%) Coaching
4 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (20.00%) Inventory Management
4 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (20.00%) Order Management
4 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Prototyping
4 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (20.00%) Source to Pay
4 1 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (20.00%) Typography
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (20.00%) PMO
1 1 (20.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Adobe
2 1 (20.00%) SAP