UX Research Job Trends in Birmingham

User Experience Research (UXR)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring UX Research skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 - 150
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing UX Research 1 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 0.033% - 0.100%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.045% - 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72,500 - £55,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 - £58,700
75th Percentile £77,500 - £62,200
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median annual salary £35,000 - £58,700

All Process & Methodology Skills
Birmingham

UX 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 2,202 1,094 2,388
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 73.33% 95.30% 79.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,653 675 1,920
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £56,400 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.95% +2.55% -2.65%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £85,000
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

UX Research
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

UX Research job vacancy trend in Birmingham

UX Research
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing UX Research.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing UX Research

UX Research
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe XD
1 1 (100.00%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Service Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Service Designer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) A/B Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) B2B
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Innovation
1 1 (100.00%) Fintech
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) User Research
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design
1 1 (100.00%) Wireframes
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe