User Research Jobs in Central London

User Research
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 138 156 223
Rank change year-on-year +18 +67 -42
Permanent jobs citing User Research 21 29 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 0.88% 0.77% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.91% 0.84% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 17 10 18
10th Percentile £43,300 £55,400 £46,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £56,961 £55,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £63,287 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.99% -2.64% -18.75%
75th Percentile £70,000 £76,232 £76,250
90th Percentile £71,417 £98,750 £81,250
London median annual salary £65,000 £58,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year +10.54% -2.00% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,303 3,466 4,767
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 96.68% 91.81% 94.83%
Number of salaries quoted 1,570 2,631 3,919
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% +3.45%
75th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £112,500
London median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% -6.67% +7.14%

User Research
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for User Research in Central London

User Research
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for User Research in Central London

User Research
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Research in Central London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for User Research in Central London

User Research
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Research within the Central London region over the 6 months to 30 May 2025. 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
City of London +39 19 £50,000 -20.99% 7
City of Westminster - 4 £68,531 -
West End of London +4 2 £65,307 - 2
User Research
London

User Research
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 6 (28.57%) Adobe XD
1 6 (28.57%) InVision
1 6 (28.57%) Sketch
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (28.57%) Figma
2 2 (9.52%) Google Analytics
2 2 (9.52%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.76%) OCI
3 1 (4.76%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (14.29%) SQL Server
2 2 (9.52%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (28.57%) Axure RP
2 3 (14.29%) Git
General
1 12 (57.14%) Law
2 9 (42.86%) Public Sector
3 3 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (14.29%) Social Skills
4 2 (9.52%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Back Office
5 1 (4.76%) Finance
Job Titles
1 12 (57.14%) Consultant
2 9 (42.86%) Developer
3 6 (28.57%) Designer
3 6 (28.57%) Service Designer
3 6 (28.57%) User Experience Consultant
3 6 (28.57%) UX Developer
4 4 (19.05%) Senior
5 3 (14.29%) Senior Developer
6 2 (9.52%) Analyst
6 2 (9.52%) Product Manager
7 1 (4.76%) Data Analyst
7 1 (4.76%) Data Manager
7 1 (4.76%) Digital Analyst
7 1 (4.76%) IT Analyst
7 1 (4.76%) Product Analyst
7 1 (4.76%) Product Owner
7 1 (4.76%) Project Analyst
7 1 (4.76%) Project Manager
7 1 (4.76%) Senior Product Owner
7 1 (4.76%) Technical Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (42.86%) CSS
1 9 (42.86%) HTML
2 3 (14.29%) .NET
2 3 (14.29%) .NET Core
2 3 (14.29%) .NET Framework
2 3 (14.29%) AngularJS
2 3 (14.29%) ASP.NET Web API
2 3 (14.29%) HTML5
2 3 (14.29%) React
2 3 (14.29%) RESTful
2 3 (14.29%) Sass
2 3 (14.29%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 8 (38.10%) Product Ownership
2 1 (4.76%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (85.71%) Agile
2 14 (66.67%) User Experience
2 14 (66.67%) User Stories
3 12 (57.14%) Inclusive Design
3 12 (57.14%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 12 (57.14%) Workshop Facilitation
4 8 (38.10%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (38.10%) Scrum
5 7 (33.33%) UX Design
5 7 (33.33%) UX Research
6 6 (28.57%) Critical Thinking
6 6 (28.57%) Design Sprint
6 6 (28.57%) Design Thinking
6 6 (28.57%) Ideation Sessions
6 6 (28.57%) Prototyping
6 6 (28.57%) Service Design
6 6 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (28.57%) Wireframes
7 4 (19.05%) Analytics
7 4 (19.05%) Usability Testing
Programming Languages
1 9 (42.86%) JavaScript
2 5 (23.81%) SQL
3 3 (14.29%) C#
3 3 (14.29%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 15 (71.43%) Security Cleared
2 8 (38.10%) SC Cleared
3 2 (9.52%) DBS Check
3 2 (9.52%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (57.14%) Accessibility
2 6 (28.57%) WCAG
Vendors
1 6 (28.57%) Adobe
2 2 (9.52%) Google
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.76%) Oracle
3 1 (4.76%) Salesforce
3 1 (4.76%) ServiceNow