User Research Jobs in the City of London

User Research
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 151 213
Rank change year-on-year +31 +62 -29
Permanent jobs citing User Research 19 26 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.99% 0.78% 0.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.03% 0.85% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 16 10 17
10th Percentile £42,250 £55,400 £46,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £56,961 £58,000
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 £71,771 £98,750 £81,250
Central London median annual salary £50,000 £63,287 £65,000
% change year-on-year -20.99% -2.64% -18.75%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,838 3,064 4,337
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 96.23% 91.65% 95.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,383 2,397 3,613
10th Percentile £42,100 £41,315 £42,800
25th Percentile £53,750 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.45%
75th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £98,750
90th Percentile £122,500 £112,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% +3.45%

User Research
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for User Research in the City of London

User Research
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing User Research in the City of London.

Salary trend for User Research in the City of London

User Research
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Research in the City of London over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for User Research in the City of London

User Research
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 (31.58%) Adobe XD
1 6 (31.58%) InVision
1 6 (31.58%) Sketch
2 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (31.58%) Figma
2 2 (10.53%) Google Analytics
2 2 (10.53%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.79%) SQL Server
2 2 (10.53%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (31.58%) Axure RP
2 3 (15.79%) Git
General
1 12 (63.16%) Law
2 8 (42.11%) Public Sector
3 3 (15.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (10.53%) Social Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (63.16%) Consultant
2 9 (47.37%) Developer
3 6 (31.58%) Designer
3 6 (31.58%) Service Designer
3 6 (31.58%) User Experience Consultant
3 6 (31.58%) UX Developer
4 4 (21.05%) Senior
5 3 (15.79%) Senior Developer
6 2 (10.53%) Analyst
7 1 (5.26%) Data Analyst
7 1 (5.26%) Data Manager
7 1 (5.26%) Digital Analyst
7 1 (5.26%) IT Analyst
7 1 (5.26%) Product Analyst
7 1 (5.26%) Product Manager
7 1 (5.26%) Product Owner
7 1 (5.26%) Project Analyst
7 1 (5.26%) Project Manager
7 1 (5.26%) Senior Product Owner
7 1 (5.26%) Technical Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (47.37%) CSS
1 9 (47.37%) HTML
2 3 (15.79%) .NET
2 3 (15.79%) .NET Core
2 3 (15.79%) .NET Framework
2 3 (15.79%) AngularJS
2 3 (15.79%) ASP.NET Web API
2 3 (15.79%) HTML5
2 3 (15.79%) React
2 3 (15.79%) RESTful
2 3 (15.79%) Sass
2 3 (15.79%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 7 (36.84%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.26%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (84.21%) Agile
2 13 (68.42%) User Experience
2 13 (68.42%) User Stories
3 12 (63.16%) Inclusive Design
3 12 (63.16%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 12 (63.16%) Workshop Facilitation
4 7 (36.84%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (36.84%) Scrum
4 7 (36.84%) UX Research
5 6 (31.58%) Critical Thinking
5 6 (31.58%) Design Sprint
5 6 (31.58%) Design Thinking
5 6 (31.58%) Ideation Sessions
5 6 (31.58%) Prototyping
5 6 (31.58%) Service Design
5 6 (31.58%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (31.58%) UX Design
5 6 (31.58%) Wireframes
6 3 (15.79%) Collaborative Working
6 3 (15.79%) Usability Testing
Programming Languages
1 9 (47.37%) JavaScript
2 5 (26.32%) SQL
3 3 (15.79%) C#
3 3 (15.79%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 15 (78.95%) Security Cleared
2 8 (42.11%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.26%) DBS Check
3 1 (5.26%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (63.16%) Accessibility
2 6 (31.58%) WCAG
Vendors
1 6 (31.58%) Adobe
2 2 (10.53%) Google
2 2 (10.53%) Microsoft