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 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 156 208
Rank change year-on-year +32 +52 -14
Permanent jobs citing User Research 20 25 19
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.98% 0.75% 0.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.03% 0.81% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 16 10 18
10th Percentile £42,250 £55,400 £46,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £56,961 £58,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,669 £63,287 £66,250
Median % change year-on-year -12.04% -4.47% -17.19%
75th Percentile £70,000 £76,232 £76,250
90th Percentile £71,771 £98,750 £81,250
Central London median annual salary £61,339 £63,287 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.08% -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 1,951 3,069 4,407
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 96.06% 92.02% 95.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,471 2,423 3,680
10th Percentile £42,000 £41,250 £43,162
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 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £112,500
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 15 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 5 (25.00%) Adobe XD
1 5 (25.00%) InVision
1 5 (25.00%) Sketch
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 5 (25.00%) Figma
2 2 (10.00%) Google Analytics
2 2 (10.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (30.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (10.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (30.00%) Git
2 5 (25.00%) Axure RP
General
1 10 (50.00%) Law
2 7 (35.00%) Public Sector
3 6 (30.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (10.00%) Social Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (55.00%) Developer
2 10 (50.00%) Consultant
3 7 (35.00%) Senior
4 6 (30.00%) Senior Developer
5 5 (25.00%) Designer
5 5 (25.00%) Service Designer
5 5 (25.00%) User Experience Consultant
5 5 (25.00%) UX Developer
6 2 (10.00%) Analyst
7 1 (5.00%) Data Analyst
7 1 (5.00%) Data Manager
7 1 (5.00%) Digital Analyst
7 1 (5.00%) IT Analyst
7 1 (5.00%) Product Analyst
7 1 (5.00%) Product Manager
7 1 (5.00%) Product Owner
7 1 (5.00%) Project Analyst
7 1 (5.00%) Project Manager
7 1 (5.00%) Senior Product Owner
7 1 (5.00%) Technical Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (55.00%) CSS
1 11 (55.00%) HTML
2 6 (30.00%) .NET
2 6 (30.00%) .NET Core
2 6 (30.00%) .NET Framework
2 6 (30.00%) AngularJS
2 6 (30.00%) ASP.NET Web API
2 6 (30.00%) HTML5
2 6 (30.00%) React
2 6 (30.00%) RESTful
2 6 (30.00%) Sass
2 6 (30.00%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 6 (30.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.00%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (70.00%) Agile
2 11 (55.00%) User Experience
2 11 (55.00%) User Stories
3 10 (50.00%) Inclusive Design
3 10 (50.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 10 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
4 6 (30.00%) Collaborative Working
4 6 (30.00%) DevOps
4 6 (30.00%) Integration Testing
4 6 (30.00%) MVC
4 6 (30.00%) Performance Analysis
4 6 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (30.00%) Scrum
4 6 (30.00%) Systems Analysis
4 6 (30.00%) Technical Debt
4 6 (30.00%) UX Research
5 5 (25.00%) Critical Thinking
5 5 (25.00%) Service Design
5 5 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (25.00%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 11 (55.00%) JavaScript
2 8 (40.00%) SQL
3 6 (30.00%) C#
3 6 (30.00%) TypeScript
4 3 (15.00%) C
Qualifications
1 16 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (30.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.00%) DBS Check
3 1 (5.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (50.00%) Accessibility
2 5 (25.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 5 (25.00%) Adobe
2 2 (10.00%) Google
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft