User Research Job Trends in the East Midlands

User Research
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring User Research skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 145 165 124
Rank change year-on-year +20 -41 +50
Permanent jobs citing User Research 2 1 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 0.086% 0.025% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.10% 0.033% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 3
10th Percentile - - £47,000
25th Percentile - £42,200 £48,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £42,512 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +52.90% -14.98% +25.00%
75th Percentile - £42,825 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
East Midlands

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 East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,973 3,073 1,597
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 85.15% 77.23% 93.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,082 1,440 1,070
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,000 £26,660
25th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.78% -14.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £72,250 £71,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,560 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.45% -7.90% +4.17%

User Research
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for User Research in the East Midlands

User Research
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing User Research.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing User Research

User Research
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Research within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 21 September 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
Leicestershire - 2 £65,000 - 2
User Research
England

User Research
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)