User Research Jobs in Edinburgh

User Research
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh 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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 71 86 141
Rank change year-on-year +15 +55 -27
Permanent jobs citing User Research 10 20 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.12% 1.34% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.15% 1.50% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 2 4 3
10th Percentile £46,639 £39,370 £37,016
25th Percentile £47,241 £49,675 £39,542
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,896 £58,800 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.84% +23.79% -4.74%
75th Percentile £50,149 £62,200 £56,250
90th Percentile £50,510 - £59,250
Scotland median annual salary £48,896 £49,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -0.21% +3.16% -1.10%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 868 1,335 1,952
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 97.42% 89.60% 95.83%
Number of salaries quoted 394 935 1,136
10th Percentile £26,929 £35,000 £36,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,750 £77,715
90th Percentile £98,474 £97,500 £90,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -8.70% +4.55%

User Research
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for User Research in Edinburgh

User Research
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

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

Salary trend for User Research in Edinburgh

User Research
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 1 (10.00%) Adobe XD
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (10.00%) Notion
1 1 (10.00%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 6 (60.00%) SaaS
2 1 (10.00%) Figma
Development Applications
1 6 (60.00%) JIRA
General
1 6 (60.00%) Finance
2 5 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (40.00%) Banking
4 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
5 2 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Developer
2 3 (30.00%) Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Business Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Product Developer
2 3 (30.00%) Product Owner
2 3 (30.00%) Senior
2 3 (30.00%) Senior Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Senior Business Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Banking Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Banking Business Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Designer
3 2 (20.00%) Senior Banking Business Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Business Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Payments Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Payments Business Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Payments Business Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Systems Developer
4 1 (10.00%) UI Designer
4 1 (10.00%) UI/UX Designer
4 1 (10.00%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) CSS
1 1 (10.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (60.00%) Product Ownership
2 3 (30.00%) Cloud Native
3 1 (10.00%) Graphic Design
3 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (10.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (60.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 6 (60.00%) Epics
2 6 (60.00%) User Stories
3 5 (50.00%) Agile
4 4 (40.00%) Coaching
4 4 (40.00%) Mentoring
5 3 (30.00%) Acceptance Criteria
5 3 (30.00%) B2B
5 3 (30.00%) Business Analysis
5 3 (30.00%) Roadmaps
5 3 (30.00%) Strategic Roadmap
6 2 (20.00%) Prototyping
6 2 (20.00%) Service Design
6 2 (20.00%) User Experience
6 2 (20.00%) UX Design
7 1 (10.00%) Data Mapping
7 1 (10.00%) Fintech
7 1 (10.00%) Front End Development
7 1 (10.00%) Usability Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (10.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (10.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Adobe
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft