Senior User Researcher Jobs in England

Senior User Researcher
UK > England

The median Senior User Researcher salary in England is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 June 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 685 832 882
Rank change year-on-year +147 +50 +218
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior User Researcher 6 32 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.012% 0.033% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.013% 0.035% 0.017%
Number of salaries quoted 3 10 13
10th Percentile £59,371 £51,880 £43,182
25th Percentile £63,357 £53,200 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £54,700 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +27.97% -4.87% +4.55%
75th Percentile - £61,250 £75,000
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £65,591 £54,700 £58,750
% change year-on-year +19.91% -6.89% +6.82%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 44,586 90,433 74,853
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.60% 94.62% 91.20%
Number of salaries quoted 23,770 65,916 49,359
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,567
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -13.32% +0.95%
75th Percentile £74,014 £70,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Senior User Researcher
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Senior User Researcher in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Senior User Researcher in England

Senior User Researcher
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior User Researcher in England.

Salary trend for Senior User Researcher in England

Senior User Researcher
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior User Researcher within the England region over the 6 months to 13 June 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
London +105 5 £70,000 - 2
North of England +69 1 - - 7
Yorkshire +61 1 - - 2
Senior User Researcher
UK

Senior User Researcher Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 13 June 2025, Senior User Researcher job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Senior User Researcher in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) User Research
2 5 (83.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 4 (66.67%) Workshop Facilitation
3 4 (66.67%) Actionable Insight
3 4 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (66.67%) Agile
3 4 (66.67%) Usability Testing
4 3 (50.00%) Mentoring
4 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
5 2 (33.33%) UX Research
5 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
5 2 (33.33%) Focus Group
5 2 (33.33%) Design Persona
5 2 (33.33%) Product Roadmap
5 2 (33.33%) Actionable Customer Insight
5 2 (33.33%) Diary Studies
5 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
5 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (33.33%) Coaching
5 2 (33.33%) User Experience
5 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (33.33%) Ethnography
5 2 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (33.33%) Service Design
5 2 (33.33%) Customer Insight
5 2 (33.33%) Ergonomics
5 2 (33.33%) Human Factors
5 2 (33.33%) Mercator
5 2 (33.33%) Accessibility
6 1 (16.67%) NHS

Senior User Researcher Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

General
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) User Research
2 5 (83.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 4 (66.67%) Actionable Insight
3 4 (66.67%) Agile
3 4 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (66.67%) Usability Testing
3 4 (66.67%) Workshop Facilitation
4 3 (50.00%) Mentoring
5 2 (33.33%) Actionable Customer Insight
5 2 (33.33%) Coaching
5 2 (33.33%) Customer Insight
5 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
5 2 (33.33%) Diary Studies
5 2 (33.33%) Ergonomics
5 2 (33.33%) Ethnography
5 2 (33.33%) Human Factors
5 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (33.33%) Product Roadmap
5 2 (33.33%) Service Design
5 2 (33.33%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) Accessibility
2 1 (16.67%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Mercator