Senior User Researcher Jobs in England

Senior User Researcher
UK > England

The median Senior User Researcher salary in England is £54,700 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 805 935 1044
Rank change year-on-year +130 +109 -217
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior User Researcher 32 12 74
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.038% 0.013% 0.057%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.040% 0.014% 0.059%
Number of salaries quoted 10 12 41
10th Percentile £51,880 £42,017 £38,947
25th Percentile £53,200 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,700 £58,750 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.89% +3.07% -5.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile - - £72,500
UK median annual salary £54,700 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.83% +9.09% -8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 80,250 85,781 125,417
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.57% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,143 54,189 75,436
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,567 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.84% +0.95% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,375 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,923 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.80% - +9.09%

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
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior User Researcher in England over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram 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 25 April 2024. 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
North of England - 11 £54,700 - 1
South West -13 9 £57,500 +37.05%
North West - 6 - -
Midlands - 6 £54,700 -
East Midlands - 5 £54,700 -
Yorkshire - 4 £54,700 - 1
London +121 3 - - 1
South East +22 3 - - 1
West Midlands - 1 £54,700 -
North East - 1 - -
Senior User Researcher
UK

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, 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 32 (100.00%) User Research
2 30 (93.75%) Agile
3 26 (81.25%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 25 (78.13%) Workshop Facilitation
4 25 (78.13%) Product Ownership
5 21 (65.63%) Empathy Maps
5 21 (65.63%) Accessibility
5 21 (65.63%) Digital Customer Experience
5 21 (65.63%) Customer Experience
5 21 (65.63%) Actionable Insight
5 21 (65.63%) Backlog Prioritisation
5 21 (65.63%) Quantitative Research
5 21 (65.63%) SC Cleared
5 21 (65.63%) Security Cleared
5 21 (65.63%) Requirements Analysis
5 21 (65.63%) Qualitative Research
6 5 (15.63%) Workflow
6 5 (15.63%) Decision-Making
6 5 (15.63%) Human-Centred Design
6 5 (15.63%) Public Sector
6 5 (15.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (12.50%) Journey Map
7 4 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (12.50%) User Journey Map
7 4 (12.50%) Social Skills
7 4 (12.50%) Storytelling
7 4 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (12.50%) Critical Thinking
7 4 (12.50%) Service Design
7 4 (12.50%) Prototyping

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:

Applications
1 4 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
General
1 5 (15.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 5 (15.63%) Public Sector
2 4 (12.50%) Social Skills
3 1 (3.13%) Aviation
Miscellaneous
1 25 (78.13%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (100.00%) User Research
2 30 (93.75%) Agile
3 26 (81.25%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 25 (78.13%) Workshop Facilitation
5 21 (65.63%) Actionable Insight
5 21 (65.63%) Backlog Prioritisation
5 21 (65.63%) Customer Experience
5 21 (65.63%) Digital Customer Experience
5 21 (65.63%) Empathy Maps
5 21 (65.63%) Qualitative Research
5 21 (65.63%) Quantitative Research
5 21 (65.63%) Requirements Analysis
6 5 (15.63%) Decision-Making
6 5 (15.63%) Human-Centred Design
6 5 (15.63%) Workflow
7 4 (12.50%) Critical Thinking
7 4 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (12.50%) Scrum
7 4 (12.50%) Storytelling
7 4 (12.50%) User Journey Map
Qualifications
1 21 (65.63%) SC Cleared
1 21 (65.63%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.13%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (65.63%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 4 (12.50%) Microsoft