User Research Jobs in England

User Research
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 525 420 451
Rank change year-on-year -105 +31 -200
Permanent jobs citing User Research 160 484 565
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.33% 0.55% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.65% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 112 289 275
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,212 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,725 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -16.67% -
75th Percentile £80,100 £66,650 £75,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £75,154 £81,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +30.00% -13.04% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 45,477 74,482 83,229
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 94.01% 84.24% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 22,533 54,432 49,691
10th Percentile £29,625 £29,000 £34,375
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £46,105
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,695 £93,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

User Research
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for User Research in England

User Research
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for User Research in England

User Research
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Research in England over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for User Research in England

User Research
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Research within the England region over the 6 months to 28 May 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 +78 102 £65,000 +10.54% 298
North of England -92 28 £80,100 +77.02% 333
North West -69 22 £80,100 +60.20% 156
South East +58 12 £38,750 -13.89% 376
South West +80 8 £68,525 +16.74% 156
West Midlands +25 7 £57,500 -0.40% 144
Midlands -1 7 £57,500 +4.83% 266
Yorkshire +13 5 £54,000 +19.34% 135
East of England +36 2 £72,500 +107.14% 196
North East +22 1 £42,500 -6.07% 42
User Research
UK

User Research
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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (6.25%) nginx
2 6 (3.75%) Confluence
3 1 (0.63%) CMS
Applications
1 24 (15.00%) Adobe XD
2 20 (12.50%) Sketch
3 8 (5.00%) InVision
4 5 (3.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 3 (1.88%) UserZoom
6 2 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
7 1 (0.63%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.63%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.63%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 46 (28.75%) Figma
2 24 (15.00%) SaaS
3 22 (13.75%) AWS
4 11 (6.88%) Google Analytics
5 7 (4.38%) Azure
6 3 (1.88%) Miro
7 2 (1.25%) AWS Fargate
7 2 (1.25%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (1.25%) Google Sheets
7 2 (1.25%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (1.25%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.63%) Asana
8 1 (0.63%) GCP
8 1 (0.63%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.63%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.25%) LoRaWAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.50%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (2.50%) Relational Database
2 3 (1.88%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.25%) Data Mining
3 2 (1.25%) Looker
3 2 (1.25%) Power BI
4 1 (0.63%) Mixpanel
Development Applications
1 14 (8.75%) Axure RP
2 13 (8.13%) JIRA
3 7 (4.38%) Balsamiq
4 5 (3.13%) Git
5 1 (0.63%) Browser DevTools
5 1 (0.63%) Storybook
5 1 (0.63%) Visual Studio
General
1 88 (55.00%) Social Skills
2 43 (26.88%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (18.13%) Public Sector
4 24 (15.00%) Finance
5 23 (14.38%) Marketing
6 18 (11.25%) Law
7 12 (7.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (6.88%) Presentation Skills
9 10 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (3.75%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.88%) Automotive
11 3 (1.88%) Banking
11 3 (1.88%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.88%) Legal
12 2 (1.25%) Electronics
12 2 (1.25%) Games
12 2 (1.25%) Health Technology
12 2 (1.25%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.63%) Advertising
13 1 (0.63%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 49 (30.63%) Designer
2 30 (18.75%) Developer
3 29 (18.13%) Senior
4 24 (15.00%) UX Designer
5 23 (14.38%) Product Manager
6 19 (11.88%) User Researcher
7 18 (11.25%) Lead
8 16 (10.00%) Consultant
8 16 (10.00%) Service Designer
9 12 (7.50%) Analyst
9 12 (7.50%) UI Designer
10 11 (6.88%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 11 (6.88%) Senior Designer
11 10 (6.25%) UI/UX Designer
12 8 (5.00%) Senior UX Designer
12 8 (5.00%) User Experience Consultant
12 8 (5.00%) UX Developer
13 7 (4.38%) Product Designer
13 7 (4.38%) Product Owner
14 6 (3.75%) Angular Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (26.25%) CSS
2 36 (22.50%) HTML
3 19 (11.88%) React
4 13 (8.13%) AngularJS
5 10 (6.25%) RESTful
6 5 (3.13%) Next.js
7 4 (2.50%) Express.js
7 4 (2.50%) Node.js
7 4 (2.50%) Tailwind CSS
8 3 (1.88%) .NET
8 3 (1.88%) .NET Core
8 3 (1.88%) .NET Framework
8 3 (1.88%) ASP.NET Web API
8 3 (1.88%) HTML5
8 3 (1.88%) NestJS
8 3 (1.88%) Sass
8 3 (1.88%) Vue
9 2 (1.25%) React Native
10 1 (0.63%) D3.js
10 1 (0.63%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 48 (30.00%) Product Ownership
2 13 (8.13%) Analytical Mindset
3 10 (6.25%) Mobile App
4 5 (3.13%) Hackathon
5 4 (2.50%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.50%) NHS
5 4 (2.50%) N-Tier
6 3 (1.88%) Animation
6 3 (1.88%) Cloud Native
6 3 (1.88%) Graphic Design
6 3 (1.88%) IoT
6 3 (1.88%) Renewable Energy
6 3 (1.88%) Video Editing
7 2 (1.25%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.25%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.25%) PropTech
8 1 (0.63%) Educational Technology
8 1 (0.63%) Femtech
8 1 (0.63%) Reinsurance
8 1 (0.63%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.38%) Android
1 7 (4.38%) Apple iOS
2 2 (1.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (63.75%) Agile
2 90 (56.25%) User Experience
3 74 (46.25%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 66 (41.25%) UX Design
5 61 (38.13%) Usability Testing
6 48 (30.00%) Wireframes
7 40 (25.00%) Prototyping
8 39 (24.38%) Analytics
9 38 (23.75%) Decision-Making
9 38 (23.75%) Problem-Solving
10 33 (20.63%) Workshop Facilitation
11 32 (20.00%) Roadmaps
12 27 (16.88%) Stakeholder Management
13 25 (15.63%) User Stories
14 24 (15.00%) Collaborative Working
15 23 (14.38%) Journey Map
15 23 (14.38%) Product Management
16 22 (13.75%) Data Visualisation
16 22 (13.75%) Service Design
16 22 (13.75%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 32 (20.00%) JavaScript
2 12 (7.50%) SQL
3 11 (6.88%) TypeScript
4 4 (2.50%) C#
4 4 (2.50%) R
5 2 (1.25%) Java
5 2 (1.25%) Python
6 1 (0.63%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 42 (26.25%) Degree
2 32 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 21 (13.13%) BPSS Clearance
4 16 (10.00%) SC Cleared
5 8 (5.00%) DV Cleared
6 5 (3.13%) DBS Check
6 5 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.25%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.25%) CITP
7 2 (1.25%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (39.38%) Accessibility
2 23 (14.38%) WCAG
3 9 (5.63%) QA
4 4 (2.50%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.63%) PMO
System Software
1 13 (8.13%) Docker
Vendors
1 29 (18.13%) Adobe
2 12 (7.50%) Google
2 12 (7.50%) Microsoft
3 6 (3.75%) Mercator
4 3 (1.88%) Salesforce
4 3 (1.88%) SAP
4 3 (1.88%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.25%) Databricks
5 2 (1.25%) Hotjar
6 1 (0.63%) Amplitude
6 1 (0.63%) BMC
6 1 (0.63%) Guidewire
6 1 (0.63%) Oracle
6 1 (0.63%) Pega
6 1 (0.63%) Sitecore