User Research Jobs in England

User Research
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for User Research skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited User Research over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 401 417 291
Rank change year-on-year +16 -126 +118
Permanent jobs citing User Research 498 702 1,825
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.59% 0.75% 1.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.68% 0.79% 1.46%
Number of salaries quoted 304 276 649
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,250 £38,947
25th Percentile £42,725 £47,500 £48,316
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,674 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.54% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £69,800 £74,063 £71,250
90th Percentile £75,772 £81,250 £85,000
UK median annual salary £54,700 £58,261 £57,000
% change year-on-year -6.11% +2.21% +3.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

User Research is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 72,956 89,282 125,032
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.89% 95.65% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 53,883 52,696 73,771
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,250 £33,500
25th Percentile £39,750 £46,000 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £101,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%

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 26 April 2024.

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 26 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 +114 177 £45,249 -35.36% 31
London -23 149 £60,000 - 60
North West +57 98 £50,000 -28.57% 18
Midlands +61 76 £54,700 +20.22% 14
Yorkshire +111 52 £45,249 -37.59% 10
West Midlands +61 50 £57,965 +27.39% 9
South East +2 45 £45,000 -10.00% 9
South West -14 44 £58,100 +30.50% 7
North East +17 27 £45,249 +95.23% 3
East Midlands +3 26 £47,500 - 5
East of England -53 8 £31,750 -57.67% 8
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 29 (5.82%) Confluence
2 8 (1.61%) CMS
3 6 (1.20%) Umbraco
4 4 (0.80%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.40%) Sitecore CMS
5 2 (0.40%) WordPress
Applications
1 30 (6.02%) Sketch
2 29 (5.82%) Adobe XD
3 20 (4.02%) MS Visio
4 12 (2.41%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 12 (2.41%) InVision
5 9 (1.81%) Photoshop
6 8 (1.61%) Adobe Illustrator
7 6 (1.20%) Trello
8 4 (0.80%) InDesign
8 4 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
9 3 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 3 (0.60%) Zeplin
10 2 (0.40%) Blender
10 2 (0.40%) Notion
11 1 (0.20%) Adobe Captivate
11 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Excel
11 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
11 1 (0.20%) SPSS
11 1 (0.20%) Stata
Business Applications
1 26 (5.22%) Endur
2 1 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 58 (11.65%) Figma
2 26 (5.22%) AWS
3 21 (4.22%) Miro
3 21 (4.22%) SaaS
4 15 (3.01%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (2.01%) dbt
5 10 (2.01%) Google Analytics
6 9 (1.81%) Azure
7 8 (1.61%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 6 (1.20%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (1.00%) Azure Stack
9 5 (1.00%) Heroku
9 5 (1.00%) IaaS
9 5 (1.00%) PaaS
10 4 (0.80%) Power Platform
11 2 (0.40%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 2 (0.40%) Asana
11 2 (0.40%) Contentful
11 2 (0.40%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 1 (0.20%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.81%) Wi-Fi
2 6 (1.20%) Intranet
3 5 (1.00%) Software-Defined Networking
3 5 (1.00%) WAN
3 5 (1.00%) Wireless
4 1 (0.20%) SNA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (14.06%) BigQuery
2 5 (1.00%) SQL Server
3 4 (0.80%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (0.80%) Power BI
3 4 (0.80%) Redis
4 2 (0.40%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.20%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (0.20%) GIS
5 1 (0.20%) Metadata
5 1 (0.20%) Metadata Repository
Development Applications
1 39 (7.83%) JIRA
2 18 (3.61%) Axure RP
3 14 (2.81%) Balsamiq
4 5 (1.00%) Git
5 4 (0.80%) RSpec
6 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 115 (23.09%) Social Skills
2 113 (22.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 61 (12.25%) Finance
4 60 (12.05%) Public Sector
5 50 (10.04%) Retail
6 47 (9.44%) Marketing
7 30 (6.02%) Presentation Skills
8 19 (3.82%) Analytical Skills
9 18 (3.61%) Law
10 15 (3.01%) Banking
11 11 (2.21%) Investment Banking
11 11 (2.21%) Legal
12 8 (1.61%) Local Government
13 6 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (1.00%) Digital Economy
14 5 (1.00%) Games
15 4 (0.80%) Organisational Skills
16 2 (0.40%) Multimedia
17 1 (0.20%) Publishing
17 1 (0.20%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 128 (25.70%) Designer
2 118 (23.69%) Senior
3 116 (23.29%) Analyst
4 86 (17.27%) Product Manager
5 72 (14.46%) User Researcher
6 70 (14.06%) Digital Analyst
6 70 (14.06%) Digital Performance Analyst
6 70 (14.06%) Performance Analyst
7 69 (13.86%) Lead
8 64 (12.85%) UX Designer
9 46 (9.24%) Business Analyst
10 32 (6.43%) Senior User Researcher
11 31 (6.22%) UI Designer
12 28 (5.62%) Senior Analyst
12 28 (5.62%) Senior Business Analyst
12 28 (5.62%) Service Designer
12 28 (5.62%) UI/UX Designer
13 19 (3.82%) Consultant
13 19 (3.82%) Senior Manager
13 19 (3.82%) Senior Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (8.43%) CSS
1 42 (8.43%) HTML
2 7 (1.41%) React
3 6 (1.20%) Web Services
4 5 (1.00%) Ruby on Rails
5 4 (0.80%) Sidekiq
6 2 (0.40%) .NET
6 2 (0.40%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.40%) AngularJS
6 2 (0.40%) HTML5
6 2 (0.40%) Kafka
7 1 (0.20%) CarPlay
7 1 (0.20%) CSS3
7 1 (0.20%) Express.js
7 1 (0.20%) Node.js
7 1 (0.20%) SVG
7 1 (0.20%) Unreal Engine
7 1 (0.20%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 124 (24.90%) Product Ownership
2 12 (2.41%) PropTech
3 9 (1.81%) NHS
4 8 (1.61%) Blockchain
5 7 (1.41%) Cyberattack
5 7 (1.41%) Onboarding
5 7 (1.41%) Social Media
6 5 (1.00%) Blog
6 5 (1.00%) Cloud Native
6 5 (1.00%) Graphic Design
6 5 (1.00%) Mobile App
6 5 (1.00%) Public Cloud
7 4 (0.80%) Algorithms
7 4 (0.80%) Data Structures
7 4 (0.80%) Housing Association
7 4 (0.80%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.40%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (0.40%) Life Science
8 2 (0.40%) Photography
8 2 (0.40%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.40%) Android
2 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.20%) Linux
2 1 (0.20%) Mac OS
2 1 (0.20%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 297 (59.64%) Agile
2 170 (34.14%) User Experience
3 161 (32.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 127 (25.50%) Mentoring
5 118 (23.69%) UX Design
6 117 (23.49%) Actionable Insight
7 115 (23.09%) Decision-Making
8 105 (21.08%) Analytics
9 93 (18.67%) Coaching
10 91 (18.27%) Wireframes
11 88 (17.67%) Roadmaps
11 88 (17.67%) Usability Testing
11 88 (17.67%) Visualisation
12 83 (16.67%) Customer Experience
13 73 (14.66%) Dashboard Development
13 73 (14.66%) Data Collection
14 70 (14.06%) Prototyping
15 66 (13.25%) Workshop Facilitation
16 64 (12.85%) Problem-Solving
17 63 (12.65%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 73 (14.66%) SQL
2 34 (6.83%) JavaScript
3 5 (1.00%) Ruby
4 2 (0.40%) C#
4 2 (0.40%) Python
5 1 (0.20%) R
5 1 (0.20%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 127 (25.50%) Security Cleared
2 117 (23.49%) SC Cleared
3 93 (18.67%) Degree
4 14 (2.81%) Microsoft Certification
5 10 (2.01%) DV Cleared
6 8 (1.61%) CSPO
6 8 (1.61%) IIBA
7 5 (1.00%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (1.00%) CCIE
7 5 (1.00%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (0.80%) DBS Check
8 4 (0.80%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.60%) APMG
9 3 (0.60%) CITP
10 2 (0.40%) CBAP
10 2 (0.40%) MBA
11 1 (0.20%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.20%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 1 (0.20%) MCSE
11 1 (0.20%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (19.68%) Accessibility
2 18 (3.61%) QA
3 17 (3.41%) WCAG
4 11 (2.21%) Actionable Recommendations
5 10 (2.01%) GDPR
6 3 (0.60%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (0.80%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (0.40%) Terraform
2 1 (0.20%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 50 (10.04%) Adobe
2 37 (7.43%) Microsoft
3 16 (3.21%) Salesforce
4 13 (2.61%) Google
5 7 (1.41%) Hotjar
6 6 (1.20%) ServiceNow
7 5 (1.00%) Cisco
7 5 (1.00%) Meraki
7 5 (1.00%) Palo Alto
8 4 (0.80%) dotdigital
9 2 (0.40%) HubSpot
9 2 (0.40%) Sitecore
10 1 (0.20%) Apple
10 1 (0.20%) Monzo
10 1 (0.20%) Remedy
10 1 (0.20%) Revolut
10 1 (0.20%) SnapLogic