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 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 520 414 437
Rank change year-on-year -106 +23 -182
Permanent jobs citing User Research 172 491 616
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.35% 0.57% 0.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.67% 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 126 292 269
10th Percentile £42,250 £41,375 £40,682
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,725 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £80,100 £66,863 £75,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £75,772 £81,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% -

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 46,536 73,513 84,727
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 94.12% 85.20% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 23,795 53,935 50,179
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £34,308
25th Percentile £42,000 £40,000 £46,000
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 £73,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,474 £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 17 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 17 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 +68 107 £65,000 +9.43% 220
North of England -85 32 £60,000 +32.60% 84
North West -67 25 £80,100 +60.20% 45
South West +76 11 £68,525 +16.74% 18
South East +49 9 £53,750 +19.44% 79
West Midlands +16 7 £57,500 -0.80% 23
Midlands -1 7 £57,500 +4.55% 39
East of England +43 5 £55,000 +57.14% 17
Yorkshire +14 5 £52,500 +16.03% 25
North East +15 2 £42,500 -6.07% 14
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 (5.81%) nginx
2 5 (2.91%) Confluence
3 1 (0.58%) CMS
Applications
1 30 (17.44%) Adobe XD
2 26 (15.12%) Sketch
3 8 (4.65%) InVision
4 4 (2.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 3 (1.74%) UserZoom
6 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
7 1 (0.58%) Notion
7 1 (0.58%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.58%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 51 (29.65%) Figma
2 26 (15.12%) SaaS
3 25 (14.53%) AWS
4 10 (5.81%) Google Analytics
5 7 (4.07%) Azure
6 3 (1.74%) GitHub
6 3 (1.74%) Miro
7 2 (1.16%) AWS Fargate
7 2 (1.16%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (1.16%) Google Sheets
7 2 (1.16%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (1.16%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.58%) Asana
8 1 (0.58%) GCP
8 1 (0.58%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.58%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.16%) LoRaWAN
2 1 (0.58%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.23%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.33%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (2.33%) Relational Database
3 3 (1.74%) SQLite
4 2 (1.16%) Data Mining
4 2 (1.16%) Looker
4 2 (1.16%) Power BI
5 1 (0.58%) Metadata
5 1 (0.58%) Mixpanel
Development Applications
1 13 (7.56%) Axure RP
1 13 (7.56%) JIRA
2 8 (4.65%) Git
3 7 (4.07%) Balsamiq
4 4 (2.33%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.58%) Browser DevTools
General
1 92 (53.49%) Social Skills
2 43 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (16.86%) Public Sector
4 27 (15.70%) Finance
5 19 (11.05%) Law
6 17 (9.88%) Marketing
7 15 (8.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (5.81%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (5.23%) Manufacturing
9 9 (5.23%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (3.49%) Automotive
11 5 (2.91%) Electronics
12 4 (2.33%) Banking
13 3 (1.74%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (1.74%) Legal
14 2 (1.16%) Advertising
14 2 (1.16%) Games
14 2 (1.16%) Health Technology
14 2 (1.16%) Local Government
14 2 (1.16%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 53 (30.81%) Designer
2 36 (20.93%) Senior
3 33 (19.19%) Developer
4 32 (18.60%) UX Designer
5 26 (15.12%) Product Manager
6 18 (10.47%) Lead
7 17 (9.88%) Consultant
7 17 (9.88%) User Researcher
8 15 (8.72%) Senior Designer
9 13 (7.56%) Senior UX Designer
9 13 (7.56%) Service Designer
9 13 (7.56%) UI Designer
10 12 (6.98%) UI/UX Designer
11 11 (6.40%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 10 (5.81%) Analyst
13 8 (4.65%) User Experience Consultant
13 8 (4.65%) UX Developer
14 7 (4.07%) Product Designer
14 7 (4.07%) Senior Developer
15 6 (3.49%) HTML CSS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (28.49%) CSS
2 47 (27.33%) HTML
3 21 (12.21%) React
4 16 (9.30%) AngularJS
5 13 (7.56%) RESTful
6 9 (5.23%) .NET
7 7 (4.07%) Next.js
7 7 (4.07%) Node.js
8 6 (3.49%) .NET Core
8 6 (3.49%) .NET Framework
8 6 (3.49%) ASP.NET Web API
8 6 (3.49%) HTML5
8 6 (3.49%) Sass
8 6 (3.49%) Vue
9 4 (2.33%) Express.js
9 4 (2.33%) Tailwind CSS
10 3 (1.74%) JSON
10 3 (1.74%) LINQ
10 3 (1.74%) NestJS
10 3 (1.74%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 46 (26.74%) Product Ownership
2 16 (9.30%) Analytical Mindset
3 10 (5.81%) Mobile App
4 5 (2.91%) Hackathon
5 4 (2.33%) Cloud Native
5 4 (2.33%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.33%) NHS
5 4 (2.33%) N-Tier
6 3 (1.74%) Animation
6 3 (1.74%) Graphic Design
6 3 (1.74%) IoT
6 3 (1.74%) Renewable Energy
6 3 (1.74%) Video Editing
7 2 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.16%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.16%) PropTech
8 1 (0.58%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.58%) Femtech
8 1 (0.58%) Reinsurance
8 1 (0.58%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.49%) Android
1 6 (3.49%) Apple iOS
2 2 (1.16%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (63.37%) Agile
2 101 (58.72%) User Experience
3 78 (45.35%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 72 (41.86%) UX Design
5 63 (36.63%) Usability Testing
6 55 (31.98%) Wireframes
7 45 (26.16%) Problem-Solving
8 44 (25.58%) Prototyping
9 40 (23.26%) Analytics
10 38 (22.09%) Roadmaps
11 36 (20.93%) Decision-Making
12 32 (18.60%) Stakeholder Management
12 32 (18.60%) Workshop Facilitation
13 28 (16.28%) User Stories
14 27 (15.70%) Collaborative Working
15 26 (15.12%) Product Management
15 26 (15.12%) UX Research
16 23 (13.37%) Continuous Improvement
17 22 (12.79%) Backlog Prioritisation
17 22 (12.79%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 43 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 14 (8.14%) SQL
3 13 (7.56%) TypeScript
4 10 (5.81%) C#
5 4 (2.33%) R
6 3 (1.74%) C
7 2 (1.16%) Java
7 2 (1.16%) Python
8 1 (0.58%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 44 (25.58%) Degree
2 36 (20.93%) Security Cleared
3 21 (12.21%) BPSS Clearance
4 17 (9.88%) SC Cleared
5 8 (4.65%) DV Cleared
6 5 (2.91%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.74%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.74%) DBS Check
7 3 (1.74%) HND
7 3 (1.74%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.16%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.16%) CITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (38.95%) Accessibility
2 23 (13.37%) WCAG
3 5 (2.91%) QA
4 4 (2.33%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.58%) PMO
System Software
1 13 (7.56%) Docker
Vendors
1 34 (19.77%) Adobe
2 12 (6.98%) Microsoft
3 11 (6.40%) Google
4 6 (3.49%) Mercator
5 3 (1.74%) EMC
5 3 (1.74%) Salesforce
5 3 (1.74%) SAP
5 3 (1.74%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.16%) Databricks
7 1 (0.58%) Amplitude
7 1 (0.58%) BMC
7 1 (0.58%) Hotjar
7 1 (0.58%) Oracle