UX Research Jobs in England

User Experience Research (UXR)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring UX Research skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited UX Research over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 633 749 689
Rank change year-on-year +116 -60 -226
Permanent jobs citing UX Research 46 101 220
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.093% 0.11% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.099% 0.13% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 27 59 145
10th Percentile £55,321 £29,750 £43,750
25th Percentile £60,000 £34,125 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.74% -11.54% +13.04%
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £96,000 £71,946 £84,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +21.74% -11.54% +13.04%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

UX 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 46,342 75,409 81,364
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 93.97% 83.96% 95.53%
Number of salaries quoted 23,102 54,812 48,959
10th Percentile £29,250 £29,000 £34,452
25th Percentile £41,250 £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 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,528 £93,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,000 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +3.64% -9.69% +1.50%

UX Research
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for UX Research in England

UX Research
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for UX Research in England

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Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing UX Research in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for UX Research in England

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Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing UX Research within the England region over the 6 months to 31 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 +103 36 £71,250 +5.56% 65
North of England +32 6 £60,000 +33.33% 9
North West +1 5 £60,000 +33.33% 3
South West +84 3 £62,245 +8.25% 2
South East +63 1 £95,000 +175.36% 3
Yorkshire +52 1 - - 6
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UK

UX 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 4 (8.70%) Confluence
1 4 (8.70%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 3 (6.52%) Adobe XD
1 3 (6.52%) Sketch
2 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.17%) MS Visio
2 1 (2.17%) UserZoom
Cloud Services
1 8 (17.39%) Figma
2 4 (8.70%) Google Analytics
3 2 (4.35%) ChatGPT
3 2 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.17%) AWS
4 1 (2.17%) dbt
4 1 (2.17%) Miro
4 1 (2.17%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.70%) Mixpanel
2 2 (4.35%) MongoDB
2 2 (4.35%) Tableau
3 1 (2.17%) Looker
Development Applications
1 4 (8.70%) JIRA
2 1 (2.17%) Axure RP
2 1 (2.17%) Storybook
General
1 14 (30.43%) Social Skills
2 7 (15.22%) Law
2 7 (15.22%) Publishing
3 6 (13.04%) Finance
4 5 (10.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (8.70%) Marketing
6 2 (4.35%) Advertising
6 2 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.17%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (2.17%) Banking
7 1 (2.17%) Corporate Banking
7 1 (2.17%) Investment Banking
7 1 (2.17%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.17%) Retail
7 1 (2.17%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (23.91%) Designer
2 9 (19.57%) Senior
3 8 (17.39%) Lead
4 7 (15.22%) Consultant
4 7 (15.22%) Head of Business Intelligence
5 6 (13.04%) Service Designer
5 6 (13.04%) User Experience Researcher
6 4 (8.70%) UX Designer
7 2 (4.35%) Analyst
7 2 (4.35%) Architect
7 2 (4.35%) Enterprise Architect
7 2 (4.35%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
7 2 (4.35%) Product Manager
7 2 (4.35%) Product Owner
7 2 (4.35%) Senior Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
7 2 (4.35%) Senior Manager
7 2 (4.35%) Senior Product Manager
7 2 (4.35%) Senior User Researcher
7 2 (4.35%) Technical Product Owner
7 2 (4.35%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.52%) React
2 2 (4.35%) CSS
2 2 (4.35%) Kafka
3 1 (2.17%) D3.js
3 1 (2.17%) EDI
3 1 (2.17%) NestJS
3 1 (2.17%) RESTful
3 1 (2.17%) Touch ID
Miscellaneous
1 12 (26.09%) Product Ownership
2 2 (4.35%) Social Media
3 1 (2.17%) IoT
3 1 (2.17%) Low-Code
3 1 (2.17%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.17%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.17%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.17%) Reinsurance
3 1 (2.17%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (2.17%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (100.00%) User Experience
2 29 (63.04%) UX Design
3 27 (58.70%) Agile
4 22 (47.83%) User Research
5 20 (43.48%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 16 (34.78%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (34.78%) User Stories
7 13 (28.26%) Stakeholder Management
8 12 (26.09%) Usability Testing
9 11 (23.91%) Artificial Intelligence
10 10 (21.74%) B2B
10 10 (21.74%) Product Vision
10 10 (21.74%) Roadmaps
10 10 (21.74%) Workshop Facilitation
11 9 (19.57%) Analytics
11 9 (19.57%) Scrum
11 9 (19.57%) Strategic Thinking
12 8 (17.39%) Design Thinking
12 8 (17.39%) Product Strategy
13 7 (15.22%) Ideation Sessions
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.52%) TypeScript
2 2 (4.35%) JavaScript
2 2 (4.35%) SQL
3 1 (2.17%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (26.09%) Degree
2 10 (21.74%) Security Cleared
3 6 (13.04%) SC Cleared
4 2 (4.35%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (4.35%) CISSP
4 2 (4.35%) CITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (17.39%) Accessibility
2 3 (6.52%) QA
3 1 (2.17%) GDPR
3 1 (2.17%) HIPAA
System Software
1 2 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.17%) Docker
Vendors
1 5 (10.87%) Adobe
2 4 (8.70%) Google
2 4 (8.70%) Hotjar
3 3 (6.52%) Microsoft
4 2 (4.35%) Salesforce
4 2 (4.35%) ServiceNow
4 2 (4.35%) VMware
5 1 (2.17%) Guidewire
5 1 (2.17%) Pega
5 1 (2.17%) Sitecore