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

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 640 751 647
Rank change year-on-year +111 -104 -166
Permanent jobs citing UX Research 51 88 279
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.10% 0.10% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.12% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 31 55 148
10th Percentile £41,250 £30,850 £45,875
25th Percentile £55,322 £39,125 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £67,750
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -15.13% +17.83%
75th Percentile £77,500 £69,375 £77,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £73,473 £90,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +13.04% -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 46,063 73,227 85,387
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 94.14% 85.42% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 23,601 53,820 50,635
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £34,324
25th Percentile £42,250 £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 £76,000 £73,410 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £93,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%

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 15 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 15 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 +113 42 £70,000 - 101
South West +96 5 £62,245 +8.25% 1
North of England +51 3 £48,250 - 8
North West -1 2 £48,250 - 4
South East +82 1 £95,000 +175.36% 23
Yorkshire +61 1 - - 4
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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 5 (9.80%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (3.92%) Adobe XD
1 2 (3.92%) Sketch
2 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.96%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 8 (15.69%) Figma
2 3 (5.88%) SaaS
3 2 (3.92%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (3.92%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.96%) AWS
4 1 (1.96%) ChatGPT
4 1 (1.96%) dbt
4 1 (1.96%) Miro
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.92%) MongoDB
1 2 (3.92%) Tableau
2 1 (1.96%) Looker
Development Applications
1 5 (9.80%) JIRA
General
1 19 (37.25%) Social Skills
2 8 (15.69%) Law
2 8 (15.69%) Publishing
3 6 (11.76%) Finance
3 6 (11.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (5.88%) Marketing
4 3 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (3.92%) Advertising
5 2 (3.92%) Local Government
6 1 (1.96%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.96%) Automotive
6 1 (1.96%) Humanities
6 1 (1.96%) Legal
6 1 (1.96%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.96%) Retail
6 1 (1.96%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 12 (23.53%) Designer
2 10 (19.61%) Senior
3 8 (15.69%) Head of Business Intelligence
3 8 (15.69%) Lead
4 7 (13.73%) UX Designer
5 6 (11.76%) Consultant
5 6 (11.76%) Product Manager
6 5 (9.80%) Service Designer
7 4 (7.84%) User Experience Researcher
8 3 (5.88%) Senior Manager
8 3 (5.88%) Senior Product Manager
9 2 (3.92%) Analyst
9 2 (3.92%) Architect
9 2 (3.92%) Enterprise Architect
9 2 (3.92%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
9 2 (3.92%) Product Owner
9 2 (3.92%) Senior Designer
9 2 (3.92%) Senior User Researcher
9 2 (3.92%) Senior UX Designer
9 2 (3.92%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.88%) React
2 2 (3.92%) Kafka
3 1 (1.96%) CSS
3 1 (1.96%) D3.js
3 1 (1.96%) EDI
3 1 (1.96%) NestJS
3 1 (1.96%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 11 (21.57%) Product Ownership
2 2 (3.92%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.96%) IoT
3 1 (1.96%) Low-Code
3 1 (1.96%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.96%) Reinsurance
3 1 (1.96%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (1.96%) Social Media
3 1 (1.96%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.92%) Android
1 2 (3.92%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (100.00%) User Experience
2 34 (66.67%) Agile
3 26 (50.98%) User Research
3 26 (50.98%) UX Design
4 20 (39.22%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 19 (37.25%) Problem-Solving
6 18 (35.29%) User Stories
7 16 (31.37%) Stakeholder Management
8 14 (27.45%) Roadmaps
9 11 (21.57%) Product Vision
9 11 (21.57%) Usability Testing
9 11 (21.57%) Workshop Facilitation
10 10 (19.61%) Artificial Intelligence
10 10 (19.61%) B2B
10 10 (19.61%) Strategic Thinking
11 9 (17.65%) Product Roadmap
12 8 (15.69%) Active Listening
12 8 (15.69%) B2B Sales
12 8 (15.69%) Prototyping
12 8 (15.69%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.88%) TypeScript
2 2 (3.92%) JavaScript
2 2 (3.92%) SQL
3 1 (1.96%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (23.53%) Degree
2 9 (17.65%) Security Cleared
3 5 (9.80%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.92%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (3.92%) CISSP
4 2 (3.92%) CITP
4 2 (3.92%) Master's Degree
4 2 (3.92%) MPhil
4 2 (3.92%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (21.57%) Accessibility
2 3 (5.88%) QA
3 1 (1.96%) GDPR
3 1 (1.96%) HIPAA
System Software
1 2 (3.92%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.96%) Docker
Vendors
1 3 (5.88%) Adobe
1 3 (5.88%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.92%) Salesforce
2 2 (3.92%) ServiceNow
2 2 (3.92%) VMware