User Research Job Trends in Exeter

User Research
Devon > Exeter

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Exeter requiring User Research skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 28 33
Rank change year-on-year -7 +5 +17
Permanent jobs citing User Research 1 7 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Exeter 0.52% 2.33% 1.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.61% 3.23% 1.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1 7 1
10th Percentile - £34,404 -
25th Percentile £36,750 £34,702 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £35,015 £47,196
Median % change year-on-year +9.95% -25.81% -
75th Percentile £40,250 £44,374 -
90th Percentile - - -
Devon median annual salary £40,625 £42,512 £47,196
% change year-on-year -4.44% -9.92% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Exeter

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 Exeter.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 163 217 143
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Exeter 84.90% 72.09% 97.95%
Number of salaries quoted 122 149 109
10th Percentile £25,500 £27,598 £26,174
25th Percentile £29,750 £35,000 £32,100
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,750 £43,491 £47,196
Median % change year-on-year -13.20% -7.85% +20.13%
75th Percentile £48,438 £56,250 £62,626
90th Percentile £58,750 £70,000 £82,500
Devon median annual salary £37,750 £45,000 £46,750
% change year-on-year -16.11% -3.74% +13.25%

User Research
Job Vacancy Trend in Exeter

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing User Research relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Exeter.

User Research job vacancy trend in Exeter

User Research
Salary Trend in Exeter

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Exeter citing User Research.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Exeter citing User Research

User Research
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Exeter by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Figma
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) UI Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) UX Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) LESS
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) Sass
1 1 (100.00%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
1 1 (100.00%) Design Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 1 (100.00%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Responsive Web Design
1 1 (100.00%) Usability Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design
1 1 (100.00%) UX Research
1 1 (100.00%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) WCAG