User Research Job Trends in Kent

User Research
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Kent requiring User Research skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing User Research 8 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Kent 0.54% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.79% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,890 - -
South East median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.88% -10.53% -7.32%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,009 516 1,287
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 67.76% 74.67% 78.76%
Number of salaries quoted 673 318 922
10th Percentile £26,750 £25,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £37,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -16.67% -6.74%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £72,225
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%

User Research
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

User Research job vacancy trend in Kent

User Research
Salary Trend in Kent

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing User Research.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing User Research

User Research
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Research within the Kent region over the 6 months to 3 July 2026. 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
Chatham - 1 - -
Edenbridge - 1 - -
User Research
South East

User Research
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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 5 (62.50%) Adobe Analytics
2 3 (37.50%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) Broadband
General
1 5 (62.50%) Games
2 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Designer
2 3 (37.50%) Product Designer
2 3 (37.50%) Trainee
3 2 (25.00%) Digital Designer
3 2 (25.00%) Lead
4 1 (12.50%) Digital Service Designer
4 1 (12.50%) Digital UX Designer
4 1 (12.50%) Head of Design
4 1 (12.50%) Head of Digital
4 1 (12.50%) Lead Designer
4 1 (12.50%) Lead UX Designer
4 1 (12.50%) Principal Service Designer
4 1 (12.50%) Service Designer
4 1 (12.50%) Systems Manager
4 1 (12.50%) User Experience Manager
4 1 (12.50%) UX Designer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Agile
1 5 (62.50%) AI
1 5 (62.50%) Analytics
1 5 (62.50%) Customer Experience
1 5 (62.50%) Digital Customer Experience
1 5 (62.50%) Product Roadmap
1 5 (62.50%) Roadmaps
1 5 (62.50%) Storytelling
1 5 (62.50%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 4 (50.00%) Prototyping
2 4 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
3 3 (37.50%) Creative Thinking
3 3 (37.50%) Customer Insight
3 3 (37.50%) Interaction Design
4 2 (25.00%) DesignOps
4 2 (25.00%) User Experience
4 2 (25.00%) UX Design
5 1 (12.50%) Product Strategy
5 1 (12.50%) Service Design
5 1 (12.50%) Systems Thinking
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (62.50%) Accessibility
2 1 (12.50%) WCAG
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Adobe