User Research Job Trends in Leeds

User Research
West Yorkshire > Leeds

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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing User Research 9 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 0.67% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.84% - -
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £41,075 - -
25th Percentile £41,743 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 - -
75th Percentile £60,117 - -
90th Percentile £65,256 - -
West Yorkshire median annual salary £58,867 £52,500 -
% change year-on-year +12.13% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,070 914 1,232
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 80.03% 88.31% 93.19%
Number of salaries quoted 702 518 894
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,275 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,026 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £53,500 £57,125
Median % change year-on-year +12.15% -6.35% +1.11%
75th Percentile £77,500 £71,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £87,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £55,440
% change year-on-year +9.52% -5.30% +0.80%

User Research
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

User Research job vacancy trend in Leeds

User Research
Salary Trend in Leeds

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing User Research.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing User Research

User Research
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Research in Leeds over the 6 months to 6 January 2026.

Salary histogram for User Research in Leeds

User Research
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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:

General
1 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
1 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) User Researcher
2 3 (33.33%) Designer
2 3 (33.33%) Interaction Designer
3 2 (22.22%) Senior
4 1 (11.11%) Change Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Engagement Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Change Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Engagement Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Senior User Researcher
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Service Design
2 7 (77.78%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 6 (66.67%) Agile
3 6 (66.67%) Interaction Design
4 5 (55.56%) Actionable Insight
4 5 (55.56%) Product Management
4 5 (55.56%) Software Engineering
5 4 (44.44%) Culture Change
5 4 (44.44%) Information Management
5 4 (44.44%) Project Delivery
6 3 (33.33%) Business Analysis
6 3 (33.33%) Change Management
6 3 (33.33%) Mentoring
6 3 (33.33%) Prototyping
6 3 (33.33%) User Experience
7 2 (22.22%) Data Engineering
7 2 (22.22%) Data Visualisation
7 2 (22.22%) SEO
7 2 (22.22%) Usability Testing
7 2 (22.22%) Visualisation
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) Degree
1 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared
1 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) QA
2 1 (11.11%) Accessibility
2 1 (11.11%) Actionable Recommendations