User Research Jobs in Leeds

User Research
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Leeds requiring User Research skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited User Research over the 6 months leading up to 22 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 86 98 140
Rank change year-on-year +12 +42 -30
Permanent jobs citing User Research 4 32 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 0.40% 1.45% 0.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% 1.80% 0.88%
Number of salaries quoted 2 13 10
10th Percentile - £40,545 £47,975
25th Percentile £52,000 £42,725 £50,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £45,249 £73,750
Median % change year-on-year +19.34% -38.65% +40.48%
75th Percentile £56,000 £66,650 £91,250
90th Percentile - £71,725 £100,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £54,000 £45,249 £72,500
% change year-on-year +19.34% -37.59% +38.10%

All Process and 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 896 1,777 2,497
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 89.87% 80.63% 97.39%
Number of salaries quoted 565 1,221 1,501
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,875 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £84,964 £88,750
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%

User Research
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

Job postings citing User Research as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Leeds.

Job vacancy trend for User Research in Leeds

User Research
Salary Trend in Leeds

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing User Research in Leeds.

Salary trend for User Research in Leeds

User Research
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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:

General
1 3 (75.00%) Public Sector
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Designer
1 2 (50.00%) Senior
1 2 (50.00%) Senior User Researcher
1 2 (50.00%) Service Designer
1 2 (50.00%) User Researcher
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (25.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Service Design
1 3 (75.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 2 (50.00%) Co-Creation
2 2 (50.00%) Journey Map
2 2 (50.00%) Prototyping
2 2 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
3 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Business Development
3 1 (25.00%) Commercial Awareness
3 1 (25.00%) Design Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) DBS Check