User Research Jobs in London

User Research
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for User Research skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited User Research over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 348 325 226
Rank change year-on-year -23 -99 +153
Permanent jobs citing User Research 149 373 1,216
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.63% 1.04% 1.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.69% 1.09% 1.92%
Number of salaries quoted 79 185 293
10th Percentile £46,290 £45,000 £43,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £49,150 £51,986
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £75,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £87,500
England median annual salary £53,674 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -10.54% +4.35% +4.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

User Research is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 21,516 34,227 63,269
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 91.41% 95.40% 96.84%
Number of salaries quoted 16,047 24,462 34,372
10th Percentile £38,000 £43,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,487 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,001 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £111,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

User Research
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for User Research in London

User Research
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for User Research in London

User Research
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Research in London over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for User Research in London

User Research
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Research within the London region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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
Central London +61 29 £63,287 -2.64% 1
South London -1 2 £67,500 +25.58%
User Research
England

User Research
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 6 (4.03%) Confluence
2 2 (1.34%) CMS
2 2 (1.34%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (9.40%) Adobe XD
2 5 (3.36%) Sketch
2 5 (3.36%) Trello
3 3 (2.01%) InVision
3 3 (2.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.01%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.34%) Zeplin
5 1 (0.67%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.67%) Blender
5 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.67%) SPSS
5 1 (0.67%) Stata
Business Applications
1 26 (17.45%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 24 (16.11%) Figma
2 17 (11.41%) AWS
3 7 (4.70%) SaaS
3 7 (4.70%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
4 5 (3.36%) Google Analytics
5 3 (2.01%) dbt
5 3 (2.01%) Miro
6 2 (1.34%) Contentful
7 1 (0.67%) Azure
7 1 (0.67%) iPaaS
7 1 (0.67%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.01%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (2.01%) Redis
1 3 (2.01%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.34%) Apache Cassandra
3 1 (0.67%) Metadata
3 1 (0.67%) Metadata Repository
Development Applications
1 14 (9.40%) Axure RP
2 13 (8.72%) Balsamiq
3 11 (7.38%) JIRA
4 4 (2.68%) Git
5 3 (2.01%) RSpec
General
1 57 (38.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 48 (32.21%) Social Skills
3 38 (25.50%) Marketing
4 37 (24.83%) Retail
5 25 (16.78%) Public Sector
6 22 (14.77%) Finance
7 16 (10.74%) Analytical Skills
7 16 (10.74%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (6.04%) Legal
9 7 (4.70%) Local Government
10 5 (3.36%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (2.68%) Banking
11 4 (2.68%) Digital Economy
12 1 (0.67%) Games
12 1 (0.67%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 48 (32.21%) Senior
2 47 (31.54%) Designer
3 30 (20.13%) Product Manager
3 30 (20.13%) UX Designer
4 23 (15.44%) Lead
5 18 (12.08%) Analyst
5 18 (12.08%) Business Analyst
6 16 (10.74%) Senior Analyst
6 16 (10.74%) Senior Business Analyst
7 14 (9.40%) Endur Analyst
7 14 (9.40%) Endur Business Analyst
7 14 (9.40%) ETRM Business Analyst
7 14 (9.40%) OpenLink Analyst
7 14 (9.40%) OpenLink Business Analyst
7 14 (9.40%) UI Designer
8 13 (8.72%) Consultant
8 13 (8.72%) UI/UX Designer
8 13 (8.72%) User Experience Consultant
9 12 (8.05%) Senior Manager
9 12 (8.05%) Senior Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (16.78%) CSS
1 25 (16.78%) HTML
2 4 (2.68%) Web Services
3 3 (2.01%) Ruby on Rails
3 3 (2.01%) Sidekiq
4 2 (1.34%) .NET
4 2 (1.34%) .NET Framework
4 2 (1.34%) HTML5
4 2 (1.34%) Kafka
5 1 (0.67%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.67%) CarPlay
5 1 (0.67%) CSS3
5 1 (0.67%) React
Miscellaneous
1 54 (36.24%) Product Ownership
2 8 (5.37%) Blockchain
3 5 (3.36%) Onboarding
3 5 (3.36%) Social Media
4 4 (2.68%) Algorithms
4 4 (2.68%) Data Structures
4 4 (2.68%) Mobile App
5 3 (2.01%) Housing Association
6 2 (1.34%) Blog
6 2 (1.34%) Digital Signage
6 2 (1.34%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.34%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.34%) NHS
7 1 (0.67%) Animation
7 1 (0.67%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.67%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.67%) Graphic Design
7 1 (0.67%) PMI
7 1 (0.67%) Taxonomies
7 1 (0.67%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.67%) Android
1 1 (0.67%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (49.66%) Agile
2 68 (45.64%) User Experience
3 45 (30.20%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 45 (30.20%) Wireframes
4 41 (27.52%) Customer Experience
5 40 (26.85%) UX Design
6 39 (26.17%) Roadmaps
7 35 (23.49%) Design Thinking
8 32 (21.48%) Product Vision
9 31 (20.81%) Usability Testing
10 29 (19.46%) Ideation Sessions
10 29 (19.46%) Strategic Roadmap
11 27 (18.12%) Journey Map
12 26 (17.45%) Business Transformation
12 26 (17.45%) Customer Journey Map
12 26 (17.45%) ETRM
13 23 (15.44%) Information Architecture
14 22 (14.77%) Problem-Solving
15 19 (12.75%) Actionable Insight
15 19 (12.75%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 18 (12.08%) JavaScript
2 3 (2.01%) Ruby
3 2 (1.34%) C#
4 1 (0.67%) Python
4 1 (0.67%) R
4 1 (0.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 52 (34.90%) Degree
2 22 (14.77%) Security Cleared
3 20 (13.42%) SC Cleared
4 14 (9.40%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (2.68%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.34%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.34%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.67%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.67%) MCSE
7 1 (0.67%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (18.12%) Accessibility
2 16 (10.74%) WCAG
3 7 (4.70%) GDPR
4 4 (2.68%) QA
System Software
1 3 (2.01%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 24 (16.11%) Adobe
2 15 (10.07%) Microsoft
3 7 (4.70%) Google
3 7 (4.70%) Salesforce
4 2 (1.34%) HubSpot
5 1 (0.67%) Apple
5 1 (0.67%) Monzo
5 1 (0.67%) Remedy
5 1 (0.67%) Revolut
5 1 (0.67%) SnapLogic