UX Research Job Trends in London

User Experience Research (UXR)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring UX Research skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 346 381 432
Rank change year-on-year +35 +51 +75
Permanent jobs citing UX Research 28 49 20
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.20% 0.32% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.34% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 17 23 16
10th Percentile £42,464 £40,000 £45,625
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,106 £49,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £59,684 £59,250
Median % change year-on-year -16.22% +0.73% -5.95%
75th Percentile £58,750 £77,500 £70,313
90th Percentile £100,000 £89,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,000 £59,684 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.87% +19.37% -16.67%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

UX 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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,269 14,580 16,930
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 87.64% 94.60% 92.41%
Number of salaries quoted 7,845 8,006 13,563
10th Percentile £36,250 £43,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,400 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £121,250 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

UX Research job vacancy trend in London

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Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing UX Research.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing UX Research

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Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing UX Research in London over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for UX Research in London

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Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing UX Research within the London region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
Central London +39 6 £50,000 +25.00% 2
UX Research
England

UX Research
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.57%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Sketch
2 1 (3.57%) Adobe XD
Cloud Services
1 6 (21.43%) Figma
2 1 (3.57%) Azure
2 1 (3.57%) ClickUp
2 1 (3.57%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.57%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.57%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (7.14%) JIRA
2 1 (3.57%) Axure RP
General
1 7 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (21.43%) Presentation Skills
3 5 (17.86%) Finance
3 5 (17.86%) Law
4 3 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (10.71%) Banking
4 3 (10.71%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (7.14%) Legal
5 2 (7.14%) Marketing
5 2 (7.14%) Telecoms
6 1 (3.57%) Health Technology
6 1 (3.57%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (3.57%) Retail
Job Titles
1 15 (53.57%) Designer
2 8 (28.57%) UX Designer
3 7 (25.00%) User Experience Researcher
4 6 (21.43%) Senior
5 5 (17.86%) Consultant
5 5 (17.86%) Service Designer
6 4 (14.29%) Senior User Experience Researcher
7 3 (10.71%) Analyst
7 3 (10.71%) Business Analyst
7 3 (10.71%) Senior Designer
7 3 (10.71%) UI Designer
7 3 (10.71%) UI/UX Designer
8 2 (7.14%) Head of AI
8 2 (7.14%) Product Designer
8 2 (7.14%) Senior Product Designer
9 1 (3.57%) Agile Business Analyst
9 1 (3.57%) Project Manager
9 1 (3.57%) Senior UX Designer
9 1 (3.57%) Technical Business Analyst
9 1 (3.57%) User Experience Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.57%) CSS
1 1 (3.57%) Framer.js
1 1 (3.57%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.86%) Product Ownership
2 2 (7.14%) AI Agents
2 2 (7.14%) Mobile App
2 2 (7.14%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.57%) Animation
3 1 (3.57%) Housing Association
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (100.00%) User Experience
2 18 (64.29%) UX Design
3 17 (60.71%) Agile
4 15 (53.57%) User Research
5 13 (46.43%) Stakeholder Management
6 11 (39.29%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 10 (35.71%) User Stories
8 9 (32.14%) Design Thinking
8 9 (32.14%) Scrum
9 6 (21.43%) Actionable Insight
9 6 (21.43%) Collaborative Working
9 6 (21.43%) Design Sprint
9 6 (21.43%) Product Management
9 6 (21.43%) Prototyping
9 6 (21.43%) Roadmaps
9 6 (21.43%) Service Design
9 6 (21.43%) Usability Testing
9 6 (21.43%) Workshop Facilitation
10 5 (17.86%) Acceptance Criteria
10 5 (17.86%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (17.86%) SC Cleared
1 5 (17.86%) Security Cleared
2 2 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (7.14%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (32.14%) Accessibility
2 3 (10.71%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (3.57%) Grafana
Vendors
1 1 (3.57%) Adobe
1 1 (3.57%) Hotjar