User Research Jobs in Manchester

User Research
North West > Manchester

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 147 211 124
Rank change year-on-year +64 -87 +40
Permanent jobs citing User Research 68 34 148
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 1.33% 0.67% 2.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.54% 0.70% 2.71%
Number of salaries quoted 38 23 130
10th Percentile - £50,250 £38,037
25th Percentile £42,725 £56,875 £40,339
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £70,000 £53,112
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +31.80% +6.22%
75th Percentile £70,000 - £57,500
90th Percentile £75,772 - £75,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £70,000 £53,112
% change year-on-year -28.57% +31.80% +6.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,425 4,890 5,453
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 86.85% 96.72% 96.22%
Number of salaries quoted 3,400 2,593 3,660
10th Percentile £30,001 £32,500 £32,389
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £84,411 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.03%

User Research
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for User Research in Manchester

User Research
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for User Research in Manchester

User Research
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Research in Manchester over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for User Research in Manchester

User Research
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Research within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 25 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
Salford - 5 £58,800 - 1
User Research
North West

User Research
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 2 (2.94%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (8.82%) Sketch
2 2 (2.94%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.47%) Adobe XD
3 1 (1.47%) InVision
3 1 (1.47%) Trello
3 1 (1.47%) Zeplin
Cloud Services
1 8 (11.76%) Figma
2 5 (7.35%) Heroku
3 4 (5.88%) Miro
4 3 (4.41%) AWS
4 3 (4.41%) dbt
5 2 (2.94%) SaaS
6 1 (1.47%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (1.47%) Google Analytics
6 1 (1.47%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (17.65%) BigQuery
2 1 (1.47%) Power BI
2 1 (1.47%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (4.41%) JIRA
2 1 (1.47%) Axure RP
General
1 23 (33.82%) Social Skills
2 14 (20.59%) Finance
3 13 (19.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 12 (17.65%) Public Sector
5 7 (10.29%) Law
6 4 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (4.41%) Retail
8 2 (2.94%) Legal
8 2 (2.94%) Marketing
9 1 (1.47%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 27 (39.71%) Designer
2 17 (25.00%) Analyst
3 12 (17.65%) Digital Analyst
3 12 (17.65%) Digital Performance Analyst
3 12 (17.65%) Performance Analyst
4 10 (14.71%) Lead
4 10 (14.71%) Senior
5 9 (13.24%) User Researcher
6 8 (11.76%) Product Designer
6 8 (11.76%) Product Manager
7 7 (10.29%) Service Designer
8 6 (8.82%) Interaction Designer
8 6 (8.82%) UX Designer
9 5 (7.35%) Business Analyst
10 4 (5.88%) Lead Designer
11 3 (4.41%) Senior Designer
11 3 (4.41%) Senior User Researcher
11 3 (4.41%) Senior UX Designer
12 2 (2.94%) Senior UI Designer
12 2 (2.94%) UI/UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.82%) CSS
1 6 (8.82%) HTML
2 1 (1.47%) AngularJS
2 1 (1.47%) Express.js
2 1 (1.47%) Node.js
2 1 (1.47%) React
2 1 (1.47%) Ruby on Rails
2 1 (1.47%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.29%) Cyberattack
2 4 (5.88%) Product Ownership
3 3 (4.41%) Blog
4 1 (1.47%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.47%) PropTech
4 1 (1.47%) Social Media
4 1 (1.47%) Tandem
4 1 (1.47%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.47%) Linux
1 1 (1.47%) Mac OS
1 1 (1.47%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (64.71%) Agile
2 33 (48.53%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 27 (39.71%) User Experience
4 22 (32.35%) Actionable Insight
5 21 (30.88%) Prototyping
6 20 (29.41%) Mentoring
7 17 (25.00%) Decision-Making
7 17 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
7 17 (25.00%) Usability Testing
8 15 (22.06%) Analytics
8 15 (22.06%) Coaching
9 14 (20.59%) Interaction Design
10 13 (19.12%) Dashboard Development
10 13 (19.12%) UX Design
10 13 (19.12%) Visualisation
10 13 (19.12%) Wireframes
11 12 (17.65%) Data Collection
11 12 (17.65%) Psychology
11 12 (17.65%) Strategic Thinking
12 11 (16.18%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 13 (19.12%) SQL
2 6 (8.82%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.47%) Ruby
3 1 (1.47%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 25 (36.76%) Security Cleared
2 18 (26.47%) SC Cleared
3 7 (10.29%) DV Cleared
4 2 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (2.94%) Degree
5 1 (1.47%) APMG
5 1 (1.47%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.47%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
5 1 (1.47%) CITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (32.35%) Accessibility
2 3 (4.41%) GDPR
3 2 (2.94%) QA
4 1 (1.47%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.47%) PMO
4 1 (1.47%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 1 (1.47%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.47%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (1.47%) Adobe
1 1 (1.47%) Google