User Research Jobs in the Midlands

User Research
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 252 300 294
Rank change year-on-year +48 -6 -38
Permanent jobs citing User Research 72 18 70
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.61% 0.19% 0.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.74% 0.20% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 56 9 23
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,800 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,725 £38,750 £40,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,700 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +21.56% -14.29% +16.67%
75th Percentile £62,275 £71,250 £62,750
90th Percentile £71,082 £81,300 £66,000
England median annual salary £52,100 £60,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year -13.17% +1.69% +7.27%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,744 8,924 10,264
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.98% 96.52% 94.40%
Number of salaries quoted 7,160 4,510 6,907
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £34,834 £38,362 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £62,270 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
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 the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for User Research in the Midlands

User Research
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for User Research in the Midlands

User Research
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Research in the Midlands over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Salary histogram for User Research in the Midlands

User Research
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Research within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 May 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
West Midlands +44 48 £57,734 +28.30% 9
East Midlands +4 24 £45,000 - 4
User Research
England

User Research
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 5 (6.94%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (11.11%) Sketch
2 6 (8.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 5 (6.94%) Adobe XD
4 2 (2.78%) MS Visio
4 2 (2.78%) Photoshop
5 1 (1.39%) Adobe Captivate
5 1 (1.39%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (1.39%) Blender
5 1 (1.39%) InVision
Cloud Services
1 9 (12.50%) Figma
2 6 (8.33%) Miro
2 6 (8.33%) SaaS
3 5 (6.94%) Azure
3 5 (6.94%) Azure Stack
3 5 (6.94%) IaaS
3 5 (6.94%) PaaS
4 3 (4.17%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (2.78%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 2 (2.78%) AWS
6 1 (1.39%) dbt
6 1 (1.39%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.56%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (2.78%) Software-Defined Networking
2 2 (2.78%) WAN
2 2 (2.78%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (13.89%) BigQuery
2 1 (1.39%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (9.72%) JIRA
2 2 (2.78%) Axure RP
3 1 (1.39%) Balsamiq
3 1 (1.39%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 19 (26.39%) Social Skills
2 15 (20.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 7 (9.72%) Finance
4 5 (6.94%) Retail
5 4 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (2.78%) Marketing
6 2 (2.78%) Multimedia
6 2 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.39%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.39%) Law
7 1 (1.39%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 20 (27.78%) Senior
2 15 (20.83%) Designer
3 14 (19.44%) Analyst
4 13 (18.06%) User Researcher
5 12 (16.67%) Product Manager
6 10 (13.89%) Digital Analyst
6 10 (13.89%) Digital Performance Analyst
6 10 (13.89%) Performance Analyst
7 8 (11.11%) Lead
8 7 (9.72%) UX Designer
9 6 (8.33%) Senior User Researcher
10 5 (6.94%) Associate Director
10 5 (6.94%) Senior Designer
10 5 (6.94%) Service Designer
10 5 (6.94%) Technology Director
10 5 (6.94%) UI Designer
10 5 (6.94%) UI/UX Designer
11 4 (5.56%) Business Analyst
11 4 (5.56%) Senior Product Manager
11 4 (5.56%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.78%) CSS
1 2 (2.78%) HTML
2 1 (1.39%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 22 (30.56%) Product Ownership
2 5 (6.94%) Cloud Native
2 5 (6.94%) PropTech
3 3 (4.17%) Graphic Design
4 2 (2.78%) Life Science
4 2 (2.78%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.78%) Photography
4 2 (2.78%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.39%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.39%) NHS
5 1 (1.39%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (52.78%) Agile
2 26 (36.11%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 23 (31.94%) Decision-Making
4 19 (26.39%) Mentoring
5 18 (25.00%) User Experience
6 16 (22.22%) Actionable Insight
6 16 (22.22%) Analytics
6 16 (22.22%) Roadmaps
7 15 (20.83%) Coaching
7 15 (20.83%) Visualisation
8 13 (18.06%) Usability Testing
8 13 (18.06%) UX Design
8 13 (18.06%) Workshop Facilitation
9 12 (16.67%) Product Roadmap
10 11 (15.28%) Dashboard Development
10 11 (15.28%) Design Patterns
10 11 (15.28%) DevOps
11 10 (13.89%) Data Collection
12 9 (12.50%) Project Delivery
12 9 (12.50%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 10 (13.89%) SQL
2 2 (2.78%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 15 (20.83%) SC Cleared
1 15 (20.83%) Security Cleared
2 4 (5.56%) Degree
3 3 (4.17%) CSPO
3 3 (4.17%) IIBA
4 2 (2.78%) CCIE
4 2 (2.78%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.39%) APMG
5 1 (1.39%) CITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (13.89%) Accessibility
2 5 (6.94%) QA
3 1 (1.39%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (1.39%) PMO
Vendors
1 9 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 8 (11.11%) Adobe
3 3 (4.17%) Salesforce
3 3 (4.17%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.78%) Cisco
4 2 (2.78%) Meraki
4 2 (2.78%) Palo Alto