UX Research Job Trends in the Midlands

User Experience Research (UXR)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring UX Research skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 229 - 276
Rank change year-on-year - - +48
Permanent jobs citing UX Research 7 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.075% - 0.045%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.096% - 0.053%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile - - £34,250
25th Percentile - - £44,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 - £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -15.38%
75th Percentile - - £64,375
90th Percentile - - £67,750
England median annual salary £50,000 £59,684 £53,500
% change year-on-year -16.22% +11.56% -14.40%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,255 5,156 7,558
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 77.86% 92.73% 85.25%
Number of salaries quoted 4,099 2,471 6,075
10th Percentile £28,232 £30,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £34,834
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £49,329
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +6.43% -6.04%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,967 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -12.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

UX Research job vacancy trend in the Midlands

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Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing UX Research.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing UX Research

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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 UX Research within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 2 March 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
East Midlands - 5 - -
West Midlands - 2 £35,000 - 1
UX Research
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (14.29%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) SaaS
General
1 4 (57.14%) Banking
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
1 4 (57.14%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Marketing
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Senior
1 4 (57.14%) Senior User Experience Researcher
1 4 (57.14%) User Experience Researcher
2 2 (28.57%) Designer
2 2 (28.57%) UX Designer
3 1 (14.29%) Digital Product Owner
3 1 (14.29%) Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) User Experience
2 5 (71.43%) Roadmaps
3 4 (57.14%) Actionable Insight
3 4 (57.14%) Business Strategy
3 4 (57.14%) Conjoint Analysis
3 4 (57.14%) Customer-Centricity
3 4 (57.14%) Diary Studies
3 4 (57.14%) Product Management
3 4 (57.14%) Qualitative Research
3 4 (57.14%) Quantitative Research
3 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (57.14%) Usability Testing
3 4 (57.14%) User Research
4 3 (42.86%) UX Design
5 2 (28.57%) AI
5 2 (28.57%) Prototyping
5 2 (28.57%) Wireframes
6 1 (14.29%) Agile
6 1 (14.29%) Lead Generation
6 1 (14.29%) Performance Metrics