User Research Job Trends in Newport

User Research
South Wales > Newport

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Newport requiring User 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 25 16 15
Rank change year-on-year -9 -1 -
Permanent jobs citing User Research 1 2 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Newport 0.65% 3.28% 4.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.81% 4.65% 5.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - £42,901 -
25th Percentile £47,250 £43,502 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £46,768 £51,104
Median % change year-on-year +5.84% -8.49% -
75th Percentile £51,750 £49,797 -
90th Percentile - £50,256 -
South Wales median annual salary £49,500 £45,000 £57,291
% change year-on-year +10.00% -21.45% +20.58%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Newport

User 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 Newport.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 123 43 60
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Newport 79.87% 70.49% 83.33%
Number of salaries quoted 72 32 51
10th Percentile £28,000 £36,275 £37,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,000 £43,046
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,518 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.06% -2.97% -0.52%
75th Percentile £75,250 £67,625 £60,000
90th Percentile £99,750 £91,125 £67,500
South Wales median annual salary £50,000 £49,375 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.27% -1.25% +0.22%

User Research
Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

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

User Research job vacancy trend in Newport

User Research
Salary Trend in Newport

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing User Research.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing User Research

User Research
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newport 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe XD
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Figma
General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Interaction Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Interaction Designer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Community of Practice
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Interaction Design
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Usability Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe