User Research Jobs in the North of England

User Research
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 221 375 206
Rank change year-on-year +154 -169 +21
Permanent jobs citing User Research 173 61 298
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.98% 0.36% 1.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.18% 0.37% 1.75%
Number of salaries quoted 117 41 181
10th Percentile - £37,500 £38,037
25th Percentile £42,725 £50,250 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,249 £70,000 £53,112
Median % change year-on-year -35.36% +31.80% +6.22%
75th Percentile £62,200 - £64,106
90th Percentile £75,772 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 North of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,688 16,312 17,014
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 83.05% 96.83% 94.01%
Number of salaries quoted 11,269 7,885 10,594
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £29,250
25th Percentile £37,000 £40,000 £38,386
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,500 £80,000
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 North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for User Research in the North of England

User Research
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing User Research in the North of England.

Salary trend for User Research in the North of England

User Research
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Research in the North of England over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for User Research in the North of England

User Research
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Research within the North of England region over the 6 months to 18 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
North West +67 92 £50,000 -28.57% 22
Yorkshire +108 53 £45,249 -28.18% 6
North East +19 28 £45,249 +39.92% 5
User Research
England

User Research
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 6 (3.47%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (4.05%) Sketch
2 6 (3.47%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.16%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.58%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.58%) InVision
4 1 (0.58%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.58%) Trello
4 1 (0.58%) Zeplin
Cloud Services
1 11 (6.36%) Figma
2 8 (4.62%) Miro
3 5 (2.89%) AWS
3 5 (2.89%) Heroku
4 3 (1.73%) SaaS
5 2 (1.16%) AWS CloudFormation
5 2 (1.16%) dbt
5 2 (1.16%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.58%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.73%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (1.16%) Software-Defined Networking
2 2 (1.16%) WAN
2 2 (1.16%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (34.68%) BigQuery
2 2 (1.16%) Power BI
3 1 (0.58%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (4.05%) JIRA
2 1 (0.58%) Axure RP
General
1 22 (12.72%) Social Skills
2 14 (8.09%) Public Sector
3 12 (6.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 7 (4.05%) Finance
5 4 (2.31%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (1.73%) Marketing
6 3 (1.73%) Retail
7 2 (1.16%) Legal
8 1 (0.58%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.58%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 69 (39.88%) Analyst
2 60 (34.68%) Digital Analyst
2 60 (34.68%) Digital Performance Analyst
2 60 (34.68%) Performance Analyst
3 32 (18.50%) Designer
4 31 (17.92%) User Researcher
5 27 (15.61%) Product Manager
6 20 (11.56%) Lead
6 20 (11.56%) Senior
7 10 (5.78%) Lead Product Manager
7 10 (5.78%) Senior User Researcher
8 9 (5.20%) Business Analyst
8 9 (5.20%) Service Designer
9 8 (4.62%) Product Designer
10 7 (4.05%) Interaction Designer
10 7 (4.05%) UX Designer
11 6 (3.47%) Senior Analyst
11 6 (3.47%) Senior Business Analyst
12 2 (1.16%) Project Leader
12 2 (1.16%) Senior Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.47%) CSS
1 6 (3.47%) HTML
2 1 (0.58%) AngularJS
2 1 (0.58%) Express.js
2 1 (0.58%) Node.js
2 1 (0.58%) React
2 1 (0.58%) Ruby on Rails
2 1 (0.58%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (5.78%) Product Ownership
2 5 (2.89%) PropTech
3 3 (1.73%) Blog
4 2 (1.16%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.58%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.58%) Social Media
5 1 (0.58%) Tandem
5 1 (0.58%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.58%) Linux
1 1 (0.58%) Mac OS
1 1 (0.58%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (73.41%) Agile
2 77 (44.51%) Mentoring
3 71 (41.04%) Coaching
3 71 (41.04%) Decision-Making
4 65 (37.57%) Analytics
5 62 (35.84%) Dashboard Development
5 62 (35.84%) Visualisation
6 60 (34.68%) Data Collection
7 55 (31.79%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 42 (24.28%) Actionable Insight
9 33 (19.08%) User Experience
10 26 (15.03%) Requirements Analysis
11 24 (13.87%) Prototyping
12 21 (12.14%) Customer Experience
13 20 (11.56%) DevOps
14 19 (10.98%) Backlog Prioritisation
14 19 (10.98%) Interaction Design
15 18 (10.40%) Workshop Facilitation
16 15 (8.67%) Quantitative Research
16 15 (8.67%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 61 (35.26%) SQL
2 6 (3.47%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.58%) Ruby
3 1 (0.58%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 44 (25.43%) SC Cleared
1 44 (25.43%) Security Cleared
2 10 (5.78%) Degree
3 2 (1.16%) APMG
3 2 (1.16%) AWS Certification
3 2 (1.16%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
3 2 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (1.16%) CCIE
3 2 (1.16%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (1.16%) CITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (16.76%) Accessibility
2 4 (2.31%) QA
3 3 (1.73%) Actionable Recommendations
3 3 (1.73%) GDPR
4 2 (1.16%) PMO
5 1 (0.58%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 2 (1.16%) Terraform
2 1 (0.58%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (1.16%) Adobe
1 2 (1.16%) Cisco
1 2 (1.16%) Meraki
1 2 (1.16%) Palo Alto
2 1 (0.58%) Google