User Research Jobs in Reading

User Research
Berkshire > Reading

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

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 101 126 124
Rank change year-on-year +25 -2 -
Permanent jobs citing User Research 19 9 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 1.11% 0.56% 0.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.26% 0.57% 0.98%
Number of salaries quoted 6 3 13
10th Percentile - £61,750 -
25th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - -3.57% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £71,875 -
90th Percentile - £72,250 -
Berkshire median annual salary £67,500 £62,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +8.00% -10.71% +40.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,509 1,567 1,634
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 88.30% 97.03% 92.42%
Number of salaries quoted 917 817 928
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,380 £41,250 £44,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,995 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.34% - -
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £82,875
Berkshire median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +2.56% +6.36%

User Research
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for User Research in Reading

User Research
Salary Trend in Reading

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

Salary trend for User Research in Reading

User Research
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 9 (47.37%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (42.11%) MS Visio
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.53%) Miro
Development Applications
1 9 (47.37%) JIRA
General
1 1 (5.26%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (47.37%) Analyst
2 8 (42.11%) Business Analyst
3 5 (26.32%) Product Manager
3 5 (26.32%) Senior
4 3 (15.79%) Senior User Researcher
4 3 (15.79%) User Researcher
5 2 (10.53%) Designer
5 2 (10.53%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (10.53%) Senior Business Analyst
5 2 (10.53%) Service Designer
6 1 (5.26%) Business Systems Analyst
6 1 (5.26%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 10 (52.63%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (94.74%) Agile
2 12 (63.16%) Actionable Insight
3 8 (42.11%) Requirements Analysis
4 7 (36.84%) Backlog Management
4 7 (36.84%) Roadmaps
4 7 (36.84%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 7 (36.84%) User Stories
4 7 (36.84%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 5 (26.32%) Customer Experience
5 5 (26.32%) DevOps
5 5 (26.32%) Digital Customer Experience
5 5 (26.32%) Workshop Facilitation
6 4 (21.05%) Backlog Refinement
7 3 (15.79%) Backlog Prioritisation
7 3 (15.79%) Empathy Maps
7 3 (15.79%) Qualitative Research
7 3 (15.79%) Quantitative Research
8 2 (10.53%) Prototyping
8 2 (10.53%) Service Design
8 2 (10.53%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
Qualifications
1 17 (89.47%) SC Cleared
1 17 (89.47%) Security Cleared
2 2 (10.53%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (26.32%) Accessibility