User Research Jobs in the South East

User Research
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 349 339 342
Rank change year-on-year -10 +3 -57
Permanent jobs citing User Research 43 69 148
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.26% 0.46% 0.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.49% 0.79%
Number of salaries quoted 23 18 89
10th Percentile £29,750 £36,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £31,817 £40,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - -35.71% +40.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £56,875 £73,750
90th Percentile £71,250 £66,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,250 £60,000 £59,500
% change year-on-year -11.25% +0.84% +8.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,140 14,106 18,766
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 84.73% 94.52% 94.42%
Number of salaries quoted 9,922 8,179 12,081
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £41,565
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £82,500
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 South East

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

Job vacancy trend for User Research in the South East

User Research
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for User Research in the South East

User Research
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Research in the South East over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for User Research in the South East

User Research
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Research within the South East region over the 6 months to 4 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
Thames Valley +11 21 £67,500 +58.82% 3
Berkshire +34 19 £67,500 +25.58% 1
Surrey +4 10 £31,500 -37.00% 1
Hampshire -20 8 £50,000 -9.09% 5
West Sussex +43 2 £40,000 -20.00%
East Sussex +19 2 £36,085 -
Oxfordshire +7 1 - - 1
Buckinghamshire -30 1 £72,500 +81.25% 1
User Research
England

User Research
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 8 (18.60%) Confluence
2 3 (6.98%) SharePoint
3 2 (4.65%) CMS
3 2 (4.65%) Sitecore CMS
3 2 (4.65%) Umbraco
Applications
1 7 (16.28%) InVision
1 7 (16.28%) MS Visio
1 7 (16.28%) Sketch
2 2 (4.65%) Notion
3 1 (2.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (2.33%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (2.33%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (2.33%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (18.60%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (11.63%) Figma
3 3 (6.98%) Azure
3 3 (6.98%) SaaS
4 2 (4.65%) Asana
4 2 (4.65%) Miro
5 1 (2.33%) AWS
5 1 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.33%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (2.33%) GCP
5 1 (2.33%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.33%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (13.95%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.33%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (2.33%) GIS
1 1 (2.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 10 (23.26%) JIRA
General
1 10 (23.26%) Public Sector
2 6 (13.95%) Presentation Skills
3 4 (9.30%) Finance
4 2 (4.65%) Games
4 2 (4.65%) Social Skills
5 1 (2.33%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.33%) Digital Economy
5 1 (2.33%) Electronics
5 1 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (2.33%) Korean Language
5 1 (2.33%) Marketing
5 1 (2.33%) Publishing
5 1 (2.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (27.91%) Analyst
2 11 (25.58%) Business Analyst
3 10 (23.26%) Designer
4 9 (20.93%) User Researcher
5 7 (16.28%) Product Manager
6 6 (13.95%) Senior
7 5 (11.63%) UI Designer
7 5 (11.63%) UX Designer
8 4 (9.30%) UI/UX Designer
9 3 (6.98%) Senior User Researcher
10 2 (4.65%) Content Designer
10 2 (4.65%) Digital Product Owner
10 2 (4.65%) Product Owner
10 2 (4.65%) Senior Analyst
10 2 (4.65%) Senior Business Analyst
10 2 (4.65%) Service Designer
10 2 (4.65%) Technical Analyst
10 2 (4.65%) Technical Business Analyst
11 1 (2.33%) Business Systems Analyst
11 1 (2.33%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.65%) CSS
1 2 (4.65%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (51.16%) Product Ownership
2 6 (13.95%) NHS
3 1 (2.33%) Low-Code
3 1 (2.33%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (62.79%) Agile
2 18 (41.86%) Actionable Insight
2 18 (41.86%) User Stories
3 12 (27.91%) User Experience
4 11 (25.58%) UX Design
5 10 (23.26%) Qualitative Research
5 10 (23.26%) Quantitative Research
5 10 (23.26%) Requirements Analysis
5 10 (23.26%) Requirements Gathering
5 10 (23.26%) Roadmaps
6 8 (18.60%) Backlog Management
6 8 (18.60%) Customer Experience
6 8 (18.60%) DevOps
6 8 (18.60%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 8 (18.60%) Usability Testing
7 7 (16.28%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 7 (16.28%) UX Research
7 7 (16.28%) Value Proposition
7 7 (16.28%) Wireframes
8 6 (13.95%) MoSCoW
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 18 (41.86%) SC Cleared
1 18 (41.86%) Security Cleared
2 11 (25.58%) Degree
3 2 (4.65%) CBAP
3 2 (4.65%) CSPO
3 2 (4.65%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (30.23%) Accessibility
2 6 (13.95%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 7 (16.28%) Adobe
1 7 (16.28%) Hotjar
2 6 (13.95%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.65%) Sitecore
4 1 (2.33%) Google
4 1 (2.33%) Salesforce