User Research Jobs in South Wales

User Research
Wales > South Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in South Wales 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 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 80 103 81
Rank change year-on-year +23 -22 -
Permanent jobs citing User Research 23 5 34
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 1.59% 0.43% 2.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.01% 0.45% 2.54%
Number of salaries quoted 10 3 21
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,600 -
25th Percentile £35,938 £35,625 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,645 £42,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.73% -6.67% -
75th Percentile £62,011 £45,000 £54,351
90th Percentile £62,200 - £67,500
Wales median annual salary £53,645 £42,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +27.73% -6.67% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,145 1,105 1,338
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 79.35% 95.75% 92.98%
Number of salaries quoted 740 582 856
10th Percentile £28,290 £28,550 £31,475
25th Percentile £35,700 £36,598 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,496 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.41% -9.01% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61,445 £62,988 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,433 £75,000 £75,000
Wales median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +9.20%

User Research
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for User Research in South Wales

User Research
Salary Trend in South Wales

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

Salary trend for User Research in South Wales

User Research
Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Research in South Wales over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Salary histogram for User Research in South Wales

User Research
Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 30 April 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
Bridgend - 12 - -
Cardiff +10 11 £53,645 +27.73% 2
User Research
Wales

User Research
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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 2 (8.70%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (13.04%) Adobe XD
1 3 (13.04%) Sketch
2 2 (8.70%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.04%) Figma
2 2 (8.70%) Miro
3 1 (4.35%) dbt
Development Applications
1 2 (8.70%) JIRA
General
1 5 (21.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (13.04%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
3 1 (4.35%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (39.13%) User Researcher
2 7 (30.43%) Lead
3 6 (26.09%) Designer
4 5 (21.74%) Product Manager
4 5 (21.74%) Senior
5 3 (13.04%) Analyst
5 3 (13.04%) Business Analyst
5 3 (13.04%) Senior User Researcher
5 3 (13.04%) UI Designer
5 3 (13.04%) UI/UX Designer
5 3 (13.04%) UX Designer
6 2 (8.70%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (8.70%) Senior Business Analyst
6 2 (8.70%) Service Designer
7 1 (4.35%) Interaction Designer
7 1 (4.35%) Lead Designer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (17.39%) Product Ownership
2 3 (13.04%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (8.70%) Blog
4 1 (4.35%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (73.91%) Agile
2 12 (52.17%) Actionable Insight
2 12 (52.17%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 8 (34.78%) Requirements Analysis
4 5 (21.74%) Customer Experience
4 5 (21.74%) DevOps
4 5 (21.74%) Digital Customer Experience
4 5 (21.74%) Mentoring
4 5 (21.74%) Workshop Facilitation
5 4 (17.39%) Wireframes
6 3 (13.04%) Acceptance Criteria
6 3 (13.04%) Collaborative Working
6 3 (13.04%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
6 3 (13.04%) Mobile First
6 3 (13.04%) Prototyping
6 3 (13.04%) Qualitative Research
6 3 (13.04%) Quantitative Research
6 3 (13.04%) Service Design
6 3 (13.04%) Strategic Thinking
6 3 (13.04%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 17 (73.91%) SC Cleared
1 17 (73.91%) Security Cleared
2 2 (8.70%) Degree
3 1 (4.35%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (30.43%) Accessibility
2 5 (21.74%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (13.04%) Adobe