User Research Jobs in the South West

User Research
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 246 230 180
Rank change year-on-year -16 -50 +69
Permanent jobs citing User Research 46 36 135
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.50% 0.52% 1.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.59% 0.55% 1.77%
Number of salaries quoted 19 15 92
10th Percentile £47,684 £37,341 -
25th Percentile £53,475 £42,371 £38,037
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,700 £45,150 £53,112
Median % change year-on-year +30.01% -14.99% +11.81%
75th Percentile £64,375 £66,250 £61,964
90th Percentile £71,880 £77,250 £65,720
England median annual salary £53,250 £60,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year -11.25% +1.69% +7.27%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,750 6,545 7,639
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 83.99% 94.49% 95.04%
Number of salaries quoted 5,549 3,649 5,030
10th Percentile £28,767 £30,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £39,250 £38,037
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,952 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.95% +5.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,625
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for User Research in the South West

User Research
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for User Research in the South West

User Research
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Research in the South West over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for User Research in the South West

User Research
Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 5 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
Bristol +28 25 £57,500 -14.81% 4
Dorset -11 14 - -
Wiltshire -6 3 £58,700 +39.91%
Devon -7 2 £59,069 +30.83% 3
Gloucestershire -23 1 £57,500 +43.75% 1
User Research
England

User Research
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 5 (10.87%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.35%) MS Visio
3 1 (2.17%) Adobe XD
3 1 (2.17%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 3 (6.52%) Dynamics 365
1 3 (6.52%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (4.35%) AWS
2 2 (4.35%) Figma
2 2 (4.35%) Miro
2 2 (4.35%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.35%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (2.17%) Software-Defined Networking
2 1 (2.17%) WAN
2 1 (2.17%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.17%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (2.17%) Redis
1 1 (2.17%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (10.87%) JIRA
2 1 (2.17%) Git
2 1 (2.17%) RSpec
General
1 21 (45.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 15 (32.61%) Finance
2 15 (32.61%) Social Skills
3 14 (30.43%) Banking
3 14 (30.43%) Investment Banking
3 14 (30.43%) Law
4 4 (8.70%) Public Sector
5 3 (6.52%) Marketing
6 2 (4.35%) Games
7 1 (2.17%) Aviation
7 1 (2.17%) Local Government
7 1 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.17%) Retail
Job Titles
1 17 (36.96%) Senior
2 14 (30.43%) Lead
3 11 (23.91%) Product Manager
4 10 (21.74%) User Researcher
5 9 (19.57%) Senior User Researcher
6 5 (10.87%) Consultant
6 5 (10.87%) Designer
7 4 (8.70%) Research Consultant
7 4 (8.70%) Senior Consultant
8 3 (6.52%) Senior Manager
8 3 (6.52%) Senior Product Manager
8 3 (6.52%) UX Designer
9 2 (4.35%) Analyst
9 2 (4.35%) Architect
9 2 (4.35%) Senior Analyst
9 2 (4.35%) Senior Architect
9 2 (4.35%) Senior Business Analyst
9 2 (4.35%) Senior Technical Architect
9 2 (4.35%) Service Designer
9 2 (4.35%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (17.39%) CSS
1 8 (17.39%) HTML
1 8 (17.39%) React
2 1 (2.17%) Ruby on Rails
2 1 (2.17%) Sidekiq
2 1 (2.17%) Unreal Engine
2 1 (2.17%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 18 (39.13%) Product Ownership
2 2 (4.35%) PropTech
3 1 (2.17%) Housing Association
3 1 (2.17%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.17%) Public Cloud
3 1 (2.17%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.17%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (58.70%) User Experience
1 27 (58.70%) UX Design
2 21 (45.65%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 20 (43.48%) Agile
3 20 (43.48%) Product Management
3 20 (43.48%) Service Design
4 17 (36.96%) Workshop Facilitation
5 16 (34.78%) Validation
6 15 (32.61%) Actionable Insight
6 15 (32.61%) Problem-Solving
6 15 (32.61%) Prototyping
7 14 (30.43%) Data Science
7 14 (30.43%) Data Sharing
8 13 (28.26%) Journey Map
9 12 (26.09%) UX Research
10 11 (23.91%) Scrum
10 11 (23.91%) Wireframes
11 10 (21.74%) Storytelling
11 10 (21.74%) Usability Testing
12 9 (19.57%) Interaction Design
Programming Languages
1 9 (19.57%) JavaScript
2 1 (2.17%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 19 (41.30%) Degree
2 15 (32.61%) Security Cleared
3 14 (30.43%) SC Cleared
4 3 (6.52%) CSPO
4 3 (6.52%) IIBA
5 2 (4.35%) DV Cleared
5 2 (4.35%) Master's Degree
5 2 (4.35%) MBA
6 1 (2.17%) CCIE
6 1 (2.17%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (30.43%) Accessibility
2 5 (10.87%) QA
3 1 (2.17%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 1 (2.17%) Docker
Vendors
1 7 (15.22%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.52%) Salesforce
2 3 (6.52%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.17%) Adobe
3 1 (2.17%) Cisco
3 1 (2.17%) Meraki
3 1 (2.17%) Palo Alto