User Research Jobs in the South West

User Research
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring User Research skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited User Research over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 165 246 237
Rank change year-on-year +81 -9 -47
Permanent jobs citing User Research 13 46 34
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.37% 0.50% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 0.59% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 9 19 14
10th Percentile £49,848 £47,684 £36,756
25th Percentile £55,535 £53,475 £41,612
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,525 £58,700 £44,520
Median % change year-on-year +16.74% +31.85% -16.18%
75th Percentile - £64,375 £68,750
90th Percentile £72,320 £71,880 £78,250
England median annual salary £61,339 £51,700 £60,000
% change year-on-year +18.64% -13.83% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

User Research falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,311 7,748 6,436
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 93.29% 83.55% 94.48%
Number of salaries quoted 1,921 5,564 3,572
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £39,238
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,600 £51,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.14% -2.86% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

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 9 May 2025.

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 9 May 2025. 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 +40 8 £68,525 +19.17% 4
Gloucestershire +70 2 £63,750 +10.87% 2
Wiltshire +39 2 £59,515 +1.39%
Devon +22 1 - - 3
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 2 (15.38%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) AWS
1 4 (30.77%) Azure
2 2 (15.38%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (7.69%) Figma
3 1 (7.69%) Google Analytics
3 1 (7.69%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (30.77%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (30.77%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) JIRA
General
1 3 (23.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Banking
3 1 (7.69%) Finance
3 1 (7.69%) Marketing
3 1 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Lead
2 4 (30.77%) Designer
2 4 (30.77%) Developer
2 4 (30.77%) Lead Developer
2 4 (30.77%) Product Manager
3 3 (23.08%) UX Designer
4 2 (15.38%) Senior
4 2 (15.38%) Senior Manager
4 2 (15.38%) Senior Product Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Digital Product Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Service Designer
5 1 (7.69%) UI Designer
5 1 (7.69%) UI/UX Designer
5 1 (7.69%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (30.77%) CSS
1 4 (30.77%) Express.js
1 4 (30.77%) Next.js
1 4 (30.77%) Node.js
1 4 (30.77%) React
1 4 (30.77%) RESTful
1 4 (30.77%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Management Information System
1 4 (30.77%) N-Tier
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (84.62%) Agile
2 8 (61.54%) Prototyping
2 8 (61.54%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (46.15%) User Experience
3 6 (46.15%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 4 (30.77%) Availability Management
4 4 (30.77%) Capacity Management
4 4 (30.77%) CI/CD
4 4 (30.77%) Continuous Deployment
4 4 (30.77%) Continuous Integration
4 4 (30.77%) Data Modelling
4 4 (30.77%) Full-Stack Development
4 4 (30.77%) Information Security
4 4 (30.77%) Microservices
4 4 (30.77%) Product Roadmap
4 4 (30.77%) Product Vision
4 4 (30.77%) Scrum
4 4 (30.77%) SOLID
4 4 (30.77%) TDD
4 4 (30.77%) UX Research
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) SQL
1 4 (30.77%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) SC Cleared
1 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
2 2 (15.38%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (15.38%) CITP
3 1 (7.69%) Degree
3 1 (7.69%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) Accessibility
2 2 (15.38%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
1 2 (15.38%) Salesforce
1 2 (15.38%) ServiceNow
2 1 (7.69%) Google