User Research Job Trends in Swansea

User Research
West Wales > Swansea

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Swansea requiring User Research skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 - 34
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing User Research 6 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Swansea 1.86% - 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.69% - 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 - £40,000
75th Percentile - - £42,500
90th Percentile £51,000 - -
West Wales median annual salary £30,000 - £40,000

All Process & Methodology Skills
Swansea

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 Swansea.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 223 35 157
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Swansea 69.04% 77.78% 78.89%
Number of salaries quoted 148 27 138
10th Percentile £33,650 £21,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £38,000 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £37,733 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +45.76% -24.53% +21.33%
75th Percentile £73,750 £53,762 £57,500
90th Percentile £78,800 £59,857 £70,000
West Wales median annual salary £50,000 £37,733 £48,500
% change year-on-year +32.51% -22.20% +15.88%

User Research
Job Vacancy Trend in Swansea

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing User Research relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Swansea.

User Research job vacancy trend in Swansea

User Research
Salary Trend in Swansea

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Swansea citing User Research.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Swansea citing User Research

User Research
Salary Histogram in Swansea

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Research in Swansea over the 6 months to 3 July 2026.

Salary histogram for User Research in Swansea

User Research
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swansea by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Adobe XD
1 3 (50.00%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 5 (83.33%) Figma
2 4 (66.67%) Miro
3 1 (16.67%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 1 (16.67%) AWS
3 1 (16.67%) Lucidchart
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 5 (83.33%) Public Sector
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (66.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (16.67%) Legal
3 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Designer
2 3 (50.00%) UX Designer
3 1 (16.67%) Interaction Designer
3 1 (16.67%) Product Owner
3 1 (16.67%) Service Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (50.00%) CSS
1 3 (50.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Cloud Native
1 1 (16.67%) Digital Wallet
1 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Agile
1 6 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 5 (83.33%) Interaction Design
2 5 (83.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (66.67%) Analytics
3 4 (66.67%) Collaborative Working
3 4 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (66.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 4 (66.67%) Inclusive Design
3 4 (66.67%) Journey Map
3 4 (66.67%) Service Design
3 4 (66.67%) Usability Testing
3 4 (66.67%) User Experience
3 4 (66.67%) UX Design
3 4 (66.67%) Wireframes
3 4 (66.67%) Workshop Facilitation
4 3 (50.00%) Front End Development
4 3 (50.00%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
4 3 (50.00%) Information Architecture
4 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) CSPO
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (83.33%) Accessibility
2 2 (33.33%) WCAG
3 1 (16.67%) GDPR
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Adobe