User Research Jobs in the Thames Valley

User Research
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 231 226 221
Rank change year-on-year -5 -5 -5
Permanent jobs citing User Research 22 34 53
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.33% 0.55% 0.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 0.59% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 7 12 24
10th Percentile - £36,250 £52,500
25th Percentile £63,750 £38,125 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £43,750 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +54.29% -37.50% +27.27%
75th Percentile £71,250 £50,625 £72,938
90th Percentile £72,250 £70,500 £100,000
South East median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% -28.57% +40.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,747 5,808 6,468
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 85.19% 94.70% 92.93%
Number of salaries quoted 4,024 3,157 3,950
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,000 £38,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

User Research
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for User Research in the Thames Valley

User Research
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing User Research in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for User Research in the Thames Valley

User Research
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Research within the Thames Valley 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
Berkshire +29 20 £67,500 +8.00% 1
Oxfordshire +11 1 - - 2
Buckinghamshire -33 1 £72,500 +81.25% 1
User Research
South East

User Research
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 9 (40.91%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (36.36%) MS Visio
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.09%) Miro
2 1 (4.55%) Figma
Development Applications
1 10 (45.45%) JIRA
General
1 2 (9.09%) Public Sector
2 1 (4.55%) Digital Economy
2 1 (4.55%) Finance
2 1 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (4.55%) Marketing
2 1 (4.55%) Publishing
2 1 (4.55%) Social Skills
2 1 (4.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (40.91%) Analyst
2 8 (36.36%) Business Analyst
3 6 (27.27%) Product Manager
4 5 (22.73%) Senior
5 3 (13.64%) Designer
5 3 (13.64%) Senior User Researcher
5 3 (13.64%) User Researcher
6 2 (9.09%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (9.09%) Senior Business Analyst
6 2 (9.09%) Service Designer
7 1 (4.55%) Business Systems Analyst
7 1 (4.55%) Digital Product Manager
7 1 (4.55%) Head of Development
7 1 (4.55%) Head of Product Development
7 1 (4.55%) Systems Analyst
7 1 (4.55%) UI Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) CSS
1 1 (4.55%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (54.55%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (90.91%) Agile
2 12 (54.55%) Actionable Insight
3 9 (40.91%) Roadmaps
4 8 (36.36%) Requirements Analysis
5 7 (31.82%) Backlog Management
5 7 (31.82%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 7 (31.82%) User Stories
5 7 (31.82%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 5 (22.73%) Customer Experience
6 5 (22.73%) DevOps
6 5 (22.73%) Digital Customer Experience
6 5 (22.73%) Workshop Facilitation
7 4 (18.18%) Backlog Refinement
8 3 (13.64%) Backlog Prioritisation
8 3 (13.64%) Business Analysis
8 3 (13.64%) Empathy Maps
8 3 (13.64%) Qualitative Research
8 3 (13.64%) Quantitative Research
8 3 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (13.64%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.55%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 17 (77.27%) SC Cleared
1 17 (77.27%) Security Cleared
2 2 (9.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (27.27%) Accessibility