User Research Jobs in the UK excluding London

User Research
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 341 547 337
Rank change year-on-year +206 -210 +39
Permanent jobs citing User Research 522 212 732
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.73% 0.36% 1.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.87% 0.37% 1.08%
Number of salaries quoted 249 98 380
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,975 £38,037
25th Percentile £42,725 £40,952 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £55,000 £53,112
Median % change year-on-year -10.91% +3.55% +6.22%
75th Percentile £62,200 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £71,725 £80,375 £78,875
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% - +4.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,836 56,548 67,835
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.53% 95.58% 94.15%
Number of salaries quoted 41,285 29,231 41,036
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.43%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

User Research
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing User Research as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for User Research in the UK excluding London

User Research
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing User Research in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for User Research in the UK excluding London

User Research
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Research in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for User Research in the UK excluding London

User Research
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Research within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 19 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
North of England +145 173 £45,249 -35.36% 33
Scotland +52 137 £49,000 +3.16% 6
North West +64 92 £50,000 -28.57% 22
Midlands +57 69 £55,000 +25.71% 11
Yorkshire +106 53 £45,249 -28.18% 6
West Midlands +48 47 £57,965 +32.49% 6
South West +19 46 £58,700 +33.75% 2
South East -6 44 £45,000 - 13
North East +23 28 £45,249 +39.92% 5
Wales +26 23 £50,000 +27.39%
East Midlands - 22 £47,100 - 5
Northern Ireland - 21 £58,800 - 1
East of England -56 9 £35,000 -53.33% 6
User Research
UK

User Research
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 32 (6.13%) Confluence
2 6 (1.15%) CMS
2 6 (1.15%) Umbraco
3 3 (0.57%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.38%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 46 (8.81%) Sketch
2 38 (7.28%) UserZoom
3 25 (4.79%) MS Visio
4 19 (3.64%) Adobe XD
5 17 (3.26%) InVision
6 15 (2.87%) Photoshop
7 14 (2.68%) Adobe Illustrator
8 11 (2.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 4 (0.77%) InDesign
9 4 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
10 2 (0.38%) Notion
11 1 (0.19%) Blender
11 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Excel
11 1 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
11 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
11 1 (0.19%) Trello
11 1 (0.19%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 1 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 116 (22.22%) Figma
2 64 (12.26%) SurveyMonkey
3 26 (4.98%) Miro
4 15 (2.87%) SaaS
5 14 (2.68%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (1.92%) AWS
7 9 (1.72%) Azure
8 7 (1.34%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (1.15%) dbt
10 5 (0.96%) Azure Stack
10 5 (0.96%) Google Analytics
10 5 (0.96%) Heroku
10 5 (0.96%) IaaS
10 5 (0.96%) PaaS
10 5 (0.96%) Power Platform
11 2 (0.38%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 2 (0.38%) Asana
11 2 (0.38%) AWS CloudFormation
11 2 (0.38%) PowerApps
12 1 (0.19%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.72%) Wi-Fi
2 6 (1.15%) Intranet
3 5 (0.96%) Software-Defined Networking
3 5 (0.96%) WAN
3 5 (0.96%) Wireless
4 3 (0.57%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (13.41%) BigQuery
2 5 (0.96%) Power BI
3 2 (0.38%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.19%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.19%) GIS
4 1 (0.19%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.19%) Redis
Development Applications
1 50 (9.58%) JIRA
2 32 (6.13%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.57%) Axure RP
4 2 (0.38%) Git
5 1 (0.19%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.19%) RSpec
5 1 (0.19%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 156 (29.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 139 (26.63%) Finance
3 118 (22.61%) Social Skills
4 111 (21.26%) Law
5 98 (18.77%) Marketing
6 33 (6.32%) Public Sector
7 32 (6.13%) Social Science
8 23 (4.41%) Banking
9 17 (3.26%) Presentation Skills
10 16 (3.07%) Investment Banking
11 13 (2.49%) Analytical Skills
12 12 (2.30%) Retail
13 4 (0.77%) Games
13 4 (0.77%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.38%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.38%) Legal
14 2 (0.38%) Multimedia
14 2 (0.38%) Publishing
15 1 (0.19%) Automotive
15 1 (0.19%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 106 (20.31%) Analyst
2 102 (19.54%) Designer
3 99 (18.97%) Lead
4 92 (17.62%) Senior
5 87 (16.67%) User Researcher
6 77 (14.75%) Product Manager
7 70 (13.41%) Digital Analyst
7 70 (13.41%) Digital Performance Analyst
7 70 (13.41%) Performance Analyst
8 53 (10.15%) User Experience Researcher
9 42 (8.05%) Senior User Researcher
10 39 (7.47%) UX Designer
11 35 (6.70%) Business Analyst
12 26 (4.98%) Service Designer
13 20 (3.83%) Senior Analyst
13 20 (3.83%) Senior Business Analyst
14 15 (2.87%) UI Designer
15 14 (2.68%) Senior Designer
15 14 (2.68%) UI/UX Designer
16 12 (2.30%) Lead Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (4.41%) CSS
1 23 (4.41%) HTML
2 9 (1.72%) React
3 2 (0.38%) Ruby on Rails
3 2 (0.38%) Web Services
4 1 (0.19%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.19%) Express.js
4 1 (0.19%) HTML5 Canvas
4 1 (0.19%) Node.js
4 1 (0.19%) Sidekiq
4 1 (0.19%) SVG
4 1 (0.19%) Unreal Engine
4 1 (0.19%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 102 (19.54%) Product Ownership
2 27 (5.17%) Market Risk
3 15 (2.87%) Management Information System
4 12 (2.30%) Legacy Systems
4 12 (2.30%) PropTech
5 11 (2.11%) Graphic Design
6 7 (1.34%) NHS
6 7 (1.34%) Onboarding
7 5 (0.96%) Cloud Native
7 5 (0.96%) Public Cloud
8 4 (0.77%) Blog
9 3 (0.57%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.38%) Life Science
10 2 (0.38%) Photography
10 2 (0.38%) Renewable Energy
10 2 (0.38%) Social Media
11 1 (0.19%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (0.19%) Mobile App
11 1 (0.19%) Tandem
11 1 (0.19%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.19%) Android
1 1 (0.19%) Linux
1 1 (0.19%) Mac OS
1 1 (0.19%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 322 (61.69%) Agile
2 215 (41.19%) Actionable Insight
3 213 (40.80%) User Experience
4 164 (31.42%) Mentoring
5 149 (28.54%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 134 (25.67%) UX Research
7 133 (25.48%) Service Design
8 132 (25.29%) Analytics
8 132 (25.29%) Visualisation
9 115 (22.03%) UX Design
10 113 (21.65%) Roadmaps
11 110 (21.07%) DevOps
12 106 (20.31%) Decision-Making
12 106 (20.31%) Product Management
13 97 (18.58%) Qualitative Research
14 93 (17.82%) Coaching
15 91 (17.43%) Psychology
16 86 (16.48%) Requirements Analysis
17 83 (15.90%) Interaction Design
18 82 (15.71%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 72 (13.79%) SQL
2 34 (6.51%) R
3 21 (4.02%) JavaScript
4 2 (0.38%) Ruby
5 1 (0.19%) C#
5 1 (0.19%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 151 (28.93%) Security Cleared
2 150 (28.74%) SC Cleared
3 138 (26.44%) Degree
4 54 (10.34%) Master's Degree
5 45 (8.62%) PhD
6 8 (1.53%) CSPO
6 8 (1.53%) IIBA
7 5 (0.96%) CCIE
7 5 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (0.57%) APMG
8 3 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.57%) CITP
9 2 (0.38%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.38%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 2 (0.38%) CBAP
9 2 (0.38%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.38%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (18.58%) Accessibility
2 43 (8.24%) Actionable Recommendations
3 22 (4.21%) QA
4 4 (0.77%) WCAG
5 3 (0.57%) GDPR
5 3 (0.57%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (0.19%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (0.38%) Terraform
2 1 (0.19%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 70 (13.41%) Qualtrics
2 26 (4.98%) Adobe
3 23 (4.41%) Microsoft
4 18 (3.45%) ServiceNow
5 8 (1.53%) Hotjar
5 8 (1.53%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.15%) Google
7 5 (0.96%) Cisco
7 5 (0.96%) Meraki
7 5 (0.96%) Palo Alto
8 4 (0.77%) dotdigital
9 2 (0.38%) Sitecore