Usability Testing Job Trends

Usability Testing
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Usability Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 621 484 743
Rank change year-on-year -137 +259 -17
Permanent jobs citing Usability Testing 112 184 157
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.41% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.45% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 60 58 80
10th Percentile £40,925 £40,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £47,188 £45,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £59,219 £72,500 £60,625
90th Percentile £73,750 £89,875 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,000 £48,750 £44,612
% change year-on-year +8.72% +9.27% -0.86%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Usability Testing 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 67,552 41,143 88,287
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.85% 92.63% 82.27%
Number of salaries quoted 46,362 21,911 62,510
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £29,556
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.69%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -9.09%

Usability Testing
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Usability Testing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Usability Testing job vacancy trend in the UK

Usability Testing
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Usability Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Usability Testing

Usability Testing
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Usability Testing over the 6 months to 13 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Usability Testing in the UK

Usability Testing
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Usability Testing within the UK over the 6 months to 13 June 2026. 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
England -45 98 £52,500 -6.67% 37
Work from Home -55 63 £52,500 +5.00% 21
London -15 51 £52,500 -19.23% 22
UK excluding London -142 50 £53,000 +8.72% 23
North of England -28 21 £58,125 +8.14% 5
East of England -5 11 - - 2
North East -31 9 £57,500 +35.29% 1
South East -9 8 £38,500 +6.21% 6
Yorkshire -33 8 £66,250 +32.50% 4
Wales - 8 £53,000 - 3
North West +4 4 £47,050 -18.17%
South West -58 2 £42,500 -22.73% 2

Usability Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 3 (2.68%) CMS
1 3 (2.68%) Confluence
Applications
1 38 (33.93%) UserZoom
2 19 (16.96%) Adobe XD
3 9 (8.04%) Sketch
4 4 (3.57%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 3 (2.68%) Productboard
6 2 (1.79%) InVision
6 2 (1.79%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 39 (34.82%) Figma
2 37 (33.04%) Adobe Analytics
2 37 (33.04%) Contentsquare
3 9 (8.04%) Google Analytics
4 6 (5.36%) Miro
5 3 (2.68%) Asana
5 3 (2.68%) Azure
5 3 (2.68%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.79%) ClickUp
6 2 (1.79%) Heroku
6 2 (1.79%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 37 (33.04%) Broadband
2 3 (2.68%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.79%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (10.71%) JIRA
2 11 (9.82%) Axure RP
3 9 (8.04%) Balsamiq
4 3 (2.68%) Postman
4 3 (2.68%) REST Assured
4 3 (2.68%) Storybook
General
1 37 (33.04%) Games
2 36 (32.14%) Public Sector
3 28 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 22 (19.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 19 (16.96%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (13.39%) Finance
7 12 (10.71%) Law
8 8 (7.14%) Legal
9 7 (6.25%) Retail
10 5 (4.46%) Marketing
11 4 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (2.68%) Social Science
13 2 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.89%) Banking
14 1 (0.89%) Police
14 1 (0.89%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 44 (39.29%) Designer
2 36 (32.14%) Lead
3 35 (31.25%) User Researcher
4 20 (17.86%) UX Designer
5 15 (13.39%) Digital User Researcher
6 13 (11.61%) Senior
7 10 (8.93%) Interaction Designer
7 10 (8.93%) Senior Designer
7 10 (8.93%) UI Designer
8 9 (8.04%) User Experience Researcher
9 8 (7.14%) Senior Interaction Designer
10 6 (5.36%) Product Manager
11 5 (4.46%) Product Designer
11 5 (4.46%) UI/UX Designer
12 4 (3.57%) Service Designer
13 3 (2.68%) Head of Digital
13 3 (2.68%) Head of User Experience
13 3 (2.68%) Test Engineer
14 2 (1.79%) Digital Product Manager
14 2 (1.79%) Product Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (20.54%) HTML
2 20 (17.86%) CSS
3 3 (2.68%) Lightning Web Components
3 3 (2.68%) Material Design
3 3 (2.68%) Playwright
4 2 (1.79%) Framer.js
5 1 (0.89%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 37 (33.04%) Social Media
2 18 (16.07%) Product Ownership
3 4 (3.57%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (2.68%) NHS
5 2 (1.79%) Augmented Reality
5 2 (1.79%) Blog
5 2 (1.79%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.79%) PropTech
5 2 (1.79%) Virtual Reality
6 1 (0.89%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.89%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.89%) Android
1 1 (0.89%) Apple iOS
1 1 (0.89%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (91.07%) User Research
2 87 (77.68%) Agile
3 83 (74.11%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 64 (57.14%) User Experience
5 51 (45.54%) Analytics
6 46 (41.07%) Qualitative Research
7 44 (39.29%) AI
8 43 (38.39%) Diary Studies
8 43 (38.39%) Quantitative Research
9 42 (37.50%) Product Roadmap
9 42 (37.50%) Roadmaps
10 41 (36.61%) Customer Experience
10 41 (36.61%) Storytelling
11 40 (35.71%) Ethnography
12 37 (33.04%) Behavioural Analytics
12 37 (33.04%) Digital Customer Experience
12 37 (33.04%) Prototyping
12 37 (33.04%) UX Design
13 29 (25.89%) Wireframes
14 22 (19.64%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 11 (9.82%) JavaScript
2 3 (2.68%) Java
3 2 (1.79%) SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (16.96%) Degree
2 17 (15.18%) Security Cleared
3 14 (12.50%) SC Cleared
4 3 (2.68%) ICAEW
5 2 (1.79%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (74.11%) Accessibility
2 22 (19.64%) WCAG
3 5 (4.46%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.79%) QA
5 1 (0.89%) Software Quality Assurance
Vendors
1 59 (52.68%) Adobe
2 9 (8.04%) Google
3 8 (7.14%) Microsoft
4 3 (2.68%) Guidewire
4 3 (2.68%) Pega
4 3 (2.68%) Salesforce
4 3 (2.68%) Sitecore
5 2 (1.79%) Hotjar