Usability Testing Jobs

Usability Testing
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Usability Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Usability Testing over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 531 761 756
Rank change year-on-year +230 -5 -119
Permanent jobs citing Usability Testing 183 151 206
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.33% 0.15% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.17% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 60 82 91
10th Percentile £40,000 £29,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,060 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.32% -6.82% -
75th Percentile £84,063 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £92,750 £77,500 £71,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,750 £46,250 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.41% +2.78% -18.18%

All Process and 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 51,902 86,889 92,846
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.67% 84.13% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 25,611 60,763 54,796
10th Percentile £28,822 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,443 £55,000 £60,899
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% -9.69% +1.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,574 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.15% -9.09% +4.76%

Usability Testing
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Usability Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Usability Testing in the UK

Usability Testing
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Usability Testing.

Salary trend for Usability Testing in the UK

Usability Testing
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Usability Testing over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Usability Testing in the UK

Usability Testing
Top 17 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 30 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
UK excluding London +220 127 £48,750 +5.41% 257
Work from Home +185 123 £50,000 - 171
Scotland +187 98 - - 13
England +110 77 £57,500 +9.52% 247
London +125 51 £65,307 +18.74% 21
North of England +42 9 £53,750 -10.42% 54
Midlands +81 6 £31,000 -34.74% 48
North West +1 6 £57,500 -4.17% 22
South West +88 4 £55,000 -15.38% 29
South East +66 4 £36,250 +15.08% 77
West Midlands +55 4 £47,500 -16.67% 24
Isle of Man - 4 - -
Yorkshire +60 2 £50,000 -13.04% 24
East Midlands +44 2 £31,000 -11.43% 21
North East +45 1 £42,500 -3.90% 8
Wales +45 1 £55,000 +69.23% 6
East of England +43 1 £55,000 +92.98% 38

Usability Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 10 (5.46%) nginx
2 4 (2.19%) CMS
2 4 (2.19%) Drupal
2 4 (2.19%) IBM Domino
3 2 (1.09%) BizTalk Server
3 2 (1.09%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.09%) WordPress
Applications
1 20 (10.93%) Adobe XD
2 16 (8.74%) Sketch
3 3 (1.64%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (1.09%) InVision
4 2 (1.09%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.55%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 32 (17.49%) Figma
2 16 (8.74%) AWS
2 16 (8.74%) SaaS
3 14 (7.65%) Google Analytics
4 3 (1.64%) Miro
5 2 (1.09%) AWS Fargate
5 2 (1.09%) Azure
5 2 (1.09%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (1.09%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (1.09%) Google Sheets
5 2 (1.09%) Google Tag Manager
5 2 (1.09%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.09%) Scribe Online
6 1 (0.55%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.09%) LoRaWAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.19%) Mixpanel
2 2 (1.09%) Looker
2 2 (1.09%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 8 (4.37%) Axure RP
2 7 (3.83%) Balsamiq
3 2 (1.09%) Git
4 1 (0.55%) Browser DevTools
4 1 (0.55%) Grunt
4 1 (0.55%) gulp
4 1 (0.55%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.55%) Mocha
4 1 (0.55%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.55%) Storybook
4 1 (0.55%) Visual Studio
General
1 112 (61.20%) Finance
2 100 (54.64%) Banking
3 48 (26.23%) Social Skills
4 27 (14.75%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (5.46%) Public Sector
6 6 (3.28%) Marketing
7 5 (2.73%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (2.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.64%) Automotive
9 3 (1.64%) Law
10 2 (1.09%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.55%) Back Office
11 1 (0.55%) Games
11 1 (0.55%) Military
11 1 (0.55%) Multimedia
11 1 (0.55%) Retail
Job Titles
1 109 (59.56%) Designer
2 100 (54.64%) Senior
3 98 (53.55%) UX Designer
4 79 (43.17%) Senior Designer
4 79 (43.17%) Senior UX Designer
5 36 (19.67%) Developer
6 24 (13.11%) UX Developer
7 13 (7.10%) User Researcher
8 12 (6.56%) Senior Developer
8 12 (6.56%) UI Designer
8 12 (6.56%) UI/UX Designer
9 11 (6.01%) Senior UX Developer
10 10 (5.46%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 7 (3.83%) Service Designer
12 6 (3.28%) Angular Developer
12 6 (3.28%) HTML CSS Developer
12 6 (3.28%) HTML Developer
12 6 (3.28%) JavaScript Developer
13 5 (2.73%) User Experience Researcher
14 4 (2.19%) Senior User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (13.66%) CSS
1 25 (13.66%) HTML
2 13 (7.10%) React
3 10 (5.46%) AngularJS
4 2 (1.09%) NestJS
4 2 (1.09%) React Native
4 2 (1.09%) RESTful
5 1 (0.55%) .NET
5 1 (0.55%) Chai
5 1 (0.55%) LESS
5 1 (0.55%) Node.js
5 1 (0.55%) Sass
5 1 (0.55%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.56%) Analytical Mindset
2 9 (4.92%) Mobile App
2 9 (4.92%) Product Ownership
3 3 (1.64%) Animation
3 3 (1.64%) Video Editing
4 2 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (1.09%) IoT
4 2 (1.09%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.09%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (0.55%) Graphic Design
5 1 (0.55%) Low-Code
5 1 (0.55%) Online Games
5 1 (0.55%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 166 (90.71%) User Research
2 159 (86.89%) User Experience
3 146 (79.78%) UX Design
4 141 (77.05%) Agile
5 140 (76.50%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 138 (75.41%) Wireframes
7 125 (68.31%) Prototyping
8 115 (62.84%) Journey Map
9 111 (60.66%) UX Research
10 107 (58.47%) Stakeholder Management
11 105 (57.38%) Project Management
12 104 (56.83%) Design Thinking
13 21 (11.48%) Analytics
13 21 (11.48%) Responsive Web Design
14 20 (10.93%) Actionable Insight
14 20 (10.93%) Fintech
15 19 (10.38%) Front End Development
16 18 (9.84%) Problem-Solving
17 16 (8.74%) Workshop Facilitation
18 14 (7.65%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
Programming Languages
1 24 (13.11%) JavaScript
2 5 (2.73%) TypeScript
3 3 (1.64%) SQL
4 2 (1.09%) Java
4 2 (1.09%) R
5 1 (0.55%) C#
5 1 (0.55%) Fortran
5 1 (0.55%) MATLAB
5 1 (0.55%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (7.65%) Degree
2 6 (3.28%) BPSS Clearance
2 6 (3.28%) Security Cleared
3 5 (2.73%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (1.64%) DV Cleared
4 3 (1.64%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.09%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.55%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.55%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 145 (79.23%) Accessibility
2 13 (7.10%) WCAG
3 2 (1.09%) Actionable Recommendations
3 2 (1.09%) QA
4 1 (0.55%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 12 (6.56%) Docker
Vendors
1 23 (12.57%) Adobe
2 14 (7.65%) Google
3 10 (5.46%) Microsoft
4 8 (4.37%) Mercator
5 5 (2.73%) Hotjar
6 1 (0.55%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.55%) Guidewire
6 1 (0.55%) Oracle
6 1 (0.55%) Pega
6 1 (0.55%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.55%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.55%) Sitecore