User Researcher
UK
The median User Researcher salary in the UK is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 23 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 692 | 794 | 872 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +102 | +78 | +154 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a User Researcher | 19 | 100 | 84 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.035% | 0.100% | 0.085% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.038% | 0.11% | 0.093% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 13 | 54 | 70 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £31,025 | £42,398 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £43,421 | £49,038 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,500 | £54,700 | £65,300 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.02% | -16.23% | +23.21% |
| 75th Percentile | £67,500 | £62,200 | £75,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £70,000 | £62,410 | - |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | - | £54,700 | £70,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -21.86% | +52.17% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.
| Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title | 49,357 | 94,770 | 90,282 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.42% | 94.70% | 91.49% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 25,605 | 67,694 | 56,964 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £56,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.67% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £70,622 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,645 | £50,000 | £53,438 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.29% | -6.43% | +6.88% |
User Researcher
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured User Researcher in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
User Researcher
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing User Researcher.
User Researcher
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing User Researcher over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.
User Researcher
Top 7 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Researcher within the UK over the 6 months to 23 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 |
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| England | +113 | 16 | £65,000 | +24.16% | 22 |
| London | +114 | 13 | £65,000 | +10.54% | 11 |
| UK excluding London | +104 | 3 | - | - | 15 |
| Work from Home | +92 | 3 | £52,500 | -10.71% | 11 |
| South East | +89 | 3 | - | - | 5 |
| Yorkshire | +57 | 2 | - | - | 3 |
| North of England | +13 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
User Researcher Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 23 May 2025, User Researcher job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring User Researcher in the job title.
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User Researcher Skill Set
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: