User Experience Research (UXR)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for UX Research skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited UX Research over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 675 651 515
Rank change year-on-year -24 -136 +93
Permanent jobs citing UX Research 221 360 966
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.23% 0.34% 0.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.36% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 55 156 285
10th Percentile £29,750 £42,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £33,250 £52,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £67,750 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.13% +17.83% +4.55%
75th Percentile £68,750 £77,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £71,183 £90,000 £83,825
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £70,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -28.57% +33.33% +5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

UX 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,476 100,576 147,122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.05% 95.63% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 59,789 58,947 82,930
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,476
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,700 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.86% +2.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

UX Research
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing UX Research as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for UX Research in the UK

UX Research
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing UX Research.

Salary trend for UX Research in the UK

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Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing UX Research over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for UX Research in the UK

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Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing UX Research within the UK over the 6 months to 25 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
UK excluding London +37 194 £50,000 -28.57% 35
Scotland +64 138 £40,000 -42.03% 5
Work from Home +62 76 £50,000 -28.57% 32
England -128 73 £57,500 -16.67% 64
London -22 24 £70,000 +3.70% 31
South West -18 22 £53,750 -6.52% 7
South East -8 13 £33,000 -47.20% 2
North of England -9 8 £30,000 -57.14% 13
Northern Ireland - 7 - - 1
Yorkshire +75 6 £30,000 -58.62% 1
West Midlands +19 6 £58,700 - 6
Midlands +2 6 £58,700 - 6
North East -5 1 - -
North West -21 1 - - 12

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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 23 (10.41%) Apache Spark
2 12 (5.43%) Confluence
Applications
1 38 (17.19%) UserZoom
2 36 (16.29%) Sketch
3 20 (9.05%) InVision
4 7 (3.17%) Adobe XD
5 5 (2.26%) Adobe Illustrator
5 5 (2.26%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.45%) Marvel
6 1 (0.45%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.45%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 5 (2.26%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (1.36%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 105 (47.51%) Figma
2 75 (33.94%) SurveyMonkey
3 28 (12.67%) Miro
4 25 (11.31%) AWS
5 23 (10.41%) Amazon S3
5 23 (10.41%) Amazon SQS
5 23 (10.41%) GCP
5 23 (10.41%) Google Docs
5 23 (10.41%) Lucidchart
5 23 (10.41%) SaaS
5 23 (10.41%) Slack
6 12 (5.43%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (2.71%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (2.26%) Azure
8 5 (2.26%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (2.26%) GitHub
9 1 (0.45%) Canva
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.71%) Intranet
2 3 (1.36%) Internet
3 1 (0.45%) SNA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (10.41%) Big Data
1 23 (10.41%) Elasticsearch
1 23 (10.41%) Hadoop
1 23 (10.41%) Redis
1 23 (10.41%) Scylla
2 2 (0.90%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 35 (15.84%) JIRA
2 32 (14.48%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.45%) Axure RP
General
1 149 (67.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 120 (54.30%) Finance
3 117 (52.94%) Law
4 111 (50.23%) Marketing
5 95 (42.99%) Social Skills
6 32 (14.48%) Social Science
7 13 (5.88%) Banking
8 12 (5.43%) Analytical Skills
8 12 (5.43%) Public Sector
9 11 (4.98%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (2.71%) Investment Banking
11 4 (1.81%) Legal
12 3 (1.36%) Polish Language
13 2 (0.90%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.90%) Retail
14 1 (0.45%) Advertising
14 1 (0.45%) Electronics
14 1 (0.45%) Korean Language
Job Titles
1 68 (30.77%) User Experience Researcher
2 55 (24.89%) Lead
3 40 (18.10%) Senior
4 36 (16.29%) Designer
5 32 (14.48%) UX Designer
6 28 (12.67%) Software Engineer
7 23 (10.41%) Principal Engineer
7 23 (10.41%) Principal Software Engineer
8 20 (9.05%) Senior Designer
9 19 (8.60%) Senior UX Designer
10 15 (6.79%) Product Manager
11 12 (5.43%) User Researcher
12 9 (4.07%) Digital Product Manager
12 9 (4.07%) Senior User Experience Researcher
13 6 (2.71%) Senior Manager
13 6 (2.71%) Senior Product Manager
13 6 (2.71%) UI Designer
14 5 (2.26%) Analyst
14 5 (2.26%) Applications Developer
14 5 (2.26%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (11.31%) CSS
1 25 (11.31%) HTML
1 25 (11.31%) Kafka
2 23 (10.41%) GraphQL
3 21 (9.50%) React
4 6 (2.71%) AngularJS
5 5 (2.26%) .NET
6 3 (1.36%) DOM
6 3 (1.36%) LESS
6 3 (1.36%) Sass
6 3 (1.36%) Spring
6 3 (1.36%) Spring Boot
6 3 (1.36%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 3 (1.36%) Vue
6 3 (1.36%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 42 (19.00%) Product Ownership
2 38 (17.19%) Market Risk
3 26 (11.76%) Algorithms
3 26 (11.76%) Data Structures
4 12 (5.43%) Legacy Systems
4 12 (5.43%) Management Information System
5 9 (4.07%) Mobile App
6 6 (2.71%) NHS
7 5 (2.26%) Graphic Design
7 5 (2.26%) Housing Association
7 5 (2.26%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.81%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.45%) Blog
10 1 (0.45%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.45%) Social Media
10 1 (0.45%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.26%) Android
1 5 (2.26%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 221 (100.00%) User Experience
2 145 (65.61%) User Research
3 106 (47.96%) UX Design
4 95 (42.99%) Agile
5 89 (40.27%) Psychology
6 84 (38.01%) Service Design
7 83 (37.56%) Actionable Insight
8 82 (37.10%) Roadmaps
9 81 (36.65%) Product Management
10 77 (34.84%) Anthropology
11 63 (28.51%) Mentoring
12 62 (28.05%) Data Visualisation
12 62 (28.05%) Visualisation
13 61 (27.60%) Qualitative Research
14 60 (27.15%) Fintech
15 59 (26.70%) Interaction Design
16 54 (24.43%) Strategic Thinking
17 53 (23.98%) Information Architecture
18 51 (23.08%) Analytics
19 49 (22.17%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 34 (15.38%) R
2 26 (11.76%) Java
3 25 (11.31%) Go
4 24 (10.86%) Python
5 23 (10.41%) Bash
5 23 (10.41%) Scala
6 21 (9.50%) JavaScript
7 5 (2.26%) C#
8 3 (1.36%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 114 (51.58%) Degree
2 56 (25.34%) Master's Degree
3 45 (20.36%) PhD
4 6 (2.71%) CSPO
4 6 (2.71%) IIBA
5 1 (0.45%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.45%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.45%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (17.65%) Accessibility
1 39 (17.65%) Actionable Recommendations
2 8 (3.62%) WCAG
3 6 (2.71%) QA
System Software
1 2 (0.90%) Docker
Systems Management
1 25 (11.31%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 70 (31.67%) Qualtrics
2 23 (10.41%) Dell
2 23 (10.41%) Google
3 18 (8.14%) ServiceNow
4 17 (7.69%) Microsoft
5 11 (4.98%) Adobe
5 11 (4.98%) Salesforce
6 6 (2.71%) Hotjar
7 5 (2.26%) Apple
7 5 (2.26%) Xamarin
8 1 (0.45%) Mercator
8 1 (0.45%) Monzo