User Research Job Trends in Watford

User Research
Hertfordshire > Watford

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Watford requiring User Research skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing User Research 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Watford 0.51% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.63% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
Hertfordshire median annual salary - - £37,500

All Process & Methodology Skills
Watford

User Research 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 in Watford.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 159 160 135
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Watford 81.12% 89.39% 83.85%
Number of salaries quoted 130 83 100
10th Percentile £26,925 £28,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £33,210 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,875 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £82,500
Hertfordshire median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £56,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% +1.77% +2.73%

User Research
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing User Research relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Watford.

User Research job vacancy trend in Watford

User Research
Salary Trend in Watford

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing User Research.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing User Research

User Research
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Watford 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Broadband
General
1 1 (100.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Service Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Lead Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Lead Service Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Service Designer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) DesignOps
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Empathy Maps
1 1 (100.00%) Journey Map
1 1 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Map
1 1 (100.00%) Storytelling
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe