User Research Jobs in the West Midlands

User Research
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for User Research skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited User Research over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 200 261 255
Rank change year-on-year +61 -6 -55
Permanent jobs citing User Research 50 16 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.69% 0.24% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.83% 0.25% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 46 8 21
10th Percentile - £36,450 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,725 £39,375 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,965 £45,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +27.39% -13.33% +16.67%
75th Percentile £66,250 £73,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £71,082 £81,325 £66,250
England median annual salary £53,674 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -10.54% +4.35% +4.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

User 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 advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,010 6,522 6,900
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 83.11% 96.84% 95.49%
Number of salaries quoted 4,530 3,294 4,727
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,531 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,700 £40,000 £38,637
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,175 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

User Research
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing User Research as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for User Research in the West Midlands

User Research
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing User Research in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for User Research in the West Midlands

User Research
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Research in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for User Research in the West Midlands

User Research
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Research within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 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
Birmingham +24 35 £57,965 +26.01% 5
Coventry +32 5 £69,235 +73.09%
Shropshire +4 5 £46,500 -
Staffordshire - 4 - - 3
Wednesbury - 1 £37,500 -
User Research
England

User Research
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 3 (6.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (12.00%) Sketch
2 5 (10.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 3 (6.00%) Adobe XD
4 1 (2.00%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (2.00%) Blender
4 1 (2.00%) InVision
4 1 (2.00%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 8 (16.00%) Figma
2 6 (12.00%) SaaS
3 5 (10.00%) Azure
3 5 (10.00%) Azure Stack
3 5 (10.00%) IaaS
3 5 (10.00%) PaaS
4 3 (6.00%) dbt
4 3 (6.00%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (6.00%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (4.00%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 1 (2.00%) AWS
6 1 (2.00%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (2.00%) Software-Defined Networking
2 1 (2.00%) WAN
2 1 (2.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (20.00%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 5 (10.00%) JIRA
2 3 (6.00%) Axure RP
3 1 (2.00%) Balsamiq
3 1 (2.00%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 15 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 11 (22.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 7 (14.00%) Finance
3 7 (14.00%) Retail
4 4 (8.00%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (6.00%) Public Sector
6 2 (4.00%) Marketing
6 2 (4.00%) Multimedia
7 1 (2.00%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (2.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (26.00%) Designer
2 12 (24.00%) Senior
3 10 (20.00%) Analyst
3 10 (20.00%) Digital Analyst
3 10 (20.00%) Digital Performance Analyst
3 10 (20.00%) Performance Analyst
4 9 (18.00%) Lead
5 6 (12.00%) Product Manager
5 6 (12.00%) User Researcher
6 5 (10.00%) Associate Director
6 5 (10.00%) Senior Designer
6 5 (10.00%) Service Designer
6 5 (10.00%) Technology Director
7 4 (8.00%) Senior Manager
7 4 (8.00%) Senior Product Manager
7 4 (8.00%) UX Designer
8 3 (6.00%) Project Manager
8 3 (6.00%) Software Manager
8 3 (6.00%) Software Project Manager
8 3 (6.00%) UI Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.00%) CSS
1 2 (4.00%) HTML
2 1 (2.00%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 19 (38.00%) Product Ownership
2 5 (10.00%) Cloud Native
3 3 (6.00%) Graphic Design
4 2 (4.00%) Life Science
4 2 (4.00%) Photography
4 2 (4.00%) PropTech
5 1 (2.00%) NHS
5 1 (2.00%) Public Cloud
5 1 (2.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (48.00%) Agile
2 21 (42.00%) Mentoring
3 16 (32.00%) Decision-Making
4 15 (30.00%) Coaching
5 14 (28.00%) Roadmaps
6 13 (26.00%) Analytics
6 13 (26.00%) User Experience
7 12 (24.00%) Design Patterns
7 12 (24.00%) Product Roadmap
7 12 (24.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 12 (24.00%) Visualisation
8 10 (20.00%) Dashboard Development
8 10 (20.00%) Data Collection
8 10 (20.00%) UX Design
9 9 (18.00%) Usability Testing
10 8 (16.00%) Data Strategy
10 8 (16.00%) Interaction Design
11 7 (14.00%) Information Management
11 7 (14.00%) Product Management
12 6 (12.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (20.00%) SQL
2 1 (2.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (10.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (10.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (6.00%) CSPO
2 3 (6.00%) IIBA
3 1 (2.00%) CCIE
3 1 (2.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (2.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.00%) QA
2 3 (6.00%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.00%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 9 (18.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (12.00%) Adobe
3 3 (6.00%) Salesforce
3 3 (6.00%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.00%) Cisco
4 1 (2.00%) Meraki
4 1 (2.00%) Palo Alto