User Research Jobs in the West Midlands

User Research
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring User Research skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited User Research over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 190 207 249
Rank change year-on-year +17 +42 -14
Permanent jobs citing User Research 7 46 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.17% 0.59% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% 0.72% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 4 42 11
10th Percentile £48,500 - £37,500
25th Percentile £51,875 £42,725 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,734 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.40% +35.84% -19.43%
75th Percentile £66,563 £63,147 £60,625
90th Percentile £76,125 £71,082 £81,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +30.00% -16.67% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,753 6,362 5,881
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 91.18% 81.41% 96.82%
Number of salaries quoted 1,531 4,664 3,160
10th Percentile £28,822 £26,250 £30,592
25th Percentile £36,500 £35,700 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

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 29 May 2025.

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 29 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
Birmingham +19 5 £61,250 +6.09% 23
Coventry -11 2 £57,500 -16.95% 15
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:

Applications
1 4 (57.14%) Sketch
2 3 (42.86%) Adobe XD
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Figma
2 2 (28.57%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Data Mining
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Automotive
2 3 (42.86%) Finance
3 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
4 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Designer
1 4 (57.14%) UX Designer
2 3 (42.86%) Junior
2 3 (42.86%) Junior Designer
2 3 (42.86%) Junior UI/UX Designer
2 3 (42.86%) Junior UX Designer
2 3 (42.86%) UI Designer
2 3 (42.86%) UI/UX Designer
3 2 (28.57%) Data Scientist
3 2 (28.57%) Lead
3 2 (28.57%) Lead Data Scientist
3 2 (28.57%) Senior Data Scientist
4 1 (14.29%) Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Business Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Principal Business Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Supply Chain Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Supply Chain Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) CSS
1 3 (42.86%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Animation
1 3 (42.86%) Mobile App
1 3 (42.86%) Video Editing
2 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (14.29%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 4 (57.14%) Usability Testing
2 4 (57.14%) User Experience
2 4 (57.14%) UX Design
3 3 (42.86%) Agile
3 3 (42.86%) Collaborative Working
3 3 (42.86%) Design Thinking
3 3 (42.86%) Front End Development
3 3 (42.86%) Wireframes
4 2 (28.57%) Applied Mathematics
4 2 (28.57%) Artificial Intelligence
4 2 (28.57%) Data Analysis
4 2 (28.57%) Data Engineering
4 2 (28.57%) Data Science
4 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
4 2 (28.57%) Machine Learning
4 2 (28.57%) Mathematics
4 2 (28.57%) Neural Network
4 2 (28.57%) Predictive Analytics
4 2 (28.57%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) Python
1 2 (28.57%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Accessibility
1 1 (14.29%) PMO
1 1 (14.29%) WCAG
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Adobe
2 2 (28.57%) Databricks
3 1 (14.29%) SAP