UX Research Job Trends in the West Midlands

User Experience Research (UXR)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring UX Research skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 173 - 216
Rank change year-on-year - - +62
Permanent jobs citing UX Research 2 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.036% - 0.057%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.044% - 0.066%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile - - £33,500
25th Percentile - - £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 - £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.69%
75th Percentile - - £66,250
90th Percentile - - £68,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £59,684 £50,000
% change year-on-year -16.22% +19.37% -20.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

UX 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 4,527 3,716 4,565
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 80.49% 92.74% 86.74%
Number of salaries quoted 2,381 1,649 3,767
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £55,500
% change year-on-year -11.29% +11.71% -11.20%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing UX Research relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

UX Research job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

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Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing UX Research.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing UX Research

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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 UX Research within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 4 February 2026. 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
Warwickshire - 2 £35,000 - 2
UX Research
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 2 (100.00%) SaaS
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Designer
1 2 (100.00%) UX Designer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) UX Design
1 2 (100.00%) Wireframes