User Research Job Trends in West Sussex

User Research
South East > West Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West Sussex requiring User Research skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 39 -
Rank change year-on-year -6 - -
Permanent jobs citing User Research 1 11 0
As % of all permanent jobs in West Sussex 0.26% 2.75% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 3.45% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £32,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £54,219 -
Median % change year-on-year -35.45% - -
75th Percentile £37,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year - -22.22% -3.57%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Sussex

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 West Sussex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 319 319 442
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Sussex 81.38% 79.75% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 226 167 314
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £33,050
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,853 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.71% -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £64,375 £69,500 £72,000
90th Percentile £74,375 £75,000 £75,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% - -

User Research
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

User Research job vacancy trend in West Sussex

User Research
Salary Trend in West Sussex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing User Research.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing User Research

User Research
Job Locations in West Sussex

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 Sussex region over the 6 months to 8 November 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
Crawley - 1 £35,000 - 2
User Research
South East

User Research
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Figma
General
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Web Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) Sass
1 1 (100.00%) Semantic HTML
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design
1 1 (100.00%) Wireframes
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe