User Research Job Trends in West Yorkshire

User Research
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West Yorkshire requiring User Research skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 104 -
Rank change year-on-year -1 - -
Permanent jobs citing User Research 13 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 0.72% 0.13% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.87% 0.15% -
Number of salaries quoted 10 2 0
10th Percentile £41,075 - -
25th Percentile £43,308 £51,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,867 £52,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +12.13% - -
75th Percentile £63,750 £53,750 -
90th Percentile £65,064 - -
Yorkshire median annual salary £58,867 £52,500 £73,805
% change year-on-year +12.13% -28.87% +23.43%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,490 1,314 1,802
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 82.55% 87.31% 93.32%
Number of salaries quoted 872 661 1,364
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £42,439
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,264 £53,000 £55,440
Median % change year-on-year +6.16% -4.40% +0.80%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £72,433
90th Percentile £89,750 £84,964 £87,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.52% - -4.34%

User Research
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

User Research job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

User Research
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing User Research

User Research
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Research in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for User Research in West Yorkshire

User Research
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
Leeds - 9 £49,000 - 6
Halifax - 1 - -
User Research
Yorkshire

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.69%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
3 1 (7.69%) Banking
3 1 (7.69%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (61.54%) User Researcher
2 5 (38.46%) Senior
3 4 (30.77%) Designer
3 4 (30.77%) Senior User Researcher
4 3 (23.08%) Interaction Designer
5 1 (7.69%) Change Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Engagement Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Senior Change Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Senior Engagement Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Senior Manager
5 1 (7.69%) UX Designer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (76.92%) Agile
1 10 (76.92%) Service Design
1 10 (76.92%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 8 (61.54%) Actionable Insight
3 6 (46.15%) Interaction Design
4 5 (38.46%) Product Management
4 5 (38.46%) Software Engineering
4 5 (38.46%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (30.77%) Commercial Awareness
5 4 (30.77%) Culture Change
5 4 (30.77%) Information Management
5 4 (30.77%) Project Delivery
5 4 (30.77%) User Experience
6 3 (23.08%) Business Analysis
6 3 (23.08%) Change Management
6 3 (23.08%) Customer Experience
6 3 (23.08%) Mentoring
6 3 (23.08%) Prototyping
7 2 (15.38%) Data Engineering
7 2 (15.38%) Visualisation
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) Degree
1 4 (30.77%) SC Cleared
1 4 (30.77%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) QA
2 1 (7.69%) Accessibility
2 1 (7.69%) Actionable Recommendations