User Research Jobs with Work from Home Options

User Research
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 322 431 212
Rank change year-on-year +109 -219 +119
Permanent jobs citing User Research 311 239 1,304
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.92% 0.58% 1.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.01% 0.60% 1.96%
Number of salaries quoted 206 178 427
10th Percentile - £39,155 £39,745
25th Percentile £42,725 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.33% - +20.00%
75th Percentile £62,200 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £81,250 £86,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% - +4.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 30,902 39,630 66,571
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.40% 96.09% 96.98%
Number of salaries quoted 23,451 27,583 41,127
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,190 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.12% +1.98% +9.09%

User Research
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing User Research as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

User Research trend for jobs with a WFH option

User Research
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing User Research.

User Research salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

User Research
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing User Research over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

User Research salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

User Research
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 11 (3.54%) Confluence
2 3 (0.96%) SharePoint
Applications
1 20 (6.43%) Adobe XD
2 19 (6.11%) Sketch
3 11 (3.54%) InVision
4 6 (1.93%) Trello
4 6 (1.93%) UserZoom
5 4 (1.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 4 (1.29%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.64%) Notion
7 1 (0.32%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.32%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.32%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 26 (8.36%) Endur
2 1 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 26 (8.36%) Figma
2 24 (7.72%) AWS
3 14 (4.50%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (3.54%) GitHub
5 8 (2.57%) Serverless
6 7 (2.25%) Azure
6 7 (2.25%) dbt
7 6 (1.93%) Amazon EKS
7 6 (1.93%) AWS Lambda
7 6 (1.93%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (1.93%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (1.93%) GCP
7 6 (1.93%) GitHub Actions
7 6 (1.93%) Google Analytics
7 6 (1.93%) SaaS
8 2 (0.64%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 2 (0.64%) Asana
8 2 (0.64%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.64%) IaaS
8 2 (0.64%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.93%) Intranet
2 5 (1.61%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (22.51%) BigQuery
2 2 (0.64%) Apache Cassandra
3 1 (0.32%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.32%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.32%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.32%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 20 (6.43%) JIRA
2 15 (4.82%) Axure RP
3 13 (4.18%) Balsamiq
4 8 (2.57%) Jenkins
5 6 (1.93%) CircleCI
5 6 (1.93%) Git
5 6 (1.93%) git-flow
5 6 (1.93%) GitLab
General
1 81 (26.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 62 (19.94%) Social Skills
3 55 (17.68%) Finance
4 40 (12.86%) Retail
5 34 (10.93%) Marketing
5 34 (10.93%) Public Sector
6 28 (9.00%) Presentation Skills
7 18 (5.79%) Analytical Skills
8 13 (4.18%) Law
9 7 (2.25%) Games
9 7 (2.25%) Legal
10 6 (1.93%) Banking
11 5 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.64%) Multimedia
13 1 (0.32%) Automotive
13 1 (0.32%) Aviation
13 1 (0.32%) Publishing
13 1 (0.32%) Tech for Good
13 1 (0.32%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 94 (30.23%) Analyst
2 76 (24.44%) Designer
3 75 (24.12%) Senior
4 70 (22.51%) Digital Analyst
4 70 (22.51%) Digital Performance Analyst
4 70 (22.51%) Performance Analyst
5 41 (13.18%) UX Designer
6 40 (12.86%) User Researcher
7 39 (12.54%) Product Manager
8 38 (12.22%) Lead
9 24 (7.72%) Business Analyst
10 19 (6.11%) Senior Manager
10 19 (6.11%) Senior Product Manager
11 16 (5.14%) Senior Designer
12 15 (4.82%) Consultant
12 15 (4.82%) User Experience Consultant
13 14 (4.50%) Endur Business Analyst
13 14 (4.50%) OpenLink Business Analyst
13 14 (4.50%) Senior Analyst
13 14 (4.50%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (9.97%) CSS
1 31 (9.97%) HTML
2 6 (1.93%) Elastic Stack
3 4 (1.29%) AngularJS
3 4 (1.29%) Node.js
3 4 (1.29%) React
4 3 (0.96%) D3.js
4 3 (0.96%) Ember.js
4 3 (0.96%) Kafka
4 3 (0.96%) WebGL
5 1 (0.32%) CarPlay
5 1 (0.32%) Express.js
5 1 (0.32%) RESTful
5 1 (0.32%) SVG
5 1 (0.32%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 91 (29.26%) Product Ownership
2 13 (4.18%) Onboarding
3 10 (3.22%) Cyberattack
3 10 (3.22%) Graphic Design
4 9 (2.89%) Virtual Team
5 8 (2.57%) Blockchain
5 8 (2.57%) Management Information System
5 8 (2.57%) NHS
6 7 (2.25%) Social Media
7 4 (1.29%) Algorithms
7 4 (1.29%) Data Structures
8 3 (0.96%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.64%) Digital Signage
9 2 (0.64%) Life Science
9 2 (0.64%) Photography
9 2 (0.64%) W3C
10 1 (0.32%) Blog
10 1 (0.32%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.32%) PMI
10 1 (0.32%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.57%) Linux
2 4 (1.29%) Android
3 3 (0.96%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.96%) Windows
4 2 (0.64%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 198 (63.67%) Agile
2 124 (39.87%) Mentoring
3 116 (37.30%) User Experience
4 91 (29.26%) Coaching
5 90 (28.94%) Decision-Making
6 87 (27.97%) Analytics
7 85 (27.33%) Visualisation
8 80 (25.72%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
9 72 (23.15%) UX Design
10 70 (22.51%) Dashboard Development
10 70 (22.51%) Data Collection
11 69 (22.19%) Wireframes
12 65 (20.90%) Roadmaps
13 56 (18.01%) Usability Testing
14 53 (17.04%) Customer Experience
15 43 (13.83%) Journey Map
16 42 (13.50%) Design Thinking
16 42 (13.50%) Product Vision
17 40 (12.86%) Prototyping
18 36 (11.58%) UX Research
Programming Languages
1 70 (22.51%) SQL
2 19 (6.11%) JavaScript
3 6 (1.93%) Shell Script
4 3 (0.96%) Go
4 3 (0.96%) Java
5 2 (0.64%) Python
6 1 (0.32%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 67 (21.54%) Degree
2 54 (17.36%) Security Cleared
3 47 (15.11%) SC Cleared
4 13 (4.18%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (3.86%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (2.57%) CSPO
6 8 (2.57%) DV Cleared
6 8 (2.57%) IIBA
6 8 (2.57%) Master's Degree
7 4 (1.29%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.64%) CBAP
8 2 (0.64%) MBA
9 1 (0.32%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.32%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (21.22%) Accessibility
2 24 (7.72%) QA
3 18 (5.79%) WCAG
4 9 (2.89%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.64%) GDPR
System Software
1 10 (3.22%) Docker
2 6 (1.93%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (2.89%) Kubernetes
2 8 (2.57%) Ansible
2 8 (2.57%) Terraform
Vendors
1 35 (11.25%) Adobe
2 25 (8.04%) Microsoft
3 12 (3.86%) Google
4 8 (2.57%) Salesforce
5 7 (2.25%) Hotjar
6 6 (1.93%) McAfee
6 6 (1.93%) Qualtrics
6 6 (1.93%) ServiceNow
7 5 (1.61%) Mercator
8 3 (0.96%) CrowdStrike
9 2 (0.64%) Remedy
10 1 (0.32%) Apple