User Research Jobs with Work from Home Options

User Research
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 16 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 327 425 207
Rank change year-on-year +98 -218 +124
Permanent jobs citing User Research 302 214 1,552
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.85% 0.57% 2.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.95% 0.59% 2.11%
Number of salaries quoted 202 165 424
10th Percentile - £39,533 £41,250
25th Percentile £42,725 £45,000 £48,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.33% - +20.00%
75th Percentile £62,200 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £81,250 £85,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% -4.17% +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,847 35,988 73,511
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 89.59% 96.02% 97.15%
Number of salaries quoted 23,766 25,695 42,040
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £63,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.73% +5.00% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +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 16 June 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 10 (3.31%) Confluence
2 3 (0.99%) SharePoint
Applications
1 21 (6.95%) Adobe XD
2 18 (5.96%) Sketch
3 10 (3.31%) InVision
4 6 (1.99%) Trello
4 6 (1.99%) UserZoom
5 4 (1.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 4 (1.32%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.66%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.66%) Notion
6 2 (0.66%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.33%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 29 (9.60%) Endur
2 1 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 24 (7.95%) Figma
2 20 (6.62%) AWS
3 14 (4.64%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (2.32%) dbt
4 7 (2.32%) GitHub
5 6 (1.99%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (1.99%) Google Analytics
5 6 (1.99%) SaaS
6 4 (1.32%) Serverless
7 3 (0.99%) Azure
7 3 (0.99%) Power Platform
8 2 (0.66%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 2 (0.66%) Amazon EKS
8 2 (0.66%) Asana
8 2 (0.66%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (0.66%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.66%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.66%) GCP
8 2 (0.66%) IaaS
8 2 (0.66%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.99%) Intranet
2 5 (1.66%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (23.18%) BigQuery
2 3 (0.99%) Power BI
3 2 (0.66%) Apache Cassandra
3 2 (0.66%) Tableau
4 1 (0.33%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.33%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.33%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 19 (6.29%) JIRA
2 15 (4.97%) Axure RP
3 13 (4.30%) Balsamiq
4 4 (1.32%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.66%) CircleCI
5 2 (0.66%) Git
5 2 (0.66%) git-flow
5 2 (0.66%) GitLab
General
1 79 (26.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 54 (17.88%) Social Skills
3 45 (14.90%) Finance
4 42 (13.91%) Retail
5 32 (10.60%) Marketing
5 32 (10.60%) Public Sector
6 28 (9.27%) Presentation Skills
7 14 (4.64%) Analytical Skills
8 10 (3.31%) Legal
9 7 (2.32%) Games
10 6 (1.99%) Banking
10 6 (1.99%) Law
11 5 (1.66%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.66%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.66%) Multimedia
12 2 (0.66%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.33%) Automotive
13 1 (0.33%) Aviation
13 1 (0.33%) Publishing
13 1 (0.33%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 94 (31.13%) Analyst
2 75 (24.83%) Senior
3 70 (23.18%) Digital Analyst
3 70 (23.18%) Digital Performance Analyst
3 70 (23.18%) Performance Analyst
4 69 (22.85%) Designer
5 42 (13.91%) Product Manager
5 42 (13.91%) User Researcher
6 35 (11.59%) Lead
7 30 (9.93%) UX Designer
8 24 (7.95%) Business Analyst
9 22 (7.28%) Senior Manager
9 22 (7.28%) Senior Product Manager
10 14 (4.64%) Consultant
10 14 (4.64%) Senior Analyst
10 14 (4.64%) Senior Business Analyst
10 14 (4.64%) Senior Designer
10 14 (4.64%) User Experience Consultant
11 13 (4.30%) Endur Business Analyst
11 13 (4.30%) OpenLink Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (9.27%) CSS
1 28 (9.27%) HTML
2 5 (1.66%) D3.js
3 3 (0.99%) AngularJS
3 3 (0.99%) Ember.js
3 3 (0.99%) Kafka
3 3 (0.99%) Node.js
3 3 (0.99%) React
3 3 (0.99%) WebGL
4 2 (0.66%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.33%) CarPlay
5 1 (0.33%) RESTful
5 1 (0.33%) SVG
5 1 (0.33%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 98 (32.45%) Product Ownership
2 10 (3.31%) Graphic Design
2 10 (3.31%) NHS
3 9 (2.98%) Onboarding
4 7 (2.32%) Social Media
5 5 (1.66%) Virtual Team
6 4 (1.32%) Algorithms
6 4 (1.32%) Blockchain
6 4 (1.32%) Data Structures
6 4 (1.32%) Life Science
6 4 (1.32%) Management Information System
7 3 (0.99%) Cloud Native
7 3 (0.99%) Cyberattack
8 2 (0.66%) Digital Signage
8 2 (0.66%) Photography
8 2 (0.66%) W3C
9 1 (0.33%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.33%) PMI
9 1 (0.33%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.33%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.32%) Android
1 4 (1.32%) Linux
2 3 (0.99%) Apple iOS
2 3 (0.99%) Windows
3 2 (0.66%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 193 (63.91%) Agile
2 123 (40.73%) Mentoring
3 110 (36.42%) User Experience
4 91 (30.13%) Coaching
5 90 (29.80%) Decision-Making
6 87 (28.81%) Analytics
6 87 (28.81%) Visualisation
7 76 (25.17%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 70 (23.18%) Dashboard Development
8 70 (23.18%) Data Collection
9 68 (22.52%) Roadmaps
10 66 (21.85%) UX Design
11 60 (19.87%) Wireframes
12 54 (17.88%) Customer Experience
13 50 (16.56%) Usability Testing
14 47 (15.56%) Journey Map
15 45 (14.90%) Design Thinking
15 45 (14.90%) Product Vision
16 38 (12.58%) UX Research
17 34 (11.26%) Quantitative Research
Programming Languages
1 70 (23.18%) SQL
2 20 (6.62%) JavaScript
3 3 (0.99%) Go
3 3 (0.99%) Java
4 2 (0.66%) Python
4 2 (0.66%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 66 (21.85%) Degree
2 45 (14.90%) Security Cleared
3 44 (14.57%) SC Cleared
4 13 (4.30%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (2.65%) CSPO
5 8 (2.65%) IIBA
5 8 (2.65%) Master's Degree
6 7 (2.32%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.32%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.66%) CBAP
8 2 (0.66%) MBA
9 1 (0.33%) BC Cleared
9 1 (0.33%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.33%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.33%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (18.54%) Accessibility
2 25 (8.28%) QA
3 17 (5.63%) WCAG
4 9 (2.98%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.66%) GDPR
5 2 (0.66%) GLP
System Software
1 6 (1.99%) Docker
2 2 (0.66%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (1.32%) Ansible
1 4 (1.32%) Kubernetes
1 4 (1.32%) Terraform
Vendors
1 31 (10.26%) Adobe
2 27 (8.94%) Microsoft
3 8 (2.65%) Google
3 8 (2.65%) Hotjar
3 8 (2.65%) Salesforce
4 6 (1.99%) Qualtrics
4 6 (1.99%) ServiceNow
5 5 (1.66%) Mercator
6 3 (0.99%) CrowdStrike
7 2 (0.66%) Charles River
7 2 (0.66%) McAfee
7 2 (0.66%) Remedy
8 1 (0.33%) Apple