UX Research Jobs with Work from Home Options

User Experience Research (UXR)
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 UX Research skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited UX Research over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 516 534 413
Rank change year-on-year +18 -121 +70
Permanent jobs citing UX Research 73 117 580
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.21% 0.29% 0.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.30% 0.83%
Number of salaries quoted 27 95 191
10th Percentile £29,750 £43,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £57,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £68,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -26.47% +18.26% +4.55%
75th Percentile £62,200 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £72,000 £77,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +13.04% +4.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

UX 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 30,879 38,524 69,675
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.94% 96.06% 97.07%
Number of salaries quoted 23,365 26,722 41,465
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 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

UX Research trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

UX Research salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing UX Research over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

UX Research salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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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 20 (27.40%) Apache Spark
2 7 (9.59%) Confluence
Applications
1 14 (19.18%) Sketch
2 10 (13.70%) InVision
3 7 (9.59%) Adobe XD
4 6 (8.22%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 3 (4.11%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 22 (30.14%) AWS
2 21 (28.77%) Miro
3 20 (27.40%) Amazon S3
3 20 (27.40%) Amazon SQS
3 20 (27.40%) GCP
3 20 (27.40%) Google Docs
3 20 (27.40%) Lucidchart
3 20 (27.40%) SaaS
3 20 (27.40%) Slack
4 12 (16.44%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (13.70%) Figma
6 6 (8.22%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (6.85%) Azure
7 5 (6.85%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (6.85%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 6 (8.22%) Intranet
2 3 (4.11%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (27.40%) Big Data
1 20 (27.40%) Elasticsearch
1 20 (27.40%) Hadoop
1 20 (27.40%) Redis
1 20 (27.40%) Scylla
2 2 (2.74%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 7 (9.59%) JIRA
General
1 38 (52.05%) Social Skills
2 30 (41.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 11 (15.07%) Public Sector
4 10 (13.70%) Presentation Skills
5 9 (12.33%) Finance
6 8 (10.96%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (9.59%) Law
8 6 (8.22%) Banking
9 4 (5.48%) Legal
10 2 (2.74%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 22 (30.14%) Software Engineer
2 20 (27.40%) Principal Engineer
2 20 (27.40%) Principal Software Engineer
3 17 (23.29%) Senior
4 14 (19.18%) User Experience Researcher
5 12 (16.44%) Designer
5 12 (16.44%) UX Designer
6 6 (8.22%) Developer
6 6 (8.22%) Product Manager
6 6 (8.22%) Senior Manager
6 6 (8.22%) Senior Product Manager
6 6 (8.22%) Senior User Experience Researcher
6 6 (8.22%) User Researcher
7 5 (6.85%) Applications Developer
8 4 (5.48%) UI Designer
8 4 (5.48%) UI/UX Designer
9 3 (4.11%) Lead
10 2 (2.74%) Senior Software Engineer
11 1 (1.37%) Lead Developer
11 1 (1.37%) UI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (30.14%) Kafka
2 20 (27.40%) GraphQL
3 5 (6.85%) .NET
4 3 (4.11%) CSS
4 3 (4.11%) HTML
5 1 (1.37%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 23 (31.51%) Algorithms
1 23 (31.51%) Data Structures
2 14 (19.18%) Product Ownership
3 6 (8.22%) Mobile App
3 6 (8.22%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.85%) Android
1 5 (6.85%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (100.00%) User Experience
2 40 (54.79%) UX Design
3 36 (49.32%) Problem-Solving
3 36 (49.32%) User Research
4 22 (30.14%) Software Engineering
5 21 (28.77%) Wireframes
6 20 (27.40%) Computer Security
6 20 (27.40%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 20 (27.40%) Cybersecurity
6 20 (27.40%) Data Science
6 20 (27.40%) High Availability
6 20 (27.40%) Threat Intelligence
7 15 (20.55%) Agile
7 15 (20.55%) Qualitative Research
7 15 (20.55%) Quantitative Research
8 13 (17.81%) Journey Map
9 12 (16.44%) Usability Testing
10 11 (15.07%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
11 10 (13.70%) Design Thinking
11 10 (13.70%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 22 (30.14%) Go
2 20 (27.40%) Bash
2 20 (27.40%) Java
2 20 (27.40%) Python
2 20 (27.40%) Scala
3 5 (6.85%) C#
4 1 (1.37%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 16 (21.92%) Degree
2 6 (8.22%) CSPO
2 6 (8.22%) IIBA
2 6 (8.22%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.37%) DV Cleared
3 1 (1.37%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.37%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (16.44%) Accessibility
2 6 (8.22%) Actionable Recommendations
2 6 (8.22%) QA
3 4 (5.48%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (2.74%) Docker
Systems Management
1 22 (30.14%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 20 (27.40%) Dell
1 20 (27.40%) Google
2 17 (23.29%) Microsoft
3 9 (12.33%) Adobe
4 7 (9.59%) Salesforce
5 6 (8.22%) Hotjar
5 6 (8.22%) Qualtrics
5 6 (8.22%) ServiceNow
6 5 (6.85%) Apple
6 5 (6.85%) Xamarin
7 1 (1.37%) Mercator
7 1 (1.37%) Monzo