User Experience Researcher Jobs in England

UX Researcher
UK > England

The median UX Researcher salary in England is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 835 816 971
Rank change year-on-year -19 +155 -127
Permanent jobs requiring a User Experience Researcher 30 85 218
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.033% 0.10% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.035% 0.11% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 18 48 64
10th Percentile £33,250 £45,500 £35,076
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,813 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £70,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +27.27% -8.33%
75th Percentile £73,750 - £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £74,500 £85,875
UK median annual salary £52,500 £70,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -25.00% +21.74% -4.17%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 86,182 76,808 135,607
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 91.28% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 63,611 49,955 75,079
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,082 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

User Experience Researcher
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured User Experience Researcher in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for User Experience Researcher in England

User Experience Researcher
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing User Experience Researcher in England.

Salary trend for User Experience Researcher in England

User Experience Researcher
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Experience Researcher in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for User Experience Researcher in England

User Experience Researcher
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Experience Researcher within the England region over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. 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
London +87 15 £70,000 +3.70% 4
South East -15 8 £34,500 -49.26% 1
South West -25 4 £80,000 +77.78% 2
North of England +19 3 £45,000 -35.71% 1
North West -17 3 £45,000 -35.71% 1
User Experience Researcher
UK

User Experience Researcher Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, User Experience Researcher job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring User Experience Researcher in the job title.

1 30 (100.00%) User Experience
1 30 (100.00%) UX Research
2 17 (56.67%) User Research
3 16 (53.33%) Usability Testing
4 14 (46.67%) Degree
5 13 (43.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 12 (40.00%) Social Skills
6 12 (40.00%) UX Design
7 11 (36.67%) Psychology
7 11 (36.67%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (33.33%) Qualitative Research
8 10 (33.33%) Quantitative Research
9 9 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
10 8 (26.67%) Master's Degree
11 7 (23.33%) SurveyMonkey
11 7 (23.33%) Actionable Insight
11 7 (23.33%) Customer Experience
12 6 (20.00%) Social Science
12 6 (20.00%) Product Strategy
12 6 (20.00%) Qualtrics
12 6 (20.00%) Visualisation
12 6 (20.00%) Data Analysis
13 5 (16.67%) Agile
13 5 (16.67%) Diary Studies
14 4 (13.33%) Workshop Facilitation
14 4 (13.33%) Law
14 4 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
15 3 (10.00%) Data Strategy
15 3 (10.00%) Contextual Inquiry
15 3 (10.00%) Service Design

User Experience Researcher Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 1 (3.33%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 7 (23.33%) SurveyMonkey
2 2 (6.67%) SaaS
3 1 (3.33%) Figma
3 1 (3.33%) Google Analytics
3 1 (3.33%) Miro
3 1 (3.33%) Pendo
3 1 (3.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (3.33%) JIRA
General
1 12 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 11 (36.67%) Presentation Skills
3 9 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (20.00%) Social Science
5 4 (13.33%) Law
6 3 (10.00%) Legal
7 1 (3.33%) Electronics
7 1 (3.33%) Korean Language
7 1 (3.33%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.33%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.00%) Algorithms
1 3 (10.00%) Data Structures
1 3 (10.00%) Life Science
2 2 (6.67%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.33%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (100.00%) User Experience
1 30 (100.00%) UX Research
2 17 (56.67%) User Research
3 16 (53.33%) Usability Testing
4 13 (43.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 12 (40.00%) UX Design
6 11 (36.67%) Psychology
7 10 (33.33%) Qualitative Research
7 10 (33.33%) Quantitative Research
8 7 (23.33%) Actionable Insight
8 7 (23.33%) Customer Experience
9 6 (20.00%) Data Analysis
9 6 (20.00%) Product Strategy
9 6 (20.00%) Visualisation
10 5 (16.67%) Agile
10 5 (16.67%) Diary Studies
11 4 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
11 4 (13.33%) Workshop Facilitation
12 3 (10.00%) Design Thinking
12 3 (10.00%) Journey Map
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.33%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 14 (46.67%) Degree
2 8 (26.67%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.00%) QA
2 1 (3.33%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 6 (20.00%) Qualtrics
2 1 (3.33%) Hotjar
2 1 (3.33%) Salesforce