User Research Jobs in England

User Research
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with 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 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 414 455 254
Rank change year-on-year +41 -201 +155
Permanent jobs citing User Research 486 562 2,263
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.56% 0.64% 1.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 0.67% 1.71%
Number of salaries quoted 291 273 641
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £42,725 £46,250 £48,649
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,700 £60,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.83% +1.69% +7.27%
75th Percentile £66,650 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £75,772 £81,250 £85,000
UK median annual salary £50,850 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -11.57% - +4.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73,974 83,734 131,985
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 84.66% 95.60% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 54,131 49,663 73,196
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,324 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,125 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

User Research
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing User Research as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for User Research in England

User Research
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for User Research in England

User Research
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Research in England over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for User Research in England

User Research
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 Research within the England region over the 6 months to 23 May 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
North of England +143 174 £45,249 -35.36% 33
London -36 146 £58,800 -2.00% 79
North West +59 92 £50,000 -28.57% 22
Midlands +46 68 £54,850 +25.37% 8
Yorkshire +106 54 £45,249 -28.18% 6
West Midlands +41 46 £57,734 +31.96% 5
South West +13 46 £58,700 +33.75% 2
South East +8 44 £45,000 - 22
North East +19 28 £45,249 +39.92% 5
East Midlands - 22 £47,100 - 3
East of England -49 9 £35,000 -53.33% 3
User Research
UK

User Research
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 28 (5.76%) Confluence
2 8 (1.65%) CMS
3 6 (1.23%) Umbraco
4 3 (0.62%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.41%) Sitecore CMS
5 2 (0.41%) WordPress
Applications
1 29 (5.97%) Sketch
2 28 (5.76%) Adobe XD
3 19 (3.91%) MS Visio
4 12 (2.47%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 12 (2.47%) InVision
5 10 (2.06%) Photoshop
6 9 (1.85%) Adobe Illustrator
7 6 (1.23%) Trello
8 4 (0.82%) InDesign
8 4 (0.82%) Microsoft Office
9 3 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 3 (0.62%) Zeplin
10 2 (0.41%) Notion
11 1 (0.21%) Blender
11 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Excel
11 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
11 1 (0.21%) SPSS
11 1 (0.21%) Stata
Business Applications
1 27 (5.56%) Endur
2 1 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 56 (11.52%) Figma
2 28 (5.76%) AWS
3 21 (4.32%) SaaS
4 20 (4.12%) Miro
5 14 (2.88%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (2.06%) Google Analytics
7 9 (1.85%) Azure
8 8 (1.65%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 6 (1.23%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (1.23%) SurveyMonkey
10 5 (1.03%) Azure Stack
10 5 (1.03%) Heroku
10 5 (1.03%) IaaS
10 5 (1.03%) PaaS
11 4 (0.82%) dbt
11 4 (0.82%) Power Platform
12 2 (0.41%) Asana
12 2 (0.41%) AWS CloudFormation
12 2 (0.41%) Contentful
12 2 (0.41%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.85%) Wi-Fi
2 6 (1.23%) Intranet
3 5 (1.03%) Software-Defined Networking
3 5 (1.03%) WAN
3 5 (1.03%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (14.40%) BigQuery
2 5 (1.03%) SQL Server
3 4 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (0.82%) Power BI
3 4 (0.82%) Redis
4 2 (0.41%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.21%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (0.21%) GIS
5 1 (0.21%) Metadata
5 1 (0.21%) Metadata Repository
Development Applications
1 38 (7.82%) JIRA
2 16 (3.29%) Axure RP
3 14 (2.88%) Balsamiq
4 4 (0.82%) Git
4 4 (0.82%) RSpec
5 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 109 (22.43%) Social Skills
2 104 (21.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 52 (10.70%) Public Sector
4 49 (10.08%) Finance
5 47 (9.67%) Marketing
6 44 (9.05%) Retail
7 37 (7.61%) Presentation Skills
8 23 (4.73%) Analytical Skills
9 18 (3.70%) Banking
10 15 (3.09%) Law
11 14 (2.88%) Investment Banking
12 9 (1.85%) Legal
13 8 (1.65%) Local Government
14 6 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
14 6 (1.23%) Social Science
15 5 (1.03%) Digital Economy
16 4 (0.82%) Games
16 4 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
17 2 (0.41%) Multimedia
18 1 (0.21%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 114 (23.46%) Senior
2 111 (22.84%) Analyst
3 110 (22.63%) Designer
4 89 (18.31%) Product Manager
5 71 (14.61%) User Researcher
6 70 (14.40%) Digital Analyst
6 70 (14.40%) Digital Performance Analyst
6 70 (14.40%) Performance Analyst
7 62 (12.76%) Lead
8 56 (11.52%) UX Designer
9 41 (8.44%) Business Analyst
10 32 (6.58%) Senior User Researcher
11 27 (5.56%) Senior Analyst
11 27 (5.56%) Senior Business Analyst
12 26 (5.35%) UI Designer
13 24 (4.94%) UI/UX Designer
14 21 (4.32%) Senior Manager
14 21 (4.32%) Senior Product Manager
15 20 (4.12%) Service Designer
16 19 (3.91%) Lead Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (9.26%) CSS
1 45 (9.26%) HTML
2 9 (1.85%) React
3 5 (1.03%) Ruby on Rails
3 5 (1.03%) Web Services
4 4 (0.82%) Sidekiq
5 2 (0.41%) .NET
5 2 (0.41%) .NET Framework
5 2 (0.41%) Kafka
6 1 (0.21%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.21%) CarPlay
6 1 (0.21%) Express.js
6 1 (0.21%) Node.js
6 1 (0.21%) SVG
6 1 (0.21%) Unreal Engine
6 1 (0.21%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 129 (26.54%) Product Ownership
2 12 (2.47%) PropTech
3 9 (1.85%) NHS
4 8 (1.65%) Blockchain
5 7 (1.44%) Onboarding
5 7 (1.44%) Social Media
6 5 (1.03%) Cloud Native
6 5 (1.03%) Public Cloud
7 4 (0.82%) Algorithms
7 4 (0.82%) Data Structures
7 4 (0.82%) Graphic Design
7 4 (0.82%) Housing Association
7 4 (0.82%) Mobile App
8 3 (0.62%) Blog
8 3 (0.62%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.41%) Digital Signage
9 2 (0.41%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (0.41%) Life Science
9 2 (0.41%) Photography
9 2 (0.41%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.21%) Android
1 1 (0.21%) Linux
1 1 (0.21%) Mac OS
1 1 (0.21%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 282 (58.02%) Agile
2 167 (34.36%) User Experience
3 159 (32.72%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 117 (24.07%) Mentoring
5 116 (23.87%) UX Design
6 114 (23.46%) Actionable Insight
6 114 (23.46%) Decision-Making
7 100 (20.58%) Analytics
8 93 (19.14%) Coaching
9 90 (18.52%) Visualisation
10 87 (17.90%) Roadmaps
10 87 (17.90%) Wireframes
11 84 (17.28%) Usability Testing
12 81 (16.67%) Customer Experience
13 73 (15.02%) Dashboard Development
14 70 (14.40%) Data Collection
15 68 (13.99%) Workshop Facilitation
16 62 (12.76%) Prototyping
17 60 (12.35%) DevOps
17 60 (12.35%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 72 (14.81%) SQL
2 38 (7.82%) JavaScript
3 5 (1.03%) Ruby
4 2 (0.41%) C#
5 1 (0.21%) Python
5 1 (0.21%) R
5 1 (0.21%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 109 (22.43%) Security Cleared
2 106 (21.81%) SC Cleared
3 103 (21.19%) Degree
4 14 (2.88%) Microsoft Certification
5 10 (2.06%) Master's Degree
6 8 (1.65%) CSPO
6 8 (1.65%) IIBA
7 5 (1.03%) CCIE
7 5 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (0.82%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.62%) APMG
9 3 (0.62%) CITP
10 2 (0.41%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.41%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 2 (0.41%) CBAP
10 2 (0.41%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.41%) MBA
11 1 (0.21%) MCSE
11 1 (0.21%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (18.11%) Accessibility
2 16 (3.29%) QA
2 16 (3.29%) WCAG
3 10 (2.06%) Actionable Recommendations
4 8 (1.65%) GDPR
5 3 (0.62%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (0.82%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (0.62%) Terraform
2 1 (0.21%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 48 (9.88%) Adobe
2 37 (7.61%) Microsoft
3 16 (3.29%) Salesforce
4 13 (2.67%) Google
5 8 (1.65%) Hotjar
6 6 (1.23%) Qualtrics
6 6 (1.23%) ServiceNow
7 5 (1.03%) Cisco
7 5 (1.03%) Meraki
7 5 (1.03%) Palo Alto
8 4 (0.82%) dotdigital
9 2 (0.41%) HubSpot
9 2 (0.41%) Sitecore
10 1 (0.21%) Apple
10 1 (0.21%) Remedy
10 1 (0.21%) SAP
10 1 (0.21%) SnapLogic