UX Research Jobs in England

User Experience Research (UXR)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with 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 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 745 675 462
Rank change year-on-year -70 -213 +124
Permanent jobs citing UX Research 97 224 1,090
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.11% 0.26% 0.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.27% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 57 145 233
10th Percentile £31,400 £43,750 £35,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £52,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £68,750 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £72,710 £84,000 £87,500
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
England

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 75,196 82,567 133,978
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 84.05% 95.58% 95.95%
Number of salaries quoted 54,702 49,145 73,289
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,452 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £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 £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for UX Research in England

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Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for UX Research in England

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Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing UX Research in England over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Salary histogram for UX Research in England

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Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing UX Research within the England region over the 6 months to 29 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
London -19 36 £68,750 +5.77% 36
South West +8 30 £57,500 +21.05% 5
South East -16 16 £34,500 -42.50% 3
North of England +21 11 £45,000 -35.71% 13
Yorkshire +79 5 - - 2
North West -13 5 £45,000 -35.71% 11
West Midlands - 4 £58,700 -
Midlands - 4 £58,700 - 1
North East - 1 - -
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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 11 (11.34%) Confluence
2 4 (4.12%) CMS
Applications
1 9 (9.28%) Sketch
2 6 (6.19%) InVision
3 4 (4.12%) Adobe XD
4 1 (1.03%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 5 (5.15%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (3.09%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 13 (13.40%) Figma
2 12 (12.37%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (6.19%) Dynamics 365
3 6 (6.19%) SurveyMonkey
4 5 (5.15%) Azure
4 5 (5.15%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (5.15%) GitHub
5 4 (4.12%) Miro
6 2 (2.06%) SaaS
7 1 (1.03%) Canva
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.19%) Intranet
Development Applications
1 11 (11.34%) JIRA
General
1 24 (24.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 24 (24.74%) Social Skills
2 18 (18.56%) Presentation Skills
3 16 (16.49%) Finance
3 16 (16.49%) Law
4 11 (11.34%) Public Sector
5 10 (10.31%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (9.28%) Banking
7 8 (8.25%) Investment Banking
7 8 (8.25%) Legal
8 7 (7.22%) Marketing
8 7 (7.22%) Social Science
9 2 (2.06%) Retail
10 1 (1.03%) Advertising
10 1 (1.03%) Electronics
10 1 (1.03%) Humanities
10 1 (1.03%) Korean Language
Job Titles
1 29 (29.90%) User Experience Researcher
2 16 (16.49%) Senior
3 15 (15.46%) Lead
3 15 (15.46%) Product Manager
4 14 (14.43%) Designer
5 11 (11.34%) User Researcher
6 9 (9.28%) Digital Product Manager
6 9 (9.28%) UX Designer
7 6 (6.19%) Developer
7 6 (6.19%) Senior Manager
7 6 (6.19%) Senior Product Manager
7 6 (6.19%) Senior User Experience Researcher
8 5 (5.15%) Applications Developer
8 5 (5.15%) UI Designer
9 4 (4.12%) Analyst
9 4 (4.12%) Research Analyst
9 4 (4.12%) UX Analyst
10 3 (3.09%) Head of Digital
10 3 (3.09%) UI/UX Designer
11 2 (2.06%) Product Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (10.31%) CSS
1 10 (10.31%) HTML
2 8 (8.25%) React
3 5 (5.15%) .NET
4 1 (1.03%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 33 (34.02%) Product Ownership
2 6 (6.19%) Mobile App
2 6 (6.19%) NHS
3 5 (5.15%) Housing Association
4 4 (4.12%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (4.12%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 3 (3.09%) Algorithms
5 3 (3.09%) Data Structures
5 3 (3.09%) Life Science
6 2 (2.06%) Graphic Design
7 1 (1.03%) Blog
7 1 (1.03%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.03%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.15%) Android
1 5 (5.15%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (100.00%) User Experience
2 59 (60.82%) UX Design
3 52 (53.61%) User Research
4 36 (37.11%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 34 (35.05%) Usability Testing
6 27 (27.84%) Wireframes
7 25 (25.77%) Agile
8 19 (19.59%) Prototyping
8 19 (19.59%) Roadmaps
9 18 (18.56%) Psychology
9 18 (18.56%) Qualitative Research
9 18 (18.56%) Quantitative Research
10 15 (15.46%) Collaborative Working
10 15 (15.46%) Product Strategy
11 14 (14.43%) Fintech
11 14 (14.43%) Product Management
11 14 (14.43%) User Stories
11 14 (14.43%) Visualisation
12 13 (13.40%) Actionable Insight
12 13 (13.40%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 8 (8.25%) JavaScript
2 5 (5.15%) C#
3 1 (1.03%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 36 (37.11%) Degree
2 8 (8.25%) Master's Degree
3 6 (6.19%) CSPO
3 6 (6.19%) IIBA
4 1 (1.03%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.03%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.03%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (21.65%) Accessibility
2 9 (9.28%) QA
3 6 (6.19%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 17 (17.53%) Microsoft
2 12 (12.37%) Salesforce
3 10 (10.31%) Adobe
4 6 (6.19%) Hotjar
4 6 (6.19%) Qualtrics
4 6 (6.19%) ServiceNow
5 5 (5.15%) Apple
5 5 (5.15%) Xamarin
6 1 (1.03%) Monzo