User Research Jobs in Manchester

User Research
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 11 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 170 205 121
Rank change year-on-year +35 -84 +50
Permanent jobs citing User Research 61 29 148
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 1.02% 0.64% 2.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.23% 0.67% 2.65%
Number of salaries quoted 36 20 90
10th Percentile - £47,625 £38,037
25th Percentile £42,725 £56,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,174 £70,000 £53,112
Median % change year-on-year -24.04% +31.80% +6.22%
75th Percentile £70,000 - £64,106
90th Percentile £75,772 - £80,000
North West median annual salary £45,249 £70,000 £53,112
% change year-on-year -35.36% +31.80% +6.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 requiring process or methodology skills in Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,979 4,332 5,581
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 83.53% 96.20% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 3,600 2,482 3,564
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,500 £32,150
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,655 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.94% +4.83% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,000 £83,750 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +7.14%

User Research
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for User Research in Manchester

User Research
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for User Research in Manchester

User Research
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Research in Manchester over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Salary histogram for User Research in Manchester

User Research
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Research within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 11 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
Salford - 3 £58,800 -
User Research
North West

User Research
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 3 (4.92%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (11.48%) Sketch
2 2 (3.28%) Adobe XD
2 2 (3.28%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.64%) InVision
3 1 (1.64%) Trello
3 1 (1.64%) Zeplin
Cloud Services
1 9 (14.75%) Figma
2 5 (8.20%) Heroku
3 4 (6.56%) Miro
4 3 (4.92%) AWS
4 3 (4.92%) SaaS
5 2 (3.28%) AWS CloudFormation
5 2 (3.28%) Google Analytics
5 2 (3.28%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.64%) dbt
6 1 (1.64%) Pendo
6 1 (1.64%) SurveyMonkey
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (19.67%) BigQuery
2 2 (3.28%) Power BI
3 1 (1.64%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (6.56%) JIRA
2 1 (1.64%) Axure RP
General
1 14 (22.95%) Social Skills
2 12 (19.67%) Public Sector
3 5 (8.20%) Finance
4 4 (6.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (6.56%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (3.28%) Marketing
5 2 (3.28%) Retail
6 1 (1.64%) Law
6 1 (1.64%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 17 (27.87%) Analyst
2 15 (24.59%) Designer
3 12 (19.67%) Digital Analyst
3 12 (19.67%) Digital Performance Analyst
3 12 (19.67%) Performance Analyst
4 11 (18.03%) User Researcher
5 8 (13.11%) Product Manager
6 7 (11.48%) Lead
6 7 (11.48%) Senior
7 6 (9.84%) Interaction Designer
8 5 (8.20%) Business Analyst
8 5 (8.20%) Product Designer
9 4 (6.56%) Service Designer
10 3 (4.92%) Senior User Researcher
10 3 (4.92%) User Experience Researcher
11 2 (3.28%) AWS DevOps
11 2 (3.28%) AWS DevOps Engineer
11 2 (3.28%) AWS Engineer
11 2 (3.28%) DevOps Engineer
11 2 (3.28%) Lead Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (9.84%) CSS
1 6 (9.84%) HTML
2 1 (1.64%) Ruby on Rails
2 1 (1.64%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.20%) Product Ownership
2 3 (4.92%) Blog
3 1 (1.64%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.64%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.64%) PropTech
3 1 (1.64%) Social Media
3 1 (1.64%) Tandem
3 1 (1.64%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.64%) Linux
1 1 (1.64%) Mac OS
1 1 (1.64%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (62.30%) Agile
2 27 (44.26%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 22 (36.07%) User Experience
4 18 (29.51%) Mentoring
5 16 (26.23%) Actionable Insight
6 15 (24.59%) Coaching
6 15 (24.59%) Decision-Making
7 14 (22.95%) Analytics
8 13 (21.31%) Dashboard Development
8 13 (21.31%) Visualisation
9 12 (19.67%) Data Collection
9 12 (19.67%) Prototyping
10 11 (18.03%) Interaction Design
10 11 (18.03%) Requirements Gathering
11 10 (16.39%) Customer Experience
11 10 (16.39%) Problem-Solving
12 9 (14.75%) DevOps
12 9 (14.75%) Requirements Analysis
12 9 (14.75%) Service Design
13 8 (13.11%) Usability Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (21.31%) SQL
2 6 (9.84%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.64%) Ruby
3 1 (1.64%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 17 (27.87%) Security Cleared
2 16 (26.23%) SC Cleared
3 5 (8.20%) Degree
4 2 (3.28%) AWS Certification
4 2 (3.28%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
5 1 (1.64%) APMG
5 1 (1.64%) BC Cleared
5 1 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.64%) CITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (18.03%) Accessibility
2 2 (3.28%) QA
3 1 (1.64%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (1.64%) GDPR
3 1 (1.64%) PMO
3 1 (1.64%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 2 (3.28%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (1.64%) Adobe
1 1 (1.64%) Google
1 1 (1.64%) Hotjar