User Research Jobs in the North West

User Research
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 200 260 176
Rank change year-on-year +60 -84 +22
Permanent jobs citing User Research 91 30 173
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.91% 0.39% 1.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.11% 0.41% 1.91%
Number of salaries quoted 54 23 118
10th Percentile - £50,250 £38,037
25th Percentile £42,725 £56,875 £41,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £70,000 £53,112
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +31.80% +6.22%
75th Percentile £70,000 - £63,705
90th Percentile £75,772 - £78,250
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 the North West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,207 7,382 9,079
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 82.31% 95.54% 95.41%
Number of salaries quoted 6,214 3,877 5,302
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,500 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

User Research
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing User Research as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for User Research in the North West

User Research
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing User Research in the North West.

Salary trend for User Research in the North West

User Research
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Research in the North West over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for User Research in the North West

User Research
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Research within the North West region over the 6 months to 20 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
Manchester +49 62 £55,000 -21.43% 14
Lancashire - 15 £45,249 - 1
Merseyside - 13 - - 4
Cheshire - 1 £32,500 - 1
User Research
England

User Research
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 4 (4.40%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (7.69%) Sketch
2 4 (4.40%) MS Visio
3 2 (2.20%) Adobe XD
4 1 (1.10%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (1.10%) InVision
4 1 (1.10%) Photoshop
4 1 (1.10%) Trello
4 1 (1.10%) Zeplin
Cloud Services
1 10 (10.99%) Figma
2 6 (6.59%) Miro
3 5 (5.49%) Heroku
4 4 (4.40%) AWS
5 3 (3.30%) SaaS
6 2 (2.20%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (1.10%) dbt
7 1 (1.10%) Google Analytics
7 1 (1.10%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (26.37%) BigQuery
2 1 (1.10%) Power BI
2 1 (1.10%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (5.49%) JIRA
2 1 (1.10%) Axure RP
General
1 18 (19.78%) Social Skills
2 11 (12.09%) Public Sector
3 6 (6.59%) Finance
4 4 (4.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (4.40%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (3.30%) Marketing
6 2 (2.20%) Legal
6 2 (2.20%) Retail
7 1 (1.10%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 31 (34.07%) Analyst
2 24 (26.37%) Digital Analyst
2 24 (26.37%) Digital Performance Analyst
2 24 (26.37%) Performance Analyst
3 21 (23.08%) Designer
4 16 (17.58%) Product Manager
5 13 (14.29%) User Researcher
6 11 (12.09%) Senior
7 9 (9.89%) Lead
8 7 (7.69%) Business Analyst
8 7 (7.69%) Product Designer
8 7 (7.69%) Service Designer
9 6 (6.59%) Interaction Designer
9 6 (6.59%) Senior User Researcher
10 4 (4.40%) Lead Product Manager
10 4 (4.40%) Senior Analyst
10 4 (4.40%) Senior Business Analyst
11 2 (2.20%) AWS DevOps
11 2 (2.20%) AWS DevOps Engineer
11 2 (2.20%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.59%) CSS
1 6 (6.59%) HTML
2 1 (1.10%) AngularJS
2 1 (1.10%) Express.js
2 1 (1.10%) Node.js
2 1 (1.10%) React
2 1 (1.10%) Ruby on Rails
2 1 (1.10%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.69%) Product Ownership
2 3 (3.30%) Blog
3 1 (1.10%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.10%) PropTech
3 1 (1.10%) Social Media
3 1 (1.10%) Tandem
3 1 (1.10%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.10%) Linux
1 1 (1.10%) Mac OS
1 1 (1.10%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (71.43%) Agile
2 35 (38.46%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 32 (35.16%) Mentoring
4 29 (31.87%) Coaching
4 29 (31.87%) Decision-Making
5 28 (30.77%) Actionable Insight
5 28 (30.77%) Analytics
6 25 (27.47%) Dashboard Development
6 25 (27.47%) Visualisation
7 24 (26.37%) Data Collection
7 24 (26.37%) User Experience
8 18 (19.78%) Requirements Analysis
9 15 (16.48%) Customer Experience
9 15 (16.48%) DevOps
9 15 (16.48%) Prototyping
10 14 (15.38%) Interaction Design
11 13 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
12 12 (13.19%) Service Design
12 12 (13.19%) Workshop Facilitation
13 10 (10.99%) Quantitative Research
Programming Languages
1 25 (27.47%) SQL
2 6 (6.59%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.10%) Ruby
3 1 (1.10%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 29 (31.87%) SC Cleared
1 29 (31.87%) Security Cleared
2 6 (6.59%) Degree
3 2 (2.20%) AWS Certification
3 2 (2.20%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
3 2 (2.20%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.10%) APMG
4 1 (1.10%) CITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (21.98%) Accessibility
2 3 (3.30%) GDPR
3 2 (2.20%) QA
4 1 (1.10%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.10%) PMO
4 1 (1.10%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 2 (2.20%) Terraform
2 1 (1.10%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (2.20%) Adobe
2 1 (1.10%) Google