Empathy Maps
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Empathy Maps skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Empathy Maps over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 860 948 1205
Rank change year-on-year +88 +257 -281
Permanent jobs citing Empathy Maps 54 4 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.053% 0.004% 0.019%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.062% 0.004% 0.020%
Number of salaries quoted 17 2 15
10th Percentile £56,954 £45,250 £39,800
25th Percentile £82,500 £45,625 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £52,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% -22.22% +50.84%
75th Percentile £88,750 £60,625 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £61,750 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 - £41,000
% change year-on-year - - -2.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Empathy Maps 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 86,445 93,025 160,114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.24% 95.56% 95.90%
Number of salaries quoted 60,550 54,985 83,280
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Empathy Maps
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Empathy Maps as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Empathy Maps in the UK

Empathy Maps
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Empathy Maps.

Salary trend for Empathy Maps in the UK

Empathy Maps
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Empathy Maps over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Empathy Maps in the UK

Empathy Maps
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Empathy Maps within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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
England +106 37 £87,500 +66.67% 1
UK excluding London - 35 £75,000 -
London +158 17 £87,500 +66.67% 1
North of England - 11 £75,000 -
Work from Home - 11 - - 1
Scotland - 9 - -
North West - 7 £75,000 -
Yorkshire - 4 - -
East Midlands - 3 - -
Midlands - 3 - -
South East - 3 - -
South West - 3 - -
Wales - 3 - -
Northern Ireland - 3 - -

Empathy Maps
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 5 (9.26%) Sketch
2 4 (7.41%) InVision
3 2 (3.70%) Adobe XD
4 1 (1.85%) Zeplin
Cloud Services
1 5 (9.26%) Figma
Development Applications
1 1 (1.85%) Axure RP
General
1 14 (25.93%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (9.26%) Marketing
2 5 (9.26%) Social Skills
3 3 (5.56%) Finance
3 3 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (5.56%) Law
3 3 (5.56%) Polish Language
4 2 (3.70%) Publishing
5 1 (1.85%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 38 (70.37%) Senior
2 33 (61.11%) Senior User Researcher
2 33 (61.11%) User Researcher
3 14 (25.93%) Product Owner
4 5 (9.26%) Designer
5 4 (7.41%) UX Designer
6 3 (5.56%) Senior Designer
6 3 (5.56%) Senior UX Designer
7 2 (3.70%) Content Strategist
7 2 (3.70%) Digital Product Owner
8 1 (1.85%) Service Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.41%) CSS
1 4 (7.41%) HTML
2 3 (5.56%) AngularJS
2 3 (5.56%) LESS
2 3 (5.56%) React
2 3 (5.56%) Sass
2 3 (5.56%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 48 (88.89%) Product Ownership
2 4 (7.41%) Reinsurance
3 3 (5.56%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (5.56%) Graphic Design
3 3 (5.56%) Mobile App
4 2 (3.70%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (94.44%) Agile
2 47 (87.04%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 38 (70.37%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 35 (64.81%) User Research
5 34 (62.96%) Workshop Facilitation
6 33 (61.11%) Actionable Insight
6 33 (61.11%) Customer Experience
6 33 (61.11%) Digital Customer Experience
6 33 (61.11%) Qualitative Research
6 33 (61.11%) Quantitative Research
6 33 (61.11%) Requirements Analysis
7 18 (33.33%) Journey Map
7 18 (33.33%) User Stories
7 18 (33.33%) Wireframes
8 17 (31.48%) Product Backlog
9 15 (27.78%) Acceptance Criteria
9 15 (27.78%) Backlog Management
10 14 (25.93%) Data Flow Diagram
10 14 (25.93%) Epics
10 14 (25.93%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 14 (25.93%) SQL
2 4 (7.41%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 33 (61.11%) SC Cleared
1 33 (61.11%) Security Cleared
2 3 (5.56%) Degree
2 3 (5.56%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (72.22%) Accessibility
2 4 (7.41%) WCAG
Vendors
1 2 (3.70%) Adobe
2 1 (1.85%) SAP