User Experience Research (UXR)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 664 682 500
Rank change year-on-year +18 -182 +119
Permanent jobs citing UX Research 237 301 1,126
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.24% 0.30% 0.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.32% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 57 157 304
10th Percentile £31,400 £42,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £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 £69,063
90th Percentile £72,710 £85,500 £84,663
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £70,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -28.57% +33.33% +5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,815 95,319 153,046
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.51% 95.59% 95.74%
Number of salaries quoted 59,706 56,021 82,390
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,645
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +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%

UX Research
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for UX Research in the UK

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Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for UX Research in the UK

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Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing UX Research over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Salary histogram for UX Research in the UK

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Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing UX Research within the UK over the 6 months to 15 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
UK excluding London +47 201 £50,000 -28.57% 29
Scotland +66 139 £42,500 -30.04% 4
England -113 88 £57,500 -15.44% 57
Work from Home +20 75 £50,000 -28.06% 31
London -6 33 £70,000 +7.69% 32
South West -11 27 £57,500 - 5
South East -15 15 £34,500 -44.80% 3
North of England +10 8 - - 14
Northern Ireland - 7 - - 1
Yorkshire +82 5 - - 2
West Midlands +20 5 £58,700 -
Midlands -6 5 £58,700 - 1
North West -18 2 - - 11
North East -5 1 - - 1

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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:

Application Platforms
1 23 (9.70%) Apache Spark
2 12 (5.06%) Confluence
3 2 (0.84%) CMS
Applications
1 38 (16.03%) UserZoom
2 35 (14.77%) Sketch
3 19 (8.02%) InVision
4 7 (2.95%) Adobe XD
5 5 (2.11%) Adobe Illustrator
5 5 (2.11%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.42%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 5 (2.11%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (1.27%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 106 (44.73%) Figma
2 81 (34.18%) SurveyMonkey
3 28 (11.81%) Miro
4 25 (10.55%) AWS
5 23 (9.70%) Amazon S3
5 23 (9.70%) Amazon SQS
5 23 (9.70%) GCP
5 23 (9.70%) Google Docs
5 23 (9.70%) Lucidchart
5 23 (9.70%) SaaS
5 23 (9.70%) Slack
6 12 (5.06%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (2.53%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (2.11%) Azure
8 5 (2.11%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (2.11%) GitHub
9 1 (0.42%) Canva
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.53%) Intranet
2 3 (1.27%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (9.70%) Big Data
1 23 (9.70%) Elasticsearch
1 23 (9.70%) Hadoop
1 23 (9.70%) Redis
1 23 (9.70%) Scylla
2 2 (0.84%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 35 (14.77%) JIRA
2 32 (13.50%) Jenkins
General
1 155 (65.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 126 (53.16%) Finance
3 125 (52.74%) Law
4 113 (47.68%) Marketing
5 102 (43.04%) Social Skills
6 38 (16.03%) Social Science
7 19 (8.02%) Presentation Skills
8 18 (7.59%) Analytical Skills
9 17 (7.17%) Banking
10 14 (5.91%) Public Sector
11 10 (4.22%) Investment Banking
12 6 (2.53%) Legal
13 3 (1.27%) Polish Language
14 2 (0.84%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.84%) Retail
15 1 (0.42%) Advertising
15 1 (0.42%) Electronics
15 1 (0.42%) Korean Language
Job Titles
1 77 (32.49%) User Experience Researcher
2 61 (25.74%) Lead
3 39 (16.46%) Senior
4 35 (14.77%) Designer
5 32 (13.50%) UX Designer
6 28 (11.81%) Software Engineer
7 23 (9.70%) Principal Engineer
7 23 (9.70%) Principal Software Engineer
8 20 (8.44%) Senior Designer
9 19 (8.02%) Senior UX Designer
10 15 (6.33%) Product Manager
11 13 (5.49%) User Researcher
12 9 (3.80%) Digital Product Manager
13 8 (3.38%) Senior User Experience Researcher
14 6 (2.53%) Senior Manager
14 6 (2.53%) Senior Product Manager
15 5 (2.11%) Analyst
15 5 (2.11%) Applications Developer
15 5 (2.11%) Developer
15 5 (2.11%) UI Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (12.24%) CSS
1 29 (12.24%) HTML
2 25 (10.55%) Kafka
2 25 (10.55%) React
3 23 (9.70%) GraphQL
4 6 (2.53%) AngularJS
5 5 (2.11%) .NET
6 3 (1.27%) DOM
6 3 (1.27%) LESS
6 3 (1.27%) Sass
6 3 (1.27%) Spring
6 3 (1.27%) Spring Boot
6 3 (1.27%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 3 (1.27%) Vue
6 3 (1.27%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 45 (18.99%) Product Ownership
2 38 (16.03%) Market Risk
3 26 (10.97%) Algorithms
3 26 (10.97%) Data Structures
4 12 (5.06%) Legacy Systems
4 12 (5.06%) Management Information System
5 9 (3.80%) Mobile App
6 6 (2.53%) NHS
7 5 (2.11%) Housing Association
7 5 (2.11%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (1.69%) Graphic Design
9 3 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.84%) Life Science
10 2 (0.84%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 1 (0.42%) Blog
11 1 (0.42%) Greenfield Project
11 1 (0.42%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.11%) Android
1 5 (2.11%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 237 (100.00%) User Experience
2 155 (65.40%) User Research
3 115 (48.52%) UX Design
4 96 (40.51%) Agile
5 95 (40.08%) Psychology
6 89 (37.55%) Actionable Insight
7 88 (37.13%) Service Design
8 85 (35.86%) Product Management
9 82 (34.60%) Roadmaps
10 77 (32.49%) Anthropology
11 68 (28.69%) Qualitative Research
11 68 (28.69%) Visualisation
12 66 (27.85%) Data Visualisation
12 66 (27.85%) Fintech
13 63 (26.58%) Interaction Design
13 63 (26.58%) Mentoring
14 57 (24.05%) Information Architecture
15 54 (22.78%) Strategic Thinking
16 51 (21.52%) Design Thinking
17 50 (21.10%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 34 (14.35%) R
2 26 (10.97%) Java
3 25 (10.55%) Go
3 25 (10.55%) JavaScript
4 23 (9.70%) Bash
4 23 (9.70%) Python
4 23 (9.70%) Scala
5 5 (2.11%) C#
6 3 (1.27%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 130 (54.85%) Degree
2 62 (26.16%) Master's Degree
3 45 (18.99%) PhD
4 6 (2.53%) CSPO
4 6 (2.53%) IIBA
5 1 (0.42%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.42%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.42%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (18.99%) Accessibility
2 39 (16.46%) Actionable Recommendations
3 8 (3.38%) QA
3 8 (3.38%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (0.84%) Docker
Systems Management
1 25 (10.55%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 76 (32.07%) Qualtrics
2 23 (9.70%) Dell
2 23 (9.70%) Google
3 18 (7.59%) ServiceNow
4 17 (7.17%) Microsoft
5 11 (4.64%) Salesforce
6 10 (4.22%) Adobe
7 6 (2.53%) Hotjar
8 5 (2.11%) Apple
8 5 (2.11%) Xamarin
9 1 (0.42%) Mercator
9 1 (0.42%) Monzo