UX Research Jobs

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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 670 717 465
Rank change year-on-year +47 -252 +135
Permanent jobs citing UX Research 242 233 1,316
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.23% 0.25% 0.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.26% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 61 155 301
10th Percentile £29,750 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £52,500 £47,500
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 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £71,183 £82,000 £83,875
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 87,829 90,354 161,874
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.68% 95.46% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 61,251 54,292 82,971
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +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%

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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 1 June 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 1 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
UK excluding London +99 200 £50,000 -28.57% 20
Scotland +53 128 £42,500 -38.41%
England -70 104 £57,500 -14.81% 53
Work from Home +2 68 £50,000 -26.47% 26
London +11 39 £67,500 +3.85% 31
South West +1 31 £57,500 +21.05% 4
South East -17 16 £34,500 -42.50% 3
North of England +27 14 £45,000 -35.71% 9
North West -12 8 £45,000 -35.71% 8
Northern Ireland - 7 - - 1
Yorkshire +64 5 - - 1
Midlands - 4 £58,700 - 1
West Midlands - 4 £58,700 -
North East - 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 14 (5.79%) Apache Spark
2 12 (4.96%) Confluence
3 4 (1.65%) CMS
Applications
1 36 (14.88%) UserZoom
2 33 (13.64%) Sketch
3 17 (7.02%) InVision
4 7 (2.89%) Adobe XD
5 5 (2.07%) Adobe Illustrator
5 5 (2.07%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.41%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 5 (2.07%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (1.24%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 107 (44.21%) Figma
2 80 (33.06%) SurveyMonkey
3 21 (8.68%) Miro
4 16 (6.61%) AWS
4 16 (6.61%) SaaS
5 14 (5.79%) Amazon S3
5 14 (5.79%) Amazon SQS
5 14 (5.79%) GCP
5 14 (5.79%) Google Docs
5 14 (5.79%) Lucidchart
5 14 (5.79%) Slack
6 12 (4.96%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (2.48%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (2.07%) Azure
8 5 (2.07%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (2.07%) GitHub
9 1 (0.41%) Canva
9 1 (0.41%) Google Analytics
9 1 (0.41%) Pendo
9 1 (0.41%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.48%) Intranet
2 3 (1.24%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.79%) Big Data
1 14 (5.79%) Elasticsearch
1 14 (5.79%) Hadoop
1 14 (5.79%) Redis
1 14 (5.79%) Scylla
2 2 (0.83%) Apache Cassandra
3 1 (0.41%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 35 (14.46%) JIRA
2 30 (12.40%) Jenkins
General
1 146 (60.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 128 (52.89%) Finance
2 128 (52.89%) Law
3 113 (46.69%) Marketing
4 94 (38.84%) Social Skills
5 39 (16.12%) Social Science
6 20 (8.26%) Presentation Skills
7 18 (7.44%) Analytical Skills
7 18 (7.44%) Public Sector
8 17 (7.02%) Banking
9 10 (4.13%) Investment Banking
10 8 (3.31%) Legal
11 3 (1.24%) Polish Language
11 3 (1.24%) Retail
12 2 (0.83%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.41%) Advertising
13 1 (0.41%) Electronics
13 1 (0.41%) Humanities
13 1 (0.41%) Korean Language
13 1 (0.41%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 81 (33.47%) User Experience Researcher
2 62 (25.62%) Lead
3 41 (16.94%) Senior
4 38 (15.70%) Designer
5 33 (13.64%) UX Designer
6 20 (8.26%) Senior Designer
7 19 (7.85%) Senior UX Designer
7 19 (7.85%) Software Engineer
8 17 (7.02%) User Researcher
9 15 (6.20%) Product Manager
10 14 (5.79%) Principal Engineer
10 14 (5.79%) Principal Software Engineer
11 9 (3.72%) Digital Product Manager
11 9 (3.72%) Senior User Experience Researcher
12 6 (2.48%) Developer
12 6 (2.48%) Senior Manager
12 6 (2.48%) Senior Product Manager
13 5 (2.07%) Analyst
13 5 (2.07%) Applications Developer
13 5 (2.07%) UI Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (12.40%) CSS
1 30 (12.40%) HTML
2 25 (10.33%) React
3 16 (6.61%) Kafka
4 14 (5.79%) GraphQL
5 6 (2.48%) AngularJS
6 5 (2.07%) .NET
7 3 (1.24%) DOM
7 3 (1.24%) LESS
7 3 (1.24%) Sass
7 3 (1.24%) Spring
7 3 (1.24%) Spring Boot
7 3 (1.24%) Twitter Bootstrap
7 3 (1.24%) Vue
7 3 (1.24%) Web Services
8 1 (0.41%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 47 (19.42%) Product Ownership
2 38 (15.70%) Market Risk
3 17 (7.02%) Algorithms
3 17 (7.02%) Data Structures
4 12 (4.96%) Legacy Systems
4 12 (4.96%) Management Information System
5 11 (4.55%) Mobile App
6 6 (2.48%) NHS
7 5 (2.07%) Graphic Design
7 5 (2.07%) Housing Association
7 5 (2.07%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.65%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (1.65%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 3 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.24%) Life Science
10 1 (0.41%) Blog
10 1 (0.41%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.41%) IoT
10 1 (0.41%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.07%) Android
1 5 (2.07%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 242 (100.00%) User Experience
2 160 (66.12%) User Research
3 118 (48.76%) UX Design
4 98 (40.50%) Agile
5 93 (38.43%) Psychology
6 87 (35.95%) Actionable Insight
6 87 (35.95%) Service Design
7 83 (34.30%) Product Management
8 81 (33.47%) Roadmaps
9 75 (30.99%) Anthropology
10 71 (29.34%) Qualitative Research
11 68 (28.10%) Fintech
12 67 (27.69%) Visualisation
13 64 (26.45%) Data Visualisation
14 63 (26.03%) Interaction Design
15 61 (25.21%) Mentoring
16 57 (23.55%) Information Architecture
17 52 (21.49%) Strategic Thinking
18 51 (21.07%) Usability Testing
19 49 (20.25%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 34 (14.05%) R
2 25 (10.33%) JavaScript
3 17 (7.02%) Java
4 16 (6.61%) Go
5 14 (5.79%) Bash
5 14 (5.79%) Python
5 14 (5.79%) Scala
6 5 (2.07%) C#
7 3 (1.24%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.41%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 135 (55.79%) Degree
2 62 (25.62%) Master's Degree
3 45 (18.60%) PhD
4 6 (2.48%) CSPO
4 6 (2.48%) IIBA
5 2 (0.83%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.41%) BC Cleared
6 1 (0.41%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.41%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (18.60%) Accessibility
2 36 (14.88%) Actionable Recommendations
3 9 (3.72%) QA
4 6 (2.48%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (0.83%) Docker
Systems Management
1 16 (6.61%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 74 (30.58%) Qualtrics
2 18 (7.44%) ServiceNow
3 17 (7.02%) Microsoft
4 14 (5.79%) Dell
4 14 (5.79%) Google
5 12 (4.96%) Salesforce
6 11 (4.55%) Adobe
7 7 (2.89%) Hotjar
8 5 (2.07%) Apple
8 5 (2.07%) Xamarin
9 1 (0.41%) Mercator
9 1 (0.41%) Monzo