User Research Jobs in Scotland

User Research
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 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 147 202 196
Rank change year-on-year +55 -6 -29
Permanent jobs citing User Research 138 6 62
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 2.02% 0.14% 1.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.22% 0.15% 1.12%
Number of salaries quoted 14 6 45
10th Percentile - £39,542 £40,795
25th Percentile £44,500 £44,352 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £50,000 £49,861
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +0.28% -23.29%
75th Percentile £57,500 £58,125 £62,500
90th Percentile £62,200 £60,000 -
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £59,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% -2.54% +7.27%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,205 4,105 5,541
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 90.74% 94.35% 91.10%
Number of salaries quoted 2,476 2,058 2,852
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,563 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +15.79%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £83,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%

User Research
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for User Research in Scotland

User Research
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for User Research in Scotland

User Research
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Research in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for User Research in Scotland

User Research
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Research within the Scotland region 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
Glasgow -15 110 £49,000 -6.67% 3
Edinburgh +48 20 £58,800 +23.79% 4
Midlothian - 5 - -
East Lothian - 2 - -
User Research
UK

User Research
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 (2.90%) Confluence
Applications
1 30 (21.74%) UserZoom
2 17 (12.32%) Sketch
3 5 (3.62%) Adobe Illustrator
3 5 (3.62%) InVision
3 5 (3.62%) Photoshop
4 4 (2.90%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 77 (55.80%) Figma
2 62 (44.93%) SurveyMonkey
3 4 (2.90%) Miro
4 3 (2.17%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.72%) Azure
5 1 (0.72%) dbt
5 1 (0.72%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.72%) Power Automate
5 1 (0.72%) PowerApps
5 1 (0.72%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.17%) Power BI
2 2 (1.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 30 (21.74%) Jenkins
2 17 (12.32%) JIRA
3 1 (0.72%) Git
General
1 99 (71.74%) Finance
2 94 (68.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 89 (64.49%) Marketing
4 88 (63.77%) Law
5 49 (35.51%) Social Skills
6 32 (23.19%) Social Science
7 3 (2.17%) Banking
7 3 (2.17%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.45%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (1.45%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.45%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.45%) Legal
8 2 (1.45%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.45%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.72%) Private Banking
9 1 (0.72%) Publishing
9 1 (0.72%) Retail
Job Titles
1 47 (34.06%) Lead
2 45 (32.61%) User Experience Researcher
3 25 (18.12%) Designer
4 18 (13.04%) Senior
5 11 (7.97%) Product Manager
6 10 (7.25%) User Researcher
7 8 (5.80%) Digital Designer
7 8 (5.80%) Senior User Researcher
7 8 (5.80%) UX Designer
8 5 (3.62%) Senior Designer
8 5 (3.62%) Senior UX Designer
9 4 (2.90%) Analyst
9 4 (2.90%) Business Analyst
9 4 (2.90%) Senior Analyst
9 4 (2.90%) Senior Business Analyst
9 4 (2.90%) Service Designer
10 2 (1.45%) Product Owner
10 2 (1.45%) Senior User Experience Researcher
11 1 (0.72%) Content Designer
11 1 (0.72%) Interaction Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.45%) D3.js
2 1 (0.72%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 27 (19.57%) Market Risk
2 22 (15.94%) Product Ownership
3 14 (10.14%) Management Information System
4 12 (8.70%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (5.80%) Graphic Design
6 5 (3.62%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.45%) Life Science
7 2 (1.45%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.72%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (76.81%) User Experience
2 98 (71.01%) Actionable Insight
3 94 (68.12%) UX Research
4 78 (56.52%) Service Design
5 77 (55.80%) Agile
6 75 (54.35%) Anthropology
6 75 (54.35%) Psychology
7 68 (49.28%) Product Management
8 64 (46.38%) Roadmaps
9 54 (39.13%) DevOps
10 49 (35.51%) Qualitative Research
11 47 (34.06%) Information Architecture
11 47 (34.06%) Strategic Thinking
12 45 (32.61%) Cognitive Science
12 45 (32.61%) Data Visualisation
12 45 (32.61%) Fintech
12 45 (32.61%) Mentoring
12 45 (32.61%) Visualisation
13 44 (31.88%) Interaction Design
13 44 (31.88%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 34 (24.64%) R
2 1 (0.72%) C#
2 1 (0.72%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.72%) SQL
Qualifications
1 80 (57.97%) Degree
2 46 (33.33%) Master's Degree
3 45 (32.61%) PhD
4 28 (20.29%) SC Cleared
4 28 (20.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (21.74%) Actionable Recommendations
2 15 (10.87%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.90%) QA
4 2 (1.45%) GLP
Vendors
1 62 (44.93%) Qualtrics
2 12 (8.70%) ServiceNow
3 3 (2.17%) Microsoft
4 2 (1.45%) Charles River