User Experience Researcher Jobs in the UK excluding London

UX Researcher
UK > UK excluding London

The median UX Researcher salary in the UK excluding London is £51,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 717 686 815
Rank change year-on-year -31 +129 -126
Permanent jobs requiring a User Experience Researcher 63 42 59
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.079% 0.076% 0.077%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.083% 0.086% 0.081%
Number of salaries quoted 18 20 24
10th Percentile £33,250 £25,875 £32,911
25th Percentile £39,375 £63,688 £39,606
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £70,000 £45,600
Median % change year-on-year -26.79% +53.51% -24.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 - £53,000
90th Percentile - £70,150 £69,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -17.86% +16.67% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 75,991 49,070 72,896
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.87% 88.81% 95.46%
Number of salaries quoted 53,059 29,227 42,783
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,519 £50,296
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% +6.41% +5.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

User Experience Researcher
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured User Experience Researcher in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for User Experience Researcher in the UK excluding London

User Experience Researcher
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing User Experience Researcher in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for User Experience Researcher in the UK excluding London

User Experience Researcher
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Experience Researcher in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for User Experience Researcher in the UK excluding London

User Experience Researcher
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Experience Researcher within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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
Scotland - 41 £42,500 -
South East -36 8 £34,500 -49.26% 2
South West -36 7 £80,000 +77.78%
Northern Ireland - 4 - -
North of England -3 3 £45,000 -35.71% 1
North West -36 3 £45,000 -35.71% 1
User Experience Researcher
UK

User Experience Researcher Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, User Experience Researcher job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring User Experience Researcher in the job title.

1 63 (100.00%) User Experience
1 63 (100.00%) UX Research
2 46 (73.02%) Social Skills
2 46 (73.02%) User Research
3 45 (71.43%) Law
4 43 (68.25%) Degree
5 41 (65.08%) Finance
5 41 (65.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 38 (60.32%) Marketing
7 37 (58.73%) Psychology
7 37 (58.73%) Anthropology
8 36 (57.14%) Actionable Insight
9 35 (55.56%) Service Design
10 31 (49.21%) Agile
11 29 (46.03%) Benchmarking
12 28 (44.44%) Product Management
12 28 (44.44%) Mentoring
13 27 (42.86%) Visualisation
13 27 (42.86%) UserZoom
13 27 (42.86%) Strategic Thinking
13 27 (42.86%) Qualtrics
13 27 (42.86%) Design Thinking
14 26 (41.27%) Figma
15 25 (39.68%) SurveyMonkey
15 25 (39.68%) Analytics
16 24 (38.10%) Jenkins
16 24 (38.10%) Data Analytics
16 24 (38.10%) Data Visualisation
16 24 (38.10%) DevOps
16 24 (38.10%) Actionable Recommendations

User Experience Researcher Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 1 (1.59%) Confluence
Applications
1 27 (42.86%) UserZoom
2 1 (1.59%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 26 (41.27%) Figma
2 25 (39.68%) SurveyMonkey
3 2 (3.17%) Miro
3 2 (3.17%) SaaS
4 1 (1.59%) Google Analytics
4 1 (1.59%) Pendo
4 1 (1.59%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.76%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.59%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 24 (38.10%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.59%) JIRA
General
1 46 (73.02%) Social Skills
2 45 (71.43%) Law
3 41 (65.08%) Finance
3 41 (65.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 38 (60.32%) Marketing
5 6 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (7.94%) Banking
6 5 (7.94%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (3.17%) Financial Institution
7 2 (3.17%) Investment Banking
7 2 (3.17%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.59%) Electronics
8 1 (1.59%) Korean Language
8 1 (1.59%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 13 (20.63%) Product Ownership
2 11 (17.46%) Market Risk
3 3 (4.76%) Life Science
4 1 (1.59%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (100.00%) User Experience
1 63 (100.00%) UX Research
2 46 (73.02%) User Research
3 37 (58.73%) Anthropology
3 37 (58.73%) Psychology
4 36 (57.14%) Actionable Insight
5 35 (55.56%) Service Design
6 31 (49.21%) Agile
7 29 (46.03%) Benchmarking
8 28 (44.44%) Mentoring
8 28 (44.44%) Product Management
9 27 (42.86%) Design Thinking
9 27 (42.86%) Strategic Thinking
9 27 (42.86%) Visualisation
10 25 (39.68%) Analytics
11 24 (38.10%) Data Analytics
11 24 (38.10%) Data Visualisation
11 24 (38.10%) DevOps
11 24 (38.10%) Market Research
11 24 (38.10%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.17%) R
Qualifications
1 43 (68.25%) Degree
2 16 (25.40%) Master's Degree
3 13 (20.63%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (38.10%) Actionable Recommendations
2 5 (7.94%) Accessibility
3 3 (4.76%) QA
Vendors
1 27 (42.86%) Qualtrics
2 1 (1.59%) Hotjar