Senior User Experience Researcher Jobs

Senior UX Researcher
UK

The median Senior UX Researcher salary in the UK is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 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
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 899 900 1154
Rank change year-on-year +1 +254 -217
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior User Experience Researcher 9 35 112
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.008% 0.038% 0.065%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% 0.041% 0.068%
Number of salaries quoted 3 8 31
10th Percentile £66,000 £63,000 £51,500
25th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £73,750 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.08% +18.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £74,000 £79,000 £83,875
UK excluding London median annual salary - £62,500 £53,000
% change year-on-year - +17.92% -11.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 103,724 84,717 165,173
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.76% 91.22% 95.91%
Number of salaries quoted 73,308 55,181 85,146
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,605 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,296
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.37% +5.89%

Senior User Experience Researcher
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior User Experience Researcher in the UK

Senior User Experience Researcher
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior User Experience Researcher.

Salary trend for Senior User Experience Researcher in the UK

Senior User Experience Researcher
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior User Experience Researcher within the UK over the 6 months to 11 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
England +20 7 £70,000 -5.08%
London +72 6 £70,000 -6.67%
Work from Home +35 6 £70,000 -6.67%
UK excluding London -67 3 - -
Scotland - 2 - -
North of England +22 1 - -
North West -19 1 - -

Senior User Experience Researcher Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 11 June 2024, Senior 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 featuring Senior User Experience Researcher in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) User Experience
1 9 (100.00%) UX Research
2 8 (88.89%) User Research
3 7 (77.78%) Usability Testing
3 7 (77.78%) Agile
4 5 (55.56%) Degree
4 5 (55.56%) Psychology
4 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
4 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (44.44%) Workshop Facilitation
6 3 (33.33%) Design Thinking
6 3 (33.33%) Value Proposition
6 3 (33.33%) Decision-Making
6 3 (33.33%) Lean UX
6 3 (33.33%) Data Interpretation
6 3 (33.33%) Data Structures
6 3 (33.33%) Algorithms
6 3 (33.33%) Qualitative Research
6 3 (33.33%) Service Design
6 3 (33.33%) Wireframes
6 3 (33.33%) Data Strategy
6 3 (33.33%) Quantitative Research
6 3 (33.33%) Computer Science
6 3 (33.33%) Data Cleansing
6 3 (33.33%) Data Integration
6 3 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
6 3 (33.33%) Analytics
6 3 (33.33%) Visualisation
6 3 (33.33%) Data Management
6 3 (33.33%) Data Analysis

Senior User Experience Researcher Skill Set
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 1 (11.11%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Figma
1 1 (11.11%) Google Analytics
1 1 (11.11%) Miro
1 1 (11.11%) Pendo
1 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
1 1 (11.11%) SurveyMonkey
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Law
2 3 (33.33%) Legal
3 2 (22.22%) Banking
3 2 (22.22%) Finance
3 2 (22.22%) Financial Institution
3 2 (22.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (22.22%) Investment Banking
3 2 (22.22%) Marketing
3 2 (22.22%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Algorithms
1 3 (33.33%) Data Structures
2 1 (11.11%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) User Experience
1 9 (100.00%) UX Research
2 8 (88.89%) User Research
3 7 (77.78%) Agile
3 7 (77.78%) Usability Testing
4 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (55.56%) Psychology
5 4 (44.44%) Workshop Facilitation
6 3 (33.33%) Analytics
6 3 (33.33%) Commercialisation
6 3 (33.33%) Customer Experience
6 3 (33.33%) Data Interpretation
6 3 (33.33%) Data Strategy
6 3 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
6 3 (33.33%) Decision-Making
6 3 (33.33%) Design Thinking
6 3 (33.33%) Lean UX
6 3 (33.33%) Quantitative Research
6 3 (33.33%) Value Proposition
6 3 (33.33%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) R
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) Degree
2 2 (22.22%) Master's Degree
2 2 (22.22%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Hotjar