User Research Jobs in the West Midlands

User Research
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring User Research skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited User Research over the 6 months leading up to 15 November 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 217 144 233
Rank change year-on-year -73 +89 +8
Permanent jobs citing User Research 9 33 83
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.16% 0.95% 1.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% 1.03% 1.04%
Number of salaries quoted 7 32 16
10th Percentile £42,200 £37,500 £34,875
25th Percentile £43,600 £38,688 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,291 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.36% +20.61% -12.63%
75th Percentile £62,365 £68,750 £63,438
90th Percentile £62,919 - £67,125
England median annual salary £55,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.50% - +4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

User Research falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,678 3,218 7,955
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 83.43% 92.84% 97.05%
Number of salaries quoted 2,070 2,550 4,643
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £40,500 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,050
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -0.10% +0.10%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £81,250 £77,500 £81,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,500
% change year-on-year - -0.83% +0.83%

User Research
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing User Research as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for User Research in the West Midlands

User Research
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing User Research in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for User Research in the West Midlands

User Research
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Research in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 15 November 2024.

Salary histogram for User Research in the West Midlands

User Research
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Research within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 November 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
Birmingham -39 4 £59,430 -11.96% 2
Coventry +4 2 £42,512 +1.22% 2
Warwickshire -23 1 - - 3
Solihull - 1 £52,500 -
User Research
England

User Research
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (11.11%) Adobe XD
1 1 (11.11%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) Figma
2 2 (22.22%) dbt
General
1 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Designer
2 4 (44.44%) Senior
3 2 (22.22%) Content Designer
3 2 (22.22%) Product Designer
3 2 (22.22%) Product Manager
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Content Designer
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Designer
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Manager
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Product Manager
3 2 (22.22%) UX Designer
4 1 (11.11%) Digital Designer
4 1 (11.11%) Lead
4 1 (11.11%) Lead Designer
4 1 (11.11%) Lead UX Designer
4 1 (11.11%) Service Designer
4 1 (11.11%) UI Designer
4 1 (11.11%) UI/UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Mobile App
1 2 (22.22%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Android
1 1 (11.11%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Agile
2 4 (44.44%) User Experience
2 4 (44.44%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (33.33%) Customer Experience
3 3 (33.33%) Product Roadmap
3 3 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 3 (33.33%) Service Design
4 2 (22.22%) Actionable Insight
4 2 (22.22%) B2B
4 2 (22.22%) Design Thinking
4 2 (22.22%) Interaction Design
4 2 (22.22%) Line Management
4 2 (22.22%) Product Management
4 2 (22.22%) Product Strategy
4 2 (22.22%) Project Delivery
4 2 (22.22%) Prototyping
4 2 (22.22%) Usability Testing
4 2 (22.22%) UX Design
4 2 (22.22%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
1 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) QA
2 1 (11.11%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Adobe