User Research Jobs in the South East

User Research
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 348 358 343
Rank change year-on-year +10 -15 -67
Permanent jobs citing User Research 44 46 147
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.26% 0.32% 0.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.34% 0.77%
Number of salaries quoted 24 19 82
10th Percentile £29,750 £36,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £32,851 £39,375 £57,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - -35.71% +33.33%
75th Percentile £69,375 £57,500 £76,875
90th Percentile £71,250 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,226 13,553 19,067
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 84.26% 94.52% 94.49%
Number of salaries quoted 9,862 7,908 11,946
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

User Research
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for User Research in the South East

User Research
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing User Research in the South East.

Salary trend for User Research in the South East

User Research
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Research in the South East over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for User Research in the South East

User Research
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Research within the South East region over the 6 months to 20 May 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
Thames Valley +16 21 £67,500 +58.82%
Berkshire +33 19 £67,500 -
Surrey -7 10 £31,500 -37.00% 1
Hampshire -15 9 £55,000 - 1
West Sussex +28 2 £40,000 -20.00%
East Sussex - 2 £36,085 -
Oxfordshire +7 1 - -
Buckinghamshire -31 1 £72,500 +87.10%
User Research
England

User Research
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 8 (18.18%) Confluence
2 3 (6.82%) SharePoint
3 2 (4.55%) CMS
3 2 (4.55%) Sitecore CMS
3 2 (4.55%) Umbraco
Applications
1 7 (15.91%) InVision
1 7 (15.91%) MS Visio
1 7 (15.91%) Sketch
2 2 (4.55%) Adobe Illustrator
2 2 (4.55%) Notion
2 2 (4.55%) Photoshop
3 1 (2.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (2.27%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (13.64%) Figma
3 3 (6.82%) Azure
3 3 (6.82%) SaaS
4 2 (4.55%) Asana
4 2 (4.55%) Miro
5 1 (2.27%) AWS
5 1 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.27%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (2.27%) GCP
5 1 (2.27%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.27%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (13.64%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.27%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (2.27%) GIS
1 1 (2.27%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 10 (22.73%) JIRA
General
1 10 (22.73%) Public Sector
2 6 (13.64%) Presentation Skills
3 4 (9.09%) Finance
4 2 (4.55%) Games
4 2 (4.55%) Social Skills
5 1 (2.27%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.27%) Digital Economy
5 1 (2.27%) Electronics
5 1 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (2.27%) Korean Language
5 1 (2.27%) Marketing
5 1 (2.27%) Publishing
5 1 (2.27%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (27.27%) Analyst
2 11 (25.00%) Business Analyst
2 11 (25.00%) Designer
3 9 (20.45%) User Researcher
4 7 (15.91%) Product Manager
4 7 (15.91%) Senior
5 6 (13.64%) UI Designer
5 6 (13.64%) UX Designer
6 5 (11.36%) UI/UX Designer
7 3 (6.82%) Senior User Researcher
8 2 (4.55%) Content Designer
8 2 (4.55%) Digital Product Owner
8 2 (4.55%) Product Owner
8 2 (4.55%) Senior Business Analyst
8 2 (4.55%) Senior Designer
8 2 (4.55%) Senior UI Designer
8 2 (4.55%) Senior UI/UX Designer
8 2 (4.55%) Senior UX Designer
8 2 (4.55%) Service Designer
8 2 (4.55%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.55%) CSS
1 2 (4.55%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (50.00%) Product Ownership
2 6 (13.64%) NHS
3 1 (2.27%) Low-Code
3 1 (2.27%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (61.36%) Agile
2 18 (40.91%) Actionable Insight
2 18 (40.91%) User Stories
3 13 (29.55%) User Experience
4 12 (27.27%) UX Design
5 10 (22.73%) Qualitative Research
5 10 (22.73%) Quantitative Research
5 10 (22.73%) Requirements Analysis
5 10 (22.73%) Requirements Gathering
5 10 (22.73%) Roadmaps
6 9 (20.45%) Usability Testing
7 8 (18.18%) Backlog Management
7 8 (18.18%) Customer Experience
7 8 (18.18%) DevOps
7 8 (18.18%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 7 (15.91%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 7 (15.91%) UX Research
8 7 (15.91%) Value Proposition
8 7 (15.91%) Wireframes
9 6 (13.64%) Cognitive Psychology
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.27%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 18 (40.91%) SC Cleared
1 18 (40.91%) Security Cleared
2 11 (25.00%) Degree
3 2 (4.55%) CBAP
3 2 (4.55%) CSPO
3 2 (4.55%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (29.55%) Accessibility
2 6 (13.64%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 8 (18.18%) Hotjar
2 7 (15.91%) Adobe
3 6 (13.64%) Microsoft
4 2 (4.55%) Sitecore
5 1 (2.27%) Google
5 1 (2.27%) Salesforce