User Research Jobs with Work from Home Options

User Research
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 309 438 210
Rank change year-on-year +129 -228 +126
Permanent jobs citing User Research 305 231 1,415
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.90% 0.57% 1.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.99% 0.59% 2.05%
Number of salaries quoted 206 176 434
10th Percentile - £39,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £42,725 £45,000 £47,787
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.33% - +20.00%
75th Percentile £62,200 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £81,250 £86,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% - +4.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 30,838 38,971 69,157
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.21% 96.04% 97.04%
Number of salaries quoted 23,338 27,094 41,652
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

User Research
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing User Research as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

User Research trend for jobs with a WFH option

User Research
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing User Research.

User Research salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

User Research
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing User Research over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

User Research salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

User Research
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 11 (3.61%) Confluence
2 3 (0.98%) SharePoint
Applications
1 21 (6.89%) Adobe XD
2 19 (6.23%) Sketch
3 11 (3.61%) InVision
4 6 (1.97%) Trello
4 6 (1.97%) UserZoom
5 4 (1.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 4 (1.31%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.66%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.66%) Notion
6 2 (0.66%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.33%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 29 (9.51%) Endur
2 1 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 27 (8.85%) Figma
2 24 (7.87%) AWS
3 14 (4.59%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (3.28%) GitHub
5 7 (2.30%) dbt
5 7 (2.30%) Serverless
6 6 (1.97%) Azure
6 6 (1.97%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (1.97%) Google Analytics
6 6 (1.97%) SaaS
7 5 (1.64%) Amazon EKS
7 5 (1.64%) AWS Lambda
7 5 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (1.64%) GCP
7 5 (1.64%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (0.66%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 2 (0.66%) Asana
8 2 (0.66%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.66%) IaaS
8 2 (0.66%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.97%) Intranet
2 5 (1.64%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (22.95%) BigQuery
2 2 (0.66%) Apache Cassandra
3 1 (0.33%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.33%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.33%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 20 (6.56%) JIRA
2 15 (4.92%) Axure RP
3 13 (4.26%) Balsamiq
4 7 (2.30%) Jenkins
5 5 (1.64%) CircleCI
5 5 (1.64%) Git
5 5 (1.64%) git-flow
5 5 (1.64%) GitLab
General
1 78 (25.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 56 (18.36%) Social Skills
3 46 (15.08%) Finance
4 42 (13.77%) Retail
5 34 (11.15%) Marketing
6 33 (10.82%) Public Sector
7 28 (9.18%) Presentation Skills
8 18 (5.90%) Analytical Skills
9 7 (2.30%) Games
9 7 (2.30%) Legal
10 6 (1.97%) Banking
10 6 (1.97%) Law
11 5 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.66%) Multimedia
13 1 (0.33%) Automotive
13 1 (0.33%) Aviation
13 1 (0.33%) Publishing
13 1 (0.33%) Tech for Good
13 1 (0.33%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 94 (30.82%) Analyst
2 74 (24.26%) Senior
3 70 (22.95%) Designer
3 70 (22.95%) Digital Analyst
3 70 (22.95%) Digital Performance Analyst
3 70 (22.95%) Performance Analyst
4 42 (13.77%) Product Manager
5 40 (13.11%) User Researcher
6 37 (12.13%) Lead
7 35 (11.48%) UX Designer
8 24 (7.87%) Business Analyst
9 22 (7.21%) Senior Manager
9 22 (7.21%) Senior Product Manager
10 14 (4.59%) Consultant
10 14 (4.59%) Senior Analyst
10 14 (4.59%) Senior Business Analyst
10 14 (4.59%) User Experience Consultant
11 13 (4.26%) Endur Business Analyst
11 13 (4.26%) OpenLink Business Analyst
11 13 (4.26%) Senior Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (10.49%) CSS
1 32 (10.49%) HTML
2 5 (1.64%) Elastic Stack
3 4 (1.31%) AngularJS
3 4 (1.31%) Node.js
3 4 (1.31%) React
4 3 (0.98%) D3.js
4 3 (0.98%) Ember.js
4 3 (0.98%) Kafka
4 3 (0.98%) WebGL
5 1 (0.33%) CarPlay
5 1 (0.33%) Express.js
5 1 (0.33%) RESTful
5 1 (0.33%) SVG
5 1 (0.33%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 95 (31.15%) Product Ownership
2 12 (3.93%) Onboarding
3 10 (3.28%) Graphic Design
4 8 (2.62%) Blockchain
4 8 (2.62%) NHS
4 8 (2.62%) Virtual Team
5 7 (2.30%) Management Information System
5 7 (2.30%) Social Media
6 4 (1.31%) Algorithms
6 4 (1.31%) Data Structures
7 3 (0.98%) Cloud Native
7 3 (0.98%) Cyberattack
8 2 (0.66%) Digital Signage
8 2 (0.66%) Life Science
8 2 (0.66%) Photography
8 2 (0.66%) W3C
9 1 (0.33%) Blog
9 1 (0.33%) Low-Code
9 1 (0.33%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.33%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.30%) Linux
2 4 (1.31%) Android
3 3 (0.98%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.98%) Windows
4 2 (0.66%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 190 (62.30%) Agile
2 124 (40.66%) Mentoring
3 108 (35.41%) User Experience
4 91 (29.84%) Coaching
5 90 (29.51%) Decision-Making
6 85 (27.87%) Analytics
6 85 (27.87%) Visualisation
7 72 (23.61%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 70 (22.95%) Dashboard Development
8 70 (22.95%) Data Collection
9 68 (22.30%) Roadmaps
10 66 (21.64%) UX Design
11 62 (20.33%) Wireframes
12 55 (18.03%) Customer Experience
13 50 (16.39%) Usability Testing
14 47 (15.41%) Journey Map
15 45 (14.75%) Design Thinking
15 45 (14.75%) Product Vision
16 36 (11.80%) UX Research
17 33 (10.82%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 70 (22.95%) SQL
2 20 (6.56%) JavaScript
3 5 (1.64%) Shell Script
4 3 (0.98%) Go
4 3 (0.98%) Java
5 2 (0.66%) Python
6 1 (0.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 67 (21.97%) Degree
2 46 (15.08%) SC Cleared
2 46 (15.08%) Security Cleared
3 13 (4.26%) Microsoft Certification
4 11 (3.61%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (2.62%) CSPO
5 8 (2.62%) IIBA
5 8 (2.62%) Master's Degree
6 4 (1.31%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.66%) CBAP
7 2 (0.66%) MBA
8 1 (0.33%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.33%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.33%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (19.02%) Accessibility
2 24 (7.87%) QA
3 18 (5.90%) WCAG
4 9 (2.95%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.66%) GDPR
System Software
1 9 (2.95%) Docker
2 5 (1.64%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (2.62%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.30%) Ansible
2 7 (2.30%) Terraform
Vendors
1 35 (11.48%) Adobe
2 25 (8.20%) Microsoft
3 11 (3.61%) Google
4 8 (2.62%) Hotjar
4 8 (2.62%) Salesforce
5 6 (1.97%) Qualtrics
5 6 (1.97%) ServiceNow
6 5 (1.64%) McAfee
6 5 (1.64%) Mercator
7 3 (0.98%) CrowdStrike
8 2 (0.66%) Remedy
9 1 (0.33%) Apple