What employers ask for in UX Researcher jobs
We read 26 current UX Researcher postings from 25 companies' own career sites on November 4, 2026 and counted, posting by posting, what they ask candidates for.
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Share of postings that name each one.
- Dovetail12% · 3 of 26
- UserTesting12% · 3 of 26
- Figma8% · 2 of 26
- Looker8% · 2 of 26
- Notion8% · 2 of 26
- Pendo8% · 2 of 26
- Python8% · 2 of 26
- Qualtrics8% · 2 of 26
- R8% · 2 of 26
- Tableau8% · 2 of 26
Skills and methods
- Usability testing35% · 9 of 26
- User research31% · 8 of 26
- Surveys27% · 7 of 26
- Quantitative research23% · 6 of 26
- Agile19% · 5 of 26
- Diary studies19% · 5 of 26
- User interviews19% · 5 of 26
- Contextual inquiry15% · 4 of 26
- Ethnography15% · 4 of 26
- UX research15% · 4 of 26
Soft skills
- Communication42% · 11 of 26
- Stakeholder management15% · 4 of 26
- Storytelling15% · 4 of 26
- Leadership8% · 2 of 26
Experience
19 of 26 postings state a minimum number of years; the median is 5 years.
- 0–2 years16% · 3
- 3–4 years21% · 4
- 5–7 years63% · 12
- 8+ years0% · 0
Where and with what degree
- Remote12%
- Hybrid38%
- On-site8%
- Not stated42%
- Degree required23%
- Degree preferred12%
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Postings we read
Read on November 4, 2026; some may have closed since.
How we counted
We searched company career sites hosted on Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Workable and SmartRecruiters for current postings titled “ux researcher”, “user researcher”, “design researcher”, at most two per company, and read each one. An AI model listed what each posting asks for; we kept an item only when the posting contains it word for word, and list it here when at least two postings ask for it. Seniority levels are mixed. Updated November 4, 2026.