The first table below looks at the demand for User Experience Design skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited User Experience Design over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the North West region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
User Experience Design
Rank 245 235 235
Rank change year-on-year
-10 0
Permanent jobs citing User Experience Design 4 1 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.056% 0.014% 0.029%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.073% 0.019% 0.042%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 2
Average salary £61,250 £33,500 £45,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+82.83% -25.96%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £33,500 £41,450
10% offered a salary of more than £85,000 £33,500 £49,050
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £42,000 £43,500
% change year-on-year
-4.76% -3.44%
All Processes & Methodologies
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
5485 5215 4784
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 76.76% 73.29% 68.49%
Number of salaries quoted 4587 4553 4198
Average salary £37,500 £36,500 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.73% -3.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,500 £57,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
User Experience Design
England

User Experience Design
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing User Experience Design across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

North West User Experience Design Jobs Demand Trend

User Experience Design
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing User Experience Design across the North West region.

North West User Experience Design Salary Trend

User Experience Design
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing User Experience Design across the North West region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

North West User Experience Design Salary Histogram

User Experience Design
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Experience Design within the North West region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Manchester -11 4 £61,250 +82.83%
User Experience Design
England

User Experience Design
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing User Experience Design also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited User Experience Design.

1 10 (83.33%) Internet
2 8 (66.67%) BBC
3 6 (50.00%) JavaScript
4 5 (41.67%) Scrum
4 5 (41.67%) Psychology
4 5 (41.67%) Signal Processing
4 5 (41.67%) Digital Media
4 5 (41.67%) New Media
5 4 (33.33%) W3C
5 4 (33.33%) PHP
5 4 (33.33%) CSS
6 3 (25.00%) Publishing
6 3 (25.00%) Project Management
6 3 (25.00%) Streaming Video
6 3 (25.00%) Product Management
6 3 (25.00%) Social Network
6 3 (25.00%) Content Management
6 3 (25.00%) Software Engineering
6 3 (25.00%) Business Analysis
6 3 (25.00%) Web 2.0
6 3 (25.00%) Music
7 2 (16.67%) Degree
7 2 (16.67%) Physics
7 2 (16.67%) Ruby
7 2 (16.67%) Supplier Management
7 2 (16.67%) Zend
7 2 (16.67%) Integration Testing
7 2 (16.67%) Domain-Driven Design
7 2 (16.67%) Computer Science
7 2 (16.67%) Mobile App

User Experience Design
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing User Experience Design also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited User Experience Design. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (33.33%) CSS
2 2 (16.67%) WebGL
2 2 (16.67%) HTML5
2 2 (16.67%) XML
2 2 (16.67%) XHTML
2 2 (16.67%) .NET
2 2 (16.67%) ASP.NET
2 2 (16.67%) HTML
Communications & Networking
1 10 (83.33%) Internet
2 2 (16.67%) HTTP
2 2 (16.67%) DNS
General
1 3 (25.00%) Publishing
1 3 (25.00%) Music
2 2 (16.67%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Development Engineer
1 5 (41.67%) Research Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Senior Manager
2 3 (25.00%) Product Manager
2 3 (25.00%) Senior Product Manager
3 2 (16.67%) UI Developer
3 2 (16.67%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
3 2 (16.67%) UI Programmer
3 2 (16.67%) Enterprise Architect
3 2 (16.67%) Architect
3 2 (16.67%) Developer
3 2 (16.67%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 8 (66.67%) BBC
2 5 (41.67%) Psychology
2 5 (41.67%) Digital Media
2 5 (41.67%) New Media
3 4 (33.33%) W3C
4 3 (25.00%) Streaming Video
4 3 (25.00%) Social Network
4 3 (25.00%) Web 2.0
5 2 (16.67%) Physics
5 2 (16.67%) Computer Science
5 2 (16.67%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) UNIX
1 2 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Scrum
1 5 (41.67%) Signal Processing
2 3 (25.00%) Project Management
2 3 (25.00%) Product Management
2 3 (25.00%) Content Management
2 3 (25.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 2 (16.67%) Supplier Management
3 2 (16.67%) Integration Testing
3 2 (16.67%) Domain-Driven Design
3 2 (16.67%) Information Architecture
3 2 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (16.67%) TDD
3 2 (16.67%) MVC
3 2 (16.67%) RDF
Programming Languages
1 6 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 4 (33.33%) PHP
3 2 (16.67%) Ruby
3 2 (16.67%) Python
3 2 (16.67%) C
3 2 (16.67%) C#
3 2 (16.67%) C++
3 2 (16.67%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Zend