UX Designer Jobs in the West Midlands

User Experience Designer
England > West Midlands

The median User Experience Designer salary in the West Midlands is £48,750 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 247 276 231
Rank change year-on-year +29 -45 -44
Permanent jobs requiring a UX Designer 13 3 49
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.18% 0.044% 0.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.049% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 12 3 40
10th Percentile £37,500 £34,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,875 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.88% -11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £57,500 £51,250 £52,500
90th Percentile £66,500 £58,000 £54,125
England median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% +4.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the West Midlands with a recognized job title 6,806 6,079 6,847
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.04% 89.99% 94.68%
Number of salaries quoted 5,153 3,364 4,759
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,912 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile £63,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.84% +0.95% +9.09%

UX Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings that featured UX Designer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for UX Designer in the West Midlands

UX Designer
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing UX Designer in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for UX Designer in the West Midlands

UX Designer
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing UX Designer in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for UX Designer in the West Midlands

UX Designer
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 UX Designer within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 25 April 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 -2 7 £50,000 +42.86% 2
Warwickshire - 4 £55,000 - 1
Wednesbury - 1 £37,500 -
UX Designer
England

UX Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, UX Designer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the West Midlands region featuring UX Designer in the job title.

1 13 (100.00%) UX Design
1 13 (100.00%) User Experience
2 9 (69.23%) Wireframes
3 8 (61.54%) Figma
4 7 (53.85%) Sketch
4 7 (53.85%) Prototyping
4 7 (53.85%) Adobe
5 4 (30.77%) Usability Testing
5 4 (30.77%) User Research
5 4 (30.77%) Adobe XD
6 3 (23.08%) Mentoring
6 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
6 3 (23.08%) Product Ownership
6 3 (23.08%) JavaScript
6 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (23.08%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (23.08%) Analytics
7 2 (15.38%) Google Analytics
7 2 (15.38%) Shopify
7 2 (15.38%) Hotjar
7 2 (15.38%) Workflow
7 2 (15.38%) Finance
7 2 (15.38%) HTML
7 2 (15.38%) E-Commerce
7 2 (15.38%) Photoshop
7 2 (15.38%) ITIL
7 2 (15.38%) UML
7 2 (15.38%) Information Management
7 2 (15.38%) Logistics

UX Designer Skill Set
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 7 (53.85%) Sketch
2 4 (30.77%) Adobe XD
3 3 (23.08%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (15.38%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (15.38%) Photoshop
5 1 (7.69%) InVision
Business Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 8 (61.54%) Figma
2 2 (15.38%) Google Analytics
3 1 (7.69%) Miro
3 1 (7.69%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Axure RP
1 1 (7.69%) Balsamiq
1 1 (7.69%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Finance
2 2 (15.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Games
3 1 (7.69%) Marketing
3 1 (7.69%) Multimedia
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) HTML
2 1 (7.69%) CSS
2 1 (7.69%) Next.js
2 1 (7.69%) React
2 1 (7.69%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Product Ownership
2 1 (7.69%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) User Experience
1 13 (100.00%) UX Design
2 9 (69.23%) Wireframes
3 7 (53.85%) Prototyping
4 4 (30.77%) Usability Testing
4 4 (30.77%) User Research
5 3 (23.08%) Analytics
5 3 (23.08%) Mentoring
5 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (15.38%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (15.38%) E-Commerce
6 2 (15.38%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
6 2 (15.38%) Information Management
6 2 (15.38%) ITIL
6 2 (15.38%) Logistics
6 2 (15.38%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
6 2 (15.38%) Product Roadmap
6 2 (15.38%) UML
6 2 (15.38%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) JavaScript
2 1 (7.69%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 7 (53.85%) Adobe
2 2 (15.38%) Google
2 2 (15.38%) Hotjar