User Experience Job Trends in Cheshire

UX
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring User Experience skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 36 65
Rank change year-on-year +32 +29 +6
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 528 12 32
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheshire 30.38% 2.91% 2.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 40.06% 3.35% 2.78%
Number of salaries quoted 29 4 15
10th Percentile £26,250 - -
25th Percentile £30,000 £34,755 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £38,628 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year +29.44% +40.46% -67.16%
75th Percentile £65,000 £43,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £43,450 £62,000
North West median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £46,250
% change year-on-year - +18.92% -22.92%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cheshire

User Experience falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Cheshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,318 358 1,153
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 75.83% 86.89% 80.24%
Number of salaries quoted 635 199 871
10th Percentile £27,925 £26,450 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £48,306 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.63% +1.70% -
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,750 £78,320
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing User Experience relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

User Experience job vacancy trend in Cheshire

User Experience
Salary Trend in Cheshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing User Experience.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing User Experience

User Experience
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Experience in Cheshire over the 6 months to 7 April 2026.

Salary histogram for User Experience in Cheshire

User Experience
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Experience within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 7 April 2026. 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
Warrington +19 99 £67,500 - 8
Macclesfield - 15 £50,000 -
Knutsford - 15 £45,000 -
Northwich +3 14 - -
Lymm - 14 - -
Daresbury - 13 - -
Wilmslow - 12 - - 1
Alderley Edge - 12 - -
Crewe -12 5 £27,500 - 2
Chester -8 1 £60,000 +41.18% 1
Widnes - 1 £32,500 -
User Experience
North West

User Experience
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.19%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (0.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (0.19%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.19%) Blender
2 1 (0.19%) CINEMA 4D
2 1 (0.19%) InDesign
2 1 (0.19%) Photoshop
2 1 (0.19%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (1.52%) Magento
2 1 (0.19%) SAP EWM
2 1 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 496 (93.94%) Cloud Computing
2 8 (1.52%) Google Analytics
3 6 (1.14%) Azure
4 5 (0.95%) Figma
5 4 (0.76%) Azure Key Vault
5 4 (0.76%) Entra ID
5 4 (0.76%) Power Platform
6 2 (0.38%) Azure AI
6 2 (0.38%) Azure Cognitive Services
6 2 (0.38%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (0.38%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (0.38%) Power Automate
6 2 (0.38%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.19%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 496 (93.94%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.52%) Looker
2 4 (0.76%) Power BI
3 3 (0.57%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.19%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 4 (0.76%) NUnit
2 3 (0.57%) Bitbucket
3 2 (0.38%) Git
4 1 (0.19%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.19%) JIRA
4 1 (0.19%) JMeter
4 1 (0.19%) LoadRunner
General
1 506 (95.83%) Social Skills
2 496 (93.94%) Banking
2 496 (93.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 12 (2.27%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (1.89%) Marketing
5 5 (0.95%) Finance
5 5 (0.95%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.19%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 379 (71.78%) Lecturer
2 8 (1.52%) E-Commerce Specialist
3 7 (1.33%) Developer
4 5 (0.95%) Help Desk Manager
4 5 (0.95%) Infrastructure Manager
4 5 (0.95%) IT Infrastructure Manager
4 5 (0.95%) IT Manager
4 5 (0.95%) Lead
5 4 (0.76%) Senior
6 3 (0.57%) Lead Developer
6 3 (0.57%) Senior Developer
6 3 (0.57%) Software Developer
7 2 (0.38%) Analyst
7 2 (0.38%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 2 (0.38%) iOS Developer
7 2 (0.38%) Lead Software Developer
7 2 (0.38%) MIS Manager
7 2 (0.38%) Senior iOS Developer
8 1 (0.19%) Digital Analyst
8 1 (0.19%) Full-Stack Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.14%) .NET
2 5 (0.95%) RESTful
3 4 (0.76%) .NET Framework
3 4 (0.76%) AngularJS
3 4 (0.76%) ASP.NET
3 4 (0.76%) ASP.NET Core
3 4 (0.76%) Entity Framework
3 4 (0.76%) Vitest
4 2 (0.38%) ASP.NET Web API
4 2 (0.38%) Model Context Protocol
4 2 (0.38%) OpenAPI
4 2 (0.38%) Playwright
4 2 (0.38%) RxJS
4 2 (0.38%) Swagger
5 1 (0.19%) Django
5 1 (0.19%) Google Maps API
5 1 (0.19%) iOS SDK
5 1 (0.19%) REST
5 1 (0.19%) SwiftUI
Miscellaneous
1 496 (93.94%) IoT
2 5 (0.95%) Mobile App
3 3 (0.57%) Driving Licence
4 2 (0.38%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (0.38%) Management Information System
4 2 (0.38%) Product Ownership
4 2 (0.38%) Social Media
5 1 (0.19%) 3D Graphics
5 1 (0.19%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.19%) FMCG
5 1 (0.19%) Lidar
5 1 (0.19%) Motion Graphics
5 1 (0.19%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.76%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.38%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 501 (94.89%) Cybersecurity
2 499 (94.51%) AI
3 497 (94.13%) Machine Learning
4 496 (93.94%) Web Development
5 13 (2.46%) Problem-Solving
6 11 (2.08%) Analytics
7 10 (1.89%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (1.70%) CRM
8 9 (1.70%) E-Commerce
8 9 (1.70%) SEO
9 8 (1.52%) Digital Marketing
10 7 (1.33%) Actionable Insight
10 7 (1.33%) Service Delivery
11 5 (0.95%) API Design
11 5 (0.95%) Customer-Centricity
11 5 (0.95%) Facilities Management
11 5 (0.95%) Full-Stack Development
11 5 (0.95%) Performance Metrics
11 5 (0.95%) Service Delivery Management
11 5 (0.95%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (0.95%) SQL
2 4 (0.76%) Bicep
2 4 (0.76%) TypeScript
3 3 (0.57%) C#
4 2 (0.38%) Python
5 1 (0.19%) Java
5 1 (0.19%) R
5 1 (0.19%) Swift
Qualifications
1 502 (95.08%) Degree
2 496 (93.94%) Master's Degree
2 496 (93.94%) PhD
2 496 (93.94%) Postgraduate
3 4 (0.76%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (0.57%) Data Quality
1 3 (0.57%) GDPR
2 2 (0.38%) QA
3 1 (0.19%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 15 (2.84%) Microsoft
2 9 (1.70%) Google
3 5 (0.95%) Adobe
4 4 (0.76%) DevExpress
5 1 (0.19%) SAP