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 11 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 42 55
Rank change year-on-year +35 +13 +14
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 516 11 25
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheshire 35.91% 2.13% 2.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 44.37% 2.36% 3.12%
Number of salaries quoted 17 3 24
10th Percentile £32,000 £41,450 -
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,750 £23,850
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £42,500 £27,250
Median % change year-on-year +35.29% +55.96% -63.67%
75th Percentile £61,250 £44,375 £47,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £44,750 £58,375
North West median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - +22.22% -22.16%

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 1,163 467 801
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 80.93% 90.33% 83.44%
Number of salaries quoted 497 222 650
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £24,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,813 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,979 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.11% - -
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,450 £78,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -8.90%

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 11 February 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 11 February 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 +21 96 - - 4
Macclesfield - 15 £50,000 -
Knutsford -4 14 £45,000 - 3
Lymm - 14 - -
Northwich - 14 - -
Daresbury - 13 - -
Wilmslow - 12 - -
Alderley Edge - 12 - -
Chester -6 1 £60,000 +41.18% 1
Crewe -8 1 £27,699 -
Congleton - 1 £35,000 -
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 1 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (0.19%) Adobe XD
1 1 (0.19%) Blender
1 1 (0.19%) CINEMA 4D
1 1 (0.19%) InDesign
1 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.19%) Photoshop
1 1 (0.19%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.19%) Magento
1 1 (0.19%) SAP EWM
1 1 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (0.19%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 496 (96.12%) Cloud Computing
2 4 (0.78%) Power Platform
3 2 (0.39%) Azure
3 2 (0.39%) Azure AI
3 2 (0.39%) Azure Cognitive Services
3 2 (0.39%) Google Analytics
3 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Copilot
3 2 (0.39%) Power Automate
3 2 (0.39%) PowerApps
4 1 (0.19%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 496 (96.12%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.78%) Power BI
2 2 (0.39%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.19%) Looker
Development Applications
1 1 (0.19%) JIRA
General
1 507 (98.26%) Social Skills
2 496 (96.12%) Banking
2 496 (96.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 8 (1.55%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (0.58%) Marketing
5 2 (0.39%) Finance
6 1 (0.19%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (0.19%) Retail
Job Titles
1 379 (73.45%) Lecturer
2 5 (0.97%) Help Desk Manager
2 5 (0.97%) Infrastructure Manager
2 5 (0.97%) IT Infrastructure Manager
2 5 (0.97%) IT Manager
3 3 (0.58%) Developer
3 3 (0.58%) Senior
4 2 (0.39%) Analyst
4 2 (0.39%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
4 2 (0.39%) Data Scientist
4 2 (0.39%) Graduate
4 2 (0.39%) iOS Developer
4 2 (0.39%) Lead
4 2 (0.39%) MIS Manager
4 2 (0.39%) Senior Developer
4 2 (0.39%) Senior iOS Developer
5 1 (0.19%) Designer
5 1 (0.19%) Digital Project Manager
5 1 (0.19%) Project Manager
5 1 (0.19%) SAP Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.39%) .NET
1 2 (0.39%) Model Context Protocol
2 1 (0.19%) Django
2 1 (0.19%) RESTful
2 1 (0.19%) SwiftUI
Miscellaneous
1 496 (96.12%) IoT
2 2 (0.39%) Management Information System
2 2 (0.39%) Mobile App
2 2 (0.39%) Social Media
3 1 (0.19%) 3D Graphics
3 1 (0.19%) FMCG
3 1 (0.19%) Motion Graphics
3 1 (0.19%) Product Ownership
3 1 (0.19%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.39%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 501 (97.09%) Cybersecurity
2 500 (96.90%) AI
3 498 (96.51%) Machine Learning
4 496 (96.12%) Web Development
5 11 (2.13%) Continuous Improvement
6 10 (1.94%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (1.36%) Service Delivery
8 6 (1.16%) Analytics
8 6 (1.16%) Coaching
9 5 (0.97%) Computer Science
9 5 (0.97%) Customer-Centricity
9 5 (0.97%) Facilities Management
9 5 (0.97%) Performance Metrics
9 5 (0.97%) Service Delivery Management
9 5 (0.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 4 (0.78%) Business Intelligence
10 4 (0.78%) Decision-Making
11 3 (0.58%) Data Modelling
11 3 (0.58%) E-Commerce
11 3 (0.58%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 3 (0.58%) Python
2 2 (0.39%) C#
2 2 (0.39%) R
2 2 (0.39%) SQL
3 1 (0.19%) Swift
Qualifications
1 503 (97.48%) Degree
2 496 (96.12%) Master's Degree
2 496 (96.12%) PhD
2 496 (96.12%) Postgraduate
3 1 (0.19%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (0.78%) Data Quality
2 2 (0.39%) GDPR
3 1 (0.19%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 3 (0.58%) Microsoft
2 2 (0.39%) Google
3 1 (0.19%) Adobe
3 1 (0.19%) SAP
3 1 (0.19%) WooCommerce