User Experience Job Trends in Gloucestershire

UX
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Gloucestershire requiring User Experience skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 58 36
Rank change year-on-year -22 -22 +41
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 27 9 74
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 1.38% 1.52% 5.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.78% 1.76% 6.66%
Number of salaries quoted 24 4 15
10th Percentile £35,300 £40,795 £43,600
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,088 £48,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,000 £48,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.13% -11.36% -23.61%
75th Percentile £69,375 £60,625 £76,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £66,250 £77,500
South West median annual salary £57,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.57% -4.55% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,514 511 1,111
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 77.40% 86.46% 82.85%
Number of salaries quoted 983 297 772
10th Percentile £30,250 £27,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £32,500 £38,705
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,497 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.99% -4.76% -11.85%
75th Percentile £80,000 £71,250 £66,313
90th Percentile £100,000 £85,500 £80,000
South West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -4.55%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

User Experience job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

User Experience
Salary Trend in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing User Experience.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing User Experience

User Experience
Salary Histogram in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Experience in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 31 July 2026.

Salary histogram for User Experience in Gloucestershire

User Experience
Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Experience within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 31 July 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
Filton +7 8 £42,500 -
Cheltenham -30 8 £65,000 +18.18% 2
Gloucester - 7 £75,000 -
Stroud - 2 £39,250 - 1
User Experience
South West

User Experience
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 4 (14.81%) Confluence
2 2 (7.41%) WordPress
3 1 (3.70%) CMS
Business Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (7.41%) Dynamics NAV
1 2 (7.41%) Magento
1 2 (7.41%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 8 (29.63%) AWS
1 8 (29.63%) Azure
2 7 (25.93%) GCP
3 5 (18.52%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (14.81%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (14.81%) Google Workspace
5 2 (7.41%) Google Ads
5 2 (7.41%) Power Platform
6 1 (3.70%) DigitalOcean
6 1 (3.70%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 5 (18.52%) VPN
2 4 (14.81%) Firewall
3 1 (3.70%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (3.70%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.41%) MongoDB
1 2 (7.41%) Power BI
1 2 (7.41%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.70%) MySQL
2 1 (3.70%) NoSQL
2 1 (3.70%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (22.22%) JIRA
2 2 (7.41%) Git
2 2 (7.41%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (7.41%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 7 (25.93%) Social Skills
2 2 (7.41%) Back Office
2 2 (7.41%) Finance
2 2 (7.41%) Marketing
3 1 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (37.04%) Senior
2 8 (29.63%) Developer
3 5 (18.52%) Applications Developer
3 5 (18.52%) Designer
3 5 (18.52%) Senior Applications Developer
3 5 (18.52%) Senior Designer
3 5 (18.52%) Senior Developer
3 5 (18.52%) Senior Software Developer
3 5 (18.52%) Senior UX Designer
3 5 (18.52%) Software Developer
3 5 (18.52%) UX Designer
4 4 (14.81%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
4 4 (14.81%) 2nd Line Support
4 4 (14.81%) Desktop Support
4 4 (14.81%) Lead
5 2 (7.41%) Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) Applications Support
5 2 (7.41%) Product Lead
5 2 (7.41%) Support Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.41%) .NET
1 2 (7.41%) Middleware
1 2 (7.41%) REST
1 2 (7.41%) SOAP
2 1 (3.70%) Laravel
2 1 (3.70%) LoopBack
2 1 (3.70%) Node.js
2 1 (3.70%) React
2 1 (3.70%) RESTful
2 1 (3.70%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.81%) Algorithms
1 4 (14.81%) IoT
1 4 (14.81%) Mobile App
1 4 (14.81%) Video\Live Streaming
2 1 (3.70%) Apple TV
2 1 (3.70%) Driving Licence
2 1 (3.70%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (3.70%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.70%) Linux
1 1 (3.70%) Mac OS
1 1 (3.70%) Windows
1 1 (3.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (22.22%) ITSM
3 5 (18.52%) API Integration
3 5 (18.52%) Human-Centred Design
3 5 (18.52%) UX Design
4 4 (14.81%) AI
4 4 (14.81%) Change Management
4 4 (14.81%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (14.81%) ITIL
4 4 (14.81%) Mentoring
4 4 (14.81%) Mobile Device Management
4 4 (14.81%) Password Management
4 4 (14.81%) Process Improvement
5 3 (11.11%) Agile
5 3 (11.11%) CI/CD
5 3 (11.11%) Configuration Management
5 3 (11.11%) CRM
5 3 (11.11%) E-Commerce
5 3 (11.11%) Roadmaps
6 2 (7.41%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.81%) SQL
2 3 (11.11%) PHP
3 2 (7.41%) C#
3 2 (7.41%) JavaScript
3 2 (7.41%) T-SQL
4 1 (3.70%) Java
4 1 (3.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (18.52%) Degree
2 4 (14.81%) Security Cleared
3 2 (7.41%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.81%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (11.11%) QA
System Software
1 2 (7.41%) Docker
2 1 (3.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (14.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.70%) Ansible
2 1 (3.70%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.70%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 7 (25.93%) Microsoft
2 6 (22.22%) Google
3 2 (7.41%) ConnectWise
3 2 (7.41%) ServiceNow
3 2 (7.41%) WooCommerce
4 1 (3.70%) Apple
4 1 (3.70%) Cisco
4 1 (3.70%) Meraki