User Experience Job Trends in Manchester

UX
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring User Experience skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 21 19
Rank change year-on-year -90 -2 +67
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 98 214 297
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 1.27% 9.16% 7.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.66% 10.31% 9.05%
Number of salaries quoted 47 79 68
10th Percentile £32,775 £35,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £39,375 £46,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £62,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £68,500 £85,000 £74,125
North West median annual salary £51,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.27% +4.76% +5.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,906 2,076 3,283
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 76.54% 88.87% 84.74%
Number of salaries quoted 4,396 1,191 1,555
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,000 £40,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,229 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.72% -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £69,800
90th Percentile £97,500 £85,000 £85,000
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -3.85% -5.45%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

User Experience job vacancy trend in Manchester

User Experience
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing User Experience.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing User Experience

User Experience
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Experience in Manchester over the 6 months to 15 October 2026.

Salary histogram for User Experience in Manchester

User Experience
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Experience within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 15 October 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
Altrincham -9 7 £55,000 -15.38% 3
Salford -16 6 - - 2
Cheadle -5 3 £34,500 - 2
Stockport -10 2 - - 3
Bolton -1 1 £32,000 - 4
Oldham -5 1 - -
Ashton-under-Lyne -6 1 £51,000 -
User Experience
North West

User Experience
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 6 (6.12%) SharePoint
2 3 (3.06%) Confluence
3 2 (2.04%) Moodle
3 2 (2.04%) nginx
3 2 (2.04%) Totara
3 2 (2.04%) WordPress
4 1 (1.02%) CMS
4 1 (1.02%) IIS
4 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.02%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (1.02%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 3 (3.06%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.04%) Camtasia
3 1 (1.02%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (1.02%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (1.02%) InDesign
3 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.02%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.02%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (4.08%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (4.08%) Workday HCM
2 3 (3.06%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 16 (16.33%) Power Platform
2 15 (15.31%) Azure
3 14 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (11.22%) SaaS
5 9 (9.18%) AWS
6 7 (7.14%) Figma
6 7 (7.14%) Power Automate
7 6 (6.12%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (6.12%) Microsoft Copilot
7 6 (6.12%) PowerApps
7 6 (6.12%) Serverless
8 5 (5.10%) Azure Logic Apps
8 5 (5.10%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (3.06%) Copilot Studio
10 2 (2.04%) Canva
10 2 (2.04%) Google Ads
10 2 (2.04%) Google Analytics
10 2 (2.04%) npm
10 2 (2.04%) Vyond
11 1 (1.02%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.06%) DNS
1 3 (3.06%) FTP
2 2 (2.04%) DHCP
2 2 (2.04%) NetScaler
3 1 (1.02%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.08%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (2.04%) MySQL
3 2 (2.04%) NoSQL
3 2 (2.04%) Power BI
4 1 (1.02%) Metadata
4 1 (1.02%) Mixpanel
4 1 (1.02%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (4.08%) Vagrant
2 3 (3.06%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 3 (3.06%) fastlane
2 3 (3.06%) JIRA
3 2 (2.04%) Git
General
1 24 (24.49%) Social Skills
2 14 (14.29%) Finance
3 9 (9.18%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (9.18%) Marketing
3 9 (9.18%) Public Sector
4 7 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (5.10%) Banking
6 4 (4.08%) Law
6 4 (4.08%) Retail
7 3 (3.06%) Billing
7 3 (3.06%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.04%) Advertising
8 2 (2.04%) Aerospace
8 2 (2.04%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.02%) Retail Banking
9 1 (1.02%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 20 (20.41%) Designer
2 17 (17.35%) Senior
3 14 (14.29%) UX Designer
4 10 (10.20%) Analyst
4 10 (10.20%) Developer
4 10 (10.20%) Platform Specialist
4 10 (10.20%) Power Platform Specialist
4 10 (10.20%) Product Specialist
5 6 (6.12%) IT Manager
5 6 (6.12%) Product Designer
5 6 (6.12%) Senior User Experience Researcher
5 6 (6.12%) User Experience Researcher
6 5 (5.10%) Senior Developer
6 5 (5.10%) Systems Analyst
7 4 (4.08%) Digital Transformation
7 4 (4.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (4.08%) Lead
7 4 (4.08%) Product Manager
7 4 (4.08%) UI Designer
7 4 (4.08%) Workday Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (7.14%) React
2 6 (6.12%) CSS
2 6 (6.12%) HTML
2 6 (6.12%) REST
3 4 (4.08%) Spring
3 4 (4.08%) Spring Boot
3 4 (4.08%) Terraform
4 3 (3.06%) EDI
4 3 (3.06%) Web Services
5 2 (2.04%) .NET
5 2 (2.04%) AngularJS
5 2 (2.04%) LAMP
5 2 (2.04%) Laravel
5 2 (2.04%) LEMP Stack
5 2 (2.04%) LESS
5 2 (2.04%) Microsoft Graph
5 2 (2.04%) Node.js
5 2 (2.04%) Sass
5 2 (2.04%) Vue
6 1 (1.02%) Framer.js
Miscellaneous
1 9 (9.18%) Product Ownership
2 5 (5.10%) Management Information System
3 4 (4.08%) Cloud Native
3 4 (4.08%) Learning Management System
3 4 (4.08%) Mobile App
3 4 (4.08%) Onboarding
3 4 (4.08%) Video\Live Streaming
4 3 (3.06%) Driving Licence
5 2 (2.04%) CSOC
5 2 (2.04%) Data Centre
5 2 (2.04%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (2.04%) Educational Technology
5 2 (2.04%) e-Learning
5 2 (2.04%) Fat Client
5 2 (2.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (2.04%) Thin Client
6 1 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.02%) Online Gambling
6 1 (1.02%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 13 (13.27%) Windows
2 5 (5.10%) Apple iOS
3 4 (4.08%) Linux
4 3 (3.06%) macOS
5 2 (2.04%) Android
5 2 (2.04%) Windows 10
5 2 (2.04%) Windows 7
6 1 (1.02%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (29.59%) Continuous Improvement
2 24 (24.49%) Agile
2 24 (24.49%) UX Design
3 21 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
4 20 (20.41%) Stakeholder Management
5 17 (17.35%) AI
6 15 (15.31%) Analytics
7 12 (12.24%) CI/CD
7 12 (12.24%) Cybersecurity
8 11 (11.22%) Software Engineering
9 10 (10.20%) DevOps
10 9 (9.18%) Prototyping
10 9 (9.18%) Validation
11 8 (8.16%) Collaborative Culture
11 8 (8.16%) CRM
11 8 (8.16%) Digital Transformation Programme
11 8 (8.16%) ITIL
11 8 (8.16%) Workflow
12 7 (7.14%) ERP
12 7 (7.14%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 11 (11.22%) JavaScript
2 7 (7.14%) C#
3 6 (6.12%) Java
3 6 (6.12%) Python
3 6 (6.12%) TypeScript
4 4 (4.08%) SQL
5 3 (3.06%) Swift
6 2 (2.04%) PHP
6 2 (2.04%) PowerShell
7 1 (1.02%) Apex Code
7 1 (1.02%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 10 (10.20%) Degree
2 8 (8.16%) Security Cleared
3 4 (4.08%) DV Cleared
3 4 (4.08%) Master's Degree
3 4 (4.08%) PhD
3 4 (4.08%) Postgraduate
4 3 (3.06%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (3.06%) ITIL Certification
4 3 (3.06%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (2.04%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 2 (2.04%) MCSE
5 2 (2.04%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.04%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.14%) Accessibility
2 5 (5.10%) SLA
3 4 (4.08%) Data Quality
4 3 (3.06%) QA
4 3 (3.06%) WCAG
5 1 (1.02%) GRC
System Software
1 4 (4.08%) Docker
2 2 (2.04%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.04%) UAG
2 2 (2.04%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (4.08%) Kubernetes
1 4 (4.08%) Packer
1 4 (4.08%) Progress Chef
1 4 (4.08%) SCCM
2 2 (2.04%) AirWatch
2 2 (2.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.04%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 31 (31.63%) Microsoft
2 6 (6.12%) Google
3 4 (4.08%) Workday
4 2 (2.04%) BeyondTrust
4 2 (2.04%) CyberArk
4 2 (2.04%) F5
4 2 (2.04%) Salesforce
4 2 (2.04%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.04%) SolarWinds
4 2 (2.04%) Synthesia
4 2 (2.04%) Thales
4 2 (2.04%) VMware
5 1 (1.02%) Adobe
5 1 (1.02%) Amplitude
5 1 (1.02%) Apple
5 1 (1.02%) Meraki
5 1 (1.02%) Oracle
5 1 (1.02%) Sitecore