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 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 35 55
Rank change year-on-year +29 +20 +6
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 481 167 103
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 17.95% 5.91% 4.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 21.64% 6.36% 5.15%
Number of salaries quoted 49 68 48
10th Percentile £42,500 £35,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,997 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £72,500 £66,667 £67,813
90th Percentile £84,000 £74,125 £73,250
North West median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -13.04%

All Process and 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 2,223 2,627 1,999
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 82.95% 93.02% 94.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,281 1,236 1,601
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,250 £33,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% +0.22%

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 20 December 2025.

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 20 December 2025. 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
Stockport +15 34 - - 3
Bolton +17 14 - - 5
Altrincham +1 14 £65,000 +23.81%
Cheadle - 14 - - 1
Wigan - 14 - -
Salford +13 13 - -
Stalybridge - 13 - -
Dukinfield - 13 - -
Ashton-under-Lyne - 13 - -
Bury - 13 - -
Rochdale +11 12 - -
Heywood - 12 - -
Littleborough - 12 - -
Oldham - 12 - -
Sale - 11 - -
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 9 (1.87%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.04%) CMS
2 5 (1.04%) Confluence
3 2 (0.42%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.21%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (1.04%) Adobe XD
1 5 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.83%) Chatbot
2 4 (0.83%) Sketch
3 1 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.21%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.21%) InVision
3 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.21%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.21%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 402 (83.58%) Cloud Computing
2 19 (3.95%) AWS
2 19 (3.95%) Azure
3 12 (2.49%) Figma
4 11 (2.29%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (2.29%) Power Platform
5 9 (1.87%) SaaS
6 8 (1.66%) Azure Monitor
7 7 (1.46%) Adobe Analytics
7 7 (1.46%) Entra ID
7 7 (1.46%) Microsoft Purview
7 7 (1.46%) OneDrive
8 3 (0.62%) AWS Lambda
8 3 (0.62%) Google Analytics
8 3 (0.62%) Serverless
9 2 (0.42%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.42%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.42%) GCP
9 2 (0.42%) GitHub
9 2 (0.42%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 402 (83.58%) Internet
2 3 (0.62%) HTTP
3 1 (0.21%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.66%) MySQL
2 6 (1.25%) NoSQL
3 5 (1.04%) Relational Database
4 4 (0.83%) MongoDB
5 3 (0.62%) RDBMS
6 2 (0.42%) DynamoDB
6 2 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.42%) Power BI
7 1 (0.21%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (0.21%) DocumentDB
7 1 (0.21%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (2.29%) Git
2 9 (1.87%) JIRA
3 4 (0.83%) JUnit
4 3 (0.62%) Xcode
5 2 (0.42%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.21%) Axure RP
6 1 (0.21%) GitLab
6 1 (0.21%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.21%) Maven
6 1 (0.21%) Selenium
General
1 430 (89.40%) Social Skills
2 412 (85.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 408 (84.82%) Banking
4 17 (3.53%) Finance
5 15 (3.12%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (1.66%) Influencing Skills
6 8 (1.66%) Marketing
7 7 (1.46%) Public Sector
8 5 (1.04%) Law
9 4 (0.83%) Electronics
10 2 (0.42%) Games
10 2 (0.42%) Legal
10 2 (0.42%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.21%) Digital Health
11 1 (0.21%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.21%) Publishing
11 1 (0.21%) Retail
11 1 (0.21%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 314 (65.28%) Lecturer
2 23 (4.78%) Developer
3 14 (2.91%) Senior
4 9 (1.87%) Lead
5 7 (1.46%) Platform Engineer
6 6 (1.25%) Analyst
6 6 (1.25%) Software Engineer
6 6 (1.25%) Strategy Manager
7 5 (1.04%) Senior Developer
7 5 (1.04%) Software Developer
8 4 (0.83%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 4 (0.83%) Automation Engineer
8 4 (0.83%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 4 (0.83%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 4 (0.83%) Lead Developer
9 3 (0.62%) AWS Engineer
9 3 (0.62%) Digital Analyst
9 3 (0.62%) iOS Developer
9 3 (0.62%) Lead iOS Developer
9 3 (0.62%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (4.57%) CSS
2 18 (3.74%) HTML
3 14 (2.91%) React
4 12 (2.49%) .NET
5 11 (2.29%) RESTful
6 8 (1.66%) REST
7 6 (1.25%) AngularJS
7 6 (1.25%) Kafka
7 6 (1.25%) Node.js
8 5 (1.04%) Spring
8 5 (1.04%) Spring Boot
9 4 (0.83%) ASP.NET
9 4 (0.83%) ASP.NET Core
9 4 (0.83%) CSS3
9 4 (0.83%) HTML5
10 3 (0.62%) FHIR
10 3 (0.62%) gRPC
10 3 (0.62%) iOS SDK
10 3 (0.62%) Next.js
10 3 (0.62%) SwiftUI
Miscellaneous
1 402 (83.58%) IoT
2 9 (1.87%) Product Ownership
3 7 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (1.25%) Cloud Native
4 6 (1.25%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (0.83%) AI Agents
6 3 (0.62%) Distributed Computing
7 2 (0.42%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (0.42%) Animation
7 2 (0.42%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.21%) e-Learning
8 1 (0.21%) EMV
8 1 (0.21%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.21%) Life Science
8 1 (0.21%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (0.21%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.21%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.21%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.62%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.42%) Linux
3 1 (0.21%) Unix
3 1 (0.21%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 425 (88.36%) AI
2 408 (84.82%) Machine Learning
3 404 (83.99%) Web Development
4 402 (83.58%) Cybersecurity
5 49 (10.19%) Agile
6 22 (4.57%) CI/CD
7 19 (3.95%) Problem-Solving
8 17 (3.53%) DevOps
9 16 (3.33%) Analytics
9 16 (3.33%) UX Design
10 14 (2.91%) Continuous Improvement
10 14 (2.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 13 (2.70%) Software Engineering
12 12 (2.49%) Full-Stack Development
12 12 (2.49%) Stakeholder Management
13 11 (2.29%) Prototyping
13 11 (2.29%) TDD
14 10 (2.08%) Change Management
14 10 (2.08%) Microservices
14 10 (2.08%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 23 (4.78%) JavaScript
2 19 (3.95%) TypeScript
3 15 (3.12%) C#
4 12 (2.49%) Java
5 6 (1.25%) Python
5 6 (1.25%) SQL
6 3 (0.62%) PowerShell
6 3 (0.62%) Rust
6 3 (0.62%) Swift
7 2 (0.42%) PHP
8 1 (0.21%) Go
Qualifications
1 405 (84.20%) Degree
2 403 (83.78%) PhD
3 402 (83.58%) Master's Degree
3 402 (83.58%) Postgraduate
4 4 (0.83%) Security Cleared
5 3 (0.62%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.21%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.21%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.12%) Accessibility
2 5 (1.04%) QA
3 3 (0.62%) HL7
4 2 (0.42%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.21%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.21%) WCAG
System Software
1 8 (1.66%) Active Directory
1 8 (1.66%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (2.08%) Terraform
2 7 (1.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (1.46%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (1.25%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.21%) Grafana
4 1 (0.21%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 11 (2.29%) Microsoft
2 9 (1.87%) Adobe
3 7 (1.46%) New Relic
3 7 (1.46%) Splunk
4 6 (1.25%) Qualtrics
4 6 (1.25%) ServiceNow
5 4 (0.83%) Genesys
6 3 (0.62%) Google
7 2 (0.42%) Hotjar
7 2 (0.42%) Oracle
8 1 (0.21%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.21%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.21%) iManage
8 1 (0.21%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.21%) SAP