User Experience Jobs in Manchester

UX
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring User Experience skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited User Experience over the 6 months leading up to 4 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 29 102
Rank change year-on-year +8 +73 -51
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 253 385 145
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 10.29% 6.53% 3.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.04% 7.82% 3.50%
Number of salaries quoted 99 146 94
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £34,300
25th Percentile £46,000 £38,750 £39,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £52,500 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year +11.43% -17.65% +15.91%
75th Percentile £74,375 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,500 £84,375 £82,500
North West median annual salary £55,043 £45,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +22.32% -21.74% +14.54%

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 2,291 4,925 4,145
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 93.17% 83.57% 96.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1,319 3,507 2,492
10th Percentile £29,500 £30,000 £33,275
25th Percentile £38,750 £41,047 £43,950
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,159 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.46% -8.35% +5.45%
75th Percentile £73,750 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £81,250 £83,750
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing User Experience as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for User Experience in Manchester

User Experience
Salary Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing User Experience in Manchester.

Salary trend for User Experience in Manchester

User Experience
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Experience in Manchester over the 6 months to 4 July 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 4 July 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
Altrincham +19 32 £65,000 +100.00% 14
Stockport -4 10 £62,500 - 13
Oldham -2 9 - -
Ashton-under-Lyne -1 7 - - 11
Sale -2 7 - -
Cheadle - 6 - - 1
Heywood - 6 - -
Bury +10 5 - - 8
Salford -1 5 £33,000 - 4
Dukinfield -4 5 - -
Stalybridge - 5 - -
Bolton -18 3 - - 25
Wigan - 2 - - 1
User Experience
North West

User Experience
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 9 (3.56%) CMS
1 9 (3.56%) Skype for Business
2 4 (1.58%) Confluence
2 4 (1.58%) IBM Domino
2 4 (1.58%) WordPress
3 2 (0.79%) Headless CMS
3 2 (0.79%) IIS
4 1 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.40%) Apache Solr
4 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (2.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.58%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (1.58%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.79%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.79%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.79%) Sketch
4 1 (0.40%) Adobe After Effects
4 1 (0.40%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.40%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.40%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (0.40%) Blender
4 1 (0.40%) CINEMA 4D
4 1 (0.40%) InDesign
4 1 (0.40%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Magento
1 1 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 139 (54.94%) AWS
2 118 (46.64%) Azure
3 90 (35.57%) GCP
4 18 (7.11%) Google Analytics
5 15 (5.93%) Serverless
6 14 (5.53%) AWS Lambda
7 12 (4.74%) Figma
8 10 (3.95%) Microsoft 365
9 7 (2.77%) GitHub
10 6 (2.37%) Miro
11 5 (1.98%) Amazon SQS
12 4 (1.58%) Contentsquare
12 4 (1.58%) Google Workspace
12 4 (1.58%) Slack
13 3 (1.19%) AWS CloudFormation
13 3 (1.19%) Google Ads
13 3 (1.19%) Google Data Studio
13 3 (1.19%) SaaS
14 2 (0.79%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 2 (0.79%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.95%) Unified Communications
2 9 (3.56%) Skype
2 9 (3.56%) Wireless
3 4 (1.58%) HTTP
3 4 (1.58%) LoRaWAN
4 2 (0.79%) DMZ
4 2 (0.79%) DNS
4 2 (0.79%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.79%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (10.28%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.95%) DynamoDB
3 9 (3.56%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (2.77%) MySQL
5 6 (2.37%) MongoDB
5 6 (2.37%) NoSQL
6 4 (1.58%) Mixpanel
7 3 (1.19%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (1.19%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.79%) Amazon Aurora
8 2 (0.79%) TimescaleDB
9 1 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.40%) DocumentDB
9 1 (0.40%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 35 (13.83%) JIRA
2 24 (9.49%) Selenium
3 20 (7.91%) Cucumber
3 20 (7.91%) GitLab
4 19 (7.51%) Bitbucket
5 18 (7.11%) Maven
5 18 (7.11%) SonarQube
5 18 (7.11%) Sonatype Nexus
6 17 (6.72%) Git
7 4 (1.58%) Appium
7 4 (1.58%) Balsamiq
7 4 (1.58%) Fiddler
7 4 (1.58%) JMeter
7 4 (1.58%) JUnit
7 4 (1.58%) LoadRunner
7 4 (1.58%) Postman
8 3 (1.19%) Storybook
9 2 (0.79%) Jasmine
10 1 (0.40%) fastlane
10 1 (0.40%) Xcode
General
1 114 (45.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 60 (23.72%) Finance
3 55 (21.74%) Social Skills
4 25 (9.88%) Retail
5 20 (7.91%) Banking
6 19 (7.51%) Marketing
7 18 (7.11%) Corporate Banking
7 18 (7.11%) Investment Banking
8 12 (4.74%) Financial Institution
9 11 (4.35%) Games
10 9 (3.56%) Analytical Skills
11 8 (3.16%) Mandarin Language
12 5 (1.98%) Manufacturing
13 4 (1.58%) Cantonese Language
14 3 (1.19%) Pharmaceutical
15 2 (0.79%) Local Government
15 2 (0.79%) Tech for Good
16 1 (0.40%) Advertising
16 1 (0.40%) Digital Health
16 1 (0.40%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 118 (46.64%) Senior
2 108 (42.69%) Software Engineer
3 84 (33.20%) Senior Software Engineer
4 28 (11.07%) Developer
5 15 (5.93%) Applications Support
6 14 (5.53%) Senior Developer
7 13 (5.14%) IT Support
7 13 (5.14%) Java Developer
7 13 (5.14%) Senior Java Developer
8 12 (4.74%) Lead
9 10 (3.95%) Applications Manager
9 10 (3.95%) Applications Support Manager
9 10 (3.95%) Support Manager
10 9 (3.56%) Collaboration Specialist
10 9 (3.56%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
11 7 (2.77%) Designer
11 7 (2.77%) Senior Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
12 6 (2.37%) Analyst
12 6 (2.37%) Head of IT
12 6 (2.37%) Head of Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (35.18%) .NET
2 86 (33.99%) Node.js
3 49 (19.37%) React
4 35 (13.83%) CSS
4 35 (13.83%) RESTful
5 34 (13.44%) HTML
6 29 (11.46%) Kafka
7 25 (9.88%) Spring Boot
8 24 (9.49%) Spring
9 23 (9.09%) REST
10 20 (7.91%) CSS3
10 20 (7.91%) HTML5
10 20 (7.91%) Jest
10 20 (7.91%) Redux
10 20 (7.91%) Sass
11 18 (7.11%) AngularJS
11 18 (7.11%) JPA
12 9 (3.56%) Amazon Corretto
13 7 (2.77%) Laravel
13 7 (2.77%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 82 (32.41%) Cyberattack
1 82 (32.41%) Linux Command Line
1 82 (32.41%) Self-Motivation
2 34 (13.44%) Product Ownership
3 19 (7.51%) Enterprise Software
4 10 (3.95%) e-Learning
5 9 (3.56%) Digital Signage
5 9 (3.56%) Video Conferencing
6 6 (2.37%) IoT
6 6 (2.37%) Mobile App
7 5 (1.98%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (1.98%) Renewable Energy
7 5 (1.98%) Social Media
8 4 (1.58%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.58%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 3 (1.19%) Animation
9 3 (1.19%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.19%) Wiki
10 2 (0.79%) Educational Technology
10 2 (0.79%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 90 (35.57%) Linux
2 9 (3.56%) Windows
2 9 (3.56%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.19%) Android
3 3 (1.19%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 167 (66.01%) Agile
2 122 (48.22%) Software Engineering
3 120 (47.43%) Mentoring
4 114 (45.06%) Microservices
5 96 (37.94%) Scrum
6 90 (35.57%) Machine Learning
7 83 (32.81%) Site Reliability Engineering
8 82 (32.41%) Cloud Security
8 82 (32.41%) Data Engineering
9 46 (18.18%) DevOps
9 46 (18.18%) Test Automation
10 39 (15.42%) CI/CD
11 38 (15.02%) Front End Development
12 33 (13.04%) UX Design
13 32 (12.65%) Full-Stack Development
13 32 (12.65%) SDLC
14 30 (11.86%) Problem-Solving
15 29 (11.46%) Roadmaps
16 25 (9.88%) Analytics
16 25 (9.88%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 142 (56.13%) JavaScript
2 127 (50.20%) Java
3 96 (37.94%) Python
4 82 (32.41%) C++
4 82 (32.41%) Go
4 82 (32.41%) Rust
5 58 (22.92%) TypeScript
6 28 (11.07%) SQL
7 10 (3.95%) PHP
8 5 (1.98%) C#
9 1 (0.40%) Bash
9 1 (0.40%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.40%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.40%) Swift
Qualifications
1 83 (32.81%) Security Cleared
2 82 (32.41%) AWS Certification
2 82 (32.41%) AWS Certified Developer
2 82 (32.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 82 (32.41%) DV Cleared
3 23 (9.09%) Degree
4 4 (1.58%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (1.58%) ISTQB
5 2 (0.79%) CISM
5 2 (0.79%) CISSP
5 2 (0.79%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (0.79%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (0.79%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (0.40%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (12.25%) QA
2 30 (11.86%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.79%) GDPR
4 2 (0.79%) NCSC
4 2 (0.79%) NIST
4 2 (0.79%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.79%) WCAG
5 1 (0.40%) Data Quality
System Software
1 44 (17.39%) Docker
2 6 (2.37%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 38 (15.02%) Kubernetes
2 16 (6.32%) Terraform
3 6 (2.37%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (1.98%) Grafana
5 3 (1.19%) Kibana
6 2 (0.79%) Puppet
Vendors
1 30 (11.86%) Google
1 30 (11.86%) Microsoft
2 18 (7.11%) Solace
3 12 (4.74%) Bloomberg
4 10 (3.95%) Cisco
4 10 (3.95%) Facebook
5 9 (3.56%) Mitel
5 9 (3.56%) Polycom
5 9 (3.56%) ShoreTel
6 6 (2.37%) Hotjar
6 6 (2.37%) Veeam
6 6 (2.37%) VMware
7 4 (1.58%) Adobe
7 4 (1.58%) Oracle
7 4 (1.58%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.79%) IBM
9 1 (0.40%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.40%) Talend