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

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 25 53
Rank change year-on-year +12 +28 +8
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 241 222 106
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 10.39% 6.70% 4.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.35% 7.48% 5.05%
Number of salaries quoted 53 72 52
10th Percentile £42,500 £32,750 £38,875
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +10.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,347 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,500 £73,625 £72,500
North West median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%

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 1,952 2,966 2,101
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 84.17% 89.50% 94.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,249 1,400 1,688
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £33,309
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -7.60% +5.53%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £51,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.91% -6.36% +3.54%

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 4 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 4 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 +11 14 - - 6
Altrincham +2 12 £65,000 +23.81%
Bolton +15 6 - - 1
Salford +8 6 - -
Oldham +3 6 - - 1
Cheadle - 6 - - 2
Stalybridge - 6 - -
Rochdale +11 5 - -
Bury +2 5 - - 1
Ashton-under-Lyne 0 5 - -
Dukinfield 0 5 - -
Wigan - 5 - - 1
Littleborough - 5 - -
Sale 0 4 - -
Heywood - 4 - -
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 5 (2.07%) CMS
1 5 (2.07%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.66%) Confluence
3 2 (0.83%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.41%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.41%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (2.07%) Adobe XD
2 4 (1.66%) Chatbot
2 4 (1.66%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.66%) Sketch
3 1 (0.41%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.41%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.41%) InVision
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.41%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.41%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.41%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 160 (66.39%) Cloud Computing
2 23 (9.54%) AWS
3 15 (6.22%) Azure
4 13 (5.39%) Figma
5 7 (2.90%) Adobe Analytics
6 6 (2.49%) AWS Lambda
6 6 (2.49%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (2.49%) Power Platform
6 6 (2.49%) SaaS
6 6 (2.49%) Serverless
7 4 (1.66%) Azure Monitor
7 4 (1.66%) Entra ID
7 4 (1.66%) GitHub
7 4 (1.66%) Google Analytics
7 4 (1.66%) Microsoft Purview
7 4 (1.66%) OneDrive
8 3 (1.24%) GCP
9 2 (0.83%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.41%) Amazon SQS
10 1 (0.41%) Vercel
Communications & Networking
1 160 (66.39%) Internet
2 3 (1.24%) HTTP
3 1 (0.41%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.32%) MySQL
2 6 (2.49%) NoSQL
3 5 (2.07%) DynamoDB
4 4 (1.66%) MongoDB
4 4 (1.66%) Relational Database
5 3 (1.24%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.83%) Power BI
6 2 (0.83%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.41%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (0.41%) DocumentDB
7 1 (0.41%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 12 (4.98%) Git
2 9 (3.73%) JIRA
3 4 (1.66%) JUnit
4 3 (1.24%) Xcode
5 2 (0.83%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.41%) Axure RP
6 1 (0.41%) GitLab
6 1 (0.41%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.41%) Maven
6 1 (0.41%) Selenium
General
1 190 (78.84%) Social Skills
2 167 (69.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 166 (68.88%) Banking
4 21 (8.71%) Finance
5 12 (4.98%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (4.15%) Marketing
7 8 (3.32%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (2.49%) Public Sector
9 5 (2.07%) Games
9 5 (2.07%) Law
10 4 (1.66%) Electronics
11 2 (0.83%) Legal
11 2 (0.83%) Retail
12 1 (0.41%) Digital Health
12 1 (0.41%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.41%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.41%) Publishing
12 1 (0.41%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 128 (53.11%) Lecturer
2 26 (10.79%) Developer
3 17 (7.05%) Senior
4 9 (3.73%) Lead
5 6 (2.49%) Senior Developer
5 6 (2.49%) Software Engineer
5 6 (2.49%) Strategy Manager
6 5 (2.07%) Analyst
6 5 (2.07%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 5 (2.07%) Java Developer
6 5 (2.07%) Senior Java Developer
6 5 (2.07%) Software Developer
7 4 (1.66%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 4 (1.66%) Automation Engineer
7 4 (1.66%) Designer
7 4 (1.66%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 4 (1.66%) Lead Developer
7 4 (1.66%) Platform Engineer
7 4 (1.66%) React Developer
7 4 (1.66%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (8.71%) CSS
2 20 (8.30%) React
3 17 (7.05%) HTML
4 12 (4.98%) .NET
4 12 (4.98%) RESTful
5 7 (2.90%) REST
6 6 (2.49%) Kafka
6 6 (2.49%) Node.js
7 5 (2.07%) AngularJS
7 5 (2.07%) CSS3
7 5 (2.07%) HTML5
7 5 (2.07%) Spring
7 5 (2.07%) Spring Boot
8 4 (1.66%) Amazon Corretto
8 4 (1.66%) ASP.NET
8 4 (1.66%) ASP.NET Core
8 4 (1.66%) Next.js
9 3 (1.24%) Spring Batch
9 3 (1.24%) SwiftUI
9 3 (1.24%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 160 (66.39%) IoT
2 8 (3.32%) Product Ownership
3 6 (2.49%) Cloud Native
3 6 (2.49%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (1.66%) AI Agents
4 4 (1.66%) e-Learning
4 4 (1.66%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (1.24%) Animation
5 3 (1.24%) Distributed Computing
6 2 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (0.83%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.41%) EMV
7 1 (0.41%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.41%) Life Science
7 1 (0.41%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (0.41%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.41%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.41%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.24%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.83%) Linux
3 1 (0.41%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 182 (75.52%) AI
2 167 (69.29%) Machine Learning
3 162 (67.22%) Web Development
4 160 (66.39%) Cybersecurity
5 52 (21.58%) Agile
6 20 (8.30%) CI/CD
6 20 (8.30%) Problem-Solving
7 19 (7.88%) UX Design
8 17 (7.05%) Analytics
8 17 (7.05%) DevOps
9 15 (6.22%) Continuous Improvement
10 14 (5.81%) Software Engineering
10 14 (5.81%) TDD
11 13 (5.39%) Full-Stack Development
11 13 (5.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 12 (4.98%) Clean Code
12 12 (4.98%) Stakeholder Management
13 11 (4.56%) Prototyping
14 10 (4.15%) Microservices
15 9 (3.73%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 23 (9.54%) JavaScript
1 23 (9.54%) TypeScript
2 15 (6.22%) C#
2 15 (6.22%) Java
3 6 (2.49%) Python
4 5 (2.07%) SQL
5 3 (1.24%) PHP
5 3 (1.24%) Rust
5 3 (1.24%) Swift
6 2 (0.83%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.41%) Go
Qualifications
1 164 (68.05%) Degree
2 161 (66.80%) PhD
3 160 (66.39%) Master's Degree
3 160 (66.39%) Postgraduate
4 4 (1.66%) Security Cleared
5 3 (1.24%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.41%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.81%) Accessibility
2 6 (2.49%) QA
3 2 (0.83%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.83%) HL7
4 1 (0.41%) GDPR
4 1 (0.41%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.41%) WCAG
System Software
1 11 (4.56%) Docker
2 4 (1.66%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (4.15%) Kubernetes
1 10 (4.15%) Terraform
2 4 (1.66%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.66%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.41%) Grafana
3 1 (0.41%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 9 (3.73%) Adobe
2 8 (3.32%) Microsoft
3 6 (2.49%) Qualtrics
4 5 (2.07%) Google
4 5 (2.07%) ServiceNow
5 4 (1.66%) Genesys
5 4 (1.66%) New Relic
5 4 (1.66%) Splunk
6 2 (0.83%) Facebook
6 2 (0.83%) Hotjar
7 1 (0.41%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.41%) Bloomberg
7 1 (0.41%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.41%) iManage
7 1 (0.41%) Oracle
7 1 (0.41%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.41%) SAP