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 26 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 21 28
Rank change year-on-year -52 +7 +73
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 116 251 375
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 1.87% 10.91% 6.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.59% 11.49% 7.82%
Number of salaries quoted 85 96 147
10th Percentile £30,105 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,125 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £58,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.86% +10.48% -14.29%
75th Percentile £68,666 £72,813 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £84,250
North West median annual salary £54,250 £55,021 £45,000
% change year-on-year -1.40% +22.27% -21.74%

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 4,485 2,184 4,795
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 72.49% 94.96% 83.10%
Number of salaries quoted 3,551 1,243 3,561
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -9.48%
75th Percentile £77,500 £74,072 £68,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,250 £81,250
North West median annual salary £55,000 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.77% +4.00% -9.09%

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 26 June 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 26 June 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
Bolton +21 7 £30,000 - 1
Stockport +1 3 £40,000 -36.00%
Cheadle -3 2 £34,500 -
Altrincham -12 2 £67,500 +3.85% 1
Ashton-under-Lyne -4 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 9 (7.76%) CMS
1 9 (7.76%) SharePoint
2 8 (6.90%) Confluence
2 8 (6.90%) WordPress
3 4 (3.45%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.72%) Moodle
4 2 (1.72%) nginx
4 2 (1.72%) Totara
5 1 (0.86%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.86%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 7 (6.03%) Spreadsheet
2 3 (2.59%) Sketch
3 2 (1.72%) Camtasia
4 1 (0.86%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (5.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.59%) Dynamics AX
2 3 (2.59%) Shopify
3 1 (0.86%) Magento
3 1 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 12 (10.34%) Azure
1 12 (10.34%) Figma
1 12 (10.34%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (9.48%) Power Platform
3 9 (7.76%) Google Analytics
3 9 (7.76%) Microsoft Copilot
4 7 (6.03%) Power Automate
5 6 (5.17%) AWS
5 6 (5.17%) Azure Logic Apps
5 6 (5.17%) PowerApps
6 5 (4.31%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (4.31%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (3.45%) Dropbox
7 4 (3.45%) Microsoft Purview
7 4 (3.45%) Serverless
8 3 (2.59%) Canva
8 3 (2.59%) Heroku
8 3 (2.59%) SaaS
9 2 (1.72%) Copilot Studio
9 2 (1.72%) npm
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.45%) SQL Server
1 4 (3.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (1.72%) Mixpanel
2 2 (1.72%) MySQL
2 2 (1.72%) NoSQL
2 2 (1.72%) Power BI
3 1 (0.86%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (0.86%) BigQuery
3 1 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.86%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (6.90%) JIRA
2 5 (4.31%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 5 (4.31%) fastlane
3 3 (2.59%) Git
4 2 (1.72%) Vagrant
5 1 (0.86%) gulp
5 1 (0.86%) webpack
General
1 19 (16.38%) Finance
2 18 (15.52%) Marketing
2 18 (15.52%) Social Skills
3 11 (9.48%) Public Sector
4 8 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (6.90%) Banking
4 8 (6.90%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (4.31%) Law
6 4 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (3.45%) Retail
7 3 (2.59%) Billing
7 3 (2.59%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.72%) Games
8 2 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.72%) Retail Banking
9 1 (0.86%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 43 (37.07%) Designer
2 30 (25.86%) UX Designer
3 20 (17.24%) Senior
4 18 (15.52%) Product Designer
5 9 (7.76%) Developer
5 9 (7.76%) Senior Designer
5 9 (7.76%) Senior UX Designer
6 7 (6.03%) Coordinator
6 7 (6.03%) IT Manager
7 6 (5.17%) E-Commerce Specialist
7 6 (5.17%) Senior Applications Designer
7 6 (5.17%) Senior Product Designer
7 6 (5.17%) UI Specialist
7 6 (5.17%) UX Specialist
8 5 (4.31%) IT Services Manager
8 5 (4.31%) Junior
8 5 (4.31%) Service Designer
8 5 (4.31%) Service Manager
9 4 (3.45%) Senior IT Manager
9 4 (3.45%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (12.07%) HTML
2 13 (11.21%) CSS
3 6 (5.17%) React
4 5 (4.31%) REST
5 4 (3.45%) EDI
6 3 (2.59%) .NET
6 3 (2.59%) AngularJS
6 3 (2.59%) Web Services
7 2 (1.72%) LAMP
7 2 (1.72%) Laravel
7 2 (1.72%) LEMP Stack
7 2 (1.72%) LESS
7 2 (1.72%) Microsoft Graph
7 2 (1.72%) Node.js
7 2 (1.72%) Sass
7 2 (1.72%) Spring
7 2 (1.72%) Spring Boot
7 2 (1.72%) Vue
8 1 (0.86%) Lightning Web Components
8 1 (0.86%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 13 (11.21%) Onboarding
2 8 (6.90%) Mobile App
3 7 (6.03%) Product Ownership
4 4 (3.45%) Cloud Native
4 4 (3.45%) Learning Management System
5 3 (2.59%) Social Media
6 2 (1.72%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.72%) Educational Technology
6 2 (1.72%) e-Learning
6 2 (1.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (1.72%) NHS
6 2 (1.72%) PropTech
7 1 (0.86%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.86%) Data Fabric
7 1 (0.86%) FMCG
7 1 (0.86%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.86%) Online Gambling
7 1 (0.86%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 7 (6.03%) Apple iOS
2 5 (4.31%) Windows
3 2 (1.72%) Android
3 2 (1.72%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (41.38%) UX Design
2 28 (24.14%) Continuous Improvement
3 22 (18.97%) Agile
3 22 (18.97%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (18.10%) AI
5 17 (14.66%) Analytics
5 17 (14.66%) E-Commerce
6 13 (11.21%) CI/CD
7 11 (9.48%) Responsive Web Design
7 11 (9.48%) Service Management
7 11 (9.48%) User Research
8 10 (8.62%) Digital Marketing
8 10 (8.62%) Interaction Design
8 10 (8.62%) SEO
8 10 (8.62%) Wireframes
9 9 (7.76%) CRM
9 9 (7.76%) Incident Management
9 9 (7.76%) Mentoring
9 9 (7.76%) Software Engineering
10 8 (6.90%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 11 (9.48%) JavaScript
2 9 (7.76%) C#
3 5 (4.31%) Swift
4 4 (3.45%) SQL
4 4 (3.45%) TypeScript
5 3 (2.59%) Java
5 3 (2.59%) Python
6 2 (1.72%) PHP
7 1 (0.86%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 10 (8.62%) Degree
2 6 (5.17%) Security Cleared
3 5 (4.31%) DV Cleared
4 3 (2.59%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (8.62%) Accessibility
2 9 (7.76%) QA
3 7 (6.03%) WCAG
4 4 (3.45%) SLA
5 1 (0.86%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (1.72%) Docker
2 1 (0.86%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (3.45%) Terraform
2 2 (1.72%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.72%) Packer
2 2 (1.72%) Progress Chef
3 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 19 (16.38%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.76%) Google
3 4 (3.45%) OneLogin
4 3 (2.59%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.72%) Adobe
5 2 (1.72%) Amplitude
5 2 (1.72%) Synthesia
6 1 (0.86%) Adyen
6 1 (0.86%) Oracle
6 1 (0.86%) Qualtrics
6 1 (0.86%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.86%) SAP