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

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 21 59
Rank change year-on-year +8 +38 +1
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 239 277 106
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 10.36% 8.01% 4.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.33% 9.02% 4.92%
Number of salaries quoted 54 72 54
10th Percentile £42,500 £32,750 £38,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £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 £65,347 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,375 £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 1,939 3,070 2,156
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 84.08% 88.73% 94.81%
Number of salaries quoted 1,228 1,429 1,743
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,400 £33,550
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -8.33% +6.37%
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 1 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 1 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 +7 14 - - 4
Altrincham +3 13 £65,000 +23.81%
Bolton +12 6 - -
Salford +3 6 - -
Cheadle - 6 - - 1
Rochdale +11 5 - -
Bury +1 5 - -
Ashton-under-Lyne 0 5 - -
Dukinfield 0 5 - -
Oldham 0 5 - -
Littleborough - 5 - -
Stalybridge - 5 - -
Wigan - 5 - - 1
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 (2.09%) CMS
2 4 (1.67%) Confluence
2 4 (1.67%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.84%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.42%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.42%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (2.09%) Adobe XD
2 4 (1.67%) Chatbot
2 4 (1.67%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.67%) Sketch
3 1 (0.42%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.42%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.42%) InVision
3 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.42%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.42%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.42%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 157 (65.69%) Cloud Computing
2 23 (9.62%) AWS
3 15 (6.28%) Azure
4 14 (5.86%) Figma
5 7 (2.93%) Adobe Analytics
6 6 (2.51%) AWS Lambda
6 6 (2.51%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (2.51%) Serverless
7 5 (2.09%) Power Platform
7 5 (2.09%) SaaS
8 4 (1.67%) GitHub
8 4 (1.67%) Google Analytics
9 3 (1.26%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (1.26%) Entra ID
9 3 (1.26%) GCP
9 3 (1.26%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (1.26%) OneDrive
10 2 (0.84%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (0.84%) Miro
11 1 (0.42%) Contentsquare
Communications & Networking
1 157 (65.69%) Internet
2 3 (1.26%) HTTP
3 1 (0.42%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.35%) MySQL
2 6 (2.51%) NoSQL
3 5 (2.09%) DynamoDB
4 4 (1.67%) MongoDB
4 4 (1.67%) Relational Database
5 3 (1.26%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.84%) Power BI
6 2 (0.84%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.42%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (0.42%) DocumentDB
7 1 (0.42%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 12 (5.02%) Git
2 9 (3.77%) JIRA
3 4 (1.67%) JUnit
4 3 (1.26%) Xcode
5 2 (0.84%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.42%) Axure RP
6 1 (0.42%) GitLab
6 1 (0.42%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.42%) Maven
6 1 (0.42%) Selenium
General
1 187 (78.24%) Social Skills
2 163 (68.20%) Banking
2 163 (68.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 22 (9.21%) Finance
4 11 (4.60%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (4.18%) Marketing
6 8 (3.35%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (2.51%) Public Sector
8 5 (2.09%) Games
8 5 (2.09%) Law
9 4 (1.67%) Electronics
10 2 (0.84%) Legal
10 2 (0.84%) Retail
11 1 (0.42%) Digital Health
11 1 (0.42%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.42%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.42%) Publishing
11 1 (0.42%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 128 (53.56%) Lecturer
2 26 (10.88%) Developer
3 18 (7.53%) Senior
4 9 (3.77%) Lead
5 6 (2.51%) Senior Developer
5 6 (2.51%) Software Engineer
5 6 (2.51%) Strategy Manager
6 5 (2.09%) Analyst
6 5 (2.09%) Designer
6 5 (2.09%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 5 (2.09%) Java Developer
6 5 (2.09%) Senior Java Developer
6 5 (2.09%) Software Developer
7 4 (1.67%) Applications Support
7 4 (1.67%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 4 (1.67%) Automation Engineer
7 4 (1.67%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 4 (1.67%) Lead Developer
7 4 (1.67%) React Developer
7 4 (1.67%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (8.79%) CSS
2 20 (8.37%) React
3 17 (7.11%) HTML
4 12 (5.02%) .NET
4 12 (5.02%) RESTful
5 7 (2.93%) REST
6 6 (2.51%) Kafka
6 6 (2.51%) Node.js
7 5 (2.09%) AngularJS
7 5 (2.09%) CSS3
7 5 (2.09%) HTML5
7 5 (2.09%) Spring
7 5 (2.09%) Spring Boot
8 4 (1.67%) Amazon Corretto
8 4 (1.67%) ASP.NET
8 4 (1.67%) ASP.NET Core
8 4 (1.67%) Next.js
9 3 (1.26%) gRPC
9 3 (1.26%) SwiftUI
9 3 (1.26%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 157 (65.69%) IoT
2 8 (3.35%) Product Ownership
3 6 (2.51%) Cloud Native
3 6 (2.51%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (1.67%) AI Agents
4 4 (1.67%) Animation
4 4 (1.67%) e-Learning
5 3 (1.26%) Distributed Computing
5 3 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (0.84%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (0.84%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.42%) EMV
7 1 (0.42%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.42%) Life Science
7 1 (0.42%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (0.42%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.42%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.42%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.26%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.84%) Linux
3 1 (0.42%) Unix
3 1 (0.42%) Windows
3 1 (0.42%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 178 (74.48%) AI
2 164 (68.62%) Machine Learning
3 159 (66.53%) Web Development
4 157 (65.69%) Cybersecurity
5 53 (22.18%) Agile
6 20 (8.37%) CI/CD
6 20 (8.37%) UX Design
7 19 (7.95%) Problem-Solving
8 17 (7.11%) Analytics
9 16 (6.69%) DevOps
10 15 (6.28%) Continuous Improvement
11 14 (5.86%) Software Engineering
11 14 (5.86%) TDD
12 13 (5.44%) Full-Stack Development
12 13 (5.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 13 (5.44%) Stakeholder Management
13 12 (5.02%) Clean Code
14 11 (4.60%) Prototyping
15 10 (4.18%) Microservices
16 9 (3.77%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 23 (9.62%) JavaScript
1 23 (9.62%) TypeScript
2 15 (6.28%) C#
2 15 (6.28%) Java
3 6 (2.51%) Python
4 5 (2.09%) SQL
5 3 (1.26%) PHP
5 3 (1.26%) Rust
5 3 (1.26%) Swift
6 2 (0.84%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.42%) Go
Qualifications
1 162 (67.78%) Degree
2 158 (66.11%) PhD
3 157 (65.69%) Master's Degree
3 157 (65.69%) Postgraduate
4 4 (1.67%) Security Cleared
5 3 (1.26%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.42%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.86%) Accessibility
2 6 (2.51%) QA
3 2 (0.84%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.84%) HL7
4 1 (0.42%) GDPR
4 1 (0.42%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.42%) WCAG
System Software
1 11 (4.60%) Docker
2 3 (1.26%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.42%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 10 (4.18%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.77%) Terraform
3 4 (1.67%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (1.26%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.42%) Grafana
5 1 (0.42%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 9 (3.77%) Adobe
1 9 (3.77%) Microsoft
2 6 (2.51%) Qualtrics
3 5 (2.09%) Google
3 5 (2.09%) ServiceNow
4 4 (1.67%) Genesys
5 3 (1.26%) Facebook
5 3 (1.26%) New Relic
5 3 (1.26%) Splunk
6 2 (0.84%) Bloomberg
6 2 (0.84%) Hotjar
7 1 (0.42%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.42%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.42%) iManage
7 1 (0.42%) Oracle
7 1 (0.42%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.42%) SAP
7 1 (0.42%) Veeam
7 1 (0.42%) VMware