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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 22 19
Rank change year-on-year -65 -3 +73
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 114 253 345
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 1.64% 10.20% 7.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.19% 11.21% 9.51%
Number of salaries quoted 77 105 102
10th Percentile £32,765 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,043 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year -0.08% +12.91% -22.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £72,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £82,000 £78,750
North West median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £46,250
% change year-on-year -4.55% +18.92% -19.57%

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 5,204 2,256 3,626
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 74.86% 90.97% 81.85%
Number of salaries quoted 4,068 1,307 2,328
10th Percentile £33,000 £29,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,500 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,061 £69,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £87,500 £83,238
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -1.96% -7.27%

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 August 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 20 August 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 +15 3 £30,000 - 1
Altrincham -13 3 £40,000 -38.46% 2
Cheadle -2 2 £34,500 -
Salford -23 2 - - 1
Oldham -2 1 - -
Stockport -3 1 £40,000 -36.00%
Ashton-under-Lyne -6 1 £51,000 - 1
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 (7.89%) SharePoint
2 8 (7.02%) Confluence
3 4 (3.51%) CMS
3 4 (3.51%) WordPress
4 3 (2.63%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (1.75%) Moodle
5 2 (1.75%) nginx
5 2 (1.75%) Totara
6 1 (0.88%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.88%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 3 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (2.63%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (1.75%) Camtasia
3 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.88%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.88%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 5 (4.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (3.51%) Workday HCM
3 3 (2.63%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.88%) Magento
4 1 (0.88%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 16 (14.04%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (12.28%) Azure
3 13 (11.40%) Power Platform
4 9 (7.89%) Microsoft Copilot
5 8 (7.02%) Figma
5 8 (7.02%) Power Automate
6 7 (6.14%) PowerApps
7 6 (5.26%) Azure Logic Apps
7 6 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (5.26%) Google Analytics
7 6 (5.26%) SaaS
8 5 (4.39%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (3.51%) AWS
10 3 (2.63%) Copilot Studio
10 3 (2.63%) Dropbox
10 3 (2.63%) Microsoft Purview
11 2 (1.75%) Canva
11 2 (1.75%) npm
11 2 (1.75%) Serverless
11 2 (1.75%) Vyond
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.63%) FTP
2 1 (0.88%) DNS
2 1 (0.88%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.51%) SQL Server
1 4 (3.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (1.75%) Mixpanel
2 2 (1.75%) MySQL
2 2 (1.75%) NoSQL
2 2 (1.75%) Power BI
3 1 (0.88%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (0.88%) BigQuery
3 1 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.88%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (7.02%) JIRA
2 5 (4.39%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 5 (4.39%) fastlane
3 3 (2.63%) Git
4 1 (0.88%) gulp
4 1 (0.88%) webpack
General
1 21 (18.42%) Finance
1 21 (18.42%) Social Skills
2 12 (10.53%) Marketing
3 11 (9.65%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (7.89%) Public Sector
5 7 (6.14%) Banking
6 5 (4.39%) Law
7 4 (3.51%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (3.51%) Retail
8 3 (2.63%) Billing
8 3 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (2.63%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.75%) Games
9 2 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.75%) Retail Banking
10 1 (0.88%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 38 (33.33%) Designer
2 26 (22.81%) UX Designer
3 18 (15.79%) Senior
4 17 (14.91%) Product Designer
5 9 (7.89%) Analyst
5 9 (7.89%) Developer
5 9 (7.89%) IT Manager
6 7 (6.14%) Senior Designer
6 7 (6.14%) Senior UX Designer
7 6 (5.26%) E-Commerce Specialist
7 6 (5.26%) UI Specialist
7 6 (5.26%) UX Specialist
8 5 (4.39%) Junior
8 5 (4.39%) Lead
8 5 (4.39%) Product Manager
8 5 (4.39%) Senior Applications Designer
8 5 (4.39%) Senior Product Designer
8 5 (4.39%) Service Designer
9 4 (3.51%) Service Manager
9 4 (3.51%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (7.89%) CSS
1 9 (7.89%) HTML
2 5 (4.39%) REST
3 4 (3.51%) EDI
3 4 (3.51%) React
4 3 (2.63%) .NET
4 3 (2.63%) Web Services
5 2 (1.75%) AngularJS
5 2 (1.75%) LAMP
5 2 (1.75%) Laravel
5 2 (1.75%) LEMP Stack
5 2 (1.75%) LESS
5 2 (1.75%) Microsoft Graph
5 2 (1.75%) Node.js
5 2 (1.75%) Sass
5 2 (1.75%) Terraform
5 2 (1.75%) Vue
6 1 (0.88%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.88%) Framer.js
6 1 (0.88%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.89%) Onboarding
1 9 (7.89%) Product Ownership
2 6 (5.26%) Mobile App
3 4 (3.51%) Learning Management System
3 4 (3.51%) Video\Live Streaming
4 3 (2.63%) Driving Licence
5 2 (1.75%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.75%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (1.75%) Educational Technology
5 2 (1.75%) e-Learning
5 2 (1.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (1.75%) PropTech
6 1 (0.88%) Data Fabric
6 1 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.88%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.88%) NHS
6 1 (0.88%) Online Gambling
6 1 (0.88%) Social Media
6 1 (0.88%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 7 (6.14%) Apple iOS
1 7 (6.14%) Windows
2 3 (2.63%) Mac OS
3 2 (1.75%) Android
3 2 (1.75%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (34.21%) UX Design
2 28 (24.56%) Continuous Improvement
3 20 (17.54%) Problem-Solving
4 19 (16.67%) AI
5 18 (15.79%) Agile
6 16 (14.04%) Analytics
7 15 (13.16%) E-Commerce
7 15 (13.16%) Stakeholder Management
8 11 (9.65%) CI/CD
9 9 (7.89%) Collaborative Culture
9 9 (7.89%) Roadmaps
10 8 (7.02%) CRM
10 8 (7.02%) ERP
10 8 (7.02%) Service Management
10 8 (7.02%) Software Engineering
10 8 (7.02%) Test Automation
10 8 (7.02%) User Research
11 7 (6.14%) Incident Management
11 7 (6.14%) Mentoring
11 7 (6.14%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (9.65%) JavaScript
2 9 (7.89%) C#
3 5 (4.39%) Swift
4 4 (3.51%) SQL
5 3 (2.63%) Python
6 2 (1.75%) PHP
7 1 (0.88%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.88%) Java
7 1 (0.88%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 6 (5.26%) Degree
1 6 (5.26%) Security Cleared
2 5 (4.39%) DV Cleared
3 3 (2.63%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.88%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.26%) Accessibility
2 5 (4.39%) QA
3 4 (3.51%) Data Quality
3 4 (3.51%) SLA
3 4 (3.51%) WCAG
4 1 (0.88%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (0.88%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 23 (20.18%) Microsoft
2 6 (5.26%) Google
3 4 (3.51%) Workday
4 3 (2.63%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.75%) Amplitude
5 2 (1.75%) OneLogin
5 2 (1.75%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.75%) Synthesia
6 1 (0.88%) Adyen
6 1 (0.88%) Apple
6 1 (0.88%) Meraki
6 1 (0.88%) Oracle