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

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 38 41
Rank change year-on-year +30 +3 +41
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 504 130 239
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 11.41% 6.42% 5.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.51% 6.74% 5.96%
Number of salaries quoted 65 85 126
10th Percentile £32,100 £35,000 £31,625
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,932 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.15% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £68,750 £74,375
90th Percentile £75,750 £77,500 £85,000
North West median annual salary £55,550 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +1.00% +15.79% -20.83%

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 3,250 1,929 4,013
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 73.58% 95.31% 87.16%
Number of salaries quoted 2,207 1,247 3,253
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,800 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,822 £82,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -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 2 April 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 2 April 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
Stockport +14 36 £40,000 - 1
Bolton +30 20 £30,000 -45.45%
Altrincham 0 14 £67,500 +28.57%
Cheadle - 14 - -
Wigan - 14 - -
Salford 0 13 - - 3
Stalybridge - 13 - -
Dukinfield - 13 - -
Ashton-under-Lyne - 13 - - 3
Bury - 13 - -
Rochdale +3 12 - -
Heywood - 12 - -
Littleborough - 12 - -
Oldham - 12 - -
Sale - 11 - -
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 14 (2.78%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.79%) CMS
3 8 (1.59%) Confluence
3 8 (1.59%) WordPress
4 4 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.20%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 7 (1.39%) Spreadsheet
2 5 (0.99%) Sketch
3 2 (0.40%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (0.60%) Shopify
2 2 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 402 (79.76%) Cloud Computing
2 16 (3.17%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (2.98%) Azure
4 14 (2.78%) Power Platform
5 12 (2.38%) Figma
5 12 (2.38%) Microsoft Purview
6 11 (2.18%) AWS
6 11 (2.18%) SaaS
7 9 (1.79%) Azure Monitor
7 9 (1.79%) Entra ID
8 8 (1.59%) OneDrive
9 7 (1.39%) Google Analytics
10 4 (0.79%) Adobe Analytics
10 4 (0.79%) Dropbox
10 4 (0.79%) Microsoft Copilot
11 3 (0.60%) Heroku
12 2 (0.40%) Dynamics 365
12 2 (0.40%) Serverless
13 1 (0.20%) Canva
13 1 (0.20%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 402 (79.76%) Internet
2 3 (0.60%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.19%) MySQL
1 6 (1.19%) NoSQL
2 5 (0.99%) Relational Database
3 4 (0.79%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.40%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.20%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.20%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.20%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.20%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (2.18%) JIRA
2 9 (1.79%) Git
3 3 (0.60%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 3 (0.60%) fastlane
3 3 (0.60%) JUnit
4 2 (0.40%) Cypress.io
4 2 (0.40%) Vagrant
5 1 (0.20%) GitLab
5 1 (0.20%) Jenkins
General
1 423 (83.93%) Social Skills
2 413 (81.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 409 (81.15%) Banking
4 23 (4.56%) Finance
5 16 (3.17%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (2.38%) Marketing
7 7 (1.39%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (1.19%) Public Sector
9 5 (0.99%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.40%) Games
10 2 (0.40%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.20%) Electronics
11 1 (0.20%) Law
11 1 (0.20%) Retail
11 1 (0.20%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 314 (62.30%) Lecturer
2 21 (4.17%) Designer
3 19 (3.77%) Senior
4 14 (2.78%) UX Designer
5 10 (1.98%) Software Engineer
6 9 (1.79%) Developer
7 8 (1.59%) Platform Engineer
7 8 (1.59%) Product Designer
8 7 (1.39%) Coordinator
8 7 (1.39%) Senior Designer
8 7 (1.39%) Senior UX Designer
9 6 (1.19%) Senior Manager
10 5 (0.99%) Lead
11 4 (0.79%) E-Commerce Specialist
11 4 (0.79%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 4 (0.79%) IT Manager
11 4 (0.79%) Senior Product Designer
11 4 (0.79%) Service Designer
11 4 (0.79%) Software Developer
11 4 (0.79%) UI Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (4.37%) CSS
2 21 (4.17%) HTML
3 10 (1.98%) React
4 8 (1.59%) RESTful
5 7 (1.39%) .NET
6 6 (1.19%) AngularJS
6 6 (1.19%) Spring
6 6 (1.19%) Spring Boot
7 5 (0.99%) REST
8 4 (0.79%) CSS3
8 4 (0.79%) HTML5
8 4 (0.79%) Node.js
9 3 (0.60%) .NET Framework
9 3 (0.60%) ASP.NET
9 3 (0.60%) ASP.NET Core
9 3 (0.60%) gRPC
9 3 (0.60%) Kafka
9 3 (0.60%) Next.js
9 3 (0.60%) Spring Batch
9 3 (0.60%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 402 (79.76%) IoT
2 10 (1.98%) Onboarding
3 9 (1.79%) Product Ownership
4 8 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (1.19%) Cloud Native
5 6 (1.19%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (0.60%) Distributed Computing
6 3 (0.60%) Mobile App
6 3 (0.60%) Social Media
7 2 (0.40%) Animation
7 2 (0.40%) NHS
7 2 (0.40%) PropTech
8 1 (0.20%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.20%) EMV
8 1 (0.20%) FMCG
8 1 (0.20%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.20%) Online Gambling
8 1 (0.20%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.60%) Apple iOS
1 3 (0.60%) Windows
2 1 (0.20%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 429 (85.12%) AI
2 405 (80.36%) Web Development
3 402 (79.76%) Cybersecurity
3 402 (79.76%) Machine Learning
4 40 (7.94%) Agile
5 34 (6.75%) UX Design
6 22 (4.37%) Problem-Solving
7 21 (4.17%) Continuous Improvement
8 18 (3.57%) CI/CD
9 16 (3.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 15 (2.98%) DevOps
11 14 (2.78%) Analytics
12 12 (2.38%) Proactive Monitoring
12 12 (2.38%) Software Engineering
13 11 (2.18%) Digital Marketing
13 11 (2.18%) Platform Engineering
13 11 (2.18%) Responsive Web Design
14 10 (1.98%) E-Commerce
14 10 (1.98%) Prototyping
14 10 (1.98%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 19 (3.77%) TypeScript
2 16 (3.17%) JavaScript
3 8 (1.59%) C#
4 6 (1.19%) Java
4 6 (1.19%) SQL
5 3 (0.60%) Python
5 3 (0.60%) Swift
6 2 (0.40%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.20%) Go
7 1 (0.20%) PHP
Qualifications
1 413 (81.94%) Degree
2 402 (79.76%) Master's Degree
2 402 (79.76%) PhD
2 402 (79.76%) Postgraduate
3 2 (0.40%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.20%) DV Cleared
4 1 (0.20%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.38%) Accessibility
2 10 (1.98%) QA
3 4 (0.79%) WCAG
4 2 (0.40%) HL7
5 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.20%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (1.98%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.19%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (2.38%) Terraform
2 9 (1.79%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (0.99%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.40%) Packer
5 2 (0.40%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 16 (3.17%) Microsoft
2 8 (1.59%) New Relic
2 8 (1.59%) Splunk
3 7 (1.39%) Google
4 5 (0.99%) Adobe
5 4 (0.79%) Qualtrics
6 3 (0.60%) OneLogin
7 2 (0.40%) Oracle
7 2 (0.40%) SAP
8 1 (0.20%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.20%) ServiceNow