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

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 47 41
Rank change year-on-year +39 -6 +42
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 498 123 217
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 12.25% 5.72% 4.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.45% 5.98% 5.62%
Number of salaries quoted 57 80 121
10th Percentile £33,900 £35,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £76,782 £76,375 £85,000
North West median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +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 3,027 2,058 3,862
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 74.45% 95.72% 87.95%
Number of salaries quoted 2,003 1,246 3,160
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,750 £30,125
25th Percentile £41,000 £41,250 £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 £76,692 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £82,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £54,793 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.75% +9.59% -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 19 March 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 19 March 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 37 £40,000 - 2
Bolton +30 19 £30,000 -45.45% 1
Altrincham -1 14 £67,500 +28.57%
Cheadle - 14 - -
Wigan - 14 - -
Salford +5 13 - - 1
Stalybridge - 13 - -
Dukinfield - 13 - -
Ashton-under-Lyne - 13 - - 1
Bury - 13 - - 2
Rochdale +2 12 - -
Heywood - 12 - -
Littleborough - 12 - -
Oldham - 12 - - 1
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 15 (3.01%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.81%) Confluence
3 8 (1.61%) CMS
4 7 (1.41%) WordPress
5 4 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.20%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 6 (1.20%) Spreadsheet
2 5 (1.00%) Sketch
3 2 (0.40%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.60%) Shopify
2 2 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 402 (80.72%) Cloud Computing
2 18 (3.61%) Azure
3 16 (3.21%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (3.01%) Figma
5 14 (2.81%) Power Platform
6 12 (2.41%) AWS
6 12 (2.41%) Microsoft Purview
7 11 (2.21%) SaaS
8 9 (1.81%) Azure Monitor
8 9 (1.81%) Entra ID
9 8 (1.61%) OneDrive
10 7 (1.41%) Adobe Analytics
11 6 (1.20%) Google Analytics
12 4 (0.80%) Dropbox
12 4 (0.80%) Microsoft Copilot
13 3 (0.60%) Heroku
14 2 (0.40%) Dynamics 365
14 2 (0.40%) Serverless
15 1 (0.20%) Azure DevOps
15 1 (0.20%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 402 (80.72%) Internet
2 3 (0.60%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.20%) MySQL
1 6 (1.20%) NoSQL
2 5 (1.00%) Relational Database
3 4 (0.80%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.40%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.20%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (2.41%) JIRA
2 9 (1.81%) 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
1 426 (85.54%) Social Skills
2 413 (82.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 412 (82.73%) Banking
4 20 (4.02%) Finance
5 17 (3.41%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (2.21%) Marketing
7 8 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (1.00%) Public Sector
10 3 (0.60%) Games
10 3 (0.60%) Law
11 2 (0.40%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.20%) Electronics
12 1 (0.20%) Legal
12 1 (0.20%) Retail
12 1 (0.20%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 314 (63.05%) Lecturer
2 18 (3.61%) Senior
3 13 (2.61%) Designer
4 12 (2.41%) Developer
5 10 (2.01%) Software Engineer
6 8 (1.61%) Platform Engineer
7 7 (1.41%) Strategy Manager
7 7 (1.41%) UX Designer
8 6 (1.20%) Coordinator
9 5 (1.00%) Senior Designer
9 5 (1.00%) Senior Manager
9 5 (1.00%) Senior UX Designer
9 5 (1.00%) Software Developer
10 4 (0.80%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 4 (0.80%) Head of Digital
10 4 (0.80%) Lead
11 3 (0.60%) Digital Executive
11 3 (0.60%) Senior Strategy Manager
11 3 (0.60%) Service Designer
11 3 (0.60%) UI Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (4.82%) CSS
2 23 (4.62%) HTML
3 12 (2.41%) React
4 10 (2.01%) RESTful
5 9 (1.81%) .NET
6 7 (1.41%) AngularJS
7 6 (1.20%) Spring
7 6 (1.20%) Spring Boot
8 5 (1.00%) CSS3
8 5 (1.00%) HTML5
8 5 (1.00%) REST
9 4 (0.80%) ASP.NET
9 4 (0.80%) ASP.NET Core
9 4 (0.80%) Kafka
9 4 (0.80%) Node.js
10 3 (0.60%) .NET Framework
10 3 (0.60%) gRPC
10 3 (0.60%) Next.js
10 3 (0.60%) Spring Batch
10 3 (0.60%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 402 (80.72%) IoT
2 8 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
2 8 (1.61%) Onboarding
2 8 (1.61%) Product Ownership
3 6 (1.20%) Cloud Native
3 6 (1.20%) Distributed Systems
4 3 (0.60%) Distributed Computing
4 3 (0.60%) Social Media
5 2 (0.40%) Animation
5 2 (0.40%) Mobile App
5 2 (0.40%) NHS
5 2 (0.40%) PropTech
6 1 (0.20%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.20%) EMV
6 1 (0.20%) FMCG
6 1 (0.20%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.60%) Apple iOS
1 3 (0.60%) Windows
2 1 (0.20%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 427 (85.74%) AI
2 405 (81.33%) Web Development
3 402 (80.72%) Cybersecurity
3 402 (80.72%) Machine Learning
4 44 (8.84%) Agile
5 30 (6.02%) UX Design
6 26 (5.22%) Problem-Solving
7 24 (4.82%) Continuous Improvement
8 21 (4.22%) CI/CD
9 17 (3.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 16 (3.21%) DevOps
11 15 (3.01%) Analytics
12 14 (2.81%) Software Engineering
13 13 (2.61%) Prototyping
14 12 (2.41%) Customer Experience
14 12 (2.41%) Proactive Monitoring
15 11 (2.21%) Creative Problem-Solving
15 11 (2.21%) Decision-Making
15 11 (2.21%) Full-Stack Development
15 11 (2.21%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 21 (4.22%) TypeScript
2 19 (3.82%) JavaScript
3 12 (2.41%) C#
4 8 (1.61%) Java
5 5 (1.00%) SQL
6 3 (0.60%) Swift
7 2 (0.40%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.40%) Python
8 1 (0.20%) Go
8 1 (0.20%) PHP
8 1 (0.20%) Rust
Qualifications
1 412 (82.73%) Degree
2 402 (80.72%) Master's Degree
2 402 (80.72%) PhD
2 402 (80.72%) 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 15 (3.01%) Accessibility
2 9 (1.81%) QA
3 4 (0.80%) WCAG
4 2 (0.40%) HL7
5 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.20%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (2.01%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.20%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (2.21%) Terraform
2 9 (1.81%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (1.61%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (1.00%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.40%) Packer
5 2 (0.40%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 16 (3.21%) Microsoft
2 8 (1.61%) Adobe
2 8 (1.61%) New Relic
2 8 (1.61%) Splunk
3 7 (1.41%) Qualtrics
4 6 (1.20%) Google
5 2 (0.40%) OneLogin
5 2 (0.40%) Oracle
5 2 (0.40%) SAP
6 1 (0.20%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.20%) iManage
6 1 (0.20%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.20%) ServiceNow