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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 19 28
Rank change year-on-year -44 +9 +72
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 118 253 376
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 1.98% 11.16% 6.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.79% 11.69% 7.89%
Number of salaries quoted 86 95 146
10th Percentile £30,296 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £40,059
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £58,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +11.43% -12.50%
75th Percentile £68,666 £73,125 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,500 £85,000
North West median annual salary £52,500 £55,043 £45,000
% change year-on-year -4.62% +22.32% -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 4,228 2,164 4,765
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 71.00% 95.41% 83.23%
Number of salaries quoted 3,331 1,224 3,594
10th Percentile £32,875 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,502 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.19% +7.62% -9.19%
75th Percentile £76,168 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £96,250 £92,500 £81,250
North West median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -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 10 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 10 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 +19 7 £30,000 - 1
Stockport -2 3 £40,000 -36.00%
Cheadle -2 2 £34,500 -
Altrincham -13 2 £67,500 +3.85% 2
Ashton-under-Lyne -1 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 13 (11.02%) SharePoint
2 9 (7.63%) CMS
3 8 (6.78%) Confluence
3 8 (6.78%) WordPress
4 4 (3.39%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (1.69%) Moodle
5 2 (1.69%) nginx
5 2 (1.69%) Totara
6 1 (0.85%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.85%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 7 (5.93%) Spreadsheet
2 3 (2.54%) Sketch
3 2 (1.69%) Camtasia
4 1 (0.85%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (5.08%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.54%) Dynamics AX
2 3 (2.54%) Shopify
3 1 (0.85%) Magento
3 1 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 16 (13.56%) Azure
1 16 (13.56%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (12.71%) Power Platform
3 12 (10.17%) Figma
4 9 (7.63%) Google Analytics
5 8 (6.78%) Microsoft Copilot
5 8 (6.78%) Microsoft Purview
6 7 (5.93%) AWS
6 7 (5.93%) Power Automate
6 7 (5.93%) SaaS
7 6 (5.08%) Azure Logic Apps
7 6 (5.08%) PowerApps
8 5 (4.24%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (4.24%) Azure Monitor
8 5 (4.24%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (4.24%) Entra ID
8 5 (4.24%) OneDrive
9 4 (3.39%) Dropbox
9 4 (3.39%) Serverless
10 3 (2.54%) Canva
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.85%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.39%) SQL Server
1 4 (3.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 3 (2.54%) MySQL
2 3 (2.54%) NoSQL
3 2 (1.69%) Mixpanel
3 2 (1.69%) Power BI
3 2 (1.69%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.85%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.85%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.85%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.85%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 9 (7.63%) JIRA
2 4 (3.39%) Git
3 3 (2.54%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 3 (2.54%) fastlane
4 2 (1.69%) Vagrant
5 1 (0.85%) gulp
5 1 (0.85%) JUnit
5 1 (0.85%) webpack
General
1 22 (18.64%) Social Skills
2 19 (16.10%) Finance
3 18 (15.25%) Marketing
4 12 (10.17%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (6.78%) Organisational Skills
5 8 (6.78%) Public Sector
6 6 (5.08%) Banking
6 6 (5.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (4.24%) Law
8 4 (3.39%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (3.39%) Manufacturing
8 4 (3.39%) Retail
9 3 (2.54%) Billing
10 2 (1.69%) Games
10 2 (1.69%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.85%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 42 (35.59%) Designer
2 30 (25.42%) UX Designer
3 19 (16.10%) Senior
4 18 (15.25%) Product Designer
5 9 (7.63%) Developer
5 9 (7.63%) Senior Designer
5 9 (7.63%) Senior UX Designer
6 7 (5.93%) Coordinator
7 6 (5.08%) E-Commerce Specialist
7 6 (5.08%) IT Manager
7 6 (5.08%) Senior Applications Designer
7 6 (5.08%) Senior Product Designer
7 6 (5.08%) UI Specialist
7 6 (5.08%) UX Specialist
8 5 (4.24%) Analyst
8 5 (4.24%) Junior
8 5 (4.24%) Service Designer
9 4 (3.39%) Senior IT Manager
9 4 (3.39%) Senior Manager
9 4 (3.39%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (12.71%) HTML
2 14 (11.86%) CSS
3 7 (5.93%) REST
4 6 (5.08%) React
5 4 (3.39%) AngularJS
5 4 (3.39%) EDI
6 3 (2.54%) .NET
6 3 (2.54%) Spring
6 3 (2.54%) Spring Boot
6 3 (2.54%) Web Services
7 2 (1.69%) LAMP
7 2 (1.69%) Laravel
7 2 (1.69%) LEMP Stack
7 2 (1.69%) LESS
7 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Graph
7 2 (1.69%) Node.js
7 2 (1.69%) RESTful
7 2 (1.69%) Sass
7 2 (1.69%) Vue
8 1 (0.85%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 13 (11.02%) Onboarding
2 8 (6.78%) Product Ownership
3 7 (5.93%) Mobile App
4 4 (3.39%) Cloud Native
4 4 (3.39%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (2.54%) Distributed Systems
5 3 (2.54%) Learning Management System
5 3 (2.54%) Social Media
6 2 (1.69%) e-Learning
6 2 (1.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (1.69%) NHS
6 2 (1.69%) PropTech
7 1 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.85%) Data Fabric
7 1 (0.85%) Educational Technology
7 1 (0.85%) FMCG
7 1 (0.85%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.85%) Online Gambling
7 1 (0.85%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 6 (5.08%) Windows
2 4 (3.39%) Apple iOS
3 2 (1.69%) Linux
4 1 (0.85%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (40.68%) UX Design
2 27 (22.88%) Continuous Improvement
3 26 (22.03%) Agile
3 26 (22.03%) Problem-Solving
4 25 (21.19%) AI
5 16 (13.56%) Analytics
6 15 (12.71%) E-Commerce
7 12 (10.17%) CI/CD
7 12 (10.17%) DevOps
8 11 (9.32%) Responsive Web Design
8 11 (9.32%) Service Management
8 11 (9.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 10 (8.47%) Digital Marketing
9 10 (8.47%) Interaction Design
9 10 (8.47%) SEO
9 10 (8.47%) User Research
9 10 (8.47%) Wireframes
10 9 (7.63%) CRM
10 9 (7.63%) Incident Management
10 9 (7.63%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 13 (11.02%) JavaScript
2 9 (7.63%) C#
3 5 (4.24%) SQL
3 5 (4.24%) TypeScript
4 4 (3.39%) Java
5 3 (2.54%) Python
5 3 (2.54%) Swift
6 2 (1.69%) PHP
7 1 (0.85%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.85%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (9.32%) Degree
2 6 (5.08%) Security Cleared
3 5 (4.24%) DV Cleared
4 4 (3.39%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.63%) Accessibility
1 9 (7.63%) QA
2 6 (5.08%) WCAG
3 4 (3.39%) SLA
4 1 (0.85%) HL7
4 1 (0.85%) PMO
System Software
1 6 (5.08%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (6.78%) Terraform
2 5 (4.24%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (3.39%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.69%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.69%) Packer
4 2 (1.69%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 23 (19.49%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.63%) Google
3 4 (3.39%) New Relic
3 4 (3.39%) OneLogin
3 4 (3.39%) ServiceNow
3 4 (3.39%) Splunk
4 2 (1.69%) Adobe
4 2 (1.69%) Amplitude
4 2 (1.69%) Synthesia
5 1 (0.85%) Adyen
5 1 (0.85%) Oracle
5 1 (0.85%) Qualtrics
5 1 (0.85%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.85%) SAP