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

6 months to
13 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 36 40
Rank change year-on-year +28 +4 +45
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 513 138 249
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 10.63% 6.92% 5.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.50% 7.27% 6.05%
Number of salaries quoted 74 86 128
10th Percentile £29,914 £35,000 £31,775
25th Percentile £41,563 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,765 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.85% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £71,875 £67,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £85,000
North West median annual salary £56,800 £55,000 £45,625
% change year-on-year +3.27% +20.55% -21.08%

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 3,539 1,899 4,113
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 73.36% 95.24% 86.68%
Number of salaries quoted 2,411 1,244 3,321
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +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 £52,500 £54,793 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.18% +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 13 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 13 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 +13 36 £40,000 -
Bolton +31 20 £30,000 -45.45% 3
Altrincham 0 14 £67,500 +28.57% 2
Cheadle - 14 - -
Wigan - 14 - -
Salford -2 13 - - 2
Stalybridge - 13 - -
Dukinfield - 13 - -
Ashton-under-Lyne - 13 - - 2
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 (2.73%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.75%) CMS
2 9 (1.75%) Confluence
3 8 (1.56%) WordPress
4 4 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.19%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 7 (1.36%) Spreadsheet
2 5 (0.97%) Sketch
3 2 (0.39%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.58%) Shopify
2 1 (0.19%) Magento
2 1 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 402 (78.36%) Cloud Computing
2 16 (3.12%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (2.92%) Azure
3 15 (2.92%) Power Platform
4 12 (2.34%) Figma
4 12 (2.34%) Microsoft Purview
5 11 (2.14%) SaaS
6 10 (1.95%) AWS
7 9 (1.75%) Azure Monitor
7 9 (1.75%) Entra ID
8 8 (1.56%) Google Analytics
8 8 (1.56%) OneDrive
9 4 (0.78%) Dropbox
9 4 (0.78%) Microsoft Copilot
10 3 (0.58%) Adobe Analytics
10 3 (0.58%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (0.58%) Heroku
11 2 (0.39%) Power Automate
11 2 (0.39%) Serverless
12 1 (0.19%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 402 (78.36%) Internet
2 3 (0.58%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.17%) MySQL
1 6 (1.17%) NoSQL
2 5 (0.97%) Relational Database
3 3 (0.58%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.39%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.19%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.19%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.19%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.19%) Mixpanel
5 1 (0.19%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.19%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 12 (2.34%) JIRA
2 10 (1.95%) Git
3 3 (0.58%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 3 (0.58%) fastlane
3 3 (0.58%) JUnit
4 2 (0.39%) Cypress.io
4 2 (0.39%) Vagrant
5 1 (0.19%) gulp
5 1 (0.19%) webpack
General
1 425 (82.85%) Social Skills
2 413 (80.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 409 (79.73%) Banking
4 24 (4.68%) Finance
5 17 (3.31%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (2.34%) Marketing
7 8 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (1.17%) Public Sector
9 5 (0.97%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.39%) Games
10 2 (0.39%) Law
11 1 (0.19%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.19%) Retail
11 1 (0.19%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 314 (61.21%) Lecturer
2 26 (5.07%) Designer
3 20 (3.90%) Senior
4 18 (3.51%) UX Designer
5 11 (2.14%) Product Designer
6 10 (1.95%) Software Engineer
7 8 (1.56%) Developer
7 8 (1.56%) Platform Engineer
7 8 (1.56%) Senior Designer
7 8 (1.56%) Senior UX Designer
8 7 (1.36%) Coordinator
9 6 (1.17%) Senior Manager
10 5 (0.97%) E-Commerce Specialist
10 5 (0.97%) IT Manager
10 5 (0.97%) Lead
10 5 (0.97%) Senior Applications Designer
10 5 (0.97%) Senior Product Designer
10 5 (0.97%) Service Designer
10 5 (0.97%) UI Specialist
10 5 (0.97%) UX Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (4.29%) CSS
2 21 (4.09%) HTML
3 10 (1.95%) React
4 7 (1.36%) AngularJS
4 7 (1.36%) RESTful
5 6 (1.17%) .NET
6 5 (0.97%) REST
6 5 (0.97%) Spring
6 5 (0.97%) Spring Boot
7 3 (0.58%) .NET Framework
7 3 (0.58%) CSS3
7 3 (0.58%) gRPC
7 3 (0.58%) HTML5
7 3 (0.58%) Kafka
7 3 (0.58%) Next.js
7 3 (0.58%) Node.js
7 3 (0.58%) Spring Batch
7 3 (0.58%) Web Services
8 2 (0.39%) ASP.NET Core
8 2 (0.39%) Framer.js
Miscellaneous
1 402 (78.36%) IoT
2 11 (2.14%) Onboarding
3 9 (1.75%) Product Ownership
4 8 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (1.17%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (0.97%) Cloud Native
7 4 (0.78%) Mobile App
8 3 (0.58%) Distributed Computing
8 3 (0.58%) Social Media
9 2 (0.39%) Animation
9 2 (0.39%) NHS
9 2 (0.39%) PropTech
10 1 (0.19%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.19%) EMV
10 1 (0.19%) FMCG
10 1 (0.19%) Low-Code
10 1 (0.19%) Online Gambling
10 1 (0.19%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.58%) Apple iOS
1 3 (0.58%) Windows
2 1 (0.19%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 429 (83.63%) AI
2 406 (79.14%) Web Development
3 402 (78.36%) Cybersecurity
3 402 (78.36%) Machine Learning
4 39 (7.60%) Agile
4 39 (7.60%) UX Design
5 24 (4.68%) Continuous Improvement
5 24 (4.68%) Problem-Solving
6 17 (3.31%) CI/CD
7 15 (2.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 14 (2.73%) Analytics
8 14 (2.73%) DevOps
9 12 (2.34%) Proactive Monitoring
10 11 (2.14%) Decision-Making
10 11 (2.14%) E-Commerce
10 11 (2.14%) Platform Engineering
10 11 (2.14%) Responsive Web Design
10 11 (2.14%) Software Engineering
11 10 (1.95%) SEO
11 10 (1.95%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (3.31%) TypeScript
2 16 (3.12%) JavaScript
3 7 (1.36%) C#
3 7 (1.36%) SQL
4 5 (0.97%) Java
5 3 (0.58%) Swift
6 2 (0.39%) PowerShell
6 2 (0.39%) Python
7 1 (0.19%) Go
7 1 (0.19%) PHP
Qualifications
1 413 (80.51%) Degree
2 402 (78.36%) Master's Degree
2 402 (78.36%) PhD
2 402 (78.36%) Postgraduate
3 2 (0.39%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.19%) DV Cleared
4 1 (0.19%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.34%) Accessibility
2 10 (1.95%) QA
3 4 (0.78%) WCAG
4 2 (0.39%) HL7
5 1 (0.19%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.19%) PMO
5 1 (0.19%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (1.95%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.17%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (2.34%) Terraform
2 9 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (1.56%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (0.97%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.39%) Packer
5 2 (0.39%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 18 (3.51%) Microsoft
2 8 (1.56%) Google
2 8 (1.56%) New Relic
2 8 (1.56%) Splunk
3 4 (0.78%) Adobe
3 4 (0.78%) OneLogin
4 3 (0.58%) Qualtrics
5 2 (0.39%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.19%) Adyen
6 1 (0.19%) Amplitude
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle
6 1 (0.19%) SAP