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 29 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 21 59
Rank change year-on-year +9 +38 +1
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 239 287 106
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 10.20% 8.08% 4.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.09% 9.15% 4.88%
Number of salaries quoted 55 76 54
10th Percentile £42,500 £31,875 £38,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,347 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,250 £73,125 £72,500
North West median annual salary £53,750 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.38% +5.00% -9.09%

All Process and 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 1,977 3,135 2,170
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 84.42% 88.24% 94.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1,262 1,465 1,744
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £33,054
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,988 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -7.65% +6.83%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% +3.55%

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 29 November 2025.

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 29 November 2025. 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 +7 14 - - 5
Altrincham +4 13 £65,000 +23.81%
Bolton +17 6 - - 3
Salford +3 6 - -
Cheadle - 6 - - 1
Rochdale +11 5 - -
Bury +2 5 - -
Ashton-under-Lyne 0 5 - -
Dukinfield 0 5 - -
Oldham 0 5 - -
Littleborough - 5 - -
Stalybridge - 5 - -
Wigan - 5 - -
Sale 0 4 - -
Heywood - 4 - -
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 5 (2.09%) CMS
2 4 (1.67%) Confluence
2 4 (1.67%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.84%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.42%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.42%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (2.09%) Adobe XD
2 4 (1.67%) Chatbot
2 4 (1.67%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.67%) Sketch
3 1 (0.42%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.42%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.42%) InVision
3 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.42%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.42%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.42%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 157 (65.69%) Cloud Computing
2 24 (10.04%) AWS
3 16 (6.69%) Azure
4 13 (5.44%) Figma
5 7 (2.93%) Adobe Analytics
6 6 (2.51%) AWS Lambda
6 6 (2.51%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (2.51%) Serverless
7 5 (2.09%) GitHub
7 5 (2.09%) Google Analytics
7 5 (2.09%) Power Platform
7 5 (2.09%) SaaS
8 4 (1.67%) GCP
9 3 (1.26%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (1.26%) Entra ID
9 3 (1.26%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (1.26%) OneDrive
10 2 (0.84%) Contentsquare
10 2 (0.84%) Supabase
10 2 (0.84%) Vercel
Communications & Networking
1 157 (65.69%) Internet
2 2 (0.84%) HTTP
3 1 (0.42%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.35%) MySQL
2 5 (2.09%) DynamoDB
2 5 (2.09%) NoSQL
3 4 (1.67%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (1.67%) Relational Database
4 3 (1.26%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.84%) Power BI
5 2 (0.84%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.42%) Amazon Aurora
6 1 (0.42%) DocumentDB
6 1 (0.42%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 12 (5.02%) Git
2 8 (3.35%) JIRA
3 3 (1.26%) JUnit
3 3 (1.26%) Xcode
4 2 (0.84%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.42%) Axure RP
5 1 (0.42%) GitLab
5 1 (0.42%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.42%) Maven
5 1 (0.42%) Selenium
General
1 189 (79.08%) Social Skills
2 163 (68.20%) Banking
2 163 (68.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 21 (8.79%) Finance
4 12 (5.02%) Marketing
5 11 (4.60%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (3.35%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (2.51%) Public Sector
8 5 (2.09%) Games
8 5 (2.09%) Law
9 4 (1.67%) Electronics
10 3 (1.26%) Retail
11 2 (0.84%) Legal
12 1 (0.42%) Digital Health
12 1 (0.42%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.42%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.42%) Publishing
12 1 (0.42%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 128 (53.56%) Lecturer
2 27 (11.30%) Developer
3 19 (7.95%) Senior
4 9 (3.77%) Lead
5 6 (2.51%) Senior Developer
5 6 (2.51%) Software Engineer
5 6 (2.51%) Strategy Manager
6 5 (2.09%) Analyst
6 5 (2.09%) Designer
6 5 (2.09%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 5 (2.09%) Java Developer
6 5 (2.09%) Senior Java Developer
6 5 (2.09%) Senior Manager
6 5 (2.09%) Software Developer
7 4 (1.67%) Applications Support
7 4 (1.67%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 4 (1.67%) Automation Engineer
7 4 (1.67%) Full-Stack Developer
7 4 (1.67%) Lead Developer
7 4 (1.67%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (8.79%) CSS
1 21 (8.79%) React
2 17 (7.11%) HTML
3 12 (5.02%) .NET
3 12 (5.02%) RESTful
4 7 (2.93%) Node.js
5 6 (2.51%) CSS3
5 6 (2.51%) HTML5
5 6 (2.51%) REST
6 5 (2.09%) Kafka
6 5 (2.09%) Next.js
7 4 (1.67%) Amazon Corretto
7 4 (1.67%) AngularJS
7 4 (1.67%) ASP.NET
7 4 (1.67%) ASP.NET Core
7 4 (1.67%) Spring
7 4 (1.67%) Spring Boot
7 4 (1.67%) Tailwind CSS
8 3 (1.26%) .NET Framework
8 3 (1.26%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 157 (65.69%) IoT
2 7 (2.93%) Product Ownership
3 6 (2.51%) Cloud Native
4 5 (2.09%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (1.67%) AI Agents
5 4 (1.67%) Animation
5 4 (1.67%) e-Learning
6 3 (1.26%) Distributed Computing
6 3 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (0.84%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (0.84%) Social Media
7 2 (0.84%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.42%) EMV
8 1 (0.42%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.42%) Life Science
8 1 (0.42%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (0.42%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.42%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.26%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.84%) Linux
3 1 (0.42%) Unix
3 1 (0.42%) Windows
3 1 (0.42%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 178 (74.48%) AI
2 165 (69.04%) Machine Learning
3 159 (66.53%) Web Development
4 157 (65.69%) Cybersecurity
5 52 (21.76%) Agile
6 20 (8.37%) Problem-Solving
7 19 (7.95%) CI/CD
7 19 (7.95%) UX Design
8 18 (7.53%) Analytics
9 16 (6.69%) DevOps
10 15 (6.28%) Continuous Improvement
11 14 (5.86%) Software Engineering
11 14 (5.86%) TDD
12 13 (5.44%) Full-Stack Development
12 13 (5.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 12 (5.02%) Clean Code
13 12 (5.02%) Stakeholder Management
14 10 (4.18%) Prototyping
15 9 (3.77%) Design Thinking
15 9 (3.77%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 23 (9.62%) JavaScript
2 22 (9.21%) TypeScript
3 15 (6.28%) C#
4 14 (5.86%) Java
5 6 (2.51%) Python
6 5 (2.09%) SQL
7 3 (1.26%) PHP
7 3 (1.26%) Rust
7 3 (1.26%) Swift
8 2 (0.84%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.42%) Go
Qualifications
1 162 (67.78%) Degree
2 158 (66.11%) PhD
3 157 (65.69%) Master's Degree
3 157 (65.69%) Postgraduate
4 4 (1.67%) Security Cleared
5 3 (1.26%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.42%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.86%) Accessibility
2 6 (2.51%) QA
3 2 (0.84%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.84%) GDPR
3 2 (0.84%) HL7
4 1 (0.42%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.42%) WCAG
System Software
1 12 (5.02%) Docker
2 3 (1.26%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.42%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 11 (4.60%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.77%) Terraform
3 4 (1.67%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (1.26%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.42%) Grafana
5 1 (0.42%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 9 (3.77%) Adobe
1 9 (3.77%) Microsoft
2 7 (2.93%) Google
3 6 (2.51%) Qualtrics
4 5 (2.09%) ServiceNow
5 4 (1.67%) Genesys
6 3 (1.26%) Facebook
6 3 (1.26%) New Relic
6 3 (1.26%) Splunk
7 2 (0.84%) Bloomberg
7 2 (0.84%) Hotjar
8 1 (0.42%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.42%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.42%) iManage
8 1 (0.42%) Oracle
8 1 (0.42%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.42%) SAP
8 1 (0.42%) Veeam
8 1 (0.42%) VMware